In 1987 -- post-Misfits, post-Samhain -- Glenn Danzig started his enduring musical vehicle with Danzig. At Samhain’s final show at the Ritz in July of 1986, RIck Rubin was cruising for bands to sign to his new label, Def Jam. He was smitten with Samhain (who wouldn’t be?) and pitched a record deal. Within the year, Danzig had put together a new ensemble and was calling it Danzig. The band released their eponymous album on what was by this time Def American recordings in 1988. The album was a departure from the classic three-chord horror-rock Danzig fans were used to, emerging as a guttural, thick and still a little scary hard rock band with a bit of a debt to the  blues. Yes, this is the album that featured “Mother.”

In the early ‘90s, Danzig himself rose to a brighter spotlight than he was used to. Unable to sing about child rape and ghouls in underground obscurity any longer, he found himself under the scrutinizing eye of Christian lyric watchdogs. Though he’s always insisted that evil is only a preoccupation and Satanism is just a reference in his lyric-writing, he promptly used the opportunity of a “Mother” music video to draw an upside-down cross on a woman’s body in blood. No biggie.





The ‘90s also heralded a couple lineup changes, a rights showdown with Rubin after leaving American, more lineup changes and a few new records with tours. By 2006, Danzig was tired of the monster tour and warned that moving forward, tours would be small, localized and special. Presently, there’s talk of a new Danzig record due in September. We’ll all have a chance to hear it before he takes the stage in November, so get your earplugs and face paint ready.
:Flux-rad

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In August 2008, Glenn announced that Danzig (the band) would do a 20th anniversary tour, celebrating the release of their self-titled debut album. This was the band's first full US tour in three years, which also included stops in Canada, Mexico and possibly South America. The sets on the tour were expected to start with "Skin Carver" and follow in sequence through their first three albums and into the present.

Also asked in August 2008 if the ninth Danzig album was planned, Glenn replied:

In May 2009, Tommy Victor confirmed that the next Danzig album is planned for release in September 2009. Both Tommy Victor and Johnny Kelly will appear on the record. The track listing currently includes songs titled Long Dark Road and Black Candy.

Then, unexpectedly, in August of 2009, Glenn Danzing announced that he and his band had been confirmed to play the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas in November of 2009.  And you will be there.