The Zombies, Rob and Sheri Moon, have released a new video in which they discuss the completely bonkers title of Rob’s upcoming album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy.
Zombie’s album titles used to have relatively simple, easy-to-remember names, like Hellbilly Deluxe, The Sinister Urge, and Educated Horses.
That all changed after 2010’s Hellbilly Deluxe 2, at which point he seemingly started trying to up himself for lengthy, mostly nonsensical titles: Lunar Injection was preceded by Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (2013) and The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (2016).
In the video, Zombie says that although the titles sound like, y’know, complete and total gobbledygook, they’re actually, uh, not.
After asserting a hatred for multiple albums having the same title (like, say, Hellbilly Deluxe and Hellbilly Deluxe 2?), Zombie says:
“I don’t string crazy stuff together, even though it sounds like it… well, I mean, maybe I do, but… I spend a long time on the title, and it changes constantly.”
He continues:
“As random as it may all seem I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out… hopefully when you’re done listening to the record, what may sound like nonsense before you hear the music after you’ve heard all the music you can think to yourself, ‘Well, of course. The only thing this album could have been called is The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy.’”
You can watch the video below. Did I mention it’s animated? It’s animated.
Rob Zombie’s When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re Right comes out March 12. Listen to the singles “The Triumph of King Freak (a Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)” (speaking of and “The Eternal Struggle of the Howling Man.”