Friday 10th June

Rob Zombie - Festival Stage (4/5)

Ever since I got Rob Zombie’s debut ”Hellbilly DeLuxe” in the late 90’s I have wanted to see him live. That CD knocked me off my rockers and I’ve been a fan since. So this booking was the highlight of the whole festival for me. My only issue was the time. Rob Zombie at 8 o’clock? When it’s still light?

This means he wouldn’t be able to use all of his lightshow that is so important for his show. Bummer, but there was nothing to do about it. So, I headed from the Stryper gig to the Rob Zombie show. How is that for a contrast?

What surprised me when I got to the festival stage was that it was pretty easy to get a good spot almost in the front row just 5 minutes before showtime. I thought that there would be lots and lots more people there than it was. On the other hand more and more people were showing up during the show so I guess there was a large amount of people there in the end.

Zombie and the rest of his monsters took the stage 5 minutes late and burst right into ”Superbeast”. The sound was good and the band sounded really tight. Zombie’s groovy music makes it impossible to stand still to on record, and live we had both the grooves and Rob dancing around like a maniac, doing everything to encourage the audience to go as wild as possible. I’m not sure how it looked behind me but from where I was nobody stood still. Not for a second.  Songs like ”Dragula”, ”Living Dead Girl” and ”Mars Needs Women” were like a fist in the gut and there was no way you could stop moving.


So what about the light show? Well, yes, it was missed but the music and the band were so strong in itself that Zombie easily made one of the best performances of the whole festival. Looking back, he should have had the headline spot instead of Whitesnake. My wish is that Rob Zombie will return to Swedish shores for an indoor gig. If not, I’m very happy to have been here this evening.





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Review : Jon Wilmenius

Photos : Tallee Savage
www.savagebeauty.se

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