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In April of 2000, Zombie began working on his writing and directing motion picture debut, House of 1000 Corpses for Universal Studios. The film features such cult stars as Academy Award Nominee Karen (Five Easy Pieces, Nashville) Black, Sid (Spider Baby, Shaft) Haig and Michael J. (Bonnie and Clyde) Pollard. Production on the film wrapped in April of 2000, but was soon found by Universal Studios to be too dark and disturbing for release under their corporate releasing guidelines. Zombie is now in the process of moving his bizarre vision of horror over to a new distributor.This delay did not slow Zombie down; he quickly entered the studio to begin work on his follow up album, The Sinister Urge. Getting back into the recording studio was a welcome relief from the grueling movie schedule, Zombie explains. The record was once again co-produced by Scott Humphrey and boasts an impressive list of guest players including: Ozzy Osbourne, who lends his vocals to the track Iron Head. Also contributing are ex-Motley Crue drummer, Tommy Lee, Slayer guitarist Kerry King, DJ Lethal and the Beastie Boys Mix Master Mike. Unique to this new record is the inclusion of a horn section and a thirty-piece orchestra. The orchestra can be heard on the songs Demon Speeding and especially Bring Her Down. Zombie explains, I wanted to bring in these new musical elements in order to achieve a larger, more dramatic sound . . . it really transformed those songs from rock songs into action movie soundtracks. Zombie continues, Everything was done live in the studio . . . there is no computer trickery, it is real and raw.Zombie hits the road in October co-headlining with friend Ozzy Osbourne for what promises to be the wildest show of the year.
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