Danzig Continues to Do His Own Thing

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I’ll be honest, I miss the Misfits. The current incarnation of the band is pretty forgettable, having resigned themselves to releasing random odds n' ends they manage to crap out every few months. Former Misfits leader Danzig has done far better for himself, having released album after album of metal, industrial, and goth-tinged tunes over the course of the last 19 years.

In a recent interview with the Miami New Times, Danzig talked about his forthcoming double album The Lost Tracks of Danzig (Megaforce), which he describes as “a big undertaking” full of assorted songs that fell by the wayside along the road of his lengthy career. Included are several covers, among them the Germs' “Caught in My Eye,” Bowie’s “Cat People,” and T. Rex’s “Buick McKane.” In his own words:

My attitude about doing covers is, unless you are going to change it and give it a new life and dimension, just leave it alone. So with all the covers I've done, I try to bring another element to it. I like to make the original songs darker and creepier.
Right on dude. At the end of his interview, he reiterated what he’s said many, many times before:

Nobody can tell me what to say or do. I don't care if my record is not the number one record. I don't fucking care. There's not much money in the record business anymore. I could make a jillion dollars doing a Misfits reunion, but it's never going to happen. Whoever thinks I'm doing this for money can stick a red-hot poker up their ass.
In case you were wondering, a jillion is a lot.



Hat Tip: Blabbermouth

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