New York, NY (August 29, 2013): Coming off a wild, world whirlwind of creative projects that have led him from the runways of Haute Couture, High Glossy Fashion Editorials, Music Videos, Mobile Apps, Hollywood Movies to sold out DJ Shows across Europe with KAV; Rick Genest, better known as Zombie Boy (or Rico The Zombie) has discovered a creative outlet of expression that he couldn't contain.
Following several months of recording in Los Angeles with producer & co-collaborator British Artist KAV, Zombie Boy is announcing the launch of his self-titled Music Project, which he will launch during New York Fashion Week. His first show will be at Webster Hall’s Marlin Room, sponsored by Dermablend Professional.
Monday, Sept 9th, 2013: Zombie Boy will be teaming up with Eyewear Designer Stevie Boi for the fashion-show "Leather" to be held at The Out Hotel 510 W 42nd Street 7pm.
Followed by an After Party hosted by Dermablend Professional, that you surely won’t want to miss. Especially, since the underground fashion & music scene is already a buzz. Zombie Boy will be performing LIVE for the FIRST time ever & debuting his material from his upcoming EP due out November 2013 - ‘Zombie Boy Vs The World’ - at Webster Hall's Marlin Room - Doors 10pm - Stage time Midnight. RSVP is required for both events.
Zombie Boy’s music has been described as “Sex Pistols meets Iggy & The Stooges”, which has been developed & produced with precision, dedication by KAV. KAV is known for working with British legend Shaun Ryder, who he helped reform; co-write & tour with the ‘Happy Mondays’ from 2004-2007. He has continuously produced & released numerous singles in the UK & America. Zombie Boy & KAV worked in close collaboration with LA producer & Musician Josh Ostrander.
Zombie Boy is one of the more popular 'unique' international male fashion personalities. Currently the face ofDermablend Professional, he is best known for collaborating with Lady Gaga on her ‘Born This Way’ music video & working closely with maverick creative fashion director Nicola Formichetti whilst with Mugler. He is currently the face of Jay Z’s clothing Line Rocawear in Europe. Over the past few years he has built up an impressive following worldwide. He has a major cameo appearance as ‘Savage’ in Universal Studio’s upcoming movie ‘47Ronin’ starring Keanu Reeves and Directed by Carl Reinch, scheduled for release Christmas Day 2013.
Rico continues to be the face of Dermablend Professional, the #1 Dermatologist recommended camouflage brand in the United States. Their first campaign http://gobeyondthecover.com/beyond-the-cover.aspx) “Go Beyond the Cover” in October 2011 garnered over 22 Million views & won 6 prestigious awards, including a Cannes Lions Viral Advertising and Marketing Award. Now the duo are back at it, as Dermablend just launched their new campaign, ‘Uncover Zombie Boy’ a 3-D interactive clone of Zombie Boy where users can delve deep into the rich story that Zombie Boy and Dermablend have created.
The rest of the year will be just as wild for Zombie Boy as he slated to headline a few more fashion shows & other events but most of all, He is really excited & proud to bring his passion of punk & rock and roll inspired sound to the masses.
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‘DIRTY REJECTS’ – SINGLE FEATURING ZOMBIE BOY (AKA Rico The Zombie)
Single Release Date May 21 2013
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RECENT PRESS
“KAV combines the Speed of the Scream with the Swagger of the Stones... A latter day Jagger” The Sun “KAV proves why Kasabian have chosen him to open for them at O2 Academy Brixton" NME.com (CLUB NME Review) The Daily Star Zombie Boy is one of the more popular 'unique' international male fashion figures (GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue) in the world. Currently the face of Jay Z’s clothing Line Rocawear in Europe, the face of L’Oreal Derma-blend & is probably best known for collaborating with Lady Gaga on her ‘Born This Way’ video. KAV, who’s been compared from everyone from The Stones to The Stooges, looks to take 2013 by storm with his new single, in the lead up to his incredible debut album. ‘Dirty Rejects’ was recorded in LA with production by Josh Ostrander from LA band 'Eastern Conference Champions', mixed by Jesse Rogg (Sam Sparro/ OK GO) and mastered by Stephen Marcussen (The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Primal Scream & The Black Crowes). The single comes in the wake of a busy year of touring for KAV, with highlights including supporting Kasabian & Band Of Skulls at Brixton Academy as well as headlining Club NME @ KOKO London. He played several shows for BT London Live / Livenation's Olympic festival in Hyde Park. He also supported The Farm & The Justice Band feat Mick Jones (The Clash) & John Power (The LA’s) at The Islington Academy. KAV also had a stint playing guitar for British Band Happy Mondays – from 2004-2007 – writing & recording with Shaun Ryder.
The Guardian
“Punky Britpop with style”
"Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-esque rock sleaze... Glorious Garage Rock”
TIME OUT London
“A beefy sound that mixes US punk à la The Stooges and earthy Brit rock…a mix of dirty bluegrass instrumentals, killer riffs & a sing-along vibe that smacked of early Primal Scream. Eat your heart out Ryan Adams”
Following the punch his single ‘King Of The World’ delivered at the end of 2012, KAV is collaborating with Canadian fashion icon Zombie Boy (AKA Rico The Zombie) on his next single, set for release on May 21. The pair have been collaborating on a ZOMBIE BOY album project together in LA since the start of the year.
Witness the ultimate fashion muse and human canvas in the flesh, as Zombie Boy debuts his unique skills in freak show to London for the first time!
Featuring International Tattoo Icon Zombie Boy “A Unique International Brand”
- Managing Partner of Zombie Boy Entertainment Inc.
Appearing with Electrifying Burlesque Troupe
The Folly Mixtures
“Sparkling and Sexy” - GQ Italia
Don’t miss out - Book your tickets now for only £20!
http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873493755/events
The face of Lady Gaga’s ‘Born this Way’ video will be joined by a quintet of sultry neo-burlesque performers ‘The Folly Mixtures’, to bring you a heady cocktail of sexy striptease and extraordinary freak show performances. Revealing new acts created especially for this show, The Folly Mixtures provide glamorous and sexy burlesque. No ordinary dance troupe, these Showgirls offer fire breathing, angle grinding, scintillating group stripteases and much more, as a perfect accompaniment to Zombie Boy’s shocking presence.
Hosted by Time Out’s One to Watch
Miss Laurie Hagen
Current holder of the London Cabaret Award for Best Burlesque Act and selected to compete at this year’s prestigious Burlesque Hall of Fame competition in Las Vegas, Miss Laurie Hagen brings her fearless and unforgettable compering skills to ‘The Uncanny Undead’ as the Queen of Voodoo. Prepare for mayhem!
With sensational performances, previously unseen in the UK, and exclusive new collaborations with his Showgirls, bringing together the beautiful and the beastly; this is a rare and thrilling chance to see Zombie Boy live in London.
Zombie Boy:
Model and performer Zombie Boy is a human canvas, with 80% of his body covered in awardwinning, controversial tattoos. His body art depicts the human form as it decomposes into a corpse, flesh-eating insects and all. His extraordinary art display has earned him two admissions into the Guinness book of World Records: one for the most bones tattooed on the body (134), and one for the most insects tattooed on the body (176).
As the first ever male spokesperson for L’Oreal, Zombie Boy has become the face of Dermablend in its award winning ‘Go beyond The Cover’ video which attracted more than 16 Million views and 750,000 likes on its Facebook. In the process he has become a social media phenomenon, with more than 100,000 Twitter fans (@ricothezombie) and 175,000 Likes on Facebook.
Zombie Boy was the face in the commercial success for the 2011 re-launch of Paris-based Mugler Men’s fashion line and currently for the iconic Jay-Z Rocawear brand in Europe.
Now, he branches out into performance art, bringing his skills in freak show to a UK audience for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mIBKifOOQQ - Zombie Boy’s Famous ‘Go Beyond the Cover’ Video for L’Oreal
Twitter- @ricothezombie
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/RicoTheZombie
The Folly Mixtures:
Formed in 2010, The Folly Mixtures have knocked the socks off the London Burlesque scene for over 2 years with slick choreography, charm & pizazz.
With over 30 years of dance performance experience between them, The Folly Mixtures have quickly established themselves as a leading force on the Burlesque circuit. As well as performing tightly choreographed group acts with intricate and dazzling costumes, each Folly is a unique and talented striptease soloist, specialising in different skills such as: fire performance, singing, en pointe ballet, angle-grinding and fan dancing.
Nominated for Best Burlesque Act 2012 at the 2013 London Cabaret Awards, their performance credits include: a 2 year residency at Madame Jojos Soho, Goodwood Revival, Pinewood Studios, ITV’s ‘The Alan Titchmarsh Show’, Café de Paris, Volupte, Bestival, Rokit Vintage Clothing and the International Tour of ‘An Evening of Burlesque’, including: Italy, Denmark, Amsterdam, Germany & Russia.
“They know how to tease and please the crowd, even before the bare skin!” – Urbanvox.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=334Oxs8ikJ8 - The Folly Mixtures Showreel
www.thefollymixtures.co.uk / Twitter- @FollyMixtures/ Facebook – TheFollyMixtures
Paramus, NJ, March 22, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Ink world’s living dead man and marked beauties recreate historic art photo for leading tattoo mag.
For the cover of the latest issue of Rebel Ink Magazine, tattoo community anti-hero, Rick “Zombie Boy” Genest appears with a half-dozen heavily tattooed girls. The pose offers RI’s take on the1951 Salvador Dali/Philippe Halsman photographic collaboration – “In Voluptus Mors” (Voluptuous Death). The cover image for Rebel Ink #22 offers Genest on his back, surrounded by the six lingerie-clad pin-ups. The group is strategically posed in the shape of a human skull, playing into the hand of the Zombie Boy as both an artist and a living tattooed creation.
The Rebel Ink homage to the world-renown photograph born from Dali’s imagination is the most ambitious cover shoot undertaking in the ink publication’s history. Editor-in-Chief, Paul Gambino had this to say about the experience. “When given the opportunity to shoot Rico, we were both thrilled and apprehensive. We had waited a long time for Rico’s schedule to allow us time to land him for a cover shoot. However, we wanted it to be something special. Here was a great model who, unfortunately, had virtually been shot to death (no pun intended) and still in my opinion, not presented in his most dramatic light. By the end of the day, I had decided to recreate the 'Dali Skull.' It appeared to be the perfect way to represent Zombie Boy. So, with the cooperation of photographer Steve Prue in garnering the perfect array of models and the technical expertise of legendary shooter Joey L. executing the photography, we created a truly wonderful cover.”
As well as appearing on the cover, Zombie Boy and his delectable sextet are featured inside the magazine in a pictorial that is equally captivating and enticing. Allow Rick to take you to the dark places in his inked-up head for an interview that is an absolute must-read.
Rebel Ink Magazine is a nationally circulated publication with distribution in many major chains including Walmart and 7-11.
You can contact Paul Gambino at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
