Danzig wrote some of the first punk music I heard. As an 11 or 12 year old primary school kid in the late '80s I heard the metallica version of last caress and I loved it. I didn't understand the words but I loved the tune. A year or so later I got a tape with Bullet on it and again I loved it. I then obtained a copy of the misfits album (collection 1) and heard some of their other stuff (earth ad/the album with rollins singing we are 138).
I became aware of samhain and Danzig (the band). Danzig were actively making music and thankfully, due to a lack of MTV, I never saw the videos. I only heard the tunes on the first couple of albums and again I loved it.
Danzig stopped writing good music in 1995 when he went industrial but the first 4 albums were good. I essentially gave up on his new music at that point. There may be some good stuff in there but I haven't heard it. Glenn Danzig is probably the last of the classic punk singers that I hadn't seen live (apart from HR who wasn't with the Bad Brains when I saw them). I couldn't wait to see him live.
It was what I expected. The live mix wasn't great with the vocals a bit too quiet but for a 63 year old man Danzig still has some moves. He ran about the stage and interacted with the crowd. He had a rant about how he was actually singing and how the band were really playing. He played some hits.
The band came on at about 9:40 PM and we got the set that has been punted around Europe a lot recently. Sadly he only did a two song encore suggesting that he wasn't too into it himself. The set included Twist of Cain, Not of this world, Am I Demon, Tired of being alive and Mother as well as She Rides in the encore.
I don't think he'll play Scotland again but I'm glad I saw him. Childhood dream fulfilled. Just a shame there wasn't a decent sound engineer
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