Cleopatra Records and Glenn Danzig’s painstaking curation of his vast catalog continues with an ambitious and reverent reissue of Danzig’s unholy 2010 album Deth Red Sabaoth, hitting the shelves on August 21.
Danzig’s ninth studio album overall, and the first since Circle of Snakes back in 2004, Deth Red Sabaoth quickly became the band’s biggest hit since Danzig 4, 16 years previous. In addition, the self-produced set ushered in a whole new take on a familiar audio landscape, a wholly organic sound conjured through Glenn’s newly purchased 1970s Kustom tuck’n’toll bass amps, then blasted his guitar through them.
With Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly and guitarist Tommy Victor his fellow conspirators, Glenn promised, ““You’ll hear real reverb, real tremolo on this album,” and he was right! It was, as metal-archives.com put it, “a glorious return to the bluesy doom-n-gloom that made metal’s man in black the most evil name to enter thy holy household,”
teethofthedivine.com added, “If you missed that slightly bluesy and heavily doomy sound of Lucifuge, you’ll be pleased to hear it return in full force on this record.”
Number 3 on both the US indy and hard rock albums, #35 on the Billboard Top 200, the original Deth Red Sabaoth was released in a couple of different formats – CD box set, limited edition picture disc – sheer manna for the manifold Dazig fans out there… you probably know, after all; how some artists you collect because they’re there. But others, because they stand up and demand you pay attention.
Danzig, needless to say, fall into the latter camp, with collectors now paying up to $50 for copies of the original CD, $150 for the picture disc and $250 for the Deth Red Sabaoth Fanbox. Even Glenn’s own 2022 vinyl reissue fetches north of $100.
This time around, the frenzy is likely to be even more frenetic, as Deth Red Sabaoth is unveiled in no less than seven different physical formats, with packaging worthy of one of Danzig’s darkest, heaviest albums:
CD Black Vinyl Box Set Black Vinyl Cassette Black/Red Haze Vinyl Box Set Black/Red Haze Vinyl Blood Splatter Horror Swirl Vinyl
Following 2 successful advance screenings in Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV this past weekend, GLENN DANZIG‘s 2nd Feature Film – the Vampire Spaghetti-Western “Death Rider in the House of Vampires” – will open across the U.S. at 200+ screens in select Theaters today, August 27th.
In “Death Rider in the House of Vampires”, the mysterious “Death Rider” – clad all in black – travels thru the desert on horseback. His destination…Vampire Sanctuary. The entrance fee…one Female Virgin. Once inside he encounters Count Holliday, Vampire Lord of Sanctuary who warns him against any transgressions. Blood & Guns action follow as Death Rider tangles with some of the Vampires of Sanctuary like the smoldering Carmilla Joe with her sidekick Mina Belle and Vampire Gunslingers Drac Cassidy, Bad Bathory, Kid Vlad & Duke VonWayne.
“Death Rider in the House of Vampires” stars Danny Trejo (MACHETE, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Julian Sands (THE KILLING FIELDS, BOXING HELENA, WARLOCK), Devon Sawa (FINAL DESTINATION, IDLE HANDS), Kim Director (THE DEUCE, BLAIR WITCH 2) and Eli Roth (INGLORIUS BASTERDS, CABIN FEVER) & Writer/Director Glenn Danzig in a Supporting Role as Vampire Gunslinger Bad Bathory..
Tickets can be purchased here: Deathridermovie.com
When metal singer Glenn Danzig unveiled his long-awaited full-length tribute to the King of Rock N’ Roll, Elvis Presley, one of the most anticipated music releases of 2020, fans and critics alike swooned. Rolling Stone called it “a reverent tip of the pompadour to the King” and Classic Rock Magazine admired that the album “mostly avoids the obvious greatest hits, favouring instead reverb-heavy lo-fi treatments that faithfully reference the originals” while The New Yorker’s Amanda Petruisch declared that Danzig’s version of the oft-covered Willie Nelson-penned classic “Always On My Mind” was the best she’d ever heard. And now fans are being rewarded with the release of a very special, limited edition 7” vinyl featuring Danzig’s unforgettable version of that song as the A-side plus an extra thrilling treat in the form of an unreleased “alternate vocal” version of the powerful ballad “Loving Arms” on the B-side.
The 7” will be available in four versions: classic retro black, purple, black & white starburst, and a unique leopard print picture vinyl that may very well melt turntables with its unbelievable amount of coolness. If the leopard print version of the full-length album, now regarded as a high-end collector’s item, is any guide, this version of the 7” print version will soon be the hot ticket item of 2020.
Danzig had this to say about the release, “I always wanted to do leopard print vinyl as no one to my knowledge has ever done it before. I showed a mockup to Brian [Perera] at Cleopatra and he loved it, so we went with it. Needless to say, we’re both happy that fans are digging it as they’re selling out very quickly.”
Iconic rocker GLENN DANZIG released his latest full length album, “Skeletons”, this past November. Fans are being treated to a special edition 12-inch picture disc that is limited to 1,000 pressings worldwide. Currently, the picture disc can be purchased via the Nuclear Blast webshop but will be available at select retail shops on August 26th!
Order your Skeletons limited edition picture disc before they are gone. Surf to the Nuclear Blast webshop: nblast.de/DanzigSkeletonsNB
A labor of love that began in 1979, the album pulls back the curtain on the artist¹s influences with a collection of ten covers spanning artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, ZZ Top, and Aerosmith to Black Sabbath, The Troggs, The Everly Brothers, and more. Recorded across several years in Los Angeles, he quite literally reveals the bone structure for his own style and features some of the most striking album art of his career. Nodding to David Bowie’s Pin Ups, the cover features DANZIG and model Kayden Kross in Skullface.
“These are my skeletons”, he affirms. “You may or may not know that I dig these songs. You could say that some of this music is the actual basis and skeleton of what I listened to growing up, ultimately informing the kind of music I like. It’s the foundation.”
Skeletons Track List
1. Devil’s Angels (from Devil’s Angels soundtrack)
2. Satan (from Satan’s Sadists soundtrack)
3. Let Yourself Go (Elvis Presley)
4. N.I.B. (Black Sabbath)
5. Lord Of The Thighs (Aerosmith)
6. Action Woman (The Litter)
7. Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
8. With a Girl Like You (The Troggs)
9. Find Somebody (The Young Rascals)
10. Crying In The Rain (The Everly Brothers)
Order your Skeletons picture disc here: nblast.de/DanzigSkeletonsNB
Since the altercation between Glenn Danzig and NORTH SIDE KINGS singer and frequent SOULFLY collaborator Danny Marianino in 2004, Danny has been collecting and saving a slew of hate mail, derogatory posts on blogs and messages that are “so ridiculous it will blow your mind.” Finally, some of the “best bullshit” following this event has been compiled into an amusing book detailing the circumstances that led to the confrontation. “Don’t Ever Punch A Rock Star – A Collection Of Hate Mail & Other Crazy Rumors” profiles “a regular guy’s journey in music and learning to shrug off one of the most opinionated events in music history,”
Dan Stone, the then-28-year-old videographer who filmed the incident, told Decibel magazine that he did not intend for the video he captured of Marianino and Danzig‘s altercation to be uploaded to YouTube and get viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
According to Stone, he was present backstage on July 3, 2004 in Tuba City, Arizona where NORTH SIDE KINGS were to play with DANZIG. He was at the venue the entire time, shooting off-the-cuff footage for a planned DVD. At the tail end of DANZIG‘s set, Stone began to set up his video camera and prepare to shoot NORTH SIDE KINGS‘ subsequent performance. When the house lights came on and fans started exiting the venue, Stone quickly packed up his gear and went backstage to find out what was going on.
“When I got there, I saw Danzig signing an autograph and Danny waiting to talk to him,” Stone told Decibel. “The two of them started talking, and things got a little heated, so I figured, ‘Let’s see where this goes.’ I had no idea of what was about to happen, mind you. I just imagined I’d get some footage of Glenn Danzig and Danny talking — two guys from Jersey yelling at each other. A push and a punch later, the scene turned into total chaos. I immediately turned my camera off and stashed it in my bag. I walked down this hallway toward the exit as nonchalantly as possible, and Danny was pinned to the wall by a security guard. As I passed by him, I whispered, ‘I’ve got the whole thing.’ At that point, there was absolutely no intention of doing anything with it — it was just a weird moment caught on video.”
Over time, Stone‘s video achieved a sort of mythic status in metal circles, with some people suggesting “that we planned the whole thing ahead of time,” he told Decibel. “Danzig even accused me of doctoring the footage in an interview with Revolver in 2005 — he suggested that it was ‘creatively edited.’ Well, if you watch the video, it’s clearly one continuous shot. The only post-production work done on the original video was where I added some titles to explain what was going on, like, ‘That’s not a blade in Danny‘s hand.’ Ever since that, people have cut that part off and posted the raw footage to YouTube. There are no cuts in the raw video — that’s everything.”
Marianino told Decibel magazine that he did not particularly enjoy being known as the guy who knocked Glenn Danzig out, but he also came to embrace his part in an odd little chapter of rock ‘n’ roll history.
Asked how he might’ve reacted differently if he had a chance to revisit the experience, Marianino said, “I wouldn’t have even acknowledged Danzig or tried to have that conversation with him, especially after he talked down to my guitar player’s ex-wife. I regret that the situation happened at all. But I don’t regret hitting him — he had it coming. He can tell every story he wants to tell, bu’t it’s an open book. I don’t see what the big deal is. I think this would’ve went away for him if he had just admitted that he fucked with a big guy who got one over on him. It happens — everybody loses a fight. Even if he had just put his hand out and expressed that he was aware of the situation and he was sorry, the whole evening would’ve been totally different for him and for me. I don’t plan to ever go to any show or event where Glenn Danzig is performing. If he’s reading this: Don’t worry about handing my picture out to every security guard with a note that says ‘Eject him immediately.’ I never want to see the guy again and I never will.”
In a May 2012 interview with LA Weekly, Danzig was asked about the widely circulated video clip where Marianino confronted Glenn backstage because Danny‘s band didn’t get to play at one of DANZIG‘s gigs before Glenn shoves him and ends up getting punched out by Marianino. To this day, there are those who are surprised that someone with Danzig‘s martial-arts training should have been so easily knocked down. “That was him trying to get me on camera punching him so he could sue me or some shit,” Danzig said. “I forget what it was. When everyone was breaking it up, he coldcocked me. What are you going to do?” He added, “Those were his guys with the camera. No one knows that. Well, back then they did. It was a setup.”
In the May 2011 issue of U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine, Glenn stated about the incident, “I allowed it to happen. Why? Because there are always those looking to goad you into hitting them so they can sue you. It happens to public figures all the time. It’s a way of life.”
Speaking to Spin magazine in 2007, Danzig elaborated on his reasons for avoiding a full-on physical altercation with Marianinho. “No one asks, ‘Why did you push him instead of nailing him right in the face?’ ‘Cause there’s a camera rolling!” he said. ‘I have so many friends who’ve lost tons of money from that setup, punching people and getting sued. One of my guys a long time ago worked for GUNS N’ ROSES and he told me, ‘You’re lucky you’ve never been sued.’ He said Duff McKagan would go into these clubs, and a guy would have a friend there with a camera: ‘Hey, GUNS N’ ROSES pussy!’ [Strikes fist against palm, mimicking a punch] And they’d walk out. Next day, million-dollar lawsuit.”
When asked about the incident in a 2006 interview with KNAC.COM, Danzig said, “I know they (the NORTH SIDE KINGS) milked it (the video) for all they could. But that was two years ago. I don’t know how much good it ended up doing for them. Are they even still around? The only people who keep bringing it up are you people (music hacks). And, yes, I am sick of talking about it. But the people who have always liked me probably still like me, the people who hate me probably still hate me. It didn’t change anything.”
For more information on Marianino‘s book, go to this location.
Danielle Bacher of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. An excerpt from the chat follows below.
LA Weekly: You were punched in the face by NORTH SIDE KINGS singer Danny Marianinho after a gig in 2004. What led to this altercation?
Glenn: That was him trying to get me on camera punching him so he could sue me or some shit. I forget what it was. When everyone was breaking it up, he coldcocked me. What are you going to do?
LA Weekly: So he had planned to hit you?
Glenn: Yeah, those were his guys with the camera. No one knows that. Well, back then they did. It was a setup.
LA Weekly: Did it hurt?
Glenn: No. [Laughs].
LA Weekly: You had a pretty crazy stalker incident on Halloween a few years ago. Have there been any other incidents when you have felt threatened by a “fan?”
Glenn: Well, that was kind of weird — the entire LA Weekly thing. It was blown out of proportion. I always have crazy people that I have to deal with, you know? I don’t even know if these people are fans. They are just weird, disassociated people.
LA Weekly: Is that not what happened?
Glenn: No, it was all a miscommunication. It was an amalgam of a bunch of different things made into one incident.
LA Weekly: Did you actually find photos of your head pasted onto naked bodies in porno magazines in the stalker’s backpack?
Glenn: No, that did not happen. The pictures were of naked people and he would cross their faces out.
LA Weekly: Did he write in his diary that he was going to kill you?
Glenn: Well, one of them, yes. He didn’t say he was going to kill us. I forget what he was calling it. It wasn’t just me. It was David Byrne and all these different people.
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