Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the movies House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, the 2007 remake of Halloween, its sequel, and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. White Zombie was known for combining heavy-metal music with driving guitar riffs (as on “Super-Charger Heaven”), overlayed with lyrics heavily influenced by horror films and pseudo-Satanic imagery. Since January 6, 1999, it has been the opening theme for Stern’s radio show. Drummer John Tempesta came directly from White Zombie, and was joined by Mike Riggs on guitar and Rob “Blasko” Nicholson on bass. Walmart banned the traditional artwork version of the album from its inventory and offered a ‘clean’ version of the album (without the inverted pentagram) in its stead, a’la Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP. After a 2002-2003 world tour, Mike Riggs and John Tempesta left Zombie to form a similar band, Scum of the Earth. Released in 2006, Educated Horses is a break from Zombie’s usual style. in contrast to the heavy metal sound of his first two albums, Horses features a more alternative metal sound.
