Rob Zombie is the featured guest on “Howie Mandel Does Stuff”, the podcast co-hosted by the comedian and his daughter Jackelyn Shultz. He spoke about what he is working on at the moment.

Rob said: “Right now I’m just worrying about the summer tour and the next album, ’cause it’s been a while since I’ve made a record… I was working on the music for the LP till about a week ago. And it’s going good. It’s a long process.

“I like making records over a long period of time, so that I can live with it,” he explained. “Sometimes you write something and it’s new and you’re all excited ’cause it’s new and the time goes by, and you’re, like)’Eh, it’s just exciting ’cause it’s new. It’s not really that good.’ But if you live with stuff for a while, you kind of get a better sense of how strong it is.”

Elaborating on how he goes about making albums, Rob said: “Usually it starts with just me and the producer coming up with ideas, mapping out rough ideas. And then the band will start, ‘I’ve got this idea. And this idea…’ I haven’t stood in a room with a band and jammed on ideas since the early ’90s. ‘Cause I just always found that to be really draining… I like working with one guy behind the board and we formulate ideas and you piece it together — kind of like you would a movie; it’s kind of similar. As opposed to a bunch of guys jamming all day long. You’re, like, ‘Anyone got any ideas?’ ‘Not really.'”

Asked how close he is to completing the next album, Rob said: “Not close at all. We just have a ton of ideas and I’ve gotta take those ideas, whittle them down, start writing lyrics, see if that makes sense… Hopefully by next summer it will be ready.”