By Beth Hall

It had to happen. Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the “Twins of Evil” tour. Debauchery, theatrics, ghoulish imagery, and a full-on assault of all the senses are what’s in store for fans when the tour kicks off, first in the U.S. and then with a 10-country sweep through Europe.

Kicking off September 28 when both Zombie and Manson co-headline the first day of the Desert Uprising Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, expect nothing less from these evil alliance than defiant rock’n’roll showmanship from these unholy rollers, who will be joined by DJ Starscream, who fills the slot left open by KoRn’s Jonathan “J Devil” Davis who had to bow out on doctors’ orders due to extreme exhaustion.

“Finally! Why did the most obvious tour take so long to happen? Who knows? Who cares? It’s happening now,” stated Zombie. “If good taste is the chief enemy of great art, then we should be able to fill the Louvre with this f***ing tour. Be prepared for something wicked this way a-coming.”

“I have sympathy for the Whore of Babylon that gave birth to these twins of evil, and this abomination of a tour,” says Marilyn Manson. “There is no babysitter, and there is no repairing her womb. If Rob Zombie doesn’t f*** you up, than I surely will. Hide all drugs and firearms…I’m coming to town.”

DJ Starscream has been DJing since 1992, and is best known as the turntablist for Slipknot. Over the years, he’s developed several styles of new music from the metal mayhem of Slipknot to turntablist jungle mash ups. He has developed a following in Japan as a jungle musician, and is currently signed to the Japanese record label N20 Records. DJ Starscream also performs in the alterna-hop troup AMPT that features members of Biohazard and DJ Rob Gee on vocals.

Marilyn Manson’s eighth full-length album, Born Villain, debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, also grabbing the #1 spots on both the Heavy Album Chart and the Independent Album Chart. “This is Manson at his best,” says ARTISTdirect. “Elegantly, he slices throats and puts up a middle finger to everyone once more.”

For the “Twins of Evil” tour, Zombie and his band of maniacs ~ John 5/guitar, Piggy D/bass, and Ginger Fish/drums ~ will bring their elaborate, multi-media production, complete with hair-raising theatrics, animatronic robots, oversized LED screens, a non-stop collage of psychotronic monster film clips, a spectacular light show, a gigantic robot with flames shooting out of its body, pyrotechnics, insane guitar riffs, and vicious beats. On August 7, prior to the kick off of the “Twins of Evil” tour, Mondo Sex Head, an album featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today’s top DJs, including KoRn’s Jonathan “J Devil” Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, Kraddy, Drumcorps, and Ki: Theory was released (Universal Music Enterprises/UMe). Fans can download one of the songs, “Thunder Kiss ’65 (J-Devil ‘Number of the Beast’ Remix),” from iTunes.

Local dates for the “Twins of Evil” tour are as follows:

October
20 ~ Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
21 ~ Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
23 ~ Agganis Arena, Boston, MA

For ticket on-sale and purchasing info, head to www.marilynmanson.com or www.robzombie.com.