Comments on: Does Rob Zombie Lip Synch?

By: Ian S.

Ian S. — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:56:38 +0000

Of course he lip synchs on Letterman, damn near every performance on those late night shows is.

And as for the comments on his music.

It’s my personal belief that Educated Horses is the best album he’s made since white zombie came to an end.

Fuck radio hits.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:45:27 +0000

i think it’s pretty clear that zombie is not synching during more then human. during american which i hate to say it but i think he might be, i daubt it though, zombie wouldn’t do that. but he is deffenitly using a backtrack during certain tracks on american which. which isn’t always a bad thing.

By: Jesse Omega

Jesse Omega — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:40:01 +0000

On the 1st video watch between 2:14 and 2:15. Proof that he is not lip synching.
Stop wasting time. Of course in a studio he’s going to have a cleaner perfomance. Especially when he knows he only hase to perform one song and there is no interaction with a crowd.

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:54:27 +0000

I have seen Rob Zombie 2 times, on consecutive Ozzfests in 2002 and 2003, and he wasn’t lip syncing then. He missed words, and you could hear him trying to catch his breath. Now he did have tracked musical parts, the looped persussion parts, the synth parts, etc. But the rest was live.

By: vinsanity

vinsanity — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:15:11 +0000

most pop artists lipsync esp. on TV, but also live. This is known.

Most metal, or in this case hard rock, don’t. This is also known.

I don’t even like the guy but to his credit, the 2nd is definitely live (why would you lip sync to a bad track? and when he talks it sounds identical), I dunno about the 1st one.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:11:54 +0000

I think on the Letterman show he does lipsync but live I don’t believe he does. Its on how his volume is and how he takes breath breaks as I call them during the songs. On the Letterman show, its more studio quality but on the live vid. its more realistic. I do believe that most of the acts on tv are fake or at least have a back track to sound more like the cd. I can vouch for that on my experience with seeing Bayside. Ant was messing up on some of his songs such as taking extended breathers and even forgot some of the words and when I saw him on tv it was like it was perfection. Well thats how our modern day media treats us.

By: THE DUDE

THE DUDE — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:17:13 +0000

i love his music and his movies but what does being a talented writer and director have to do with if he lip syncs.

i was on the tour i saw it also when riggs would drink the blood from the clear guitar who was playing it?

honey don’t worry if you ar hot you’ll get backstage you do not have to defend the rockstars.
now go fix your smeared lip stick.

By: metalchick1985

metalchick1985 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:46:19 +0000

You are lame if you think Rob is~
And he is a very talented writer/director.
get a life, Atleast he has one.

By: THE DUDE

THE DUDE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:09:57 +0000

HE DOES LIVE AS WELL
ANYTHING HE DID WITH WHITE ZOMBIE HE SINGS LIVE BECAUSEE THE TRACKS WERE ALL RECORDED ANALOG ON TAPE.
BUT MOST OF THE ROB ZOMBIE SONGS HE HAS BACKING GUITAR BASS DRUMS AND VOCALS.

I REMEBER BEING ON TOUR AS A TECH FOR THE OPENERS A FEW YEARS AGO AND DUIRNG THE FIRST DAY SOUNDCHECK
I HEARD HIM SING JUST CHORUS TO CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE AND RAN DOWN TO CHECK IT OUR AND BLASKO, TEMPESTA WERE THE ONLY TWO ON STAGE AND THERE WERE LEAD VOCALS AND RHYTHM GUITARS ALL ON TAPE.

IT REALLY SHOCKED ME. AND IT WAS FUNNY SEEING HOW POLISHED THE R.Z. STUFF WAS LIVE AND WHEN HE DID THE W.Z. STUFF HE’D LET THE CROWD SING AND THE SONGS WERE A LIL MORE RAW AND DIRTY.

By: southernpsycho88

southernpsycho88 — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:33:01 +0000

Yeah he probaley is lip synching on the David Letterman show but then they all do on shows like that.
SNL,The Tonight Show,The Late Show,etc.
And we have known this shit for years!
Who gives a fuck I have seen Zombie live a few times and he does not lip synch in a live show and thats all that counts!

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:06:48 +0000

if you want to know so bad, why don’t you ask him?

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:08:26 +0000

Ahh, the old YouTube slightly off-sync transcode.

I’ve seen videos on YouTube where the sync themselves, while perfect on the source, is not so perfect once YouTube’s finished processing it.

Also, on the second clip, if it was taped and showed later on, it could be bad editing. I’ve seen OFFICIAL DVDs where the guys re-releasing the footage thought it would be a good idea to correct the mistakes. Only problem there is, the audio engineer didn’t know about it, and neither did the video guys either. The DVD in question, AC/DC Live At Donington. The VHS version isn’t dubbed at all.

By: The guy

The guy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:23:50 +0000

Well Rob has become very commercial as of lately.

He really has got to stop spamming his wifes clothing line. I just find that annoying.

By: The Duke Western

The Duke Western — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:06:03 +0000

I want to see them really really sing and play -

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:01:43 +0000

I see no evidence of lip syncing. Simply because he can’t sing perfect in 100 degree weather doesn’t mean he was lip syncing in a air condition probably humidity controlled studio. Im not saying thats the reason Im just sayin it could’ve affected him a little. Also maybe being broad casted all over the world meant a little more to him than just another ozzfest.

By: Scot

Scot — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:43:47 +0000

It’s obvious folks. Listen to the 1st one then listen to the second one. The first one is perfect, the second he sounds like shit.

By: ~Z`

~Z` — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:54:23 +0000

if you can’t cut it live you’re NOT a Musican

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:52:36 +0000

It’s obvious he isn’t faking it in the concert. I mean from the way he sounds its obvious, he gets breathless. The first one I think sometimes he’s singing because it sounds different than the recording but not many don’t have some type of recording. If he did its probably because at times in the song he’s supposed to sound distorted so he can’t sing but does when he can.

Rob Zombie wouldn’t fake it.

By: AT

AT — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:01:19 +0000

I think it’s quite obvious that neither are synched. After reading some of the other comments, I would have to agree that the second clip was just a bad example. And FYI, it’s actually rare to go on TV and not fake it. Pearl Jam was the first to not do so in one of their music videos, and not many have since followed that. It’s more common than you might think. But you never know.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:30:22 +0000

whoever came up with this is…is just a bored little troll.
Yes he use too use a backing vox track, but who cares.

Spears Lip syncs, not Zombie, and if you watch these video and think so, WOW, youre just a oddball…