Misfits Bible, Number 41 Tuesday, December 20th 1994 Today's Topics: Punk rudeness stuff that goes on Jerry Only Posters ftp and other stories earth a.d.? earth a.d. II from an article about consolidated in rolling stone danzig lyrics more stuff that goes on Video stuff Rehearsal Transcript Cantspeak Video!!! Danzig--San Jose Ok so I'm a little behind Update: Stabbing at concert gifs , holidays this month ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 17:45:25 -0400 (CDT) From: stephen alan sisson Subject: Punk rudeness Well I dunno about paying $20 and then being a dick... but the last time I saw Danzig was in Pittsburgh on the How the Gods Kill tour, cost like $15. Actually it was outside of Pittsburgh in a club called "City Lights" or something, I forget. Anyway I got really bored so I started flipping Glenn off in the pit, just to see what'd happen. I guess he never noticed 'cuz I'm still alive. Then I went to the back of the place to cool off.. that was quite possibly the scariest pit I've ever seen.. really big dudes. My friend John got a cut across his forehead from that pit.. he was really proud of that (I thought it was neat too). Anyway when the band was chillin' with some tune like "Sistinas" I took off my Legacy of Brutality T-shirt and held it way up in the air. I'm a real prick that way. But, hey, it can't compare to the first time I saw em in Indianapolis on the Lucifuge tour... the whole damn crowd was chanting "Mis-FITS, Mis-FITS" over and over! I was surprised the band ever came back to our town after that! Funny little sidenote from that show: the band started the song "Pain in the World" and, ironically enough, Glenn jumped into the pit and started beating up some guy. It was just a few feet away from me so I decided to act like a giddy little school girl and (quivver) go touch his sweaty back!! Ooooh! I felt pretty cheezy doing it but, hey, crap like that is fun to think back to when you get old and useless. Teevie >;0) p.s.- by the time you see this I'll be outta school on break- seeya next year, kids! ------------------------------ From: WARRIOR138@aol.com Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 16:55:30 -0500 Subject: stuff that goes on As mark, cg, evb, and geoff we@sel already know, this is reeally the misfit. I just changed names on friday dismember 9 i *finally* got to see DANZIG after missing them four times over the summer. i missed godflesh, cuz i was late, but i did get to see Type O Negative (geoff-you are wrong). They were pretty cool. ia almost got up on stage, but a bouncer at the riviera kinda threw me across the crowd. i had my hand on the sttage, too. anywho, here's the cool part-whild DANZIG was playing HOW THE GODS KILL, i was crowd surfing again, and i got near the stage. Glenn saw me, looked me streight in the eyeballs, slapped me five, and said, "Nice jacket, kid" to me. that was the thrill of my life. I also saw weho I think was Eeries mom at the show-(EVB-is she a kinda old lady wearing a whole bunch of DANZIG stuff?).thats my story. to whoever asked about the bootleg vids-i bought a bootleg DANZIG video of their show at the allentown fairgrowns in PA over the summer. the only problem woth it was that when I went to watch it, there was nothing on the tape! this made me mad, so now i have a $21+ credit at toones in allentown, which I plan to use this week. later --WARRIOR ps-if you want to know the hell i went through to get to the concert, mail me or if enough people ask, I'll post the story my address is WARRIOR138@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 23:11:43 -0500 From: She Subject: Jerry Only Posters I still have 17 Jerry Only posters left over from our visit in October. These are huge 39" * 27" full color posters of Jerry playing his bass in front of the famous Crimson Ghost amps. He's all dressed up in standard Misfits style. Anyone interested in obtaining one of these posters, email me. I'll send them to you for the price of postage. Mark ------------------------------ From: rduran@cs.utep.edu Subject: ftp and other stories Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 21:53:35 -0700 (MST) > Yannis, if you can, put that Die Die gif in the ftp directory. I put all > the gif files in there and am trying to figure out what else to put in there. > i don't know how much i can put in there before the school starts deleting > stuff. if anyone has a better place for an ftp site, one that definitely > won't cause any trouble, let me know and i can put the stuff there... you might wanna look at www.wit.com (a mirror for some of the stuff on ftp.uwp.edu). they have directories for a whole bunch'a stuff on just about any band (gifs, lyrics, etc). they have a directory called /music/pictures/m/misfits, which at this point only has the "evil eye" gif. contact admin@wit.com about adding the stuff you got. you might wanna tell 'em about the whole 'sFiTs www page, mebbe you could upload everything you got! to -child in heat-: thanx for taking the time to type up that interview w/ steele. as one of those to get in on the joke ex post facto, stuff like this is very cool. to EVB (the undead-head): you got more 'views?!? type 'em up whenever you can...more of this sorta stuff would make great reading...i can see it now: 'memoirs of a teenage martian'. ha! btw...what does an undead-head sell to pay for trip and tix? tye-dye skulls? :) to She (-who-can-not-be-named): ya might wanna collect these 'views (if you get enough of them) into there own catagory on the www page. *** catching up on old questions *** (catching up on some old Qs) my favorite 'sFiTs release: if the compilation had 'return of the fly' it'd win, but since it doesn't...WAU is the winner. my fav Samhain release: the only one i got is _Initium_, so i guess by default... my fav 'zig release: tough one...i'm gonna have to go the 4p. each time i hear it, i like it even more. just the other day, i finally got past the "cheesy intro" on 'bringer of death' and oncovered a great song. my 5 fav 'sFiTs trax (in no particular order): return of the fly bloodfeast theme for a jackal halloween she (from 7") skulls astro zombies last caress we are 138 (leaving the 10th unnamed, so as not to offend the other trax!) my 10 fav Samhain trax: hmm...everything off of _initium_. i guess. my 10 fav 'zig trax (ignoring 4p, since it could easily take up 6 slots): mother possession when death had no name long way back from hell tired of being alive devil's plaything godless ('cept for the slow parts and the "prayer" at the end) anything how the gods kill violet fire *** random thoughts *** wow, i never would've guessed that james hetfield sang during the chorus of 'possession', but now i can't imagine how i could have _not_ noticed! does anyone out there know what the backmasking at the beginning of 'possession' says (un-backmasked)? what is "ugly things"? man, i seriously gotta write more often...it just takes time for me to collect any significant amount of thoughts...but then i procrastinate waaaay too long, and end up having to do shit like this. oh well. >=p rager q=< ------------------------------ From: rduran@cs.utep.edu Subject: earth a.d.? Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 21:57:01 -0700 (MST) does anyone out there have an extra copy of 'earth ad' on CD? >=p rager q=< ------------------------------ From: rduran@cs.utep.edu Subject: earth a.d. II Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 21:58:49 -0700 (MST) does anyone else out there think that 'earth ad' and 'green hell' sound very alike? >=p rager q=< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 01:57:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Adam (102x)" Subject: from an article about consolidated in rolling stone "Just because we're a feminist vegetarian homo-supporting band, do we have to be timid and pale and wear skirts?" asks [drummer Philip] Steir, always ready for a challenge. "In fact, we all look like Danzig. Well, I look like Danzig. Adam sounds like him. And Mark's working on the chest hair." Adam http://198.114.176.141/ ------------------------------ From: rduran@cs.utep.edu Subject: danzig lyrics Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 23:08:35 -0700 (MST) why is it that the words to the lyrics on danzig's albums are printed in some really really bizarre formats sometimes the spacing works w/ the way his words are sung but, other time they don't always do and why is it that they always use "w/"? it ain't like they're saving any space >=p rager q=< ------------------------------ From: WARRIOR138@aol.com Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:35:46 -0500 Subject: more stuff that goes on I's is shipping out tomorrow and will not have email access for another two weeks, so im just going to say ta all o' you freaks MERRY KRYSTMAS --WARRIOR ------------------------------ From: She Subject: Video stuff Date: Fri, 16 Dec 94 15:04:51 EST The old Brentometer said: > I've got a question for the Crimson Ghost and anyone else who might > know (Mark?). I noticed that Crimsy put in a story that elaborated on the > Damned tour in England. Well, since you know a lot about this "tour" and > you have the means to find the answers to a lot of our questions, I was > wondering if you could elaborate on where you think the incidents that I > described from the video MIGHT have occured because I haven't the foggiest. Where did you see this video? Or more importantly, what format was it on? If you saw it on a VHS player, chances are it was from an American show. If oneo of those shows from England (and there were only 3) was taped, it would have been on some format other than VHS (PAL I think they call it) and chances are that if it had been converted to VHS and brought to America, it would be well known. One of my bootleg videos has a big pile on scene in it - it's one of the shows on the Creepy Compilation video. Perhaps this is what you saw. EVB should be able to tell us since she's queen of the bootleg videos. > Again, they played only a couple of songs before the fight ensued and Glenn > was the first to hit somebody in the head with the skull on the end of his > guitar, then everyone (or so it seemed) got involved. Glenn has no guitar. Jerry's the one with the guitar with the skull on the end. Of course Glenn may have grabbed one of Jerry's spares. I hope your friend still has this video... Danzigiel says: > I recently saw a bootleg video of a Misfits show from Santa Barbara, Ca. > Has anybody out there seen it and if so is it a good recording? A lot of us have seen this video since it's on the Creepy Compilation video. My copy isn't that great, but any Misfits video is good enough for me... mark. ------------------------------ From: CrmsnGhost@aol.com Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 12:26:51 -0500 Subject: Rehearsal Transcript **IMPORTANT READ ME FIRST***************************************************** This Transcript may *NOT* be reproduced or posted in any way without the expressed written consent of "The Crimson Ghost"--that's me if you have your head up your ass---cg ****************************************************************************** REHEARSAL TRANSCRIPT MISFITS DATE: Approx. 1980 LINEUP: Glenn Danzig - Vocals Jerry Only - Bass Doyle - Guitar Arthur Googy - Drums LOCATION: (Jerry's Garage) Caiafa Residence, 281 Grove Street Lodi, NJ "Queen Wasp" VOICE: Play Dick! NOTE: Band plays "Die Die My Darling" VOICE: Play Douche! NOTE: Band Plays "Hate Breeders" VOICE: 6 Right? (in reference to the end of "Hate Breeders) (Jerry made it 6 - Googy thinks 4) EVERYBODY: Well, you're wrong! NOTE: Bass Starts - Then drums on "Queen Wasp" JERRY: 4 means go! (To Googy) GOOGY: How's the Wasp go? NOTE: Doyle grinds out the "Wasp Sound" Band works out drum beat Glenn: Not real robot like though Glenn: Play Cunt Voice to Googy: That's the other one Note: Bass starts - drums enter - Googy catches on Googy to Jerry: 4 - 4 - 4 lead wasp chorus Jerry: 8/2 8/2 4 - 4 (Doyle checks out arrangements) (Jerry & Doyle work out ending) Doyle: I think it's too short, that's it Glenn: Fuck it's good the way it is - let's go! Jerry: No, it sounds good Glenn: You guys are the first ones to hear this new song (Referring to the fact that the song is being composed right there at the moment) Googy: And the original words, whoa! Note: The only words written were "Whoa" and "Queen Wasp" Jerry to Googy: Me 'n' him (Doyle) will stop dead and you will hit the cymbal and do that shit - (Jerry writes "Cut" ending) Jerry to Googy: Whatever you can get (meaning ending crashes) Wanna take the ending - Take 8 Note: Band plays song Jerry: Let's do something we all know and love (Having just learned the song earlier) Voice: "Mommy" Note: Doyle plays guitar "Mommy" Googy to Jerry: How's it go (Wants a quick arrangement) Jerry: 3 sets - 4/2 4/2 Googy: (Excited) Oh Yeah! 4/2 4/2 4/2 - n - Stop Note: Googy gets excited he remembers and claps sticks together Doyle: I got a new part to add in that song too! Note: Googy plays drums to " Mommy" Doyle: Play like "All hell breaks loose" Note: Doyle hits hands against chest to show Googy Note: Jerry tells Googy where to play Jerry: 4 times then bum-bum-bum at the end is where you go Glenn: No, you don't go (play's chest) - Play till he gets it right! Glenn: Hit the snare and let's go! Voice: After he say's Mommy Jerry: Hit the snare let's go! Glenn to Jerry: There's eight of them there right? Doyle: Like "All hell breaks loose", Googy can't get it Googy: 4 - n - 4 8 times at the end Googy: yeah there's 4 of them I only did 3, Wanna do the whole song? Glenn to Jerry: Do you want to throw anything else in? Jerry: No!, Yeah!, we've just learned 3 songs Voices: Let's do something else - not the "Wasp" - let's do another one Jerry: "Astrozombies"? Googy: We haven't done that in a long time Voice: what time is it? Glenn: Yeah we gotta go for those tapes Glenn to Jerry: Do you want to give these guys a few minutes on tape? Jerry: Yeah I guess Googy: Fuck-it we'll come and practice Saturday for a few hours Googy: Pick your favorite, the one you love the most Jerry: "Martian"? Glenn: I don't know if "Martian" needs work Jerry: I don't give a shit what we do! Voice: "Night of the living dead"? Glenn: What doesn't Arthur end with? Voice: "Bullet" Note: Jerry forgets it momentarily Googy: Holy Shit! (He can't believe Jerry forgot something) Note: Jerry Remembers it Jerry: Got it, Let's Go! Note: Band plays "Bullet" :END TRANSCRIPT: Hope you all enjoyed reading this..Look in future issues for my exclusive 1995 interview with Jerry..I hope that this interview will turn out to be the end all tale. I will try to cover some of the holes that were in the Mike Stax "Ugly Things" Interview.. +---------------------------------------------------------+ |The Crimson Ghost |"God save the queen, from | | | facist regime" Johnny Rotten | || | | |"Castles made of sand melt into | |Hopatcong, NJ USA | the sea, eventually" Jimi Hendrix | +---------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 00:28:24 -0500 (EST) From: Gabriel Palczewski Subject: Cantspeak Video!!! I was watching the 1994 Best of Headbanger's Ball and about 10 minutes ago the most awsome video apeard! Cantspeak by Danzig! This has to be the best video they ever did. It uses lots of computer graphic special effects like morphing. Its the mosty awsome video and I have it on tape. I'll see how it copies onto other tapes and if it does copy good enough I can give copies to anyone who wants them. If you didn't see the video try and watch the Headbanger's Ball next week and see if they play it. I am sure they will its such a cool video. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 18:20:43 -0800 (PST) From: KRISTINA MARIE NELLY Subject: Danzig--San Jose Well, some of you might have already heard that someone got stabbed during the show. I didn't know about it until the day after the concert, when my aunt called me to tell me that they just announced it on the news. I think that the person who got stabbed was one of the workers backstage, not some- one in the audience. Apparently, the Salem concert happening the next day was cancelled due to this unfortunate incident. Well, getting on with my review of the show...I can't say much for God- flesh, as I am not too familiar with their songs. They played about 5 songs, the last being the only song I knew--"Crush My Soul", that was great live. Type O Negative were great. I have seen them live before, so this was a test to see if they were as good as I remembered them to be. They played 6 songs, including "Summer Girl" by Seals & Croft and "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. (Is "Summer Girl" the right title of the Seals & Croft song? I know for sure that he wasn't singing "Summer Breeze" off Bloody Kisses.) And yup, he changed the line "The Devil's mark" to "Glenn Danzig's mark" on "Black No.1". Danzig was great, of course. They had a bit of a problem with the mic during "Bringer of Death", but overall the show rocked. Danzig was wearing the rub- ber shirt and the Lucifuge necklace during the beginning of the show, but he took off the necklace by the second or third song. He didn't take off the rubber shirt but he did unzip it. My sister Elizabeth, me, and our friend Michi were at the front the whole time Danzig was on, but we were at the side near the speakers, so we couldn't see the new drummer or the new back- drop. :( Here's the set list, though the order is not accurate (can't write when someone's elbow is banging into my neck): Brand New God Little Whip Until You Call on the Dark Snakes of Christ It's Coming Down Mother Twist of Cain Long Way Back from Hell Stalker Song Bringer of Death Going Down to Die She Rides Dirty Black Summer Left Hand Black Her Black Wings How the Gods Kill Heart of the Devil --these last two were the encores. Do You Wear the Mark Me and my friends did get to meet Glenn after the show, I got him to sign the photograph inside the 4p CD booklet and I got to take a picture with him. Heh heh, he's just the right height. He was nice, he didn't have a big rock star attitude. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 23:07:59 -0500 (EST) From: Katherine T Sumner Subject: Ok so I'm a little behind I logged in after a short hiatus and I'm catching up on my mail. Hope y'all don't mind my going back a couple issues.... > From: stephen alan sisson > Subject: Bobby, Sloppy, Jon Stewart > > Yeh... Sloppy Seconds is from Indianapolis (like me) so I see 'em a lot.. That makes sense, I think I picked the single up in a little shop in Indy. > Is there any pressing of the > "Where Eagles Dare b/w Ice Cream Man" 7" besides the "Pepto Bismol Pink" > color pressing? For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's kinda cute... on one > side etched into the record is "Glenn don't like it"... i forget what the > other side says. "... so who cares?" An obvious reference to you-know-what. And I think the s*** about "These tracks were recorded in a haunted house!" is another reference.... That reminds me: looking forward to the Xmas present, Teevie! Well, I will be going on vacation come Wednesday, and I bet a lot of other people are leaving too. Is the list going to be suspended over break? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 20:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: KRISTINA MARIE NELLY Subject: Update: Stabbing at concert I just found this in the METRO section of the San Francisco Examiner, the Sunday, December 18, 1994 issue: FATAL STABBING AT COLLEGE CONCERT SAN JOSE A concert employee was fatally stabbed in a scuffle with an attempted gate crasher at a San Jose State University concert, officials said. Victor Morita, 44, of Daly City, an employee of Bill Graham Presents, was pronounced dead at San Jose Medical Center late Friday, said Lori Stahl, university spokeswoman. Taken into custody by campus police was Justin Gies, 27, of Aptos, who faces homicide charges. The suspect "tried to get into the back- stage areas" of the university's Event Center, said Stahl. "Security men stopped him, and he began fighting." The suspect knocked Morita down and began stabbing him with a fold- ing knife, she said. Security guards subdued Gies and held him until campus police arrived. Campus authorities emphasized that the incident didn't involve any students or San Jose State personnel. Well, at least they didn't mention that it was a Danzig concert, and try to make a big deal about that. Kris. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 14:31:22 +0300 (EET) From: NIKOLOPOULOS@tne01.tele.nokia.fi Subject: gifs , holidays To Child in Heat : Yea, the interview was definitely worth typing! Its appreciated! To Elizabeth : If you can type the interviews you mentioned it would be great! --- I got the gif files from the ftp site but most of them were corrupted (I could only get part of the picture on screen). I tried several times but with the same result. Could you repost them please? The "die die.." gif was not "die die.." after all :). I had a look (hadn't seen it for ages) and found out that it was from something else (maybe the back of "die die..." as Andy (Andrew Thorn) pointed out to me). Anyway, the gif exists in the ftp site and it is the evileye.gif. I'm off home for the next 3 weeks so happy holidays to everyone :) Yannis ________/________/________/________/________/________/________/________/______ --------/--------/--------/--------/--------/--------/--------/--------/------ ### ### ### ### ### ### Yannis Nikolopoulos Nikolopoulos@tnclus.ntc.nokia.com ### ### ### ### Gre:UK:Fin Yannis.Nikolopoulos@ntc.nokia.com ### ### ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 00:18:49 -0500 From: She Subject: this month The bible may come out a little less often, depending on how many message come in, since everybody appears to have left town..... mark ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. MMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMM FFFFFFFFFFFFF TTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMM MMMMM III SSSS FFFFF III TTTTTT SSSSS MMMMMM MMMMMM IIII SSSSSSS FFF IIII TTTT SSS SS MMMMMMMMMMMMMM IIII SSSS SS FFFFFFF III TTT SSSS MMM MMMMMM MMM III SSSSS FFFFFF III TTT SSSSSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSSS FFF IIII TTT S SSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSS SSS FFF IIII TTT SSS SSSS M M MM MM II SSSSSS FFF III TT SSSSSSS M F II top Misfits Bible, Number 42 Thursday, December 22nd 1994 Today's Topics: Possesion baskmasking Bootlegs Video Misfits Stuff/The Headbanger's Ball Old #41 Some news from Glenn & other stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 15:03:58 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Spence Subject: Possesion baskmasking Someone wanted to know what the baskmasking was on 'Possession'. I hooked a microphone to my computer, and recorded it then played it backwards, which I guess is forwards. Anyways, it's in Spanish, and I don't know spanish, but I could pull out a couple words like 'Satanis'. Come to think of it, I'm not sure what language it's in (SOUNDED like spanish). Anyways, I love to get a translations from somebody. Tom Spence (tspence@cln.etc.bc.ca) ------------------------------ Subject: Bootlegs Video From: ALFREDO CAPPELLO Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 23:28:00 +0100 SHE> Is there anyone out there who has any Misfits, Samhain, or Danzig SHE> bootleg videos that would make copies for a small price. I, and SHE> I'm sure many other fans, would like to see these. I've looked SHE> to buy some, but the prices range from $25-50, which I think is SHE> too much especially since the quality is quite poor. Is there SHE> someone who has a large collection (Elizabeth or Mark maybe), tha SHE> t would be willing to make copies for a small fee (the price of SHE> blank tapes and postage?) Ithink that many people would be SHE> interested. Please consider it. Thanks. I've some stuff on Video: Danzig Milan 13 october 92 80' (I film this!) Berlin 29 august 92 80' (this is a 2nd generation) The quality (expecially my master copy) is really great. bye Alf ---- alfredo.cappello@galactica.it * Q-Blue 1.0 * ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 23:32:04 -0500 (EST) From: Gabriel Palczewski Subject: Misfits Stuff/The Headbanger's Ball First of all I posted about the "Cantspeak" video and how I have it andit recorded great! Its an awsome video and I said watch the Ball for it well I am sorry to announce there is going to be no more Ball. These next 2 weeks it is interupted and in 3 weeks it is the last HEADBANGER'S BALL EVER!!!!!! Yes folks its sad to say but its true. If you have MTV's INet e-mail or their regualr mail address please post it and all metal fans protest this outrage. Secondly I need some Misfits info: 1. On The Misfits CD (ya know the yellow coverd one) what tracks are allgedly differnt? 2. Who is in that picture. My guesse is Glenn, Jerry, Doyel but I can't think of who the really odd looking buy in the back is. 3. Do they still make the Earth A.D./Evilive/Wolfsblood CD? 4. What Misfits bootlegs are any good (concert ones)? ------------------------------ From: She Subject: Old #41 Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 0:47:05 EST Rduran pachuco king said: > does anyone out there know what the backmasking at the beginning > of 'possession' says (un-backmasked)? I can't tell you what it is, but I do know for a fact that it's in Latin. > what is "ugly things"? Ugly Things is a magazine put out by Mike Stax in CA. It's mostly about horror movies and 60's punk rock, but the last 2 issues have been big Misfits specials, #12 having a 22+ page interview with Jerry with loads of never before seen pictures, and #13 having a neat interview with Joey and lots of pictures supplied by EVB. > does anyone out there have an extra copy of 'earth ad' on CD? I don't have an extra copy, but I called Caroline Records yesterday and asked how many of those gold CD's were made. They said an estimate was around 5000. Personally I think that's too low since I've seen so many... mark ------------------------------ From: "Bouras, Elizabeth" Subject: Some news from Glenn & other stuff Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 13:19:00 est Just got back from Seattle and the final show on the Danzig tour! Actually I'd flown in to Oregon hoping to catch the show the previous night in Salem, Oregon only to find out it was cancelled. According to EV it was because of problems with the venue (Salem Armory - he said that place was too large and the other place they were going to move it to which I think was La Luna's in Portland was too small) but I wonder if it wasn't because of what had happened two nights earlier at the show in San Jose where a security guard got knifed to death by a nut case trying to get backstage. That's seriously frightening shit (why on earth did he want to get back there so badly anyway?) Nobody is sure even HOW he'd gotten a knife into the venue as apparently people had been searched going in. (No wonder they went over everybody with metal detectors on the way into the Seattle gig!) Anyway, luckily the Seattle show went on as planned (or I would have been SERIOUSLY bummed to have flown that far for nothing!) Before the show they did a record signing at the Tower Records in Tacoma, WA so my friends and I headed there first & I gave the band some Christmas goodies - two tins full of candy encrusted cookies (i.e. small amounts of cookie dough holding together M&M's, Reeses Pieces & Hershey Kisses since Glenn is such a chocoholic) in specially decorated tins that my room mate Judy painted for me - one had the Kaluta Yin/Yang design surrounded by a holly wreath & the other had a saucy pin up of Satanika (pose swiped from an Olivia painting) wearing a red bikini top trimmed in white fur & a Santa hat. Tacky but cute. And Judy sculpted a cute little (Japananime super deformed style) Satanika figurine for Glenn that I wrapped up & gave him. Glenn doesn't do Christmas and I don't really in that I'm no Christian (I'm basically agnostic with neo pagan leanings) but I use it as an excuse to give presents to all my friends! Anyway, they really dug the goodies & I made Glenn promise to share the cookies (which apparently he did since John later told me how much he liked 'em!) >From the signing we jumped back on I-5 to get to Seattle (in heavy rain and rush hour traffic) to get to the venue. As it turns out Godflesh had cancelled out so I didn't get to see them again, so Type O Negative opened. And at last - Danzig. It was one of the best shows I've seen on this tour and Glenn was unusually talkative that night. He couldn't resist getting in a few digs though - before they played "Snakes of Christ" he said "And here's a song that was stolen by Stone Temple Pilots who recorded it as "Sex Type Thing". (No wonder it's the only song of there's I can tolerate. And it's got that "Twist Of Cain" bass line...) Of course they've stolen a lot of other songs from a lot of other bands". And before "Her Black Wings" it was "And here's another video that MTV won't play. Maybe if we dyed our hair green and played punk rock they'd notice us". The Seattle crowd was active but NOWHERE near as violent as the east oat crowds so it was nice not to get kicked in the head up front for a change. The encores that night were "Killer Wolf" and "Am I Demon" - a brilliant pair to close off the tour with! As far as MTV goes - well, at least they DID play "Cantspeak" last weekend on Headbanger's Ball (which thankfully my roomies taped for me while I was gone) which is a beautiful video making great use of computer animation & stop motion. Looks like the sort of thing MTV would pick up as a "Buzz Clip". (Well, it helps if Glenn will MAKE a video they can play. He does admit they did the "It's Coming Down" one just to fuck with people. I told him it's still not as disturbing as the Nine Inch Nails "Broken" movie and "Happiness in Slavery" which is also by the same guy who directed "It's Coming Down") "Cantspeak" is getting a LOT of airplay in Oregon and Seattle & even the alternative station here WHFS has picked up on it. (Almost DIED driving to work & hearing Danzig on 'HFS instead of Morrisey and the Cure...) Hung out & talked to Glenn backstage after the Seattle show & figured I'd use the opportunity to ask a few of the most frequently asked questions around here... (Like I've told him, I'm trying to clear up the rumors that get started on the net by providing a reliable source of info when I can!) 1) What's up with the Samhain Box set? According to Glenn it should come out in the summer of 1995 - FINALLY! He's been working with Steve Zing on this and Steve dug up a lot of photos & some good quality live tapes, so the boxed set will contain TWO live Samhain CD's! There will also be a sizable fold out booklet with unpublished photos and all of the lyrics including the ones to Unholy Passion and Final Descent. 2) Will he play Wolverine in the X-Men movie? Glenn HAS been talking to the folks at 20th Century Fox about this (it's not just a rumor in Wizard magazine, folks!) and they have given him a script. He has yet to read it and see if it's any good (sometimes movies on comics aren't such a great idea - anybody remember the Captain America, Punisher & Fantastic Four movies?) but he definitely is under consideration for the part. Apparently there is also talk of a separate Wolverine movie as well as an X -Men movie (probably to follow as a sequel if the first one is a success). There is ALSO talk of a Lobo movie from a different studio (he told me who was thinking about it but I spaced it) and if this happens he'd rather play Lobo than Wolverine. 3) Will there be any more releases like "Black Aria"? Look for a soundtrack album for "Death Dealer" sometime in 1995! ("Death Dealer" is a forthcoming comic from Glenn's publishing company Verotik based on the famous Frank Frazetta character - it will be drawn by Simon Bisley with covers by Frazetta) Speaking of Verotik, the first issue of SATANIKA will be out in about two weeks. For the story of the origin of Satanika check out the first story "Obscenity" by Glenn Danzig & Simon Bisley in their new horror comic anthology VEROTIKA #1 which is out now. Verotik also has a new editor, Hart Fisher, formerly of Boneyard Press (the folks who brought you the Jeffrey Dahmer comics). Oh, and for folks who want to get a peek of some of Glenn's artwork - he's planning a special issue of Satanika (#0) for next year's San Diego comic con that will print his original character design sketches (for Satanika and Dalkiel, Satanika's father). Now that the tour is over I guess this means I can finally get some sleep! Danzig will be back on the road again sometime early in 1995 (possibly as soon as February) A few comments on the last Bible: SSisson - hey, I was at that show in Pittsburgh at City Lights (big surprize, huh?) Wasn't that the dive in the strip mall outside of town? Still better than the horrible stainless steel disco "The Metropol" they'd played in at the 1990 Pittsburgh show. And that Lucifuge Indy show will burn forever in my memory.... Warrior 138 - Told ya he digs Lobo! (Re: chain on your jacket) Was the older lady really tiny? Eerie's mom is real short (surprizing considering how tall Von is) Yeah, tell what hell you went thru to get to the concert - I like hearing people's stories (and appreciate the dedication it takes to get wherever) rduran - >What does an undead-head sell to pay for trip and tix?< Uh, we scrape really cool roadkill off the street, boil it down & make bracelets out of vertebrae and other bones and black ribbons and sell those in the parking lots. (I'm really kidding but you wouldn't believe how many people buy it when I tell them that....) BTW your thermal sweater & bandanna will be going out real soon! Ugly Things is a fanzine put out by Mike Stax (405 West Washington St #237, San Diego CA 92103 - tell him I sent ya!) The current issue has a n interview with Joey Image (including a pic I took of him playing with the Undead) and a followup Misfits piece. The issue before has a HUGE Jerry Only i/v that basically chronicles the whole history of the Misfits and is illustrated by a TON of incredible rare cool pix. IMHO every fiend needs these. Back issues are available for $6 each - well worth it! This zine is huge and offset printed - magazine quality! I think Tower Records is distributing it now - saw the latest ish in the Tower in Rockville, MD. RE: how Glenn's lyrics are written out. He probably writes 'em out the way some people format their poetry. It definitely looks very deliberate. She (and others in earlier issues) If I could see that vid I could prolly i.d. it - offhand it doesn't sound familiar though but then I don't have everything memorized. I REALLY doubt that it's from England though. One thing to remember is that back then (when the 'Fits toured England) VCR's were hellishly expensive (like $1,200 - camcorders were much more & mostly just used by pros) so very few things were taped aside from stuff on TV shows. I don't even KNOW of ANY Misfits videos that early - the earliest one I have is from Detroit in 1980.... All the others I know of are from '82 and '83. Mark, I'm glad you pointed out that Glenn has no guitar - when I'd read the earlier post about this vid I was like "huh? he's gotta be mistaken, maybe he means Doyle. Wait, Doyle's guitar never had a skull on it - I guess he means Jerry's bass!" The Santa Barbara CA video is the one from the Goleta center. I've never seen a REALLY good copy of this - its taken me a few years of upgrading to get an OK one (that is pretty watchable and in color. (Most of the copies I've seen have been so many generations down that the color was gone and if you stood across the room and squinted MAYBE you could make out who's who) Crimson Ghost - thanx for the rehearsal transcript!! Really enjoyed!! (Closed my eyes & tried to picture it all) Looking forward to your interview with Jerry in '95! Kristina Marie Nelly - "Summer Breeze" is a Seals and Crofts song - that's what Type O performed. Of course Mr. Steele might have changed the lyrics to "Summer Girl" - he certainly likes playing with the lyrics (keeps him from getting bored I guess) I think that's it for now...... I'll start digging out those old fanzines & typing up some of the Misfits interviews! Hoping to have some BIG news to pass on in a few weeks if all things work out (yeah, I'm being cryptic) - Elizabeth ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. MMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMM FFFFFFFFFFFFF TTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMM MMMMM III SSSS FFFFF III TTTTTT SSSSS MMMMMM MMMMMM IIII SSSSSSS FFF IIII TTTT SSS SS MMMMMMMMMMMMMM IIII SSSS SS FFFFFFF III TTT SSSS MMM MMMMMM MMM III SSSSS FFFFFF III TTT SSSSSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSSS FFF IIII TTT S SSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSS SSS FFF IIII TTT SSS SSSS M M MM MM II SSSSSS FFF III TT SSSSSSS M F II top Misfits Bible, Number 43 Tuesday, December 27th 1994 Today's Topics: Cantspeak/headbanger's ball oops backmasking on Danzig I Danzig in SF? Stoked! misfits list NECRONOMICON (Bootleg) stuff from #42 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 18:51:00 -0600 From: MICHELLE TEGGELAAR Subject: Cantspeak/headbanger's ball For anyone that has not yet seen the Cantspeak video, you must check it out - but I am sure that Elizabeth is right to say that it has "buzz clip" written all over it. It is quite different than anything that Danzig has put out, with all of the computer generated images and graphics. He has come a long way from videos like Dirty Black Summer which would cause Butthead to day "these effects aren't very special." AND - to Gabriel, what is the deal with the Headbanger's Ball? Not that I like it particularly, but it is the only forum for videos that of a heavier and more intense nature. My friend Bob who is in the band BILE told me that they would probably be making a change with the Headbanger's Ball to a show that was more "alternative" in nature. Are there any plans to replace the show with an equivalent program? Or are we out of luck when it comes to videos? If anyone saw Danzig's recent show in Chicago, I am happy to say that the crowd was virtually the same as in other years. We were all frightened because the little alternative station that plays predominately "Cranberries" type music was sponsoring the show. Some of us almost skipped the show from outrage, but I am very glad that I went and the show and the crowd was great, as usual. If the people that listen to that station like Danzig, I guess they were too scared to go. But I have to admit, I really enjoyed Type O Negative. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 10:18:14 -0500 From: She Subject: oops sorry team, i didn't mean to send the bible out a day early. i just lost track of the date.... mark ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Dec 94 19:07:37 EST From: andrew mclaughlin Subject: backmasking on Danzig I The back masking on Possession is definitely Latin and from what I remember in High School Latin I, I believe that it is the catholic prayer intro "In the name of the father of the son and of the Holy Spirit" In Latin it translates to "In nomina patria et fillia et spirit tu sanctum ...???" Didn't really remember it then, don't really remember it now. --Andrew ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 23:45:40 -0800 (PST) From: ELIZABETH MARIE NELLY Subject: Danzig in SF? Does anyone know if/when DANZIG will be playing at the Warfield in San Francisco, in 1995? Liza (.) (.) ", ------------------------------ From: Neil McAllister Subject: Stoked! Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 23:48:02 -0800 (PST) Just managed to pick up a copy of the "Beware and the Rest" CD at a used book-and-record store down the street from my house. Paid $20+tax for it, which I thought was a damn fine price, especially considering the joint usually sells bootleg CDs for about $30, and in the $45-60 range for double CD sets. I agree with the other assessments I've read about this disc elsewhere: the sound quality is not bad at all, though it's obvious that these were recorded from someone's vinyl copies and there's a pop or crackle here and there. The only track that sounds kinda messed up is "Rat Fink", but then that song really sorta sucks anyways. The disc pretty much fills up all the holes in what's available on CD from Plan 9 (so long as you count the Earth A.D./Wolfsblood/Die Die My Darling limited edition disc, and you discount lives). Happy X-Mas to me! -- Neil McAllister (pcm2@netcom.com) | Santa Cruz, California, USA "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." -- Ben Kenobi ------------------------------ From: Burkhard Jaerisch Subject: misfits list Date: Thu, 22 Dec 94 16:37:01 MEZ hey, i'm an intruder from the punk list; just got my first issue of the misfits bible today. someone on the list was asking for the gold cd of earth ad, i still have a sealed copy for trade (preferably). i'm looking for old us punk 7"s mainly, some other stuff as well, just get in touch with me if you're still interested. also, has anyone seen an original copy of cough cool lately? i've been after it for years, i saw it on sales lists a couple of times but it was always gone except for once; i ordered it and it got lost in the mail... oh well. if you know someone who sells it or have seen it in a shop please let me know, thanx! cu b.flex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 13:57:29 -0500 (EST) From: Gabriel Palczewski Subject: NECRONOMICON (Bootleg) This was not listed in the discography so I thought I'd share it with ya. Artist: Misfits Album: Necronomicon Format: CD Year: ???? Tracks: 1. Halloween 2. 20 Eyes 3. I Turned Into A Martian 4. Horror Business 5. Vampira 6. Mommy Can I Go Out And Kill 7. London Dungeon 8. Attitude 9. Teenagers From Mars 10. Night Of The Living Dead 11. All Hell Breaks Loose 12. Hatebreeders 13. Bullet 14. Halloween 15. Vampira 16. I Turned Into A Martian 17. Skulls 18. London Dungeon 19. Night Of The Living Dead 20. Horror Hotel 21. Ghouls Night Out 22. Astro Zombies 23. Where Eagles Dare 24. Violent World 25. Halloween II 1-13: Live December 25, 1981--Hitsville--Passaic, NJ 14-25: Recorded Live--1979 and 1980 I have reason to belive 14-25 are demos or off an actual album becuase each one ends and there is no crowd noise or real errors in it. The recording is just a little muffled but no people screaming, no band talking, nothing and it sounds too good to be live. Especially for the Misfits. This wasn't in the discography and I thought I'd let you people know. Its 52 minutes lone and track 6 should be "Mommy Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?" but its mislabeled on the CD. Its on the label BRAND-NEW BEAT and the CD # is BNB-911004. There is no year when this CD was issued and it comes with a mini poster of some satanic picture of these hulking guys each baring a striking resemblence to Misfits themselves. If anyone wants a copy all I require is a blank tape and postage or another bootleg copy in return as a trade. My private e-mail address is: azrael@grfn.org ------------------------------ From: She Subject: stuff from #42 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 94 3:23:07 EST azrael said: > 1. On The Misfits CD (ya know the yellow coverd one) what tracks are > allgedly differnt? Basically anything from Walk Among Us and a few others are supposedly different, although I haven't really noticed. > > 2. Who is in that picture. My guesse is Glenn, Jerry, Doyel but I can't > think of who the really odd looking buy in the back is. > At first I didn't know what you were talking about, and then i remembered that the CD comes with a picture that's not on the record. That picture is from the same photo shoot as the Beware cover. It's Jerry, Glenn, Bobby and Joey. > 3. Do they still make the Earth A.D./Evilive/Wolfsblood CD? Probably not. It's kind of old now. > > 4. What Misfits bootlegs are any good (concert ones)? The Hittsville 12/25/81 has good quality and the 10/29/83 (last show) bootleg is cool to hear because they did so many songs, including 2 covers, and it was their last show. Hey EVB, here's something I've wanted to know for a long time, and maybe you could ask Glennzig next time you see him, unless you know already... Who else played on Less Than Zero in the Power And Fury Orchestra? I've always felt that Chuck was the drummer and I'd like to know exactly what the story is. Mark. ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. MMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMM FFFFFFFFFFFFF TTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMM MMMMM III SSSS FFFFF III TTTTTT SSSSS MMMMMM MMMMMM IIII SSSSSSS FFF IIII TTTT SSS SS MMMMMMMMMMMMMM IIII SSSS SS FFFFFFF III TTT SSSS MMM MMMMMM MMM III SSSSS FFFFFF III TTT SSSSSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSSS FFF IIII TTT S SSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSS SSS FFF IIII TTT SSS SSSS M M MM MM II SSSSSS FFF III TT SSSSSSS M F II top Misfits Bible, Number 44 Tuesday, January 3rd 1995 Today's Topics: Misfits interview from TOUCH AND GO FANZINE Re: Misfits Bible, #43 Questions, questions, questions For MBible ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bouras, Elizabeth" Subject: Misfits interview from TOUCH AND GO FANZINE Date: Tue, 27 Dec 94 11:03:00 est By popular request I'll start to type up some old Misfits interviews I've got in some old fanzines that most of ya probably haven't seen. Watch for 'em as time permits! They aren't in any particular order, just what I dig up. This first one is from TOUCH AND GO fanzine: THE MISFITS were interviewed by Brian Hyland at Bookies in Detroit 9-81 BH: So is this an official tour or what? Glenn: Well, we're heading back to New York now and then we're going to San Francisco and L.A. Then we come and do the whole fuckin' thing over again. BH: Are you playn' here again? Glenn: Ya middle of October. BH: Do you do any of the old stuff any more? That stuff at sound check I'd never heard before. Jerry: You should have been there last night (Chicago) Glenn: That stuffs off our new album. BH: When's it coming out? Glenn: About two weeks. The problem with us is that we had an album done but no one knows how to record us and we never like the album. BH: Did you re-issue "Night of the Living Dead?" Glenn: No way. Googy: Go to Bleecker Bobs (NYC) they have the last few copies. Glenn: It was a Halloween thing we did. BH: That "Who Killed Marilyn" single; who played on that? Is it the Misfits or just you? Glenn: Just me. BH: Who played on it? Glenn: I did everything on it. Googy: I think it sucks myself (guffaw) Glenn: Oh come on your better than Tom Snyder! BH: Is Plan 9 your own label? Glenn: No, there are other bands on it. Our old guitarist has a record comin' out on it. Googy: The Undead. Glenn: There was another band on it a long time ago, the Victims. It really sucked though. BH: Is that from "Plan 9 From Outer Space?" Glenn: YA Googy: There is a new fiend club did you know that? It's 3112 Grand Central Station, NY. NY 10016. If you want you can use the zip plus 4 code but its not in effect for two more years. Glenn: The old Fiend Club was run by a bunch of jerks, we run this one. Googy: Jerry and I get the mail. I read it on the bus, so don't send any letter bombs or I'll blow up. Glenn: We're gonna make a Misfits catalog. Ya know, Misfits beach towels. Googy: All sorts of shit, lunch boxes, and if we really get into it, socks and stuff. Glenn: Hey if you guys ever come across any dead animals on the road or something cut the fuckin' heads off and send 'em to us. BH: I've got a cat head if you want it. Glenn: Definitely! Googy: Ya like a deer head or horses head. BH: What was the Monster Movie Club like? Glenn: It was cool - we just went there and hung out. BH: Can you get lyrics from the Fiend Club? Glenn: Our new album will have a lyric sheet. BH: On "Bullet" was that Bobby Steele or not (Frances Coma) Glenn: No, it was somebody else. Barry: I told ya so ya dick! Googy: Why don't you guys come to a party at our hotel room? Bring all the nice girls you can find. BH: There probably won't be any choice ones, maybe a bunch of stew fed Canadian ones. Googy: Great bring the Canadians! Glenn: Enough about fuckin horniness Arthur! BH: When did this new line up start? Googy: Since the band got me and Doyle. Glenn: That's Jerry's brother Doyle, he's always been with the band but kinda you know. Googy: He was gonna be in the bad it was just a matter of time. BH: Is Mr. Jim in another band or anything? Glenn: He works at Crazy Eddies. BH: Where are you going to play in DC? 9:30? Glenn: Ya.. Googy: Chicago was great. The people wouldn't leave. They just kept coming' down going "play". We said "Look, we ain't got no guitars left, no strings", they just wouldn't leave. Glenn: We played every song we knew all but two. BH: Is "3 Hits from Hell" gonna be on the LP? Glenn: two of em are. Not "London Dungeon" BH: How many songs are on the album? Glenn: Guess BH: Duhh Glenn: 13 Googy: It wasn't planned though. Glenn: Bullshit it wasn't planned! BH: What's the album called? Glenn: "The MISFITS WALK AMONG US" BH: "Night of the Living Dead" you can't get anymore. Jerry: You can't get the 12" either... BH: There's a ton of those in record stores in Toledo. Googy: They go for 15 bucks in NY. Andy: They're in this one store where they have like a Barry Manilow album record an d then yours right behind it. Glenn: It'll just eat right through his record! Googy: I don't believe that shit. BH: What's the skull from? A movie or something? Glenn: Ya, what is it, "Crimson Ghost" (to Jerry) Jerry: Yep Glenn: It's an old serial but it's just a cool skull. Googy: Hey you guys got any reefers? BH: No we don't smoke it! Glenn: GOOD! Googy: Oh ya. I remember outside of Club 57! II lit up a joint and they just started saying "aw reefer sucks" and all this shit. About 90 people from Washington.... Glenn: Good, they should have killed you... Googy: That's why I got my hair cut. I said either join 'em or fuck it! BLACK FLAY was a nutty concert! Glenn: I don't even care about Black Flag. BH: You don't like them at all? Glenn: NO. I just said I don't care about them. I like them. BH: Do you guys listen to any hardcore LA stuff? Googy: I sold all my records and stereo. BH: So did I. Glenn: I only buy records once in a while. These guys (Jerry and Doyle) got a few records. Jerry: They've got scratches and beer all over em! Andy: Do you guys have any direct influences or... Glenn: US! Googy: Everybody else is a wimp, right? Nobody else rates! BH: Why did Bobby Steele quit? Googy: Bobby Steele got exterminated! Jerry: Bounced. BH: We talked to him in New York and he said he quit. Jerry: It doesn't make any difference whether or not he quit - he's just out... BH: Well, why did he quit? (get booted?) Glenn: Cuz he couldn't play fast enough. Basically that's it. I'm not gonna pull no punches. Googy: He didn't get along with anyone either. Glenn: His influence is Jimi Hendrix and I hate Jimi Hendrix... Jerry: He would always try to throw his leads into songs and then he couldn't play fast and he'd try to double up like upstrokes - like Chet Atkins. We'd say "No, that's cheating we're not going to let you play like that... Your our buddy..." Glenn: And when we recorded "London Dungeon" and everything he didn't show up for a couple of things and said let Doyle play it for me, and we said, well fuck it, why don't we just use Doyle cause he's playing with us at rehearsal all the time so fuck it... We kicked him out... Googy: It was impossible to get Bobby to go to rehearsals. He'd go once in a blue moon! Me, I'm out there 5 times a week prompt for practice these guys know! BH: Did you really record "Horror Business" in a haunted house? Glenn: What, you heard we didn't? BH: No, I was just wondering... Googy: That's my father's castle. It's been in the family for years. Glenn: Bullshit. Glenn: They tore it down though. It was in New jersey on this old long highway. It's desolate and there are all these old military training stables and shit with big mansions, you walk in the back and there are these bottomless pits filled with water. You fall in 'em and you fucking die... We took a mobile unit and did it... Matt: Did it have the reputation for being haunted? Glenn: Ya, it had a reputation. I remember when I was a kid we'd go driving down there bombed out of our brains! It's by the cliffs. Why you guys don't have any haunted houses down here? people get wasted in those houses.... Googy: Don't forget, all the nice girls, there's a fuckin party... Glenn: You should see the girls he fucks, most of them Googy: It's physical you know what I mean? You fuck and shoot your load, then on to the next town. Glenn: one of these times yer gonna fuck one of those ugly chicks and you'll pull out and nothing will come out with ya, it'll fall off inside! Googy: I always have the best girls in the world. These guys are jealous. Glenn: Oh fuck you. he said he's a combination of Errol Flynn and Fred Astaire and he's out in the dance floor fucking around, aw shit! Jerry: Errol Flynn! Glenn: really.... we were laughin for about a half hour.... Jerry: Ya he keeps us jolly. Comments on #43: Burkhard Jaerisch - Afraid I haven't seen an original copy of Cough/Cool for sale in several years now. I saw a few for sale 3-4 years back in the $300 dollar range and I wouldn't be surprized to see it going for more now as I know quite a few people looking for them but I never see originals for sale, just tons of boots. (By comparison I paid $170 about 5 or 6 years ago for mine) I'd suggest checking GOLDMINE magazine as IMHO its consistently been the best place to find original 7"s and colored vinyl. She - I have no idea who all played in "the Power and the Fury Orchestra". I'll make a note to ask though. Caught a short MTV news clip on Christmas about the stabbing at the San Jose show. Apparently the security guard was stabbed 25 times by the fellow trying to get backstage. The stabbers wife had gone with him to the show and she has no idea what made him do it - apparently he has no criminal background or record. Very strange... Bye for now! - EVB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 15:44:31 -0500 (EST) From: Gabriel Palczewski Subject: Re: Misfits Bible, #43 > AND - to Gabriel, what is the deal with the Headbanger's Ball? > Not that I like it particularly, but it is the only forum for videos that > of a heavier and more intense nature. My friend Bob who is in the band > BILE told me that they would probably be making a change with the > Headbanger's Ball to a show that was more "alternative" in nature. Are > there any plans to replace the show with an equivalent program? Or are we > out of luck when it comes to videos? ------------------------------ From: what! > The back masking on Possession is definitely Latin and from what I > remember in High School Latin I, I believe that it is the catholic > prayer intro "In the name of the father of the son and of the Holy > Spirit" In Latin it translates to "In nomina patria et fillia et > spirit tu sanctum ...???" Didn't really remember it then, don't really > remember it now. > --Andrew > Correct. I am in Latin I now .. I shoulda answerd that.. oh well > Basically anything from Walk Among Us and a few others are supposedly > different, although I haven't really noticed. Ahhhh ok. > At first I didn't know what you were talking about, and then i remembered > that the CD comes with a picture that's not on the record. That picture > is from the same photo shoot as the Beware cover. It's Jerry, Glenn, > Bobby and Joey. Oh ok. Rather odd looking fellows :). > Probably not. It's kind of old now. Can I get Earth A.D., Evilive, and Wolfsblood seperatly anymore? ------------------------------ From: CTernes@aol.com Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 01:05:00 -0500 Subject: Questions, questions, questions It's been a while since I posted anything, so here we go. First of all, a comment. I did indeed see Warrior 138 (aka Misfit 20) at the Chi Danzig show, and it was definitely him slapping Glenn's hand and getting the crap kicked out of him by security (or they tried to, at least) Second, what is this about a Misfits box set? Is it a rumor? Something about 3 CDs and a video. Rumor, bootleg, what? Third, on Prodigy someone posted a note stating that Glenn would be answering questions, is this guy full of shit? He wasn't some big Prodigy guy, so I question it. Fourth, anyone have the new SamHain 7"er called 'Last Gasp'? I'm looking all over for it, and can't find it. Fifth, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting the interview with Bobby Steele (I can't remember your name, SHIT! You know who you are), That was SOOO cool, if you have more, please type them up! Sixth, I have a Danzig CD boot called 'How the Gods Play' if anyone is interested in purchasing or trading CDs for it, please e-mail me (CTernes@aol.com) Thanks a lot, and I will post more often from now on! Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 14:54:34 -0500 (EST) From: "L. Dodsworth" Subject: For MBible Hey this is my first post. I just read all the back issues of the Bible. and am glad that something like this exists for Misfit fans. I am 18, and live in Washington, DC, actually real close to Smash where I noticed a bunch of you know of. I have been into the Misfits for only a couple years now, but I have tried to collect as much of their shit as I could. My favorite album is a bootleg I picked up in England, called Beware : The Complete Singles 77-82. I really dig their earlier stuff. Of the studio albums probably LOB or WAU. Can anyone tell me how Glenn sounded when he played those 3 Misfit songs with Metallica? I've noticed that he has developed this fake southern accent, most evident on Lucifuge. This and his general transition from punk to metal, has pretty much convinced me that he sold out on punk and the Misfits. For a while I have wanted to make a 2 or 3 CD set that compiles all the Misfits songs, and variations. They didn't do that much, so all their stuff would probably fit on 2CDs. I know one guy who will make CDs for $25 each, but thats seems overpriced. Does anyone know anyone who can make Cds or print Cd booklets? Would anyone else be interested in helping me with this? Most Misfit Cd's are only 16-30minutes long, and a waste of money in my opinion. If anyone is interested or can help then please email me or post here. Other groups that I am into are Type O Negative (I just saw them last thursday headlining at a club; They are 10x better headlining then doing a short set as in the Danzig tour), The Dwarves, Corpsegrinders, Black Flag and most punk stuff. One last note: I thought that the flaming of Big Ted, was pretty much unneccesary and unwarranted. I never associated Punk with a straightedge view, except of course for Minor Threat and its ilk. Anyway sorry to have rambled... LD "Trust and you will be Trusted says the Liar to the Fool" - Type O Negative ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. MMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMM FFFFFFFFFFFFF TTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMM MMMMM III SSSS FFFFF III TTTTTT SSSSS MMMMMM MMMMMM IIII SSSSSSS FFF IIII TTTT SSS SS MMMMMMMMMMMMMM IIII SSSS SS FFFFFFF III TTT SSSS MMM MMMMMM MMM III SSSSS FFFFFF III TTT SSSSSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSSS FFF IIII TTT S SSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSS SSS FFF IIII TTT SSS SSSS M M MM MM II SSSSSS FFF III TT SSSSSSS M F II top Misfits Bible, Number 45 Thursday, January 5th 1995 Today's Topics: Another Misfits interview Continental Crawler MB #44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 22:39:18 -0400 (EDT) From: RYAN_JAS@bentley.edu Ummm someone posted last bible that Danzig is recently 'developing a phony southern accent, which is really evident in Lucifuge'.. Well, first off, how recent was Lucifuge? Also, I dont see it in the music which is brilliant nonetheless. I the Danzig video he sounds like he has a somewhat Southern accent but that stuff happend after youve lived in places like Mississippi for awhile. Why would he want to fake an accent? And how does this prove that 'Danzig is selling out punk and the misfits'? That is the Biggest joke of all. He can do what he wants. His range of talent shows now, and he can do what he wants best to do. To say that Glenn Danzig is selling out punk and the Misfits is both a kick in the face to punk and also the Misfits..you better think about it baby.. As for myself, being alongside Danzigs trail of fire for many years (more than two) I can say that Danzig is NOT selling out anything..baby not to me.. I not 'flaming' whoever wrote that stuff, but also if ya wanna quote Type-O Negative find a Type-O Negative group..cause I think they suck and they fucking suck.. They were the worst band Ive seen live in a long time. I just felt like blasting that Cro-Mags head open, if i could reach that high, but hes not scary. Ahh Im rambling now. Oh yeah, thanks to E V Bouras for that great interview POST MORE.. ------------------------------ From: "Bouras, Elizabeth" Subject: Another Misfits interview Date: Wed, 04 Jan 95 10:36:00 est Hi again & time for another historical reprinted Misfits interview. I don't even know where this one comes from as I just have a photo copy of the article and not the whole 'zine, but hope you'll enjoy it: (And if anybody can I.D. where it comes from, please let me know!) ***************************************************************************** Intro: The Misfits were interviewed at 2 different times after their Mad Gardens show way back in January. This was originally to be a much longer article, but a great deal of the material was stolen by the editor of another zine. With material added to what I had left, donated by Mr. X, Also thanks to him and Soue Moped for the pix. The interview was conducted by Stewart, Butch, Naiya, and Mr. X with Glenn (vocals), and Jerry (bass) speaking occasionally. Glenn: Let's watch Richard Simmons and discuss how much we want to kill him, and dismember him. GD: Do you guys really hate Richard Simmons? G: Oh yea. No wait -- Who in this room would Not want to dismember Richard Simmons? (Someone says to castrate him) GD: What's your shoe size? Glenn: 9 1/2 Jerry: 9 1/2 GD: What's the scene in New Jersey like? Glenn: New Jersey and New York have a really good scene, despite what you read. GD: How big is the New York scene? Glenn: About 500-1000 people will come to the bigger shows. GD: Do you like the Midwest or LA? Glenn: I like 'em both. You shouldn't compare -- everybody's got their own scene and they're proud of it. GD: How'd you like Japan? Glenn: We didn't go to Japan. I wish we'd go there because I collect shoguns and they have tons of em over there. Shit I could go crazy there. GD: What took you guys so long top get to Phoenix? Glenn: We couldn't get a gig last time in Phoenix so we had to play Tucson. GD: What did you think? Glenn: I though tonight was great, cept for the cops closing it down. They kept making us turn it down. Jerry says Hey! Jerry: Hey! Glenn: So we'll be back again; this was great. The thing in Tucson was I called the guy back to confirm the gig, and then he thought that he wasn't gonna put on the show. And then he didn't put up any flyers or posters or anything. GD: How did the "Horror Image" start? Glenn: We were always this way, since back in '78. Its not really horror rock, its just that instead of singing about politics we just wanna sing about stuff we like. GD: Why do you think that so many other bands are like this now? Glenn: I don't know. It's sorta flattering. GD: Are you satanic? Glenn: We're aware. We don't practice or anything, y'know. We're just aware of everything. GD: What do you think of 45 Grave? Glenn: They're boring. GD: Do you like Christian Death? Glenn: No, I don't like 'em that much. GD: What are some of the bands that you do like? Glenn: Go ahead, tell 'em! Tom Jones. They've got a tape of all Tom Jones and they play it in the van. GD: Where'd you get your tattoo? Glenn: In Costa Mesa. It was free. GD: Are the Misfits Straight-edge at all? Glenn: I am, but I went off the other night. Me and Andy from the Necros went off with 2 bottles of schnapps. The other guys aren't. GD: How do you feel about drugs? Glenn: I don't care what other people do, I just don't do it. people can go and take a gun and blow their heads off, and I don't care. I could give 2 shits what anybody -- As long as it doesn't fuck with me. When it comes down to screwing things up for me, then I care. So, go out and kill your mother, I don't care. It's not my mother... GD: Except for Robo, has this been the original line-up? Glenn: No, me and Jerry are the only original members, and Doyle is Jerry's brother. We had a different guitar player, he left and Doyle was ready, so we got him. When Googy quit we got Robo. GD: Why did Googy quit: Glenn: He wanted to be in another band. GD: Where did you get your bass? Jerry: I made it. The top part came -- some guy made me a mold of a skull in Cal. And he brought it down to the shop. That was it. (The large - about 2" -- spikes they wear on their jackets were also made by them.) GD: Who designed the classic Misfits skull? Glenn: I don't know. It's from an old movie, "The Crimson Ghost," but we just sorta took over. GD: are your performances real physically taxing? Glenn: For us, yea. We don't stand around, like a lotta bands. I hate bands that stand there and play and don't move around, like (name ??). Most of those limey bands don't move around or nuthin. They just.... (Talk switches to their experiences in England) They eat once a day over there, and they're like "What's wrong with you??" They have, like, "Tea," and then they have dinner. And that's why, like we are here, and you guys lost the fuckin war! (Another Misfit: I'll eat as much as I want, heh-heh, heh-heh!) That's so funny, Over there, they're callin us "rebels," and the cops, when we got arrested over there they told us -- GD: You got arrested? Glenn: We got arrested everywhere (everyone talks at once). Anyways, they we're tellin me (stern, somber voice) "We still haven't recognized America. You still belong to us (Everybody laughs loudly) They were serious -- dead serious. They were (same voice) "You're a rebel. You're an outcast." I'd say "C'mon ya lost the war." "Shut up! Shut up!" They got real mad, I told them "We saved your ass in World War II" (More laughter) They're serious. They're like the New Orleans police -- Gestapo! (discussion) They took us and 20 fans -- 3 paddy wagons. GD: DO you have a militant stand against cops? Glenn: Cops have fucked with us all our lives. Down in New Orleans we got arrested for being in a graveyard late at night (see clipping). GD: What do the Misfits have to say about the world? Glenn: It sucks. GD: Thanks. Clipping referred to in interview:: COPS HEX VOODOO PUNKERS NEW ORLEANS (UPI) - Seven punk rock music fans looking for the tomb of a voodoo queen and arrested for trespassing have filed complaints against city police. A police spokesman declined comment on the case Sunday pending results of an internal investigation. Police arrested 18 people including members of the punk band The Misfits. Police said several members of the group carried chains and many of the women sported bald heads or Mohawk haircuts. A 16 year old girl arrested at the cemetery filed a false arrest and battery complaint, claiming an officer struck her in the face with a flashlight when she refused to say whether she was male or female. Carlos Diaz, 27, of Metarie, LA, told police the group went to the cemetery to find the tomb of legendary voodoo queen Marie Laveau following a performance by the band. He said they looked through the cemetery gates, but had not entered the grounds when they were arrested. ********************************************************** Comments on #44.... Quiet mailing, guess everybody is away for the holidays - gotta say I miss the bible! CTernes - the only Misfits box set I've ever heard of is a bootleg. There is a Samhain box set planned with two live CD's in it according to what Glenn told me about 2 1/2 weeks ago - it should be out later in1995. (And of course there is the Danzig "How the Gods Kill" boxed set with a CD and video in a 3D box) Haven't heard of Glenn answering questions on Prodigy. He did do a "Cyber-Talk" thing on American Online back on Nov. 14 1994 that was posted to Misfits Bible #36. L.Dodsworth - Hello and welcome - glad to read your first post! Another MBible member in DC, huh? I'm in the nearby 'burbs myself. I was at that Type O Negative show last week at the Bayou too (just in case you might have seen a gal up front with long black hair wearing a "Faust" shirt) - great show! Very surprized to see them back on the east coast so soon after the Danzig tour - hear that next they are going on the road with Pantera. RE: putting out your own Misfits CD. You do understand that this is illegal due to copyright infringement (can you say "counterfeiting?" I thought you could). So it's probably best not to announce any intention of illegal activities to the whole frigging internet, OK? Just a friendly warning..... Not much new around here. Just got an interesting Danzig promo CD single for "Cantspeak" - its got the American records logo and everything on it but doesn't say who the band is or what the song title is. I guess the idea was that maybe a DJ might play it and not have any previous conceptions about the band (that might stop 'em from listening to it in the first place) Bye for now! - EVB ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 14:40:47 -0500 From: She Subject: Continental Crawler I just thought I'd mention this again, since it's been awhile. Everyone should check out this EP. I love it. The music is nothing like the Misfits, but it's realy catchy and the band was obviously talented. The drummer for this band is Mr. Jim who played drums on the best Misfits stuff - the bullet EP, the first side of Legacy, and a few others. It's only $4, which is a hell of a lot cheaper than a Misfits 7". Oringally there were 1000 copies of this thing. That was in March of '79... CONTINENTAL CRAWLER: PROMOTIONAL POLLUTION Attention Misfits fans. If you want everything about the Misfits you've got to have this record. It features ex-Misfits drummer Mr. Jim (Jim Catania) who played on such excellent Misfits songs like "Attitude" and "Hollywood Babylon". Mr. Jim's "other" band was Continental Crawler, who put out a limited edition EP with 3 songs in 1979. There are only a few copies left of this rare record which features a picture sleeve and a band picture. You can get a copy by sending $4.00 (check or money order) to: Mike Myers P.O. Box 461 Berkeley Heights, N.J. 07922 mark. ------------------------------ From: She Subject: MB #44 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 15:04:51 EST EVB, thanks for the articles, keep them coming... Cternes: Update us on this "Last Gasp" bootleg. What's on it, and where is it? LD: Please tell us more about this Beware: The complete Singles bootleg. I've got the Beware And The Rest bootleg but I'd like to know what's on the one yo have. > Can anyone tell me how Glenn sounded when he played those 3 Misfit songs > with Metallica? I've noticed that he has developed this fake southern > accent, most evident on Lucifuge. This and his general transition from > punk to metal, has pretty much convinced me that he sold out on punk and > the Misfits. Well, personally, I thought he sounded just like he always does, although it was disappointing that he tried to sing them the Metallica way instead of the original Misfits way. Obviously he's familiar with their cover versions. No fake accents, no nothing. To sell out, don't you have to change your style to fit the mainstream? I wasn't aware that Glenn had done this. People change. I imagine you don't listen to the same stuff you did when you were younger. To everyone else: if you want to be removed from the mailing list, please let me know. I am getting lots of bounced mail from peole who apparently no longe rhave their email accounts... it's hard to tell exactly what is going on.... mark ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. MMMM MMMM MMMMM MMMMM FFFFFFFFFFFFF TTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMM MMMMM III SSSS FFFFF III TTTTTT SSSSS MMMMMM MMMMMM IIII SSSSSSS FFF IIII TTTT SSS SS MMMMMMMMMMMMMM IIII SSSS SS FFFFFFF III TTT SSSS MMM MMMMMM MMM III SSSSS FFFFFF III TTT SSSSSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSSS FFF IIII TTT S SSS MMM MMMM MMM III SSS SSS FFF IIII TTT SSS SSSS M M MM MM II SSSSSS FFF III TT SSSSSSS M F II top Misfits Bible, Number 46 Tuesday, January 10th 1995 Today's Topics: Am I missing something? Less than zero.... Re: Misfits Bible, #45 Re: Misfits Bible, #45 hello re:hello How I Got To Danzig- a timeline chicago 1979 Misfits Interview from SLASH magazine stuff Re: More Misfits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CTernes@aol.com Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 18:44:12 -0500 Subject: Am I missing something? Do you guys own a bootleg with Glenn doing the 3 songs with Metallica? I saw that show in Chi, and am getting a boot of it, if you don't have it, I'll tape it for anyone who asks, but by the ways you guys talk, you seem to have it already. EVB, THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO much!!!! All those interviews are tremendously appreciated! About Last Gasp, I myself have never seen it, but I guess it has 'To Walk the Night' and 'Let the Day Begin' demos and some live stuff. The guy I heard about it from hasn't been on prodigy for a while, so I dunno. And, if it turns out Glenn on prodigy is for real, I'll type in anything of interest he had to say. That's about it for now. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 11:18:23 +0100 From: "Wolverine-j." Subject: Less than zero.... Hi I was wondering if the "less than zero" demo/single is still available. Does it sound like Samhain or Danzig? Wolverine-j. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 21:03:44 -0500 (EST) From: "L. Dodsworth" Subject: Re: Misfits Bible, #45 > Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 22:39:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: RYAN_JAS@bentley.edu > > Ummm someone posted last bible that Danzig is recently 'developing a phony southern > accent, which is really evident in Lucifuge'.. Well, first off, how recent was > Lucifuge? Also, I dont see it in the music which is brilliant nonetheless. I > the Danzig video he sounds like he has a somewhat Southern accent but that > stuff happend after youve lived in places like Mississippi for awhile. He sounds alot different on his stuff later then the misfits. I think he is doing a big Jim Morrison imitation. Look at the back cover of Lucifuge. He didn't have that southern edge when he was in the Misfits. Glenn lived over half his life in NJ. You do not lose that accent and gain a southern one by moving south. I thought the only places he lived in were NJ, NY, and LA any way. > And how does this prove that 'Danzig is selling out punk and the > misfits'? Danzig changed his style of music from punk to metal. I think that is selling out punk. He dropped the Misfits, and punk. > I not 'flaming' whoever wrote that stuff, but also if ya wanna quote Type-O > Negative find a Type-O Negative group..cause I think they suck and they fucking > suck.. They were the worst band Ive seen live in a long time. I just felt like > blasting that Cro-Mags head open, if i could reach that high, but hes not > scary. Ahh Im rambling now. I sincerely doubt you could critique Type O from such a short set. They are more innovative then anything post-Samhain that Danzigs done. Maybe you don't think Pete Steele is scary but Glenn sure does. I read that Glenn wouldn't let Pete Steele even look at him or when the band played, because he was so intimidated by Steele's height (ie 7ft. or so). > From: "Bouras, Elizabeth" > Subject: Another Misfits interview > Date: Wed, 04 Jan 95 10:36:00 est > > I'm in the nearby 'burbs myself. I was at that > Type O Negative show last week at the Bayou too (just in case you might have > seen a gal up front with long black hair wearing a "Faust" shirt) - great > show! Very surprized to see them back on the east coast so soon after the > Danzig tour - hear that next they are going on the road with Pantera. Were you one of the girls up there dancing to Bible Black? It was a great show except for that Hare Krishna band Shelter. > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 14:40:47 -0500 > From: She > Subject: Continental Crawler > > LD: > Please tell us more about this Beware: The complete Singles bootleg. > I've got the Beware And The Rest bootleg but I'd like to know what's on > the one yo have. Well its uh 26 tracks. It has the Cough/Cool/She, Bullet, Horror Business, Night of the Living Dead, 3 Hits from Hell, Halloween, and Evil Live (7 songs) 7"'s. + 2 Bonus Tracks Return of the Fly and Last Caress. It was made in Germany, and I got it in London. The sound quality is excellent, except for Cough/Cool where it is defenitely taped off of a record. It also cuts into Bullet a couple seconds too late. Other then that... > To sell out, don't you have to change your > style to fit the mainstream? I wasn't aware that Glenn had done this. > People change. I imagine you don't listen to the same stuff you did when > you were younger. I definetly think that Glenn changed from a punk band to a metal band. Metal bands at that time were more mainstream then any punk band, especially the Misfits. Sure people change their musical views, but you must look closely at why. I always saw Misfits and Samhain as independant bands, but I think the group Danzig is heavily influenced by Rick Rubin. The heavy Satan images that go with the music, is different from Samhain and the Misfits. They were clearly Evil, but they didn't seem Satanic. I know people will disagree with me, but everyone is entitled to an opinion. I have all the Danzig albums, and genuinely like them, but can't not contrast it to the Misfits. -LD "Trust and you will be Trusted says the Liar to the Fool" - Type O Negative ------------------------------ From: pbright@ibm.net Date: Sat, 07 Jan 95 16:03:18 Subject: Re: Misfits Bible, #45 First off, I have a few questions, if anyone can answer them, cool. 1) What are Eerie's, John Christ's, and Chuck Biscuits' REAL names? 2) For those of you who have met Glenn, what did you think of him? How did it go? 3) Does Glenn have a wife/girlfriend? He's not really "seen" with anyone regularly as far as I can determine. He's probably had the same woman for years or is a loner. Which is it? 4) If his real year of birth is known to be 1955, why does he tell people it's 1959? Why does he bother lying about it? Okay, here are just a few little things I'm able to contribute, although you probably all know this stuff already. From my GD archives: the upcoming SOUL CATCHER zine, PO Box 9, Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5AU, England will have a few pieces on Glenn. Feb 95, METAL EDGE. Oct 94 RAW (UK). Oct or Nov 94 METAL HAMMER (UK) Sept 94 RIP. Spring Equinox BLACK LIGHT: A TRIBUTE TO GLENN DANZIG [out of print] Winter Solstice BLACK LIGHT Nov 94 ROLLING STONE March 94 ROLLING STONE summer 93 SIN -- very cool art by Glenn too. Flex label, Germany, issued US HARDCORE DISCOGRAPHY, which includes a decent Misfits listing, by no means as complete as the Internet one. The Meatmen's reissue 12" CRIPPLED CHILDREN SUCK from 1991 has a cool pic of Glenn on the inside cover. UGLY THINGS fanzine by Mike Stax is good and used to have Misfits info. TOUCH AND GO zine did a comp called the BEST OF TOUCH AND GO in 1991 on Selfless Records. There was a free 7" in there. TOUCH AND GO interviewed Glenn in September 1981. And historically speaking...check out Rat Fink the Super Hero and Astro Boy comics. Remedial B-movie watching: The Misfits, The Monster from Green Hell, Horror Hotel, Die! Die! My Darling, Teen-agers From Outer Space, Night of the Living Dead, The Wasp Woman, Devil Girl From Mars, Where Eagles Dare, Night of the Ghouls, Plan 9 From Outer Space (Rhino Records is having a special on Ed Wood movies at the moment, by the way), The Fly, Return of the Fly, She, The Brain Eaters. Thanks. PJ ------------------------------ Subject: hello Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 21:58:06 -0500 (EST) From: Paul D Hahn hi, i'm not actually on the list, one of my fiends is. i read a few of the back issues and it makes me sick. the thing that really made me made was the interview w/ danzig about the detroit scene. in a way his answer annoyed me and me happy. it pissed me off that danzig had the balls to say that detroit didn't have a scence, at least none that he saw. in a way i was happy, i wouldn't want dazig and his frat boy flannel wearingf fans to even like the scene. i happen to be a part of it and don't see any resemblence between the sound of the misfits, or danzig, and any detroit band. it could be said that danzig and the 'fits evolved from the detroit scene. ever listen to the mc5, destroy all mosters, the stooges, or the sillies? another thing. i thought, at least in my city i've noticed, punks didn;t give a shit what was said, if they didn't like it they simply told the person off. why do you complain so much when someone states their opinion. are you jocks so insecure in what you are that you can't take criticism, and have to control what is said so you only see what you want. p.w. ------------------------------ Subject: re:hello Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 22:05:45 -0500 (EST) From: Paul D Hahn hi, i would say sorry for my friends outburst, but i frankly have to agree with much of it. i want to thank the person who printed the bobby steele interview, print some more, please. if you want some live misfits albums you can write to Dr. Strange Records P.O. Box 7000-117 Alta Loma, CA 91701 the tapes are mostly from '80 and '81. if you want to you want to personally reply to my friends comments, at least have the balls to sned them to me at hahnpaul@student.msu.edu, i'll make sure she gets them thanks "they all becoming vidiots" the Lords ------------------------------ From: WARRIOR138@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 22:51:55 -0500 Subject: How I Got To Danzig- a timeline By request from many, here is the story of the complete and utter hell Warrior went through to get to the Danzig concert in Chicago Starting Time:15:15-9 December 1994 Place:Warrior's house 15:15-Call my ride to the show (Jeremy) to find out what time he is going to pick me up. 15:16-Jeremy informs me that he cannot find his and my fiend's tickets. I start throwing out ideas of where he might have put them, but since he is a total *moron*, he doesn't gety up and look for them. 15:27-Hang up the phone, call Al (the afore mentioned fiend) to tell him that Jeremy can't find his ticket. 15:29-Hang up, call Jeremy back. He's still looking. 15:40-Call Jeremy back, still looking. 15:48-Call from Jeremy. He knows where the tickets are. His mother threw them away. Warrior starts on a verbal rampage involving many four-letter words and frequent use of the word "mother". 15:54-Rampage ends. Hang up and call Al to tell him what happened. We decide that since I still have my ticket, he is going to go up to Rose Records and buy another ticket. We also decide that I should call Jeremy back and see if he can get a new ticket so we can still go. 16:01-I find out that according to Jeremy's afore mentioned mother, Jeremy is "just too sick to go downtown, but it's O.K. for him to go into work" because now they need him. 16:03-Hang up phone after a size 12-wide hole is put into my bedroom wall by my size 12-wide boot. Decide that now would be a good time to call my stepdad, Bob. 16:07-Get through to Bob, but he's too busy to talk to me at the moment. 16:09-Call my own Mom, tell her about the hole in the wall and ask if me and Al can get a ride to the show. She asks why. I tell her the same story you are reading up to this point. She says that she will ask Bob if he would like to go downtown for the evening. She'll call me back in a few minutes. 16:14-Call Al to tell him that my parents might be able to drive us. Mom calls back (with Bob listening in, unbeknownst to me) so I gotta hang up on Al. 16:16-An agreement is made that the parents will take us to and from the show, but Al has to get over to my house. 16:19-Call Al and tell him the deal. He'll call me back in a few. 16:22-Al calls back. His mother will not let him go now because the whole situation is "too complicated". 16:23-Another size 12-wide hole in my wall is narowally avoided. 16:35-With all that has gone on today, I have this thought that the show might have been canceled. Call the Aragon Ballroom. The show has not been canceled, but it has been moved to the Riveria. Don't worry, it's across the street from the Aragon. No biggie. 18:00-The parents coincidentally arrive home at the same time. 18:15-I tell them that Al is not going, and that the show has been moved. 18:16-The parents have second thoughts about me going to a concert downtown in a bad neighborhood alone. 18:25-I convince them that I'll be O.K. 17:38-Warrior pulls up in front of the Riveria in a white 1991 Jeep Cherokee Limited. 17:42-I finally make it inside, and head toward the pit to enjoy the show. The End --WARRIOR ------------------------------ From: PumroyKJ98%CS28%USAFA@cadetmail3.usafa.af.mil Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 22:56:06 MST Subject: chicago Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I really didn't know until recently that Glenn sang those misfits songs with Metallica in Chicago. Can somebody comment on how good it was? Is it available on anything other than the "Pile of Shit" bootleg??? I would really like to hear this. I tried to get the Metallica bootleg back home just to hear those three songs but I couldn't find it anywhere. If somebody can get a copy to sell to me I'd appreciate it. oh yeah, I hate long stories, I'll make this one quick about my Danzig concert experience. I went to see Metallica/Danzig/Suicidal concert in Des Moines last summer before I came to the shit hole I'm at now. I lived two hours away and the ticket said the concert started at five. I stayed at a hotel about four miles away and left about 3:30. The traffic was so bad the it was about 4:45 and I was still a few miles away. I parked and RAN the about two miles to the stadium. I got to the gate as Danzig was starting and I missed the first three songs and couldn't get near the stage(I had only really come to see Danzig). It turns out I had been misinformed and Suicidal had gone on about 4:00(I didn't care about missing them though) and Danzig started about 5:15 which I guess was late. I'm basically in jail so I won't get to see another Danzig show for a long time I'm sure. Oh well, hope I didn't bore anybody with that. It was still a cool show, at least what I got to see. pum ------------------------------ From: "Bouras, Elizabeth" Subject: 1979 Misfits Interview from SLASH magazine Date: Mon, 09 Jan 95 10:43:00 est This interview with the Misfits appeared in SLASH magazine, Volume 2 Number 9, October 1979 . This is the earliest Misfits interview that I've been able to find. I've typed it just as it was printed - capitalization, weird punctuation and all.... - EVB A TEA PARTY WITH THE MISFITS: CAKE, BEEF TRIPE SANDWICHES, SPILLED BEER ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON I GAVE A FRIENDSHIP TEA PARTY. THE MISFITS WERE INVITED. THE MISFITS CAME. NO ONE ELSE DID. IT BECAME OBVIOUS I WAS GOING TO INTERVIEW THEM. AFTER WE GOT PAST THE BLUE AND GREEN CAKE AND BEEF TRIPE SANDWICHES, I TRIED TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT WAS VERY HARD. FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNGOVER REASON. LET ME EXPLAIN ABOUT THE MISFITS - THE ARE A NEW YORK BAND. - THEY ARE POPULAR. - THEY OPENED FOR THE DAMNED ON THE RECENT TOUR. THE MISFITS ARE GLENN DANZIG ON VOCALS, BOBBY STEELE ON GUITAR, JERRY ONLY ON BASS AND JOEY PILLS ON DRUMS, WHO WAS NOT AT THE TEA PARTY. AFTER THE INTERVIEW WE THREW FOOD OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORMAN WAS ANGRY WITH ME. I'M NEVER INVITING THE MISFITS OVER TO MY HOUSE AGAIN. HERE IT GOES... ...Mission Impossible is on all the time/OK. Claire let's do this seriously, ask real questions./ What records are you going to do next?/ Night of the Living Dead maybe a 10 inch of our old stuff/ Oh so Horror Business isn't.../ It's out now/ OK., how does it feel to be big stars?/ It's cool you get free drinks./ Are the misfits alcoholics?/ Yep/ Are the misfits drug addicts/ Sure/ are any of you homosexuals?/ Klaus is... ha, ha ha/ What's your dream bill?/ Us and us/ The Temptations?/ Yeah/ Leslie Gore/ Claire still sitting in the chair thinking of questions/ Who in New York do you hate?/ Who in New York do we hate?/ Who in New York do you like?/ We like the Misfits, they're a very good band/ JERRY THROWS A BARBIE DOLL ON THE FLOOR/ Oh Barbie. Our new single is "Barbie bites the dust"/ I want to be party time girl/ I'm party time boy/ What's your favorite movie?/ Wild in the Streets/ No Night of the Living Dead/ Are you making a movie?/ Well, it's not just us making it, there's a whole mess of people, but we're gonna be in the movie, it's about 4 different things. It's all monster movies, 4 different monster movies. Howie's gonna be in one, Jerry's gonna be in another, I'm gonna be in one, Klaus is gonna be in the other one/ ...exciting big tours you're gonna do/ Might go to England with the Damned/ Did they ask you to tour with them?/ Yeah...didn't they?/ We hate Max's, Max's sucks, we haven't played Heat yet, a lot of people haven't played there yet/ Club 57 is gonna die for sure. C's is gonna go under really soon. Club 57 is just too big to handle/ For a minute they were getting the bands into the big halls and all at once they blow it? / Because of that power pop bullshit/ CLAIRE SPILLS BEER ALL OVER THE FLOOR/ Don't spill any beer/ We're changing this interview to go-go girl gets in trouble/ Heat might have a chance 'cos they can pay the rent in one date, they can hold a large crowd./ Do you think your music has evolved?/ Sure it's just a lot tighter than it was, the idea is more intense/ Bobby plays too many leads/ No I don't/ You do too/ Do the Misfits really hate each other/ Passionately/ We have to or it doesn't come off right. We don't have enough violence/ We fight a lot but we work everything out/ I'd say it's science fiction, that's what we are/ We're not r&r, we're not r&r/ We're not new wave. David if you say it one more time I'm going to.../ Phil Spector is god you know/ Nick Lowe would be a good producer even tho' he's a jerk/ Do you want to talk about a certain person's mother distributing you in England?/ no/ Do the Misfits date girls of other religions?/ We don't have a religion/ Favorite ice cream?/ Chocolate/ Racist, racist overtones/ Bobby, why do you keep throwing up on people at the Mudd Club? Is it true you threw up on John Lennon?/ Let me demonstrate/ do you like to drink Bobby?/ Yeah/ Do you drink a lot?/ Yeah/ I'm going to grow another head and be party time boy an d party time girl/ Like that movie with Rosy Grier with the white head and the black head/ The two-headed transplant/ Doesn't anybody want to watch tv/ I've been watching it, it's not doing anything/ Barbie I love you/ Chitlins, pizza/ Little girls/ We're not musicians/ Rape, pillage and steal/ How can you be in a band that absolutely sucks to hell?/ One dead interviewer/ Is it true you are necrophiliacs?/ No/ Glenn doesn't know what it means, you know what it is Bobby/ I know/ Yeah, you know, people who dress up like girls/ ...talk about our single now/ "Horror Business" was recorded in a haunted house/ Bobby what are your main influences/ Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Thunders and Condemned Souls. And Glenny/ GLENNY STARTS TO IMPERSONATE A KAMIKAZE PLANE AND BOBBY LEAVES TO DRIVE DAVE TO THE SUBWAY/ When are you going to LA?. We're calling up this week for dates, we should be there in September/ BOBBY COMES BACK AND WE THROW FOOD AT HIM FROM THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW/ (Bobby) I was walking up and I see all this cake and stuff and I go ha ha that must be them..... (ON FEBRUARY 28 1979 THE MISFITS AND A MOBILE RECORDING UNIT ENTERED AN ABANDONED HAUNTED HOUSE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THEY RECORDED AND LEFT, WHILE MIXING THE TAPES BACK AT A N.Y.C. STUDIO, STRANGE VOICES AND NOISES WERE HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND, (esp. on Teenagers from Mars.) NO EXPLANATION OF THESE SOUNDS COULD BE GIVEN BY THE BAND OR RECORDING CREW. - Dave Street) * to alienate the slimy little intellectuals who think we're growing up. *************************************************************************** Newest update on the Danzig hot line - according to EV "Cantspeak" has been chosen by MTV for its "Buzz Bin" so now it'll probably be on a lot - personally I'm real glad for them, hopefully now they can sell some more records (especially after all the problems they've had getting "4p" in the stores because the sleeve didn't quite fit in many stores' security systems - argh!) Besides it's a beautifully done video.... I know Danzig complain a lot that MTV won't show their videos but it does help when they produce one like this that has nothing the old censor biddies could object to (that is, I guess they never noticed the quick shot of Charlie Manson?) And anybody who screams "sellout" please come a little closer so I can personally pound you since this band is continuing as they always have and are certainly not watering down their sound or ideas to conform to the mainstream... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 02:05:30 -0500 (EST) From: GOAT Subject: stuff Hi all! Just got back from vacation and was catching up a little on my Bible reading. Still have a couple more to go, but I'm getting there. I got two cool videos for Christmas this year. I got the Misfits 'Creepy Compilation' video and a Samhain video, but I can't remember the name of it. The Misfits video isn't bad. The first segment is from a cable broadcast of some sort. The sound quality isn't great, but the footage is decent. The second segment is from a live show (in Detroit I think) and it is terrible footage, but you can hear it ok. The 'Braineaters' video is next, and I was too tired to watch the last segment. I haven't watched the Samhain one yet either. I slept through most of my vacation and therefore didn't get around to doing much of anything. One thing I did do was read an article about Danzig in my local newspaper. I thought I would copy it real quick in case any of you wanted to read it. So, here it is! from the Anderson Herald Bulletin, Anderson, IN 29 December 94 DANZIG FINDS THEIR MUSIC ACCEPTED Philadelphia (AP)- Glenn Danzig knows why his band is so hard to market. Once sold as a heavy metal band, Danzig is now being labeled alternative and "Can'tspeak," from its new album, "Danzig 4," is receiving play on alternative and rock radio. "How do you market a revolution?" he said. When it's pointed out that a way was found to market the current punk explosion, the former singer of the influential punk band the Misfits gets irate. "That's not punk," he growled. "I was involved in punk, OK? They found a way to market watered-down pop punk." So why does he think Danzig is so hard to sell, despite the success it had in 1993 with the revamped version of "Mother," originally from the band's first album and redone for the live EP, "Thrall-Demonsweatlive?" "Because we won't sell out," he said. "I've chosen my path in life, and I deal with whatever I get from going on that path. I knew I was going to get a lot of (grief), but that's OK...The other people are going to take the pop route and they'll make all the money. That's not me. I don't want to be that. I don't need to be that. I'd rather not do it than be that." Aboard the band's comfortable tour bus, the "Master of Darkness" looked more vulnerable and a little road-weary as he curled up on a couch, occasionally resting his dark head back on the cushions. He wore his customary black. The songs on the band's latest album, "Danzig 4," combine the blues and metal with Danzig's sometimes crooningly seductive, sometimes violently roaring voice. All are rooted in his frustration with society. "I have no friends, and I am not politically correct with anybody," said Danzig, 35. His image has often been labeled cartoonish. "I don't like the way things are going with the world," he said. "I don't want to just be top No. 1 record. Let the fools play the game- I'm not a fool. They can say what they want...I'm a cartoon, I'm the devil, I'm a revolutionary, I can't sing, whatever they want to say." In a lot of his material, including current songs such as "Dominion," Danzig plays the role of tempter, offering an outstretched hand to his listeners. "Is it tempter?" he asked. "I don't think it is- it's not meant to be, really. I think it's more of a soothing thing." But that soothing comes at some price, he says. "All soothing does, usually," he said with a smile. "Very rarely does it not." His music is covertly sexual, often tinged with sadomasochistic overtones. He says he specifically tries to address a female audience, urging them to be, as he say, "in touch with their sexuality." A man outside the venue carrying a crucifix in silent protest is typical of the reaction Danzig tends to receive. He's also had fans beg him to kill them. "I think it's funny," he said. "I just laugh and go, 'Get out of here.' I treat it as a joke, even though they're serious." Despite a lackluster crowd, Danzig still stirred the Tower Theater mosh pit as a witch would stir a cauldron, sweeping it into motion with each gesture, each mighty roar. He tore his shirt to bits after a few songs, doing the rest of the show bare-chested and glistening with sweat. He opened the show with two new songs, "Brand New God" and the Jim Morrison-esque "Little Whip." They wrapped things up with several older tracks, including "Mother," "She Rides," and "Killer Wolf." Danzig has taken on the comic book industry with the same defiance he brings to music. He's working on several adult comics, including one called "Satanica," about what he calls a "very powerful female character." "I started this line of comics with all the best writers and the artists are all the best artists that there are," he said. "It's scaring a lot of people because there's no censorship in it." Just prior to taking the stage, amiable guitarist John Christ sat on a backstage couch also clad in black- leather blazer, hat pulled low over his eyes, and a silver cross at his throat. He's the eternal student. Classically trained at Peabody Prep and Towson State in Baltimore, he has a passion for jazz and classical guitar as well as the minor-key blues stylings for which he's known. Where Danzig has his comics project and one solo album under his belt, Christ has worked on several ABC promo spots for TV movies. There's also a compilation CD put out by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine. He contributes a lively hard rock instrumental called "For Christ's Sake" that's full of the burning runs and blissful soloing he doesn't get to explore in Danzig. "Many times I'll blow right through a solo," Christ said. "Other times, I'll play solos that I like and he (Danzig) won't like them because they're too fancy. He likes slower blues stuff, so then I come back and play slower blues type of stuff and he's happy and we go with that. The flashier stuff, the more polished, melodic and exciting guitar work, I save for my own stuff." Christ is working on a solo album, but plans are incomplete. -End of article- Think what you will of it. I thought it was interesting to see an article about them in my local paper. It's usually all articles about Green Day or someone. It's not an unusual article, surely doesn't contain anything most of us don't already know. In fact, I think it's pretty reminiscent of several other articles I've read about the band. There's always mention of "Mother" as well as describing their traditional black outfits, but oh well. It might be more interesting to one of you readers. Not a whole lot more to say tonight. Like I said before, still have some catching up to do. Cya all later! Angela- ------------------------------ From: Burkhard Jaerisch Subject: Re: More Misfits Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 16:25:10 MEZ got the samhain 7" yesterday and wrote a review for my zine. Samhain - last gasp 7" no label. 1919 / 4 tracks / 1994 (bootleg) Among the best Misfits/etc.-Bootlegs; sound quality is very good for all tracks (even the live tracks). Blood Feast recorded live at the Jockey Club, Cincinnati OH, oct 1985, To Walk the Night recorded live at the Metro, Chicago IL, apr 1986, Lord of the Left Hand is a demo for the unreleased Samhain IV LP, sep 1986 (I think the Final Descent version is different), Novembers Fire is an alternative take of the album track, aug 1985. A good buy, even for non-diehard fans. -8-. blood feast / to walk the night // lord of the left hand / novembers fire if anyone on the list is interested in this one, i can probably get another copy, just keep in mind that the postage from germany is very expensive. ------------------------------------- To contribute to the next issue, please send email to: misfits@virginia.edu For more information, or for back issues, contact Mark Kennedy at: msk4m@watt.seas.virginia.edu The Misfits World Wide Web page is available at: http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~msk4m/ The views expressed here are those of the individual authors only. 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Doyle (guitar) and Googey (drums) were also present at times. Dave: I wanted to ask the bass player why he smashed up his bass onstage, but he's not here. Glenn: Because he's so fucking cool. He said it didn't work, so he fucked it up. Ru: Can you compare the New York scene to the way it is here, like with the cops etc.? Glenn: Cops are cool in New York. They know that they got better things to do than be bothering little kids. They're assholes here! And the kids would crack a few heads if they knew what was good for them. They should just take the cops and beat the shit out of them. If the cops got guns, they should get guns. Because it's ridiculous here. It's more than just harassment. You should take the cops out and shoot 'em around here. Jordan: Is there a good scene in New York? Glenn: Now there is. It died for a while 'cause people were watering it down with faggy disco new wave shit. Dave: What L.A. bands do you like? Glenn: Black Flag. Ru: That's it? That's _all_ that appeals to you? Glenn: That's it. Black Flag. Jordan: What kinds of people go to your gigs --- like, are they punks or paying customers, or... Glenn: '_Punks_'?? What do you mean, "are they _punks_"??? Ru: Uh, Glenn... try to lower yourself to our level, please. Dave: Yeah... we're kinda stupid. Glenn: Well, do you mean trendy mohawk people, or people in leather jackets, or skins? We get everything. L.A. isn't the only place with people who're into punk music. That's another thing I don't like about L.A., they thing they got the market cornered on punk. We had a thousand people at our last New York show. Ru: Is Washington D.C. happening? Glenn: No. Not anymore. Maybe now that Minor Threat's back together it will be--when they broke up, the D.C. scene sorta fizzled. It _was_ real good. But the midwest scene is the best. Better than L.A. or New York. Detroit, especially. Jordan: So when are you coming back to L.A.? Glenn: In June or July. Ru: have you ever played in L.A. before? Glenn: No. They wouldn't let us last time. We played at the Nest, and a couple gigs in Frisco in November. We tried to get some dates in L.A. but they told us we were too violent, too loud, too fast, and there'd be lots of fights. Slash got us the show at the Whiskey -- that's the only reason we got it, because of Slash. Googey: (entering room) So, like, what kind of magazine is this? Dave: A really good fanzine. Glenn: Tell your readers to send us all their skulls. Any skulls you got. We collect 'em. If your baby brother dies, just cut off his head and send it to us. I collect horror movies, too, shit like that.....horror posters. I like blood. Dave: What about your name, "The Misfits"? Do you think that fits in with the skulls and all? Glenn: I think it's a great name. I don't care if it fits in or not. What do I care? If you don't like it, don't come see us. Don't buy our records. What do we care? But you will, 'cause you _love_ us. Dave: Tell us about the Fiend Club. Glenn: It's a fan club. It's basically so we can get feedback from our fans, and we send 'em free shit. Whenever new buttons or pictures come out, we mail 'em for free. They can order t-shirts through us for five dollars instead of ten. Print our new address. Dave: What's the radio scene like in New York? Do you get much airplay? Glenn: Yeah. Timmy Summers has a hardcore show, he always plays us. There's the New Afternoon show on right before that on Wednesdays. Ru: What other N.Y. bands get airplay? Glenn: He plays a lot of British stuff lately, but some good N.Y. bands are Reagan Youth and Kraut. That's about it. The Beastie Boys were good, but they broke up. I don't like N.Y. bands that say, "American Music sucks. The British are more emotional, more into what they're doing." I hate British bands. There's more talent in one acre of America than there is in all of fucking Britain. Dave: It's really ironic how the L.A. Oi scene really seems to like you guys a lot, and you're definitely American. They hate every L.A. band. Glenn: do they like Black Flag? Ru: They _despise_ Black Flag. Googey: They're assholes then. Besides us, Black Flag's the best band in America. Glenn: Oi is allright. It's just like everybody singing along and shit. I'm into singalongs. Besides me having a good time onstage, I want other people to have a good time too, --RU ********************************************************************* Comments on Bible #46: Wolverine-J - The song "Less than Zero" is available on the soundtrack album for "Less than Zero". I never heard of a single version of it - just what's on the album (which also contains a song written by Danzig & Rubin sung by Roy Orbison) L. Dodsworth - I guess you'd rather Danzig not "sell out punk" and keep churning out two chord wonders for 20 albums like the Ramones? I think that would get old fast.... I'd rather see musical progression. But I REALLY had to laugh when you said that Type O Negative "are more innovative then anything post-Samhain that Danzig's done". Huh? Type O were a metal band that's turning into a goth band. There's nothing on "Bloody Kisses" that's particularly innovative - it's nothing that bands like the Sisters of Mercy and the Fields of the Nephilim among others haven't already done for a dozen plus years! And if you think their cover songs like "Paranoid" and "Summer Breeze" are innovative than you obviously haven't heard the Sisters covering tunes like "Knocking on Heavens Door" and "All Along the Watch Tower" a decade ago (and don't try and tell me Peter Steele's never heard Andrew Eldritch!) And I really LIKE Type O too (of course I've been a huge Sisters/Nephilim fan for years and years too) I don't know where you read that Glenn wouldn't let Pete Steele even look at him or when the band played because he was so intimidated by Steele's height but that's not what I observed on the last tour (I'd frequently see Steele & Co watching Danzig when they played). Of course Glenn can walk under Steele's chin but then so can a lot of people. They seemed to get along pretty well & cracked a lot of jokes - Steele called Danzig "Elvis" & Danzig called Steele "Lurch". pbright - to answer a few of your questions: 1) EV is Eric Stellman, Chuck Biscuits is Charles Montgomery. I know John's real name too but I don't want to repeat it because he REALLY values his family's privacy and doesn't want them harassed. 2) I've known Glenn for about 4 1/2 years and have had the chance to hang out and talk to him quite a lot - he's always been very nice to me. I think how he treats people depends ENTIRELY on how they approach him. I mean if you act like a jerk and harass him because he won't sign your Misfits bootleg, then you deserve what you get. 3) No wife. Most definitely a loner who doesn't want any emotional baggage. 4) If he says he's 35 then that's fine by me. If he IS any older then he looks DAMN good for his age! (he looks damn good anyway...) Paul B Hahn - I guess Glenn's comments on Detroit depend on the interview! You'll see in the one above that he comments favorably on the Detroit scene. I know Danzig always go over well in Detroit (I've seen them there 3 times & they always had a huge sellout crowd) Warrior 138 - ack! What a tale of frustration - glad you finally made it to the show. PumroyKJ98% - Another tale of frustration and woe. Glad you at least caught some of the show. Sorry to hear you're away for a long while. Goat - Thanks for reprinting the Danzig article for the paper - I REALLY appreciate it as I would have missed it otherwise! At that show (in Philly) Glenn didn't rip his shirt though - it got ripped by an asshole tearing his cross pendant off it's chain & snagging the shirt on the way down.... That's it for now - EVB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 12:20:43 -0500 (EST) From: 00gdwessel@bsuvc.bsu.edu Subject: replies 'n' sheeit >Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 11:18:23 +0100 >From: "Wolverine-j." >Subject: Less than zero.... > >Hi >I was wondering if the "less than zero" demo/single is still available. >Does it sound like Samhain or Danzig? > >Wolverine-j. Single? Um...didn't knwo there WAS one....I know the soundtrack CD is still in print, which you should get for the sheer fact that PE and Slayer are on it too, BUT, as an added bonus, Glenn (co-)wrote the Roy Orbison song "Life Fades Away" that appears on it. I don't think it sounds like either Samhain OR Danzig, which, while I like both those bands (don't get me wrong here!), is probably why I rank it as one of my fave Glenn songs. >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 21:03:44 -0500 (EST) >From: "L. Dodsworth" >Subject: Re: Misfits Bible, #45 > Were you one of the girls up there dancing to Bible Black? It >was a great show except for that Hare Krishna band Shelter. *GAG* *PFFFFFFFT!!!!!* _SHELTER?!?!?!?!_ You have GOT to be kidding me! SHELTER and TON?!?!?!? Why thee fuck would such a worthless excuse for a sXe HC band as SHELTER be touring with Type O Negative?! Folks, for those of you who don't know by now, Shelter SUCK. They have Ray and Porcell of Youth of Today gone Hare Krishna, and boy oh boy do they suck. Another good reason to not be straight-edge. anyways, back to Danzig. I'm thinkiong about compiling a list of boots that my pallies and I have come across in our time, that is, IF you guys want 'em. If not, I won't post it, but lemme know either way, 'k? bye-a ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:33:27 -0800 (PST) From: godzilla Subject: articles I just wanted to say thanks to all the people who've taken the time to write up articles from their collections. They've been very enlightening, and quite entertaining. Liza (.) (.) ", ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 13:14:36 -0400 (EST) From: stephen alan sisson Subject: sellout I ain't ever called Glenn a sellout personally because there's obviously nothing he could sell out to. Where he is now, he's been trying to get to from day one. Anybody who takes a look at his past can tell that. I do get a weird feeling in my gut these days, though, especially like the one i felt watching the "cantspeak" video this break. I dunno. Maybe I'm getting too old, or maybe I'm not growing up- one of the two, or both- but Danzig music is getting more and more unpalatable for me. I haven't really _enjoyed_ the music since the first album. I just kinda thought the imagery that they put forth was fun, but that is beginning not to be enough anymore. I just feel like there's too much going on anymore for me to care- I missed another Danzig tour, and I really feel no loss whatsoever. Oh well... maybe I can start my own damn band and make the kind of music I really want to hear if I care that much anyway. Teevie >;0) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:13:03 -0400 (EDT) From: RYAN_JAS@bentley.edu Subject: All Hell Ive got a couple of things to say. (I killed y...) To L.Dodsworth: Fuck it, I am not fighting with anyone on the Misfits Bible. You're right, its all opinion. Maybe I dont know Type-O enough to pass judgement on them to everyone else, but to ME they suck beyond beleif(which isnt very far but still). Danzig is something else to me, beyond music, cause Ive dealt with it through experiences. And Im sick of trying to explain it to the super-suck vivisection of modern society that we call internet. So Danzig sucks. Everyone knows cause everyone told them, right. 'Cant stop for the reeling'.. Yesterday I looked in my mail and thought it was all junk mail. But as I looked closer this little paper booklet had a drawing of Alice Cooper, next to hime was Gene Simmons (They were both all made up) The booklet was titled Rock Concerts on video and was printed this year (1995). In front of the other two was this one guy with dressed in all black, cept for the big skull on his shirt. To the black gloves to the black eyes to the white face to the devilock It was Glenn as a Misfit!! I was amazed. Yeah and they had a 60 minute video but I dont know the titled cause im too lazy to look. Uhh yeah so Die. ------------------------------ From: CTernes@aol.com Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 19:52:23 -0500 Subject: You know something? I've loved the song 'The Birthing' ever since I first picked up 'Final Descent', but does anyone have any idea of what he's saying? In other words, if you know the lyrics, could you tell them? Chris ------------------------------ From: She Subject: i read the bible Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 23:42:13 EST Chris asks: > Do you guys own a bootleg with Glenn doing the 3 songs with Metallica? I saw > that show in Chi, and am getting a boot of it, if you don't have it, I'll > tape it for anyone who asks, but by the ways you guys talk, you seem to have > it already. A tape of this show has been floating around for a while, but apparently it was just released as a bootleg, at least the Metallica part anyway ( which includes Glenn and Metallica doing Misfits songs....) pbright asks: > 4) If his real year of birth is known to be 1955, why does he tell people > it's 1959? Why does he bother lying about it? Well, most people don't know when his real birthday is. What he says in his interviews entirely contradicts what the people he went to high school with say. Ask the Misfits and they'll tell you he's 39. But who is going to ask them right? So Glenn says he's 35 and therefore he fits in better with the scene that's happening now with all these young bands. He graduated from high school in 1973 and was born in 1955 and that's all there pumroy says: > Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I really didn't know until recently > that Glenn sang those misfits songs with Metallica in Chicago. Can > somebody comment on how good it was? Is it available on anything other > than the "Pile of Shit" bootleg??? I would really like to hear this. I Personally, I don't like the way those songs sound with Metallica playing. Nobody can do the Misfits right except for the Misfits. I haven't seen any bootlegs with the songs on it, but I do have a copy of those 3 songs. EVB and Goat (angela) thanks for typing in those articles. They kind of bulk up the Bible and make it more interesting... and b. flex, thanks for the bootleg review. I just got corrected lyrics for the majority of the Misfits songs. These were worked out by Jonathon Grimm and Jerry Only and have Jerry's approval so they are about as close to official as you can get (only Glenn knows exactly what he sang). They'll be up on the page within the week, so keep your eyes open... mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 23:46:01 -0500 (EST) From: GOAT Subject: more stuff Hi again! I just finished reading all the back issues of the Bible and had a couple more comments. First of all, to Stephen at IU, was the show you saw at the Ritz? If it was then I know the guy who Glenn beat up. It was a kid named Aaron, who is my friend Andy's older brother. Apparently he had a bootleg shirt that he had made in his graphic arts class, and he held it up and showed it to Glenn. We all know how Glenn feels about bootleg stuff, so it really pissed him off and he beat the shit out of Aaron. I don't think Aaron was too upset about it. Especially since he'll gladly talk about it to this day. Secondly, to azrael, that bootleg sounds really cool. I would be willing to trade copies with you. I'm in the process of making a tape which has several 7"s, a 12" boot of a radio broadcast, and "Beware and the Rest". It's not done yet, but it may take two tapes because the radio broadcast is pretty long. I also have two Danzig boots that I would tape for you, and anyone else who may want them. I too am asking only for the cost of the tape(s) and postage, or trade for other cool stuff. Guess that's about it for now. It's time for Letterman! Cya! Angela- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 13:09:47 -0600 (CST) From: Brent Eyestone Subject: BAD NEWS Hey everybody (welcome back from break) - Well, I checked the phone books for the area and I'm sorry to report that I couldn't find Sean anywhere. If anyone ever comes across the name Sean (or Richard) Jaehne, ask him if he's still got a copy of that tape. I skimmed a couple of bibles and to answer some questions: - The tape was American VHS format because Sean had just moved from Fairfax, Virginia to Germany. - As I said before, It's been several years since watching this tape and I'm sorry if some of my recollection sucks. I just remember some kid getting cracked in the skull with a skull and then hell breaking loose (maybe this was the big pileup from the compilation??). Maybe it was Jerry who used his guitar on that kid's head, maybe it was Glenn using Jerry's guitar. I just assumed it was Glenn from all of the posts concerning his quick temper. Again - SORRY for the confusion. - If only 3 European shows exist, chances are this was an American show because I'm sure between all of you bootleg collectors out there, you've seen those three shows. Man, this really sucks because I wanted to get a hold of that tape BAD, if nothing else but to restore my peace of mind and answer all of these questions. Sorry I let you guys down. Also, while I was at home, I was going through all of my old Misfits albums and 45's seeing if I had any of the valued gems you collectors described and while I had quite a few valuable ones, I came across some that I have ne