CALGARY -- If Cybill Shepherd and Darth Vader were to have a love child, that baby's voice would sound exactly like Rob Zombie.

Zombie's signature gargantuan-gruff-vocals are delivered in the kind of tone that rivals the hum of jet engines and lions roaring.

The king of horrific counter-culture was in Calgary last night playing to a sold-out crowd at the University of Calgary's MacEwan Hall.

Zombie is known for his throaty (to say the least) voice and graphic performances.

Last night was no exception.

He brought the whole kit-and-caboodle with him, including two ghoulish go-go dancers and a set that had everything from a raised drum set sitting upon a devil's cartoon face, to big-screen TV projectors showing old horror movies and Betty Page footage.

At one point a large, robot/alien looking puppet (manned by some poor dude inside the costume who must have been sweating buckets) came on stage and began dancing while Zombie played his biggest hit, 1995's More Human than the Human.

It was an astounding production.

The large puppets coupled with Zombie's glam-metal tunes appeared to be what might happen if Jim Henson and Charles Manson were have to collaborated creatively.

While Zombie has been criticized for his, shall we say, dark sense of humour, it's all in good fun.

The former frontman for White Zombie has been a solo performer since the band broke up in 1998.

Zombie came down to Calgary from Edmonton, where he opened for Ozzy Osbourne Monday night at Rexall Place.

The multi-talented songwriter, singer, screenwriter and movie director has just released his third campy-horror movie, Halloween, a remake of the 1978 version.

His latest album, Zombie Live (2007), was released this month, just in time for Halloween.

Zombie brought his act to Calgary as one-off on the band's day off from the Osbourne tour.

In This Moment opened last night's show.