tell me if i'm wrong- danzig is wretched

since high school people have tried to get me interested, but no dice.

i have to say that, as metal goes, post halford preist is better.

(*not that the original Jim Morrison was all that great, but at least he had the grace to become a fat and nasty drunk and then drop dead)

Which I gather Danzig is now. Saw him put on a good show back in 1994 and John Christ, who I interviewed beforehand, was a friendly, no- nonsense kinda guy. Which is probably why he left the band. ;-)

I figure whatever the nonsense from one of the legendary Gnomes of Darkness (the other being Andrew Eldritch), most of the Misfits' work entitles him to a free pass.

Still can't stomach his solo stuff, though.

I don't think anyone could take Danzig seriously, maybe some do, which is kind of scary. He is Conan stuck at Danny Devito's height, which kind of kills off his "aura".

The production on that first Danzig record is pretty sharp. It has that AC-DC stripped to bones sound down.

Eh, not recently -- apparently a gut now flaps noticeably in the breeze.

Some of the nu-Misfits stuff is fun. 'Dig Up Her Bones' sounds like Iron Maiden!

i like some of the quieter stuff on say danzig III and IV when the man's not crooning cock-rock style, particularly the slower sections of 'anything'. the louder stuff sounds dated and lame, particularly if he IS taking himself 100% seriously.

in real life, he sounds like an intriguing guy. my friend had to drive him and his manager around a couple of years back and was actually in a car crash. apparently danzig didn't even flinch during the whole incident, just sat in the back seat with massive black sunglasses, completely composed.

That makes me like him a little bit more.

I think I sold my Danzig and Misfits cd about 6 or 7 years ago.

i'd never sell my misfits stuff. fuck an adulthood.

also still like the first danzig album.

I love the Misfits and like Samhain, but the only Danzig album I've heard was III which I think is supposed to be a good one, and I hated it.

i love the first four albums

Is he the one with a lyric that goes "I ain't no dweeb" ?

If so, yes.

i like the first three danzig albums.

Misfits are fun and had some really classic songs, but I really liked Samhain's Initium and November-Coming-Fire more than anything else he was involved with. Even listening to it now, it's some pretty weird music that doesn't really seem to fit into any genre very well.

danzig 1-3 are "OK"

i actually heard a couple songs from an album he had out in 2002(? maybe?) and i really liked them! i know, i was as surprised as anyone. "wicked pussycat" and another one. catchy like crazy.

i liked the songs okay on the first album (and i was excited to hear it when it came out) but i REALLY didn't like the production. and i'm no rick rubin hater. so, i never played it much.

i can't hate on the lil' dude though. i dug samhain a bunch and i like EVERYTHING the misfits did. seriously, EVERYTHING. every song.

i loved novembercomingfire and i'm sad that i no longer own a copy. one of my fave album covers too.

can anyone rep for the song on the less than zero soundtrack featuring the unleash the poer and the fury honor the fire orchestra?

"You and Me" -- yes, it's fucking brilliant.

yeah, that's a fucking awesome song. an album of that kind of stuff would've been better than those black areola records.

Agreed to all that. First Danzig vocal I ever heard!

one of my fave album covers too.

Me too! At one point I considered a tattoo... glad I didn't in retrospect, though.

Misfits rekkids are pretty much repped hard by every hardcore band/pop-punk band since since 1985, but the Danzig records are very slept-on, awesome hard rock.