― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
DURDAY BLACK SUMMAHHHHHH! OOOOOOOOOO!
But he seriously lost it after III.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
because KISS are total shit, and always were
Wrong.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: B Minus Time Traveler (latebloomer), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: B Minus Time Traveler (latebloomer), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Avi (Avi), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
true! but i think the first is the classicest for the perfect combination of material and that strange rick rubin production. i saw them open for slayer just before danzig came out and they were great, i think i caught them 3 or 4 times back then.
thanks to my friend katie i've never been able to hear "her black wings" as anything but "whaaaaaale, i'm a humpback whale..."
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 20 May 2005 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Bahahahaha
My friend simillarly ruined "Mother" for me, changing the lyrics to the perspective of an infant: "MOTHER, DO YOU WANNA SEE ME POOP MY PANTS!" etc.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I stopped listening after 4, though a Danzig-appreciating buddy of mine swears by that one
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: B Minus Time Traveler (latebloomer), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Uhhhhhhh.........NOT AT ALL.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
In Praise of ... Static Age by the Misfits
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― brock (brock), Monday, 23 May 2005 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link
By the way, can anyone think of two songs with the same title that are as dissimilar?
― Heidy- Ho, Monday, 23 May 2005 06:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Monday, 23 May 2005 08:20 (eighteen years ago) link
but still classic!
― brian braindeath (badwords), Monday, 23 May 2005 08:26 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Ellis, Sunday, 4 September 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Ellis, Sunday, 4 September 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 4 September 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 18 August 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I still like the 1st 3 Dangig.
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 18 August 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
always worth re-posting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNO9k1TXS0
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
always worth re-posting http://www.thechurning.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/tonydanzig.jpg
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa316/funkychowder/tony_danzig.jpg
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Danzig shoudve written more songs like Blood and Tears, maybe a whole album of ballads.amazing song.
― Zeno, Sunday, 26 October 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Zeno, Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:55 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2014/07/the_10-year_anniversary_of_danzig_getting_punched_in_the_face.php
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 July 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
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.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
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
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 16 June 2018 07:40 (five years ago) link
Danzig I - IV rule and I like that Red Sabaoth one and Black Laden Crown.
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 August 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
feel like III is underrated
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 August 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
Totally. I love the title track but also "Anything" and "Sistinas" have incredible melodies
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 August 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
III was my least favorite at the time but I bought it again a few years back and it's great.
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 23 August 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
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.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 11 September 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 11 September 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
love The Lost Tracks. not all of it is gold but a lot is great
― Mr Haaland's Opus (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 September 2022 02:20 (one year ago) link
this has been stuck in my head a lot latelyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-hFg9XiBpA
― sarahell, Monday, 12 September 2022 02:25 (one year ago) link
a classic
― Mr Haaland's Opus (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 September 2022 02:32 (one year ago) link
assuming it's in other threads but it should be preserved here as well:
https://pitchfork.com/features/situation-critical/9191-the-mountain-goats/
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 12 September 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
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
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 1 October 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link
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.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 1 October 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
I would be sorely disappointed to not see dead cats hanging from poles in his front yard (I'm a cat person btw)
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 2 October 2022 01:25 (one year ago) link
so is he
― beard papa, Sunday, 2 October 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
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.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link