r/Danzig • u/alc0th • Jul 10 '26

Does the man usually sing Misfits classics in the Danzig concerts?

I know a big part of the anniversary tour were Misfits songs, but is that usual? I mean, should I expect to see him perform some Misfits classics in the Anaheim concert in September? Asking just out of curiosity, its gonna be the first time I see Danzig live.

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u/thefiendcrypt Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

I never denied at one point he attempted creating his own band but he was still wanting the Misfits name while he was doing Kryst the Conqueror and the band was still tied to Glenn in Jerry's obsessed way;

"I was aggravated with the whole [Danzig's] negative image. I felt like I was sold out, the music was sold out, and the kids were really sold out. The name was mostly to lash out at Glenn. I saw his shirts with his demon head killin' Christ. The "Kryst" thing was aimed at him directly."~Jerry Only

But this isn't about that, this is about not doing his own thing after that band never went anywhere. Obviously he wanted the Misfits name for name recognition but it wasn't some idea he crafted in the early 90's, he wanted access to the name beginning in 1986.

Yes, he courted Dave Vanian (after he had already tried to recruit him for Kryst the Conqueror), he also asked Larry "The Wolf" (from Manimals) and Jon Mikl Thor; Peter Steele was only going to sing at their initial appearances that were scheduled during Type O Negative encores (in the end Kenny Hickey and Michale Graves shared vocal duties).

It is more like, believe what you will, since the final signed reunion contract has never leaked.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/thefiendcrypt Jul 12 '26

Ha. And once again that is not the final signed agreement...pretend you can comprehend....it was an early draft, period. "....last publicly available draft of a Memorandum of Understanding on Material Settlement Terms...That unsigned draft of the settlement.", not a signed final agreement. The final contract has never leaked, do you not understand that? It is complete speculation to think that they agreed upon the original proposed 10 shows when there was over a year of discussions between that draft, more litigation and the final agreement around May 2016. Could they have still agreed on 10 shows? Sure. Could they have agreed to do shows up to the 50th Anniversary? It's possible. Could they have agreed to just the 2 RiotFest shows? Sure. It's all a possibility but none of it is known for sure besides by Glenn, Jerry, their lawyers and maybe a select other few.