Astro Creep 2000: the 30th Anniversary
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Posted on June 19, 2025, 11:24 a.m. by DemonDragonJ
This year is the 30th anniversary of Astro Creep 2000, the fourth and final album by heavy metal band White Zombie; compared with the swinging and groovy sound of their previous album, La Sexorcisto, this album had a much heavier and more industrial style, which was an excellent and natural match for the horror-themed lyrics for which the band had become famous (or, infamous, to some audiences), as exemplified on songs such as Supercharger Heaven, Creature of the Wheel, or More Human than Human, which audiences came to regard as the band's signature song, and is one of the few White Zombie Songs that Rob Zombie still preforms regularly at his own concerts, but the music on the album still had the same dark and danceable beat that was characteristic of White Zombie's sound, making it heavy metal music to which listeners could actually dance, which made it very popular for clubs and parties in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Astro Creep 2000 was the band's best-selling album, but tension had been building between the band members during the recording and touring for the album, so the members were not able to record any further material; in 1996, the band released an album comprised of remixes of previous songs, but that was their final output, and the members disbanded in 1998, which led to vocalist Rob Zombie beginning his solo career, which he is still pursuing, to the present day, while the other members have largely retreated from the public scene; they are still active as musicians, but they typically maintain a lower public profile than does Mr. Zombie, and that does not seem to bother them, at all.
Astro Creep 2000 was released several years before I began to develop an interest in heavy metal music, but I do own the album, and listen to it, and White Zombie/Rob Zombie's other material, every year, around Halloween, as their music perfectly suits that holiday and its season. Zombie and the other former members of the band have stated that a reunion is very unlikely, since they simply are not able to work together, any more, which is unfortunate, but I do fully expect that Zombie, himself, shall do something to commemorate the 30th anniversary of this album.
What does everyone else say, about this subject? How do you feel about this year being the 30th anniversary of Astro Creep 2000? I certainly am interested to hear your thoughts, on this matter.