Danzig, C/D, S/D

In Praise of ... Static Age by the Misfits

By the way, can anyone think of two songs with the same title that are as dissimilar?

but still classic!

Some punk/hardcore kid is working at a Kids 'R Us in L.A. He's folding clothes, trying to look busy when a frightened, panic-stricken female coworker runs up to him and says "You've gotta come quick! Some biker guy is going crazy in the little boys section!" The kid walks over to the little boys section cautiously, not knowing what to expect, where he sees a very short muscle-bound man with long black hair putting on little boys undershirts in the mirror and then flexing violently, ripping the shirts apart. On the floor, lays a heap of discarded, ripped shirts. He is utterly horrified by what he is witnessing and stands there speechless until he suddenly realizes the man performing this strange shirt-ripping ritual is none other than Glenn Danzig.

I also think "4" is underrated, although i'll admit i didn't really like it too much when it came out. Everything the original line-up did is classic but, yeah, after that fawgedaboudit.

"Danzig 3" is probably their peak, in terms of the schtick, the crooning (Morrison meets Miss Piggy) the songwriting, the playing and the production. That album is just about perfect. I think it's even better than "static age" and probably my favorite metal album of the past 15 or so years.

"Thrall.." ep needs to get more love in this thread too because the 3 studio tracks are awesome, especially "it's coming down".

They really did rock live too, Chuck Biscuits used to hit his drums so damn hard he'd snap his drumsticks every song. Anyone know what he's upto these days..?

I wish they'd finally put the first two video collections out on dvd. The "archive de la morte" one of all the vids from "3" and "thrall.." is ridiculously good. It has everything you could want from a Danzig collection : hair, hot blonds in leather, silly sideburns and facial hair, s&m, the band rocking out on stage, medievel torture chambers, gimp masks, Giger inspired dream sequences, the band standing in the desert attempting to look moody and lil' Glenn kicking the sand trying to look mean.

It also has those foul genital piercing scenes in the uncensored "it's coming down" video which i could really do without.

I was reading Ferris' book on Reign In Blood, and it mentioned how Rick Rubin followed up Reign with "two under-heralded rock classics: the Cult's Electric (with Wallace) and the first Danzig album."

I always enjoyed the Cult-does-AC/DC album, and love the Misfits, but never paid attention to Danzig's post-Misfits work. I guess I should have, with several folks citing the first three as classics. They were all reissued last year.

I still like the 1st 3 Dangig.

I love the first three, especially How The Gods Kill. "Left Hand Black" is as good as anything he did with the `Fits, in my opinion.

always worth re-posting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNO9k1TXS0

always worth re-posting
http://www.thechurning.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/tonydanzig.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa316/funkychowder/tony_danzig.jpg

Danzig shoudve written more songs like Blood and Tears, maybe a whole album of ballads.
amazing song.

lost snagged "The Lost Tracks of Danzig", 2 cd collection of unreleased songs from 1988-2004 I think. Anybody heard this? Will report back.

also

Danzig shoudve written more songs like Blood and Tears, maybe a whole album of ballads.
amazing song.

― Zeno, Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:55 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2014/07/the_10-year_anniversary_of_danzig_getting_punched_in_the_face.php

if anyone can ysi that new skeletons album ill do anything for you i need it desperately. i will buy it the day it comes out please please.

the great thing about Danzig 5 is that they run his voice through a DOD distortion pedal so he sounds like an evil auctioneer, then they fired the good band he had before so there are no riffs to distract from the "I understand that White Zombie is popular but I do not understand why" backing tracks

Danzig I - IV rule and I like that Red Sabaoth one and Black Laden Crown.

feel like III is underrated

Totally. I love the title track but also "Anything" and "Sistinas" have incredible melodies

III was my least favorite at the time but I bought it again a few years back and it's great.

As a teen I loved all three of Danzig’s bands up through III, when I abruptly left most of my metal stuff behind in favor of alt/indie. Have been revisiting this era for the first time in 20 (30?) years. Danzig I still great, II still mostly great, III half great. I just put on IV, and album I’ve never heard a single note of before, expecting a precipitous drop. But actually it’s not bad at all and maybe better than III.

As Neando says slightly upthread, the first four, Deth Red Sabaoth and Black Laden Crown are all good to great. I would add that Thrall-Demonsweatlive is great if you're already a fan (I really like his version of Elvis's "Trouble"), and Live...On The Black Hand Side is a pretty good live set; most of the first disc is by the classic lineup. If you're a total diehard, The Lost Tracks of Danzig has some more otherwise unavailable material from the sessions for the first four albums.

love The Lost Tracks. not all of it is gold but a lot is great

this has been stuck in my head a lot lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-hFg9XiBpA

a classic

assuming it's in other threads but it should be preserved here as well:

https://pitchfork.com/features/situation-critical/9191-the-mountain-goats/

It's October — time to listen to lots and lots of Danzig! Sing it with me: "I'm on fire and I need a hug."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVMMkBCqeUo

So… Glenn actually lives more or less in my neighborhood - something my wife discovered while on a walk during Covid lockdown. She saw him pulling in his trash cans. And it just now occurred to me that we can trick or treat at his house.

I would be sorely disappointed to not see dead cats hanging from poles in his front yard (I'm a cat person btw)

so is he

It's October — time to listen to lots and lots of Danzig!

glad it's not just me! it's Danzig and Samhain time over here, they just hit right.