Rob Zombie Show Killed in Indy (5 outta 5 stars)

I checked out the Rob Zombie show last week (11/16/09). I will say that was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I've heard he is hit or miss and that night he was hit. The show opened with Capt. Clegg and the Night Creatures, the Psyco-Billy band from the Rob's movie Halloween II. There were sort of a Stray Cats meet the Munsters. Although I was not familiar with the songs, they were intertaining. The second act was a joke. The Nekromantics. Two guys looked a cross between Kid n' Play meets Vanilla Ice. They too had the Pycho-Billy sound. I did like the stand up coffin bass the lead singer was playing but that was about it. Now as for the Zombie show...17 crushing songs...including 3 White Zombie and 3 new ones, which by the way most at most concerts you can feel the croud crenge in their seats when bands play new material...but not Zombie. All 3 new songs (although the new album is not out yet and has been pushed back to after the first of the year) totally rocked and the crowd was into all three new ones. Never once did anyone sit in their seat. The band opened with Sawdust in the Blood as the band marched onto the stage in military fashion wearing some halloween masked straight out of a horror flick. Then blasted right into What Lurks on Channel X? Then right into my favorite Superbeast. It's not that often I hear a band play a favorite right at the start of the show. He closed with 2 different encores. The first with a new tune Werewolf Women of the SS and then Lords of Salem. They closed the show with fan favorite Dragula. John 5 was impressive although during his solo I would have liked to have heard something from one of his solo albums.

Setlist
1. Sawdust on the Blood
2. What Lurks on Channel X?
3. Superbeast
4. Super-Charged Heaven (White Zombie)
5. Living Dead Girl
6. Demon Speeding
7. More Human Than Human (White Zombie)
8. Sick Bubble-Gum (new)
9. House of 1000 Corpses
10. Never Gonna Stop (Red, Red Groovy)
11. Scum of the Earth
12. What? (new)
13. American Witch
14. Thunder Kiss '65 (White Zombie)

Encore
15. Werewolf Women of the SS (new)
16. Lords of Salem

Encore II
17. Dragula

I would not have taken any songs out of the setlist but I would have like to have added Feel So Numb.

John 5 - Restacking My Deck

I just saw Rob Zombie last week in Indy. (which BTW I give 9 outta 10 stars for his show at the Murat). Now typically most Zombie songs have great guitar solos or any solos at all. So watching the concert I had no idea that John 5 was a shredder. And by watching him walk around the stage I wouldn't have guessed he's a metal guiarist. For one he plays a Telecaster. Not know for metal. For two he plays his guitar up so high like David Byrne of the Talking Heads and shakes his head like he's one of the Monkeys. It wasn't till the next day I was checking out his website online to discover his Bio. He's played with David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, Rob Halford, special guest on Hour 1 on the Scorpions last album and now Rob Zombie. He also has 4 solo efforts. I check them out on iTunes and I was really surprised....REALLY surprised.

1. Requiem (personal favorite)
2. Songs for Sanity
3. Remixploitation
4. Vertigo

The dude can shred. His style his heavy quick and even throws in a little chicken-pickin'. I've just post my new rankings over to the right. I have to put him in the top 5 all time...crazy huh?