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Rob Zombieand Sheri Moon Zombie have a love to die for!
Themetal singer-turned-horror directorfirst met his future wife in Connecticut in the early 90s and the pair hit it off fast, moving in together after only a month. Sheri then joined Rob whenever he hit the road with his band, White Zombie, later becoming a dancer, choreographer and costume designer for his solo tours. After nine years of dating, the couple tied the knot on Halloween, fittingly, in 2002.
Despite their love for all things spooky, home for the couple doesn’t look like a horror set, and is instead filled with laughter and rescue animals. “He’s very creative,” Sheri said of Rob during a 2007 interview with theLos Angeles Times. “At home, that’s all he’s ever doing, whether it’s painting or writing or whatever. And he’s very funny; he makes me laugh all the time.”
In February 2023, the couplecelebrated 30 years together.
“From where it all began to where we’re at now. Polaroid to digital. Phone booths to cell phones. A lot has changed in 30 years and I’m so freakin' happy I’m going through it all with my soul mate,” Sherri captioned a throwback photo on Instagram from when she first met Rob. “You have all my love Rob. Here’s to the next 30.”
Keep reading to learn more about Rob Zombie’s wife, Sheri Moon Zombie.
She is a California girl originally from the East Coast
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Sheri grew up in Plainville, Connecticut, and took off for California right after her high school graduation. She moved home a couple of times — even attending broadcasting school back east with a dream of doing voiceovers and animation — but now considers herself a California girl.
“Seventeen is really young to move out of state and be on your own,” Sheri told the blogGirls and Corpses. “I mean, I wanted to play and have fun and be responsibility-free but eventually you have to buckle down and get a job. So I was a little wild child when I was younger.”
New England blood runs through the Zombies, as Rob was born one state north in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The singer met Sheri in Connecticut when he performed with White Zombie at Toad’s Place in New Haven.
“I was kinda mean to you the first night we met, right?” she asked her husband during an interview with theNew York Postin 2013, to which Rob whispered, “Yes.”
She and Rob got married on Halloween
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Rob and Sheri were together for nine years before eloping on Halloween in 2002.
“It sounds like we’re trying to be all spooky and weird, but that really wasn’t the plan,” Rob told theNew York Post.
“We’d been together for nine years already, and we had the wedding planner and all that stupid stuff, and we were taking a walk in the neighborhood and were like, ‘Let’s just elope,’ " she said. “It was the best thing we did. I was so happy.”
And, yes, their legal surname is Zombie. Rob had his last name legally changed from Cummings to Zombie in 1996, and when the pair wed, Sheri took the name as well.
She regularly works withRob
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Sheri started going on tour with Rob when he was part of White Zombie, and became an even bigger part of his touring life when he went solo, working as a dancer, choreographer and costume designer.
What Sheri is best known for, however, is working with her husband as an actress. She got her small screen start in the music video for White Zombie’s “Feed the Gods” and was later featured in three other White Zombie videos and 11 Rob Zombie videos. Her most famous music video appearance came in “Living Dead Girl,” a sendup toThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Sheri then shifted her on-camera experience to the big screen, starring in several of Rob’s horror films, including1000 Corpses,The Devil’s RejectsandThe Lords of Salem.
“Both of our first movies were together,” Rob told theNew York Post. “So it was like, ‘Do you know what you’re doing?’ ‘No.’ “Do you know what you’re doing?' ‘No.’ ‘Let’s do it anyway!’ "
Though Sheri has tried her hand at acting gigs outside of the horror genre, including guest starring on episodes ofCalifornicationandCSI: Miami, she has previously said she’s content making projects with her husband.
“Honestly, in the beginning I did feel a lot of pressure to live up to a certain expectation, but now I don’t care. I don’t read reviews. I know I’m doing the best job I can and Rob’s happy with it, and that’s all that matters,” she said during an interview with theDaily Dead. “We’re making what we want to make and what we think the fans will enjoy. That’s what is important to me.”
Most recently, the couple teamed up on a revival ofThe Munstersfor Netflix, which premiered on Sept. 27, 2022. Rob served as director for the movie remake of the beloved ’60s sitcom, and cast Sheri as matriarch Lily Munster.
“I wanted to cast people that had worked together a lot,” RobtoldEntertainment Weeklyof the project’s cast, which also includes the couple’s friend Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira.
“We’ve been friends with Cassandra for I don’t even know how long,” the director explained. “She was at our wedding, she was at Sheri’s shower. We’ve been friends with her for at least 25 years. So that was another good person that could come in and fit right in, totally familiar.”
She and her husband had a “typical” courtship
Despite the many years they’ve put into the horror realm, the early days of theZombies' relationship were anything but scary. When theNew York Postasked if their dates were to horror films and events, she responded that “he’s not that much of a nerd.” Instead, they went on typical dates like dinner and walks along the Santa Monica pier.
She is a vegan and animal activist
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Both Sheri and Rob arevegans and animal advocates. At the Woodstock Sanctuary’s 14th Annual ThanksLiving Gala in 2019, the couple were given the Woodstock Warrior Award to honor their work against animal abuse. Rob dedicated their award toRob Zombie, a duck who bears his name.
The Zombies have also worked withPETA, rescuing two goats, Ginger and Claire, through the organization.
She and Rob live on a farm
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She is a ceramicist
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When she’s not starring as a scream queen, Sheri loves to spin a pottery wheel. The artist has shown off her studio and work to fans on Instagram a number of times,writing about the processin 2020, “I wear this mask when I’m in my studio mixing dry glazes for my pottery — I used to feel very ‘breaking bad’ when wearing it, now it’s just pretty normal.”
She had a clothing line
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“WOW!!! Going through my stash of vintage #totalskull,” she captioneda pictureof some shirts.
source: people.com
