Glenn Danzig Biography

During his time in the seminal hardcore band the Misfits vocalist Glenn Danzig displayed a fascination with outlandish graphic often gory imagery; in forming the more heavy metal-oriented band Samhain Danzig's lyrics delved into typical metal subject matter but took the concept of darkness to an extreme. After the demise of Samhain Danzig formed his own eponymous band with Samhain guitarist John Christ ex-Rosemary's Babies drummer Eerie Von on bass and longtime hardcore drummer Chuck Biscuits (D.O.A. Black Flag Circle Jerks); this band would prove a more effective vehicle for Danzig's obsession with the dark side. While that obsession can seem cartoonish at times there is more to the band than meets the eye -- Danzig obviously relishes casting himself as the menacing evil heavy metal frontman and his theatricality often seems to indicate that his posturing is not meant to be taken very seriously. At the same time the darkness of Danzig's vision has increasingly expressed itself over the band's career in a heavily romanticized brooding gothic sensibility more quietly sinister and darkly seductive than obviously threatening or satanic and the group's music progressed from simple blues-based heavy metal riffs to more atmospheric coldly haunting song textures that attempt to sonically replicate the feel of the lyrics.
Glenn Danzig cofounded the Misfits in Lodi NJ in 1977. When the hardcore band broke up in 1983 Danzig formed the metallic brooding Samhain in order to experiment with different sounds but that project imploded as well. The band Danzig was put together in 1987 and quickly inked a deal with Rick Rubin's Def American label. Their self-titled debut found Danzig playing the satanic metal singer role to the hilt even if the band's songs sounded much the same. Danzig II: Lucifuge followed in 1990 and it broadened the band's musical palette expanding on the simple blues riffs of the debut with more extensive forays into that style. Danzig III: How the Gods Kill marked a full-fledged entry into the realm of gothic romanticism working to create moods rather than pounding heavy metal aggression; Dirty Black Summer and How the Gods Kill became staples on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

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