Background & Development
Work on Hellbilly Deluxe began shortly after the break-up of Zombie's band White Zombie earlier in 1998. When working on Hellbilly Deluxe, Zombie began working with Scott Humphrey who helped to produce the album. Humphrey also co-wrote several songs on the album, along with Zombie. Humphrey had previously worked with Motley Crue, Metallica, and Tommy Lee, among other artists. On making the album, Zombie stated that making the album was "weird", and he didn't believe it would do well, as most "debut solo records don't". Zombie wrote all of the songs on the album, while Zombie and Scott produced all of the songs together. Charlie Clouser also served as a producer on the song "Superbeast", along with Zombie and Scott. Danny Lohner provided additional guitar recordings for "Meet the Creeper", while Tommy Lee of Motley Crue fame played drums on "Meet the Creeper" and "The Ballad of Resurrection Joe and Rosa Whore". On the experience, Lee stated "I went to his house after I got out of jail to stay for a while, and I think I was there about a day or two and they were working on downstairs and Scott and Rob were like, 'Dude, Tommy's upstairs, we should ask him to play.' Former band mate John Tempesta also appears on the album, as does Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails fame. The majority of the album was recorded at recording studio The Chop Shop, located in Hollywood, California. A guitar used during the recording process was later auctioned on eBay.
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