ROB ZOMBIE, who has been touring for the last few months promoting his latest album “Hellbilly Deluxe 2”, needed to replace drummer Tommy Clufetos  for SLIPKNOT‘s Joey Jordison becuase Tommy was invited to join OZZY‘s band. All apparently normal there. But the thing is that this is not the first time OZZY hires one of ZOMBIE‘s musicians out off his band. Back in 2006 bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson was also hired to join OSBOURNE‘s band.

Artisan News Service asked Zombie backstage at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival what he thought of Ozzy poaching important members of Rob‘s band.

“I think there’s ways to do things and I think there’s ways to not do things and I think the way they’ve chosen to do things is not how I would do things; I think it’s kind of rude. I mean, if my guys that I have wanna go play with other people, that’s fine; I don’t own them. But I think there’s ways to do things in a respectful way and there’s ways to just be shitty, and I feel that the way things have gone down lately has been pretty shitty. But whatever… What comes around goes around. But I’m just happy because every time I’ve lost somebody, I’ve gotten somebody ten times better, so I’m thankful for that. So if somebody’s band wants to be made up of my cast-offs, enjoy.”

Zombie told the Artisan News Service that it wasn’t the first time he’s said it, but he feels that the band he currently has is the closest one he’s been in.

“That’s totally true. I mean, I love these guys. I thought the drummer I had before [Tommy Clufetos] was a good guy, but you find out some people are just phony. But the greatest thing that ever happened was him hitting the road and Joey coming in and replacing him, ’cause it’s always great to replace somebody with a better drummer. But it’s not just that — it’s just the vibe and the person and everything about, really… I don’t know. It’s hard to explain. It was the perfect personality to come in and make the four of us work.”

The video containing the above statements can be seen below.