Strapping Young Lad - Interviewed by Rob Zombie

[srhpenguin]

holy fuck someone should beat the shit outta zombie for bein such a douche

[alexkills]

Fuck Rob Zombie. Fuck House of a Thousand Homos. All Rob Zombie does is write shit pop metal and bad horror flicks. That hairdo looks better on Bob Marley.

[Niamorg1007]

Rob Zombie makes decent commercial music, Devin creates art.

[78hiwatts]

Rob Zombie is a talentless fraud that writes pop metal for 13 year old boys. his movies suck almost as much as his music, I say almost because nothing on this earth sucks more than him and his music. he probably caught SYL making fun of him and his faux persona and music and that's why he has a chip on his shoulder that I'd fucking love to knock off.

[foxtweeg]

White Zombie was great but Rob Zombie's own stuff lost the edge and wasn't that really exciting anymore. Devin however, improves and gets better as time goes by. I'm hooked into his stuff, especially his solo projects. And I also love the fact that he shares the stage with Front Line Assembly's live and studio musicians.

This was a lame interview, Rob Zombie could have made it so much cooler but he didn't even try to give so much effort on making it. Poor job there!

[MetalMikeCass]

Fuck Rob Zombie, he sucks, and so does his shit music.

[Djang0ilBastardo]

How can 60 people like a video Rob Zombie being a dick to one of the greatest metal bands ever and acting like... well, Rob Zombie?

SYL- London Philharmonic

Rob Zombie- a four-year-old with a kazoo

[anaphrodisiac]

@Djang0ilBastardo We like it cuz Devy's in it. Fuck Zombie, he's a talentless asshole.

[reversegenesis]

Interesting how he comments on the fact that the rest of the SYL are "interchangeable" when his backing band has had more lineup changes.

[acledmaiden]

How dare Rob Zombie tred the same ground as Devin Townsend. How can he call Dev a control freak when his band is called "Rob Zombie"? Fucking mediocore dickhead, jealous of anyone that shows any piece of talent.

[vavra222]

how can you compare these two? i mean that rob and dev are completelly different, but they are both making good music. go and look at shagrath, he is the real sell-out whore.

[cky283]

If goth kids can't put their make up on to it, Rob Zombie doesn't like it

[RickyFittsBuysFromMe]

I'm a big Rob Zombie fan, and all I want to ask is why all the hate toward Rob for giving a simple interview, in which he doesn't insult, degrade, or in any way look down upon this band? Rob's a cool guy who has been at the metal genre for close to 30 years now, and is a credible fan of the genre. So why in the fuck are you guys getting so pissed at him? Srsly is it because he has all of his hair and the guys in Strapping Young Lad are all going bald? WTF???! You guys are ridonkulous!

[cky283]

@RickyFittsBuysFromMe BIIIG difference between industrial goth rock and METAL! Strapping Young Lad is amazing musically. Hell, even Gene was in bands like Death (one of the founding death metal bands). Rob Zombie had some good songs....IN THE 90'S and even he is a control freak who's ''band'' is full of interchangeable objects. Thats probably why a few are playing with Ozzy now...the king of metal.

[kazoorocketman54]

What did Gene say around 1:41ish?

[skullz1312]

@ 1:33 Rob zombie calls Dev a control freak and the band interchangable objets.

@ 1:41 Jed: What do you think about this Gene?

Gene: I don't know.

Gene and Jed looked ready to KILL

[kazoorocketman54]

@skullz1312 It kind of sounded to me like Jed asked Gene at 1:41 'Are you an object, Gene?' and then Gene said 'I'm not an object'

[skullz1312]

@kazoorocketman54 yeah, I see that now, wow I got some bad ears.

[HadBrunt99]

@kazoorocketman54 haha yeah i heard that too. man, rob was a dickhead in this.

[kazoorocketman54]

@HadBrunt99 Yeah, I don't know if he was just joking around and it came off the wrong way, or if he was deliberately being a condescending prick. I used to be a huge Zombie fan when I was younger-well, White Zombie (especially the album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music), but SYL and Dev have waaaaaaay more musical talent than Rob. Maybe Rob was just jealous in the interview :P

[AltLysSvunnet]

Rob zombie is a faggot fuck that white niggER!

[ytchick]

@AltLysSvunnet i agree

[acledmaiden]

Lol Rob Zombie makes average music and he beleives that he holds the ability to criticize Devin Townsend? Fuck.... I think he's just pissed because he had to get an image to make music "woo I'm a zombie" Really fucking original Prick. Just die of a drug overdose because you'll never be a 1,000,000th as good as a man you hgad the sheer audacity to try and judge.

[lahbl]

Why doesn't Gene Hoglan get a mic? Lawl.

[78hiwatts]

ha, he even sucks as an interviewer.

[gibbsies]

rofl it sounds like at the end someone says "That was baaaaad"

[flyingsquirrel73]

"My favorite color last week was grey and my favorite color this week is green"...Devin is awesome.

[trex6321]

they both rule

[SkeksisBestSongEver]

People shouldn´t be upset about the thing with the mic, cause about 0:33 Gene make a sign to Rob that Deves mic is too far away from his mouth, and i´m pretty sure that Gene don´t have intensions to make Deve look like a fool, where Rob seems arrogant is from 0:47 to 0:58 where he says "so there´s no reason why you are telling me SUCH a BUNCH of CRAP cause you´re gonna change your mind next week, so he´s gonna quit now his back" And i agree that has a disrespectfull tone to it!

[bluebeard13]

Both Strapping and Zombie clearly acknowledge that this interview is a joke, it's not any insult or comment what-so-ever on Strapping at all. Pay attention to the aeusthetics both have discussed in depth, Devin specifically saying metal is a parody of itself, he'd comment that all you people offering him acclaim are completely useless for trashing Zombie over this nonsense.

[thejigsawmurdersyou]

Oh rob zombie, is there anything you actually are good at?

[DrVoltage1]

...I woulda punched him in the face when he moves his hand up with the mic, as if Devin doesnt know how to work a mic.

[THX256]

@DrVoltage1 Well actually if u look, Gene was motioning Rob to move the mic up............

But yeah Rob Zombie is kind of a dick......

[phreestylesk8r]

@DrVoltage1 gene was telling him to move the mic up anyway

[ecaepevolhturt]

SYL = Awsome

Rob Zombie = who?

[votejello]

Fuck Rob Zombie

[theghostparticle]

ok..your tired of hearing this..but i like to say it a trillion times if i could..

rob zombie = asshole.asshole.asshole.asshol­e.asshole.asshole.asshole.assh­ole.asshole.asshole.asshole.as­shole.asshole.asshole.asshole.­asshole.asshole.asshole.asshol­e..

[FormerlyMrBean667]

Rob patronises them a lot.

[XxStairxX]

Hmmm. . . Zombies kind of a prick. I think he's just jealous of Devins true musical talent, and ability to NOT to just play open notes for entire albums.

[MMRED]

@XxStairxX

Uh... Why would Rob be jealous about how Devin plays the guitar? Rob's a VOCALIST, dude.

[OphielPan]

Rob Zombie's music isn't bad, but there is a lot of difference with Devin's music... There is no competition because the styles are basically different. It's like compare Stravinsky and Elvis, if you can understand me. But I still like both.

[bslz65]

devin looks fat as hell. love him to death haha

[TheRealChacho]

Yeah I was gonna say that Rob Zombie acted like a douchebag in this interview but I guess that's the general feeling around here...

[gilium1]

Rob Zombie can die in a fire for making Dev and Gene introduce themselves. Devin has more talent in his toenail clippings than Rob can ever dream of. Go educate some horses you fuckin sore ass.

[ska2808]

Rob Zombie -- such a prick here! Lost a tonne of respect for him, what a jealous ass!

[SonOfDefilement666]

As much as I enjoy The Sinister Urge and Hellbilly Deluxe zombies got NOTHING on SYL or any other of Devin's projects! Its rich hearing Zombie call Devin a "control freak" considering he's in a band named after himself. At least if Devin is a control freak its because he writes most of the material, I wouldn't be surprised if all of Rob zombie's riffs were written by those guys Blasko, Riggs and more recently John 5. And he just said the album was wrote collectively man he was such a dick there

[Kohllikesnachos]

Yeh I totally agree 666, Rob Zombie seems to be acting like something of a pillock here. He is probably just a little jealous of Devins towering talent and mind-blowingly good discography, compared to his own just-beyond-mediocre but nonetheless very cool contributions to heavy music.

[tgchan]

rob zombie can clean Dev's shoes... and maybe in return Devin will teach him what real music is >:D

[ffgiza]

@tgchan lol

[TurtleyPompato]

True-true.

But he still is pretty awesome.

His music is very .. Basic and fundamentally nice listening to :D

[minkowski198503]

@tgchan Rob Zombie, now go home and take your fuckin' shinebox !

[thelema3131]

wow zombie is really rude.

[boothoot]

haha this is the oddest interview ever!!

[eveguitars]

Rob Zombie is a cocksucker. Devin is a million times better than that condescending prick.

[rsman169]

Gene looks like he's about to rip Rob Zombies gay little head off.

[jjtantillo]

Zombie is a poser. He calls people out at his shows if they don't get into his tired "music". Insecure weak-minded fool. Rob- you are not worthy of the priviledge of interviewing SYL. OR even looking at them. Thank you.

[subhumanmaster]

i like white zombie but he is being kid of a douche

[sturtpot]

Oh my god, Rob Zombie couldn't want to be there less, he obviously had a beef with Devin because he does prog metal and industrial music better than he ever will.

Sad to see that, always thought highly of Rob Zombie, but now he just looks like a prick to me....

[intrepgun]

rob zombie contributed some great music to the collective, mostly with white zombie. his movies and tv spots and mtv glow-bowling setups were lame, but he was trying to make a living so i can't fault him on that.

as for this 'obvious beef,' well, i haven't heard anything of the sort. some folks just don't have chemistry, especially in an interview setting like that, and especially with a sporadic fellow like devy. no reason to curse anybody out, you know? it was only a 2min forced spot.

[XxRoycexX]

Rob is clearly a terrible interviewer. The things he says are prick intended. Fuck that guy. Hes a douche bag and white zombie isn't notable at all.

[Mokumbo]

good to see somebody with a brain making a comment, thank you.

[drews]

wow, what a shithead

[CharlesDarwinIsMyBoy]

Rob Zombie's music is shit...

[FKNhostile187]

Wow rob's a fucking cock sucker, dude he wishes his band had that much talent, Hoglan on a slow day with one arm has more talent then any of robs projects.

[SSHGL]

yeah rob zombie fucking sucks. talentless hack whose only talented music was hellbilly deluxe and even that is borderline garbage.

[MealsBeast]

Rob zombie, you are obviously a self centered looser who only cares about his own music and self, with little to no respect for one of the greatest songwriters of all time. ignorant bastard......At least now rob has an another army against him. And only one thing happens to people who are filled with so much pride, they are just waiting to fall. if he hasn't already.

[EtherealChamber]

awkward

[Maggai]

Rob Zombie fucking sucks.

[webbtje]

Christ, what a cunt.

[APCDTBSYLDOMN8]

LOL zombie cunt

[anthonyslayer7]

devin should've socked rob in the fleshy patch where his dick used to be

[subhumanmaster]

anthonyslayer7  hahaha

[jasondesante]

if they knew each other and were just being stupid for the sake of stupid mtv then fine, but if rob zombie didnt know who that was......what a dumb fuck

[metacarpied]

I like White Zombie, but holy shit, what a fucking cunt.

[Bulletformygirl]

Rob Zombie is a fucking ass in that interview,treating them like a piece of fucking shit...if only he could write a fuking 1/20 of what strapping do.

Arrogant cunt.

[TosserJMF]

Rob comes across as so arrogant in this video and doesn't even give them a chance to talk. What a douche.

[Caldera]

Robert "Zombie" Cummings: one of the greatest examples of arrogant assholes with highly mediocre music, usually played by a tape live. (And to think I used to listen to that shyte. Good thing I haven't payed attention to his movies though!)

Devin Townsend: one of the greatest examples of what the music industry should be like today, very humble guy. He shows TRUE talent far beyond Zombie's cheesy monster-movie shit, and he doesn't go "Hey, check this out because I'm so awesome."

Devin > Rob

[TheJusteen28]

@Caldera actually his last name isnt cummings anymore, he legally changed it to Zombie

[ytchick]

@Caldera I totally agree, robs actions show how intimidated he is by one of musics greatest musicians. rob could only wish for 1/8 of the talent(if that) that devin has.... i hope he realized later what a total asshole he made himself to be...but probably not

[vavra222]

@Caldera fuck you! both if them are great!

[nilestyle85]

i never realized rob zombie was such a dipshit.

[JonasHaterTillDeath]

strapping is so unbelievably insanely awesome

[VelvetKev0rkian]

whats the fucks up with rob zombie

hes just jealous that syl is wayy better than he is

[chasewurl10]

Rob isn't even fit to lick the sweat offa Devy's balls.

[casperado666]

as musician maybe, but rob made devil'S rejects aka one of the awesomest movies eva.

[RolandDeschain1]

The one chance Rob Zombie had to make me like him after his abortions of HALLOWEEN films... and he fucks it up.

Rob Zombie sucks ass. And since he's bankrupted The Weinstein Company with his ineptitude as a film-maker I'm sure a White Zombie reunion is imminent.

[krisjammage]

Wow, what a shit interview, if anything ya should just put devin in front of a camera with the questions and let him speak!

[Nem33]

Rob Zombie is the last person that should be interviewing people. And knowing a little about the guy, I'm suprised he would agree to do them anyway.

[lemmykill]

Holy shit, let Devin fucking speak you bearded fuck.

[drumdemon3]

he doesnt cut him off once lol

[syzrs]

rob zombie is officially an asshole and a cunt for his behavior in this video..

we're gettin pissed off cos devin's fans are extremely dedicated, thats my reason.

[guitaristavista]

Too right! I cannot believe Rob, he should be friggin punished for this disgraceful interview- has he no idea how gifted Townsend is? Crazy.

[itchyfiddle]

long time white zombie fan here, and now i think rob zombie is a cunt. gene hoglan should have squeezed his head off of his skinny neck

[yacanleaveyourHATEon]

I like Jed ´s reaction to the "interchangeable objects" comment..subtle way of showing his disagreement without being aggressive

[Vincere]

SYL completely outclasses zombie. No contest. Rob should rub himself on Dev to get some kind of skills, I guess he better go make remakes of horror movies..... Those CDs dont sell so he's got to be bitter at true talents like SYL before him.

Thats what rob gets for playing a DAT tape live.

[vavra222]

@Vincere wrong. rob and devin are doing very different kinds of music, rob is simply old-school hardrocker, it is foolish to compare them.

[dudster9867]

@Vincere rob is good, but was better with white zombie, however devin is god

[6Explosive6Doom6]

I fail to see how Rob's being a dick. Some one explain.

[MasterOfPizza99t]

As I stated eons earlier, he comes off as smug and makes Strapping look like nothing more than just a bunch of kids that sat under the learning tree ("a lot of hammered guys playing metal..").

[XxRoycexX]

I really disrespect rob after watching this interview. Your right he is a fucking douche bag.

[The666GunSlinger]

Rob Zombie is a fucking duche!!! I am so glad he is off Headbangers Ball!!! Ricky may have been a pud but at least he wasn't a dick to everyone!!! Devin is more of a man and a musician than that fuck-ass could ever hope to be!!!! Fuck Rob.....although the first hour of Halloween was awsome.....but still.....

[FloodLand85]

As much as I love everything White Zombie, Rob does act like a total dick here as if he was talking to a bunch of nobodies. Obviously not aware how talented of a man Devin Townsend is. As I said I have listened to White Zombie for years but Devin Townsend is a far greater musician than Rob Zombie will ever be

[PaulTSeifert]

I'm not a fan of Zombie either, but I'm failing to see how he's being dick. They're just talking, and joking?

[stabyourcat]

Hahaha, I agree. Why is everyone getting in a big fuss?

[InMeRaven]

The whole on/off thing and control freak conversation didnt have a joke tone to me. The guy also has no research since Dev's bi-polar thats just making it even more awkward.

[jesse6669]

holy shit gene is fat, not an insult, he probably still gets all the hunnies

[friddlebill1a]

That's what makes Gene unique!!!! ;-)

[jesse6669]

lol, yeah

[luta5]

what that hes fat?=P

but nah, i wouldn't insult him until i can drum like him!

[friddlebill1a]

totally not an insult. :-) I made a myspace fanpage for him. Why would I insult Hoglan?

[myownschadenfreude]

I was surprised too. Listening to his drumming you'd think he'd be rail thin with big quads and wiry arms.

[ginobeats123420]

ya hes a pretty fat guy but he stills kills drums

[blackwarlock7]

Its not heavy metal anymore

its Devy Metal...

[spedoman9090]

rob is a fucking tool syl is true metal

[zombieflayer666]

fuck you, white zombie was the shit.

[Acidknowledge1]

What an egotistical douche Rob seems to be in this vid... I havn't ever seen him talk before this but he really seems like a dick

[wosko]

yeah rob zombie is a fucking tool i hope by some miracle of god SYL gets back together and does a canadian tour

[AlGerard]

fuck rob zombie Devin Townsend owns him when it comes to musicallity

[RomRomz]

HEVYDEVY!

xD

[hevyd00d]

Devin is a true metal god.

Rob is just some mtv/vh1 piece of shit.

Rob <<<<<< Devin

Hevydevy for life!

[Vincere]

Rob you better ask Devin for metal lessons!!

Devin does not need a freaking tape to play live like metal milli vanilli unlike Rob Zombie.

Zombie is just frustrated his CDs dont sell, so he takes it out on real talent.

[MasterOfPizza99t]

Although in Rob's defense, let's hope that what Devin says is a bunch of crap in that he'll one day reform the lad and the (Devin Townsend) band.

[MasterOfPizza99t]

As much as I enjoy Rob, he just needlessly acted like a total dipshit in this interview. He treated (this may've been stated before) Devin as if he was just some kid who hasn't paid his dues, when Devin was already established in SYL and solo, production, etc. And yeah, Devin's Metal status far surpasses Rob's.

[endonite]

Gene is not dead!? Rob is high on cocke and needs a line..Also jealous of devin becuase he is a canadian and has a brain. american scum

[endonite]

gene is not dead...rob is fucked on coke..so figure out that attitude...American scum..jealous that devin can think too..wow!

[h0d3d0]

Don't go national now. Rob was a jerk in this interview, but it wasn't because he's American -- it's because he's an ass.

[Oh0The0Horror]

Rob Fucking Zombie acting up on Devin.

Learn your god damn place.

[EmeraldFool]

Funny how uncool these guys act on an everyday basis...

[Floopajoop]

Holy shit man, Gene is a giant. R.I.P, wicked drummer.

[GarthGreen13]

he didnt die....

[Sexfarm7]

he isnt dead

[drrampenstein]

uh Gene is still a wicked drummer

[UserNameForYeeTube]

Man, what a dick Rob is in this clip. Seriously, what the hell.

Devin Townsend and his music in SYL/DT/DTB/etc. far surpasses Rob's ok-nice stuff, and he acts like Devin's some young upstart kid who can treat like shit if you're Mr. Rob Zombie.

[DestroX71689]

fuck you all you disgusting cockfuckers rob zombies the shit, you must be all fucking deaf or something syl sounds like someone shit down their throats i listened to them screaming assholes

[F4R207]

and aint it just brilliant, just harmony, auditory drugs, infused by frequenzies.

[mindsovermatter]

Rob Zombie is definitely a sad person. Too many insecurities, I guess. Shows no respect, acts like an asshole.

Devin is a genius!

[greaser123455]

jesus H christ wtf is strapping young lad that is the gayest band name ever nd fuck all you bitches rob zombie has way better music than strapping young lad and fuck the pussy who said he dont know metal and fuck strapping young lad ther a bunch of old balding fags

[UserNameForYeeTube]

How about you go and stuff a beer bottle into your brains through your ear?

Even that would be more sensible than what you wrote here.

[Floopajoop]

Lmfao, nice.

[Darkmoon0999]

rolfmao xD, I like when Devin said, "thats it" hehe RZ was so uncool, his music its fine but it doesn't seem very interesting for me

[acidarrow]

Lol, how cool is Devin compared to Rob?!? Wow I can't believe what a wanker Rob is in this and to think I used to listen to Rob's music in between Devin's.

[BronzeEleven]

I'm not going to pretend that Strapping doesn't tower over Zombie in greatness, but for you retards talking shit about, saying he doesn't know real metal, go listen to some White Zombie, like the song 'Feed the Gods'. Back in the Day Rob and his crew were pretty much the heaviest shit there was.

[h0d3d0]

You're right, there's no denying Rob Zombie/White Zombie was very good (I remember racing to the store to buy More Human Than Human after I heard it on MTV), but in this clip RZ was rude to HevyDevy so we're all pretty raw about it that's all...

[stonerdemon]

Strapping Young Lad made me believe in metal again. I will be in debt forever.

[h0d3d0]

Man, Rob Zombie's a prick, ain't he. Perhaps I'll continue to boycott his movies and albums...

[iluvlokiloki]

you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck. dragula's gonna get ya

[jestervision595]

Rob Zombie makes teen bullshit disco-pop, dont fuck with metal Zombie you prick

[iluvlokiloki]

rob zombie would hold you down and laugh as his sexy wife made you feel inadequate and metally false. so shush. ok. lamo. turdfish.

[jestervision595]

Go suck a turd, Rob zombie makes films that fuckin suck, his music is shit, im not prepared to give him credit for the okay White Zombie I regard them as a band not solely him

[adegamisoumounopano]

rob zombie should shut the fuck up to listen and learn when devin speaks.

[Romanbean]

Rob Zombie wouldn't recognize real metal if it shit on his lap! He's just another MTV puppet; probably never even heard of SYL, Devin, or Gene until right before the interview.

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Hail SYL.

[DevinTuschhoff]

LOL ? When was this done ? This is a new interview isnt it ? I want them to tour again!He said he wants to stop didnt he ??? Pls someone tell me they will return !

[Chuloloc]

This interview was done back in 2003 or 2004 when the band put out the SYL album. It is from the MTV2 Headbangers Ball which airs on MTV2 here in the states. So this is an old but not too old interview. As for Dev wanting to stop it, it's possible that the band stopped because they were burned out creatively, Dev wanted to produce more or he just didn't want to tour anymore. As for a return, it will only be when the band feels good and ready. Hope that helps.

[littlejuggalo18]

My two favorite singers....I think I just creamed my shorts

[sorrystateout]

devin townsend has a new album coming out by the end of the year, i cant wait to hear it

[FlowerFlo1983]

Yo!