White Zombie consists of Rob Zombie.
White Zombie was an American, Industrial Groove metal band named after the 1932 film White Zombie, which starred Bela Lugosi.
Founded by Rob Zombie (lyrics/ vocals/ art) after coming up with the band idea in 1985 while attending at Parsons in his Junior year. Rob's girlfriend at the time, Sean Yseult, was on bass. Eventually Rob found and hired a drummer, Peter Landau, and a guitarist, Paul "ENA" Kostabi (Ena Kostabi). White Zombie's first album was titled Gods On Voodoo Moon and was recorded on October 18, 1985. Only 300 copies were pressed, of which only 100 were sold — Rob still retains possession of the remaining 200. Following disagreements, both Peter and Paul were fired.
In 1986, Rob hired Tim Jeffs as the second guitarist who never appeared on any albums, but played during live shows. The guitarist was replaced by Tom Guay on guitar. John Ricci replaced Tom Guay shortly, only to quit in 1989. Jay Noel Yuenger then replaced Ricci.
After Peter Landau was fired, Ivan de Prume was hired for drums. His time in the band lasted until the ending of the La Sexorcisto tour, when he was fired and replaced by Phil Beurstatte. Phil did not appear on any albums, and was replaced by John Tempesta who who had previously played for Exodus and Testament.
The band cut a number of semi-independent recordings in New York in the 1980s, these included the albums Soul Crusher and Make Them Die Slowly, as well as the EPs Psycho-Head Blowout and God of Thunder. The band released a single, Slaughter the Grey, in 1986. White Zombie's first major-label album, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1, was released in 1992, followed in 1995 by Astro Creep: 2000. In 1996, an album of remixes was released under the title Supersexy Swingin' Sounds.
