danzig

[Impudent]

The self-titled, albeit, it's the only one I've heard. Heh.

 

[Carbonized]

For any who missed this...

The long-awaited "Lost Tracks of Danzig" collection, a two-CD set of previously unreleased DANZIG tracks spaning the band's entire career — from the 1988 self-titled debut to the present — will be released on May 29. It will be packaged in a book-like format and will include a 12-page booklet of photos and a short anecdote about each song as remembered by Glenn Danzig.

According to MTV.com, "Lost" collects a total of 26 tracks, including a number of covers — everything from DAVID BOWIE's "Cat People" to T. REX's "Buick MacKane" and THE GERMS' "Caught in My Eye". All of the original songs were written — and most recorded in bits and pieces — between 1988's "Danzig" and 2004's "Circle of Snakes". Danzig did have to do some additional work on the tracks to make them just right.

"A perfect example is 'Come to Silver' [from 1996's 'Blackacidevil'], a song I wrote for Johnny Cash that I never gave to him," Danzig told MTV.com. "I showed it to him but I never gave it to him because I left [Cash's label, American Recordings]. But this one's an acoustic version, and I recorded it a while ago. When we went back in to mix it, the vocals had been wiped by the old engineer. I don't know what the reasoning was, but he did. So I had to re-sing the whole song. It's kind of a shock when you're all ready to mix and you ask, 'Where are the vocals?' "

Of the other songs resurrected for the effort, Danzig prefers "Lady Lucifera", "Warlock" and the bluesy leadoff single, "Crawl Across Your Killing Floor". Danzig shot a black-and-white video for that track in August 2006, and describes it as "a takeoff" on the opening of 1966 spaghetti Western "Django".

"So I'm walking into town," he explained to MTV.com. "I have the long leather Western coat, with the shoulder things. I'm dragging this coffin behind me, and I open it up, and it's filled with all these old photos and I just start burning them — pictures of Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Sharon Tate, Charles Manson. I even burn a photo of Rick [producer Rick Rubin]. I put it in an urn ... and it just goes on from there."

In other news, Glenn Danzig and his former MISFITS bandmate Doyle Von Frankenstein have been in the studio tracking instruments on Doyle's first solo project since leaving the MISFITS, GORGEOUS FRANKENSTEIN. Danzig is producing the effort, which is expected later in the year.

Also on the Danzig-related front, Glenn's "Black Aria II" limited-edition vinyl and picture disc are being released shortly. The limited-edition foldout cover CD release of the original "Black Aria" is also coming back into press.

 

[NAD]

 

[Impudent]

The second album rules too. The first four are supposed to be the best. After that he got more experimental and everything I've heard from those albums pretty much sucks.

 

[MFJ]

not of thissss worldddd

 

[Krilons Resa]

Jump Jump....21 Jump Streeeet.

 

[NAD]

Just for shits and giggles, and because I haven't actually rated an album since the last RC review some years ago:

Danzig I 8/10
Danzig II 8/10
Black Aria 7/10
Danzig III 10/10 BUY OR FUCKING DIE
Thrall 7/10
Danzig 4p 666/10 BUY OR FUCKING DIE
Danzig 5 8/10
Danzig 6:66 5/10 (last song 10/10)
Danzig 777 8/10 (last song 10/10)
Circle of Snakes 6/10 (last song 10/10)
Black Aria II 7/10

Patterns emerge.

 

[Necromunchkin]

Now do that with the Samhain albums heh heh.

 

[NAD]

HAVE AT YOU!

Initium 7/10
Unholy Passion 9/10
November Coming Fire 9/10
Final Descent 6/10 (does this one even count?)

The Misfits are of course way too easy:

every song (except Ratfink) they ever did: 10/10 BUY OR DIE DIE DIE MY POOPY

 

[Necromunchkin]

The first four songs on Final Descent= 10/10, the rest, 4/10. They may as well have just put them on Danzig, really, it was the same band, and listen to "The Birthing" and tell me that isn't the most purely Danzig sounding song ever.

 

[NAD]

Eerie Von:

Uneasy Listening 8/10 (I listen to this every Halloween about 40 times in a row)
The Blood and the Body (6/10)
Bad Dream No. 13 (4/10)

Oh shit, that dude had a new one out last year. I guess I should get it, even though his full solo stuff pretty much sucks and is only good for some campy fun, in a bad zombie movie sort of way.

 

[Susperia]

Danzig III 10/10 BUY OR FUCKING DIE

Fuck, yes.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Fuck, yes.

GET THE FUCK OUT

 

[MFJ]

hahahaha

 

[Susperia]

What the fuck? I was invited to the Royal Carnage board on facebook while I'm still banned from this one?

I don't get it. Fine, but maybe you shouldn't invite me to those kind of things then.

 

[Guthrum]

Go pluck the hairs out of that spot on your ass, save them up, and knit a sweater.

 

[Krilons Resa]

You know, certain aspects of Susperia may be kind of annoying but she has some really fine taste in music for a chick...seriously. A lot of her musical tastes fall directly in line with mine, so I can't bash her that much.

[/ducks]

 

[NAD]

What the hell is facebook?

Sounds like the majority of my college days, sleeping in the library instead of going to class.

*rimshot*

 

[Krilons Resa]

LMFAO!

 

[MFJ]