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{{Short description|American rock musician (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Glenn Danzig
| image             = Danzig - Wacken Open Air 2018 25.jpg
| caption           = Danzig performing at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2018
| birth_name        = Glenn Allen Anzalone
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|23}}
| birth_place       = [[Lodi, New Jersey]], U.S.
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* drums
* keyboards
* bass
}}
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[horror punk]]
* [[hardcore punk]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
* [[gothic rock]]
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* musician
* actor
* film director
* record producer
}}
| years_active      = 1977–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Plan 9 Records|Plan 9]]
* Evilive
}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]]
* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]
}}
| past_member_of    = [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]]
| website           = {{url|danzig-verotik.com}}
}}

'''Glenn Allen Anzalone''' (born June 23, 1955),<ref>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Andy|title=International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|year=2002 |edition=4th|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-161-2|page=123}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Glenn Danzig''', is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film director and record producer. He is the founder of the rock bands [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]], [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]], and [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]. He owns the Evilive record label as well as [[Verotik]], an adult-oriented comic book publishing company.

Beginning in the mid-1970s, Danzig's musical career has encompassed a number of genres through the years, including [[punk rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], and incorporating influences from [[industrial music|industrial]], [[blues]] and [[classical music]]. He has also written songs for other musicians, most notably [[Johnny Cash]] and [[Roy Orbison]].<ref name="PennyBlood">{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblood.com/danzig.html |title=Glenn Danzig – Horror Business |last=Cipollini |first=Christian |publisher=Penny Blood |access-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145247/http://www.pennyblood.com/danzig.html |archive-date=August 21, 2008 }}</ref>

As a singer, Danzig is noted for his [[baritone]] voice and [[tenor]] [[vocal range]]; his style has been compared to those of [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jim Morrison]], and [[Howlin' Wolf]].<ref>Craig Lee. "Horror-movie rock from Misfits". L.A. Times. April 15, 1982</ref><ref>Mike Gitter. "Live Metal". RIP Magazine. 1988</ref><ref>Mike G. "Interview with Danzig". Metal Maniacs. December 1999.</ref> Danzig has also cited [[Bill Medley]] as a vocal influence.<ref name="Metal Mania">{{cite news|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=mania.89|title=Danzig on Thin Ice|last=Zogbi|first=Mariana|date=Spring 1989|publisher=Metal Mania|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926091705/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=mania.89|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Glenn Danzig at number 199 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1 January 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/glenn-danzig-2-1234642319/|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=January 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112215004/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/glenn-danzig-2-1234642319/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life==
Danzig was born Glenn Allen Anzalone, the third of four sons,<ref name="Musician"/> in [[Lodi, New Jersey]]. His father was a television repairman and a [[United States Marine Corps]] veteran of [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metaljazz.com/2006/01/glenn_danzig_interview_1999.php|title=Glenn Danzig interview, 1999|last=Burk|first=Greg|date=October 27, 1999|newspaper=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=May 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127225257/http://www.metaljazz.com/2006/01/glenn_danzig_interview_1999.php|archive-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> His mother worked at a [[record store]].<ref name="Flux">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94|title=The Dark Knight Returns|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=September 1994|publisher=[[Flux Magazine (US)|Flux Magazine]]|access-date=April 20, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220203106/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94|archive-date=December 20, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig and his family also spent some time living in [[Revere, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worcestermag.com/2015/10/01/danzig-brings-the-rock-to-rock-and-shock/36726|title=Danzig brings the rock to Rock and Shock - Worcester Mag|first=Joshua|last=Lyford|date=October 1, 2015|website=worcestermag.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507010657/https://worcestermag.com/2015/10/01/danzig-brings-the-rock-to-rock-and-shock/36726|archive-date=May 7, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/other-than-portlandia-glenn-danzig-doesn-t-get-to-the-1798244085|title=Other than Portlandia, Glenn Danzig doesn't get to the beach very often|first=Marah|last=Eakin|website=avclub.com|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507010657/https://tv.avclub.com/other-than-portlandia-glenn-danzig-doesn-t-get-to-the-1798244085|url-status=live}}</ref> Danzig began listening to heavy metal music at an early age, and has described [[Black Sabbath]], the [[Ramones]], [[Blue Cheer]], and [[The Doors]] as being among his early musical influences.<ref name="Metal Mania" />

At age 10, Danzig began to use drugs and alcohol, leading him into frequent fights and trouble with the law.<ref name="Revolver">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/magazine/article/rebel-meets-rebel-brandan-schieppati-interviews-glenn-danzig/|title=Rebel Meets Rebel|last=Schieppati|first=Brandan|magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=January 16, 2010|date=December 2006 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714124513/http://www.revolvermag.com/magazine/article/rebel-meets-rebel-brandan-schieppati-interviews-glenn-danzig|archive-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref> He stopped using drugs at age 15.<ref name="Revolver" />

While growing up, Danzig began reading the works of authors including [[Charles Baudelaire]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]], developing his appreciation for horror.<ref name="TheStranger" /> Danzig collected comic books and, frustrated by American comics, he started his own company to produce "crazy, violent, [[erotic comics]]".<ref name="stalker1">{{cite web |author=Samira Alinto |url=http://www.stalker.cd/index.php?lang=2&content=81&id=12 |title=Interview: Glenn Danzig – one of the last divas – STALKER MAGAZINE inside out of rock´n´roll |publisher=Stalker.cd |access-date=March 27, 2010 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706221651/http://www.stalker.cd/index.php?lang=2&content=81&id=12 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Danzig graduated from [[Lodi High School (New Jersey)|Lodi High School]] in June 1973, aspiring to become a [[comic book creator]]<ref name="RIP94">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rip.294|title=DANZIG Demons Down Under|last=Engleheart|first=Murray|date=February 1994|publisher=[[RIP (magazine)|RIP]]|access-date=July 30, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926065456/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rip.294|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> and professional photographer. He attended the [[Tisch School of the Arts]] and later the [[New York Institute of Photography]].<ref name="Seconds">{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97|title=Glenn Danzig|last=Blush|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Blush|date=October 1997|publisher=[[Seconds (magazine)|Seconds]]|access-date=October 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926095415/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig formed an adult-oriented comic book company called [[Verotik]] in the mid-1990s.<ref name="EW" />

==Musical career==
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===Early career===
Glenn Danzig's introduction to performing music began when he took piano and clarinet lessons as a child.<ref name="InvisibleOranges">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |date=October 9, 2009 |orig-date=2007 |title=Interview: Glenn Danzig |url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/10/interview-glenn-danzig/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327164054/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/10/interview-glenn-danzig/ |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=March 31, 2010 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]}}</ref> He later taught himself how to play the guitar.<ref name="InvisibleOranges" /> Danzig started in the music business at the age of 11, first as a drum roadie<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/10/14/glenn-danzigs-sympathy-devil/|title=Sympathy for the Devil|date=October 14, 1994|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=August 3, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613150029/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304064,00.html|archive-date=June 13, 2011 }}</ref> and then playing in local garage bands.<ref name="RIP94" /> He had never taken vocal lessons, but his self-taught vocal prowess gained him attention in the local scene. Throughout his teenage years he sang for several local bands, such as Talus and Koo-Dot-N-Boo-Jang, most of which played half original songs and half Black Sabbath songs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mcall.com/1990/08/18/on-tour-gothic-metal-band-danzig-usually-goes-it-alone/|title=On Tour, Gothic Metal Band Danzig Usually Goes It Alone|last=Smith|first=George|date=August 18, 1990|newspaper=[[The Morning Call]]|access-date=February 14, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418065606/https://www.mcall.com/1990/08/18/on-tour-gothic-metal-band-danzig-usually-goes-it-alone/|archive-date=April 18, 2023 }}</ref>

===Misfits and Samhain (1977–1986)===

In the mid-1970s, Danzig started the [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]], releasing the band's records through his own label (originally known as Blank, later as [[Plan 9 Records|Plan&nbsp;9]]).<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite news|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=mhammer.89|title=Moaning Misfit|last=Nieradzik|first=Andrea|date=Spring 1989|publisher=Metal Hammer magazine|access-date=October 16, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926050342/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=mhammer.89|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig had attempted to get the Misfits signed to several record labels, only to be told that he would never have a career in music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2010_201007-qa-danzig.html|title=eMusic Q&A: Danzig|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|date=July 19, 2010|publisher=[[eMusic]]|access-date=July 23, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716210514/http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2010_201007-qa-danzig.html|archive-date=July 16, 2010 }}</ref> The impetus for the band's name comes from [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[The Misfits (1961 film)|last film]],<ref name="MetalHammer" /> combined with Danzig considering himself to be a "social misfit".<ref name="PennyBlood" /> The band released several singles and two albums, spawning a cult following. Danzig disbanded the Misfits in October 1983 due to personal and professional differences.<ref name="PennyBlood" /> He later explained, "It was difficult for me to work with those guys, because they weren't prepared to put in the hours practicing. I wanted to move things forward, and they didn't seem to have the same outlook."<ref name="MetalHammer">{{cite journal|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|year=2011|title=The Story Behind...Danzig|journal=[[Metal Hammer]]|issue=May 2011|pages=70–72|publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref>

Before the disbanding of the Misfits, Danzig had begun working on a new band project, [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]],<ref name="PennyBlood" /> which began when he started rehearsing with [[Eerie Von]] (formerly of [[Rosemary's Babies]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.live4metal.com/eerievon2008.htm |title=Interview with Eerie Von |date=June 2008 |publisher=Live4Metal |access-date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212025318/http://www.live4metal.com/eerievon2008.htm |archive-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref> Danzig took the name of the band from the ancient [[Samhain|Celtic New Year]] (which influenced the evolution of the modern [[Halloween]]). Initially Samhain was conceived as a punk rock "super group". The band briefly featured members of [[Minor Threat]] and [[Reagan Youth]], who contributed to Samhain's 1984 debut, ''[[Initium]]''. The band then settled with a lineup consisting of Eerie Von on bass, Damien on guitar, and [[Steve Zing]] on drums (later replaced by London May). In 1985 the ''[[Unholy Passion]]'' EP was released, followed by ''[[November-Coming-Fire]]'' in 1986.

Samhain eventually attracted the interest of major labels including [[Epic Records|Epic]] and [[Elektra Records|Elektra]].<ref name="B Side">{{cite news|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=bside.89|title=Danzig Dark Arts|last=Yates|first=Amy Beth|date=April–May 1989|publisher=B Side|access-date=October 23, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926041541/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=bside.89|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> [[Rick Rubin]], music producer and head of the [[Def Jam]] label, would see the band perform at the 1986 [[New Music Seminar]], on the advice of then-[[Metallica]] bassist [[Cliff Burton]].<ref name="B Side" /><ref name="RollingStone94">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rstone.94|title=The Devil Inside|last=Wild|first=David|date=March 24, 1994|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=August 6, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925222612/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rstone.94|archive-date=September 25, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig has credited both Burton and Metallica frontman [[James Hetfield]] with helping to raise awareness about his music: "I first met them at a [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] gig, and then we became kinda friends. We'd often bump into each other on the road...James and Cliff helped to spread the word about me, and I was very grateful to them."<ref name="MetalHammer" />

===Danzig===
===="Classic" era (1986–1994)====
In 1986, after two albums and an EP, Samhain was signed to a major label by Rubin and the name of the band was changed to [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] to allow the band to retain its name in the event of line-up changes.<ref name="Seconds"/> Danzig discussed the reasoning behind the name change: "Rick [Rubin] convinced me it was the way to go, and would also provide me with a lot more artistic freedom. After all, I was now in charge of where we were going musically, so if I didn't want to do something, it was a lot easier to say so."<ref name="MetalHammer" />[[File:Danzig at Sweden Rock.jpg|370px|thumb|left|Glenn Danzig performing with Danzig at Sweden Rock (2010)]] Danzig's intention at the time was for each album he recorded to consist of a different recording line-up, allowing him to keep working with different musicians.<ref name="ocweekly">{{cite news|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-05-24/music/danzig-s-lost-and-found/|title=Danzig's Lost and Found: Underground Auteur Unearths Hits from Hell|last=Ferris|first=D.X.|date=May 24, 2007|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|access-date=November 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711124957/http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-05-24/music/danzig-s-lost-and-found/|archive-date=July 11, 2010 }}</ref> The original band consisted of guitarist [[John Christ]], bassist Eerie Von, and former [[Circle Jerks]]–[[D.O.A. (band)|DOA]]–[[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] drummer [[Chuck Biscuits]].

In 1987, Danzig, owing to his association with Rubin, was asked to write a song for [[Roy Orbison]]. The result was "Life Fades Away", featured in the 1987 movie ''[[Less than Zero (film)|Less than Zero]]''.<ref name="PennyBlood" /> Danzig also contributed to the film's soundtrack with "You and Me (Less than Zero)".<ref name="PennyBlood" /> Danzig had originally been asked to write the song for a female vocalist, but when Rubin could not find a suitable singer, Danzig recorded the vocals himself.<ref name="the7thhouse Satan's Child" /> The song is credited to Glenn Danzig and the Power Fury Orchestra, which featured the same membership as the initial lineup of Danzig, with the exception of Eerie Von. Since Von did not like the way producer Rubin wanted the bass played on the song, [[George Drakoulias]] played the bass instead.

In 1988, the newly formed band Danzig released their [[Danzig (album)|eponymous debut]]. Its sound showed a progression from the gothic–deathrock sound of Samhain, to a slower, heavier, more [[blues]]-based [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] sound.

In 1990, the band's sophomore effort, ''[[Danzig II: Lucifuge]]'', marked an immediate change in musical direction. The album's overall bluesier tone and somewhat milder approach were departures from ''Danzig'', featuring a '50s-style ballad ("Blood & Tears") and a full-on acoustic blues ("I'm the One").

Other projects in 1990 included the final Samhain album, ''[[Final Descent (album)|Final Descent]]''. The album was started under the title ''Samhain Grim'' several years prior. The album contained previously unreleased studio recordings, at least some of which had been intended for the ''Samhain Grim'' album before it was aborted.

In 1992, Danzig again changed musical direction, releasing the darker ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]''. Several songs featured a more textured, slower sound between fast, dominant guitar riffs.

Also in 1992, Danzig tried his hand at composing classical music with ''[[Black Aria]]''. The album debuted at number 1 on the [[Billboard charts|Billboard]] classical music chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=21477|title=Glenn Danzig Unleashes 'Black Aria II' To Follow-Up His Classic Release|date=August 30, 2006|publisher=Metal Underground|access-date=December 16, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007232827/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=21477|archive-date=October 7, 2012 }}</ref>

In 1993, Danzig released ''[[Thrall-Demonsweatlive]]'', an EP featuring both studio recordings and live tracks. Danzig broke into the mainstream when the live video of "Mother '93" became a hit on [[MTV]] and earned [[Buzz Bin]] rotation,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301185,00.html|title=On the Same Track|date=February 18, 1994|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421092941/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301185,00.html|archive-date=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> six years after the original song was recorded. During this time the band reached its commercial peak, with both the debut album and ''Thrall-Demonsweatlive'' being certified Gold, and "Mother" becoming the band's highest charting single. Both ''Danzig'' and ''Thrall-Demonsweatlive'' have since been certified Platinum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/bios/danzig.cfm|title=DANZIG Interview|last=Farr|first=Sara|date=August 2005|publisher=Unrated Magazine|access-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022003148/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/bios/danzig.cfm|archive-date=October 22, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1994, the release of ''[[Danzig 4]]'' saw the band going further into a darker and more experimental sound. The album also saw further development of his vocal style and range, most notable in songs like "Let It Be Captured", and a more blues-based approach on songs like "Going Down to Die".

Also in 1994, Danzig's song "Thirteen", written for [[Johnny Cash]], appeared on the latter musician's album ''[[American Recordings (album)|American Recordings]]''.<ref name="PennyBlood" />

====Later years (1995–2004)====
[[File:GlennDanzig1.jpg|thumb|Danzig at a record signing in 1996]]
In 1996, the band underwent a complete overhaul. The original lineup had fallen apart, as had Glenn Danzig's relationship with their record label, [[American Recordings (US)|American Recordings]], with label owner Rick Rubin's involvement as producer diminishing with each album.<ref name="Seconds" /> Danzig would later engage in a legal battle with Rubin over unpaid [[royalties]] and the rights to the band's unreleased songs.<ref name="InvisibleOranges" /> Danzig enlisted new bandmates, most notably [[Joey Castillo]], who would be the band's drummer until 2002.

Once again, he explored a new musical direction and recorded ''[[Blackacidevil]]'', this time infusing heavy metal with [[industrial rock]]. Danzig went on to sign a deal with [[Hollywood Records]], which led to several religious groups boycotting its parent company, [[Disney]], for signing a controversial "satanic" band.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/article16.htm|title=Disney to Release Album by Danzig|last=Philips|first=Chuck|date=October 15, 1996|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 8, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120142710/http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/article16.htm|archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Disney">{{cite web|url=http://business.nmsu.edu/~dboje/papers/Disney_phenomenal_complexity.html|title=Phenomenal Complexity Theory and Change at Disney Vol 13(6): 558–566|last=Boje|first=David|year=2000|publisher=Journal of Organizational Change Management|access-date=October 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110629221029/http://business.nmsu.edu/~dboje/papers/Disney_phenomenal_complexity.html|archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> As a result, the label pulled support for ''Blackacidevil'' and the record deal was severed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2000-04-20/music/the-devil-inside/1|title=The Devil Inside: Behold the Awesome Power of Danzig|last=Stratton|first=Jeff|date=April 20, 2000|newspaper=[[Miami New Times]]|access-date=May 6, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102122757/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2000-04-20/music/the-devil-inside/1/|archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref>

In September 1999, Danzig signed his band to E-Magine Records, becoming the first artist on the label.<ref name="emagine">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4646654-1.html|title=E-magine's Strategy is Key to Its Success|last=Siegler|first=Dylan|date=February 10, 2001|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 6, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222141109/http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4646654-1.html|archive-date=December 22, 2007 }}</ref> The deal also led to the release of a [[Box Set (Samhain album)|Samhain box set]] and the re-release of ''Blackacidevil''.<ref name="emagine" />

Danzig's subsequent three albums, ''[[6:66 Satan's Child]]'' (1999), ''[[I Luciferi]]'' (2002) and ''[[Circle of Snakes]]'' (2004), all musically and lyrically evolved to a more stripped down, heavier [[gothic metal]] sound. The Danzig lineup continued to change with each album, while Danzig's voice started to show change after years of touring.

In 1999, during the U.S. touring for the album ''6:66 Satan's Child'' Danzig reunited Samhain along with drummers Steve Zing and London May. Then-Danzig guitarist [[Todd Youth]] was invited by Glenn Danzig to fill in the guitar position for the Samhain reunion tour, replacing Samhain's original guitarist, Pete "Damien" Marshall, who had opted out in order to tour with Iggy Pop. Eerie Von was not invited to rejoin Samhain due to personal issues within the band. Both Zing and May handled bass duties, switching from drums to bass in between the "Blood Show".

In 2003, Danzig founded the Blackest of the Black tour to provide a platform for dark and extreme bands of his choosing from around the world.<ref name="Blackest of the Black">{{cite web|url=http://blackestoftheblack.com/history.html|title=Blackest of the Black History|publisher=Blackest of the Black|access-date=October 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924005943/http://blackestoftheblack.com/history.html|archive-date=September 24, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Unrated Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Features/index.cfm&Article_ID=250|title=Danzig: Blackest of the Black|last=Farr|first=Sara|publisher=Unrated Magazine|access-date=October 2, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929102748/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Features%2Findex.cfm&Article_ID=250|archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref> Bands featured on the tour have included [[Dimmu Borgir]], [[Superjoint Ritual]], [[Nile (band)|Nile]], [[Opeth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[Skeletonwitch]], [[Mortiis]] and [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]].

==== Recent activity (2005–2011)====
In 2005, Danzig's tours to support the ''Circle of Snakes'' album and the Blackest of the Black Tour were highlighted by the special guest appearance of Misfits guitarist [[Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein]]. Doyle joined Danzig on stage for a 20-minute set of classic Misfits songs: "To do this right, I invited Doyle to join Danzig on stage at 'Blackest of the Black' for a special guest set. This is the first time we will be performing on stage together in 20 years. It's the closest thing to a Misfits reunion anyone is ever going to see."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3219|title=Danzig Announces 'Blackest of the Black' Tour Lineup|last=Jones|first=Sefany|date=September 3, 2004|publisher=[[KNAC]]|access-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222155001/http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3219|archive-date=December 22, 2011 }}</ref>

On October 17, 2006, he released his second solo album, ''[[Black Aria II]]''. The album reached the top ten on the Billboard classical music chart.<ref name="MetalDen">{{cite web|url=http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=13178|title=DANZIG – Signs with The End records|date=April 1, 2010|publisher=The Metal Den|access-date=April 16, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717013706/http://themetalden.com/index.php?p=13178|archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref>

In November 2006, Danzig toured the west coast with former Samhain drummer [[Steve Zing]] on bass. They played three Samhain songs including "All Murder All Guts All Fun". In Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Doyle joined the band onstage for the encore and played two Misfits songs, "Skulls" and "Astro Zombies".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/review/5870 |title=Danzig / Lacuna Coil / the Haunted – live in Los Angeles |date=December 5, 2006 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923131638/http://www.punknews.org/review/5870 |archive-date=September 23, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2007 Danzig produced the debut album by ex-Misfits guitarist Doyle's metal-influenced band, [[Gorgeous Frankenstein]].<ref name="Sputnik Music">{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Gorgeous+Frankenstein|title=Gorgeous Frankenstein|publisher=SputnikMusic.com|access-date=October 9, 2009}}</ref>
[[File:Danzig Getaway Rock Festival 2011.jpg|thumb|left|320px|Glenn Danzig at Getaway Rock Festival in 2011]]
In July 2007, Danzig released ''[[The Lost Tracks of Danzig]]'', a compilation of previously unreleased songs. The project took nine months to complete with Glenn Danzig having to add extra vocal and instrument tracks to songs that had been unfinished.<ref>''The Lost Tracks of Danzig'' liner notes</ref> The album included the controversial "White Devil Rise", recorded during the sessions for ''Danzig 4'' in response to inflammatory comments by [[Louis Farrakhan]] and his use of the term "The White Devil".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_danzig_talks_on_new_album.html|title=Glenn Danzig Talks on New Album|date=May 31, 2007|publisher=UltimateGuitar.com|access-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417094808/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_danzig_talks_on_new_album.html|archive-date=April 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="MTV" /> The song is Danzig's conjecture as to what would happen if Farrakhan incited the passive white race to rise up and start a race war: "No one wants to see a race war. It would be terrible, so the song's saying, 'Be careful what you wish for.{{'"}}<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1562582/20070614/danzig__glenn2.jhtml|title=Glenn Danzig Calls New LP 'A Pain in the Butt'|publisher=[[MTV]].com|author=Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn|date=June 15, 2007|access-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402080859/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1562582/20070614/danzig__glenn2.jhtml|archive-date=April 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=25223|title="The Lost Tracks of Danzig" Details, Release Date Revealed|publisher=MetalUnderground.com|date=April 3, 2007|access-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606045153/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=25223|archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> Danzig himself has bluntly denied any accusations of racism: "As far as me being an Aryan or a racist, anyone who knows me knows that's bullshit."<ref name="Seconds" />

In October and November 2007, Danzig toured the western United States, along with Gorgeous Frankenstein, [[Horrorpops]], and [[Suicide City]]. This "3 Weeks of Halloween" tour was in support of his most recent album, ''The Lost Tracks of Danzig'', as well as the newest graphic novel release from Verotik, ''Drukija: Countessa of Blood''.<ref name="MU">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=29900|title=Glenn Danzig Falls Off Stage in Baltimore?|date=October 24, 2007|publisher=Metal Underground|access-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009063529/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=29900|archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref> On October 23, 2007, Danzig was performing the song "How the Gods Kill" in [[Baltimore]] and fell off the stage, injuring his left arm. He did not perform the Misfits set that night,<ref name="MU" /> but he continued the tour and played classic Misfits tunes with Doyle onstage as an encore with a [[Bandage|sling]] on his left arm after the injury.

In 2008, Danzig confirmed he had recorded the first duet of his career, with [[Melissa Auf der Maur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danzig-verotik.com/danzig/danzig_intvw.html|title=Exclusive Interview with Glenn Danzig for DANZIG 20th Anniversary|date=August 18, 2008|publisher=Danzig-Verotik.com|access-date=March 17, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831131917/http://www.danzig-verotik.com/danzig/danzig_intvw.html|archive-date=August 31, 2009 }}</ref> The song, titled "Father's Grave", features Danzig singing from the perspective of a [[gravedigger]] and appears on Auf der Maur's 2010 album ''[[Out of Our Minds]]''.<ref name="Noisecreep">{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/02/15/auf-der-mar-danzig/|title=Melissa Auf der Maur Has 'a Thing' for Danzig – and Now He's on Her Album|last=Bliss|first=Karen|date=February 15, 2010|website=[[Noisecreep]]|access-date=March 17, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217090908/http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/02/15/auf-der-mar-danzig/|archive-date=February 17, 2010 }}</ref> Auf der Maur has spoken highly about the experience of meeting and working with Danzig.<ref name="Noisecreep" />

Danzig's ninth album, ''[[Deth Red Sabaoth]]'', was released on June 22, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/03/31/danzig-deth-red-sabaoth-new-album-exclusive/|title=Danzig, 'Deth Red Sabaoth' – New Album Exclusive|last=Sciaretto|first=Amy|date=March 31, 2010|website=[[Noisecreep]]|access-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403134124/http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/03/31/danzig-deth-red-sabaoth-new-album-exclusive|archive-date=April 3, 2010 }}</ref>

In a July 2010 interview with Metal Injection, Glenn Danzig was asked if he was going to make another Danzig record after ''Deth Red Sabaoth''. His response was, "I don't know, we'll see. With the way record sales are now...I won't do some stupid [[Pro Tools|pro-tool]] record in someone's living room where all the drum beats are stolen from somebody and just mashed together...and I'm not going to do that if I can't do a record how I want to do it, and if it's not financially feasible, I'm just not going to do one."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/5369/danzig-discusses-his-new-album-deth-red-sabaoth|title=DANZIG Discusses His New Album, Deth Red Sabaoth|date=July 14, 2010|work=Metal Injection|access-date=July 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717131026/http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/5369/danzig-discusses-his-new-album-deth-red-sabaoth|archive-date=July 17, 2010 }}</ref>

During the later quarter of 2011 Danzig performed a string of one-off reunion shows called the "Danzig Legacy" tour. The shows consisted of a Danzig set, followed by a Samhain set, then closing off with Danzig and Doyle performing Misfits songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danzig-verotik.com/danzig/tour.html|title=Official Danzig Website|work=danzig-verotik.com|access-date=October 23, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103143039/http://danzig-verotik.com/danzig/tour.html|archive-date=November 3, 2015 }}</ref>

During the third date of [[Metallica]]'s 30-year anniversary shows at the Fillmore Theater in San Francisco, Danzig went on stage with Metallica to perform the Misfits songs "Die, Die My Darling", "Last Caress", and "Green Hell".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=167094|title=Rob Halford, Glenn Danzig, Jerry Cantrell Perform With Metallica At Third 30th Anniversary Show - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=October 23, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107202515/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=167094|archive-date=January 7, 2012 }}</ref>

====Current activity (2012–present)====
[[File:Glenn Danzig and Paul Doyle Caiafa playing at Wacken Open Air 2013 04.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Glenn Danzig performing with [[Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein]] at Wacken Open Air 2013]]
Danzig has said he wishes to avoid extensive and exhaustive touring in the future, preferring instead to focus on his various music, film and comic book projects: "I don't really want to tour. My reason for not doing it is because I'm bored of it. I like being onstage, but I don't like sitting around all day doing nothing. I could be home, working."<ref name="InvisibleOranges" /><ref name="theaquarian">{{cite news|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/17/interview-danzig-he%e2%80%99s-the-one-he%e2%80%99s-the-one/|title=Interview with Danzig: He's The One, He's The One|last=Slevin|first=Patrick|date=December 17, 2009|newspaper=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|access-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043906/http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/17/interview-danzig-he%e2%80%99s-the-one-he%e2%80%99s-the-one/|archive-date=June 16, 2012 }}</ref> Danzig has started work on a third ''Black Aria'' album,<ref name="BW interview">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bravewords.com/features/1000854|title=Danzig: On Wings of Leather and Rage|last=Small|first=Aaron|date=November 1, 2010|magazine=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|access-date=February 8, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226015647/http://www.bravewords.com/features/1000854|archive-date=December 26, 2010 }}</ref> and a covers album is set for release by the end of 2013.<ref name="TheStranger">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sound-check/Content?oid=17555301|title=Glenn Danzig is a Macabre American Hero|last=Moorman|first=Trent|date=August 21, 2013|newspaper=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825010330/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sound-check/Content?oid=17555301|archive-date=August 25, 2013 }}</ref> Danzig hopes to record a dark blues album involving [[Jerry Cantrell]] and [[Hank Williams III|Hank III]].<ref name="InvisibleOranges" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/glenn_danzig_talks_20th_anniversary_tour_future_plans.html|title=Glenn Danzig Talks 20th Anniversary Tour, Future Plans|date=August 22, 2008|publisher=Ultimate-Guitar.com|access-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408100408/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/glenn_danzig_talks_20th_anniversary_tour_future_plans.html|archive-date=April 8, 2010 }}</ref> He is currently working on new Danzig material with [[Tommy Victor]] and [[Johnny Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/glenn-danzig-25th-anniversary-debut-danzig-album-upcoming-covers-disc-more/ |title=Glenn Danzig Talks 25th Anniversary of Debut Danzig Album, Upcoming Covers Disc + More |publisher=[[Loudwire]].com |date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502010607/http://loudwire.com/glenn-danzig-25th-anniversary-debut-danzig-album-upcoming-covers-disc-more/ |archive-date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=189312 |title=Glenn Danzig Talks To Full Metal Jackie About 'Legacy' TV Special, Covers Record, New Music |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809173501/http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=189312 |archive-date=August 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/danzig-recording-new-material/ |title=Danzig Recording New Music |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=February 20, 2014 |access-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302030924/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/danzig-recording-new-material/ |archive-date=March 2, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2014, Danzig filed a lawsuit against Misfits bassist [[Jerry Only]] claiming Only registered trademarks for everything Misfits-related in 2000 behind Danzig's back, misappropriating exclusive ownership over the trademarks for himself, including the band's iconic "Fiend Skull" logo, violating a 1994 contract the two had. Danzig claims that after registering the trademarks, Only secretly entered into deals with various merchandisers and cut him out of any potential profits in the process.<ref>{{cite news|title=GLENN DANZIG Sues MISFITS' JERRY ONLY Over HOT TOPIC Deal|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=May 7, 2014|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/glenn-danzig-sues-misfits-jerry-only-over-hot-topic-deal/#l0JTEvMLUoU3BSYx.99|access-date=May 7, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030723/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/glenn-danzig-sues-misfits-jerry-only-over-hot-topic-deal/#l0JTEvMLUoU3BSYx.99|archive-date=May 8, 2014 }}</ref> On August 6, 2014, a U.S. district judge in California dismissed Danzig's lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Glenn Danzig Bitch Slapped By Judge: No Hot Topic Money For You! |url=http://www.re-tox.com/2014/08/12/glenn-danzig-lawsuit-jerry-only-hot-topic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817222631/http://www.re-tox.com/2014/08/12/glenn-danzig-lawsuit-jerry-only-hot-topic/ |archive-date=August 17, 2014 |publisher=re-tox.com}}</ref>

On October 21, 2015, during an interview with Loudwire, Danzig stated his current tour with [[Superjoint Ritual|Superjoint]] could be his last.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/glenn-danzig-i-dont-think-im-going-to-tour-anymore/|title=Glenn Danzig: 'I Don't Think I'm Going to Tour Anymore'|work=Loudwire|date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=October 23, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023183931/http://loudwire.com/glenn-danzig-i-dont-think-im-going-to-tour-anymore/|archive-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref>

On May 12, 2016, Danzig, Only, and Frankenstein announced they would perform together as the Misfits for the first time in 33 years in two headlining shows at the September 2016 [[Riot Fest]] in [[Chicago]] and [[Denver]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/misfits-original-lineup-to-reunite-for-riot-fest/|title=Misfits' original lineup to reunite for Riot Fest|work=consequenceofsount.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513022902/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/misfits-original-lineup-to-reunite-for-riot-fest/|archive-date=May 13, 2016 |date=May 12, 2016}}</ref> He later noted that he would be "open to possibly doing some more shows". The reunited Misfits did more shows and Danzig enforced a "no cell phone" policy at the reunion shows.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/glenn-danzig-on-new-album-misfits-political-conspiracies-w484081|title=Glenn Danzig on Dark New LP, Misfits, Why He Hates Recent Presidents|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=May 26, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527192224/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/glenn-danzig-on-new-album-misfits-political-conspiracies-w484081|archive-date=May 27, 2017 }}</ref> The reunited "Original Misfits" sold out a succession of arenas, a singular accomplishment for a classic punk band, providing evidence that they are among the most popular punk bands ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2019/07/14/how-the-misfits-turned-into-an-arena-performing-phenomena/?sh=521488a579f2|title=How the Misfits Turned into an Arena Performing Phenomena|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=August 9, 2021|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809173141/https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2019/07/14/how-the-misfits-turned-into-an-arena-performing-phenomena/?sh=521488a579f2|url-status=live}}</ref>

Danzig returned to Riot Fest in 2017 with his band Danzig. Their album ''[[Black Laden Crown]]'' was released on May 26, 2017.

==Musical style==
Danzig's musical career has encompassed a number of genres, from [[punk rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] to [[European classical music|classical music]]. He is noted for his [[baritone]] voice and [[tenor]] vocal range; his style has been compared to those of [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Roy Orbison]] and [[Howlin' Wolf]]. Critic Mark Deming of [[Allmusic]] described Danzig as "one of the very best singers to emerge from hardcore punk, though in a genre where an angry, sneering bark was the order of the day, that only says so much. Still, the guy could carry a tune far better than his peers".<ref>Deming, Mark (2020). [https://www.allmusic.com/album/sings-elvis-mw0003358710 Danzig Sings Elvis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507025453/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sings-elvis-mw0003358710 |date=May 7, 2020 }} review, accessed April 28, 2020</ref> As a musician, in addition to his vocals, Glenn Danzig has also contributed guitar, bass, drums and piano to his various musical projects.

The Misfits combined Danzig's harmonic vocals with camp-horror imagery and lyrics. The Misfits sound was a faster, heavier derivation of [[Ramones]]-style punk with [[rockabilly]] influences. Glenn Danzig's Misfits songs dealt almost exclusively with themes derived from [[B movie|B-grade]] horror and science fiction movies (e.g. "Night of the Living Dead") as well as comic books (e.g. "Wasp Women", "I Turned into a Martian").<ref name="PennyBlood" /> Unlike the later incarnation of the Misfits, Danzig also dealt with [[Atomic Age|Atomic Era]] scandals in songs like "Bullet" (about the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]), "Who Killed Marilyn" (which alluded to alternate theories about [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s death), and "Hollywood Babylon" (inspired by [[Hollywood Babylon|the Kenneth Anger book]] on scandals associated with the early, formative years of Hollywood). In later years the Misfits style was noticeably heavier and faster than during their earlier releases, introducing elements of [[hardcore punk]].

Samhain's musical and lyrical style was much darker in tone than Misfits material,<ref name="PennyBlood" /> fusing an experimental combination of horror punk, [[gothic rock|gothic]]–[[death rock]], and heavy metal. With Samhain, Danzig began to introduce more complicated [[drum beat|drum patterns]]. Samhain songs often combined tribal drum beats and [[Distortion (music)|distorted]] guitars. Samhain's lyrical themes were rooted in [[paganism]] and the occult, pain and violence, and the horrors of reality.
[[File:Glenn Danzig at Wacken Open Air 2013 03.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Glenn Danzig performing with Danzig at Wacken Open Air (2013)]]
The band Danzig showed a progression to a slower, heavier, more [[blues]]-based and [[doom metal|doom]]-driven heavy metal sound primarily influenced by the early sound of Black Sabbath.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/393264/DANZIG-SCORES-MEGAPOINTS-WITH-SALTAIR-MOSHERS.html?pg=all|title=DANZIG Scores Megapoints with Saltair Moshers|first=Scott|last=Iwasaki|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=September 14, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023133453/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/393264/DANZIG-SCORES-MEGAPOINTS-WITH-SALTAIR-MOSHERS.html?pg=all|archive-date=October 23, 2013 }}</ref> Other musical influences include The Doors,<ref>{{cite news|last=Reger|first=Rick|date=February 16, 1997|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/02/16/bending-the-metal/|title=Bending the Metal: Glenn Danzig Shifts Gears, and the Sparks Still Fly|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20131107194114/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-02-16/news/9702160146_1_punk-metal-black-sabbath-band|archive-date=November 7, 2013 }}</ref> and the [[ballads]] of Roy Orbison.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=kerrang.690|title=Glenn Danzig: Brawn to be Wild|date=June 30, 1990|first=Mike|last=Gitter|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227040156/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=kerrang.690|archive-date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=gschool.94|title=Prime Cuts: John Christ|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=July 1994|publisher=Guitar School|access-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229123233/http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=gschool.94|archive-date=February 29, 2012 }}</ref> Danzig opted for a thicker and heavier-sounding guitar tone than with his previous bands, retaining his preference for a single lead guitarist and short guitar solos. After replacing the band's original line-up, Danzig began to experiment with a more [[industrial music|industrial]] sound, before merging into [[gothic metal]]. Later, Danzig albums have returned to the band's original sound.

Glenn Danzig's lyrics, which had already evolved from those of the Misfits to the more serious style of Samhain, progressed even further with Danzig to become "frighteningly intense images of doom" which "convey their bleak messages with an eerie grace and intelligence".<ref name="Metal Mania"/> His lyrics are typically dark in subject matter, bearing "a heavily romanticized, brooding, gothic sensibility, more quietly sinister and darkly seductive than obviously threatening or satanic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/danzig-mn0000957085/biography|title=Danzig – AllMusic Artist Biography|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829012736/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/danzig-mn0000957085/biography|archive-date=August 29, 2014 }}</ref> Lyrical themes include love, sex, evil, death, religion, and occult imagery. Danzig's songs about love often deal with the pain of loss and loneliness using gothic romanticism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=twec.00|title=Glenn Danzig chat|date=January 27, 2000|publisher=[[Trans World Entertainment]]|access-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419144138/http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=twec.00|archive-date=April 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Robert|date=December 22, 2006|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1749223771.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22%2C+2006&author=ROBERT+HICKS&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Danzig+brings+metal+and+mythology+to+Sayreville+show&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710025326/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1749223771.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22,+2006&author=ROBERT+HICKS&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Danzig+brings+metal+and+mythology+to+Sayreville+show&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2013|title=Danzig brings metal and mythology to Sayreville show|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Morristown)|Daily Record]]|location=Morristown|access-date=November 6, 2013|quote=the band redefined its identity with a combination of heavy metal and goth romanticism}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Sex is another common theme, with songs frequently alluding to various [[BDSM|sexual practices]] and depicting powerful, seductive and sometimes [[supernatural]] female figures. Glenn Danzig has tackled [[Bible|Biblical]] subjects and has offered his criticisms of organised religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=clyde.92|title=Glenn Danzig Interview|last=Russell|first=Tom|publisher=[[102.5 Clyde 1]]|date=September 3, 1992|access-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227042541/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=clyde.92|archive-date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref> He often promotes rebellion and anti-authoritarianism, whilst embracing independence and the [[left-hand path]]. In other lyrics, Danzig deals with the subject of death and questions the concepts of evil and sin.<ref>{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|date=November 4, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/04/arts/pop-view-dark-metal-not-just-smash-and-thrash.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title=POP VIEW; Dark Metal: Not Just Smash And Thrash|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016221511/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/04/arts/pop-view-dark-metal-not-just-smash-and-thrash.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|archive-date=October 16, 2015 }}</ref>

Glenn Danzig has served as the sole songwriter for every band he has fronted, and described his writing process: "Sometimes I get the guitar lines, sometimes I write on the piano, sometimes I'll write the lyrics first and then figure out the [[Chord (music)|chord]] patterns on guitar, and sometimes I write the drum pattern first. It's all different".<ref name="Vice">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/glenn-danzig-422-v17n5|title=Glenn Danzig|first=Sam|last=McPheeters|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|access-date=September 22, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928020605/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/glenn-danzig-422-v17n5|archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref> Danzig also records basic song ideas when away from his home: "I usually hum it into a microcassette recorder and then I transpose it when I get home and work it out on guitar or piano".<ref name="Vice" />

==Television and film==
Danzig appeared with the Misfits in the 1982 concert film ''Walk Among You'' that also featured Violent Apathy and the [[Necros]]. 

Danzig appeared with the Misfits in their 1982 stand alone concert film ''Love Hall''.

Danzig made a cameo appearance as himself in the 1988 film ''[[Tougher Than Leather (film)|Tougher Than Leather]]'' starring [[Run-D.M.C.]]. 

Danzig had a minor role as fallen angel Samayel in the 1998 film ''[[The Prophecy II]]'' starring [[Christopher Walken]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geek.com/television/11-musicians-wed-actually-like-to-see-on-game-of-thrones-1707860/|title=11 Musicians We'd Actually Like To See On Game Of Thrones|last=Jensen|first=K. Thor|date=July 19, 2017|website=[[Geek.com]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407174625/https://www.geek.com/television/11-musicians-wed-actually-like-to-see-on-game-of-thrones-1707860/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was invited by [[20th Century Fox]] to audition for the role of [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] in ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'',<ref name="knight-ridder">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19950512&id=KlBUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3147,5268089|title=Danzig with the devil: Rocker relishes his turn as music's bad boy|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=May 3, 1995|publisher=Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Services|access-date=January 28, 2010|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107011635/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19950512&id=KlBUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3147,5268089|url-status=live}}</ref> as his height and build closely resemble that of the film's protagonist, as described in the original comic books.<ref name="AMC">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2009/04/five-fun-facts.php|title=Five Fun Facts about Wolverine You Won't Learn from His Movie|last=Nadel|first=Nick|date=April 28, 2009|publisher=[[AMC Networks]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102061544/http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2009/04/five-fun-facts.php|archive-date=November 2, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, he declined due to scheduling conflicts.<ref name="AMC" /> He later admitted that he was glad to turn the role down as he thought the final product was "terrible" and further insulted [[Hugh Jackman]]'s performance, calling it "gay".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/danzig-accuses-hugh-jackman-of-playing-wolverine-gay/news-story/adfffb25990d84ca1bfce8b3600ef373|title=Danzig accuses Hugh Jackman of playing Wolverine gay|newspaper=News.com.au|date=May 28, 2012|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430170131/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/danzig-accuses-hugh-jackman-of-playing-wolverine-gay/news-story/adfffb25990d84ca1bfce8b3600ef373|url-status=live}}</ref>

Danzig guest-appeared as himself in the ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' episode "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/glenn_danzig_looks_back_on_25.html|title=Glenn Danzig Looks Back on 25 Years of Taking It to the People Ahead of Bethlehem Performance|last=Schoof|first=Dustin|date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=[[The Express-Times]]|access-date=September 4, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908150836/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/glenn_danzig_looks_back_on_25.html|archive-date=September 8, 2013 }}</ref> where he purchased the house of the character [[Carl Brutananadilewski|Carl]].

In February 2016, Danzig appeared in the ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]'' episode "Weirdo Beach".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6867341/glenn-danzig-on-portlandia-cameo-new-album|title=Glenn Danzig Dishes About His Upcoming 'Portlandia' Cameo and New Music on the Way|last=Titus|first=Christa|date=February 8, 2016|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211060221/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6867341/glenn-danzig-on-portlandia-cameo-new-album|archive-date=February 11, 2016 }}</ref>

Danzig appeared as vampire Bad Bathory in the 2021 film ''Death Rider in the House of Vampires'' starring [[Danny Trejo]].

===Directing===
Danzig plays a personal role in the production of the band's music videos, suggesting ideas and sometimes directing them himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=faces.691|title=''Lucifuge'' video feature|last=Sherman|first=Lee|date=June 1991|publisher=Faces magazine|access-date=May 4, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926034143/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=faces.691|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> He has worked on a film version of the Verotik comic ''Ge Rouge''.<ref name="Revolver" /> The possibility of an animated film version of the ''Satanika'' comic has also been discussed.<ref name="Shakefire">{{cite web|url=http://www.shakefire.com/interview/glenn-danzig-the-interview|title=Glenn Danzig: The Interview|date=October 18, 2010|publisher=Shakefire.com|access-date=February 8, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517104723/http://shakefire.com/interview/glenn-danzig-the-interview|archive-date=May 17, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2019, Danzig made his feature film directorial debut with ''[[Verotika]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/verotika-glenn-danzigs-directorial-debut-set-for-halloween-vod-roll-out-1202636077/|title='Verotika': Glenn Danzig's Directorial Debut Set for Halloween VOD Roll-Out|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=June 21, 2019|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914172633/https://deadline.com/2019/06/verotika-glenn-danzigs-directorial-debut-set-for-halloween-vod-roll-out-1202636077/|url-status=live}}</ref> an [[Anthology film|anthology]] horror film that premiered at Chicago's Cinepocalypse Film Festival that year.<ref name=bromley>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3567464/cinepocalypse-review-glenn-danzigs-verotika-horror-equivalent-room/|title=[Review] Glenn Danzig's 'Verotika' is the Horror Equivalent of 'The Room'|last=Bromley|first=Patrick|date=March 10, 2020|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511100135/https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3567464/cinepocalypse-review-glenn-danzigs-verotika-horror-equivalent-room/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/holy-hell-glenn-danzig-mightve-just-made-the-room-of-h-1835503250|title=Holy hell, Glenn Danzig might've just made The Room of horror anthologies|last=McLevy|first=Alex|date=June 13, 2019|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401225205/https://film.avclub.com/holy-hell-glenn-danzig-mightve-just-made-the-room-of-h-1835503250|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/glenn-danzigs-verotika-review.html|title=Glenn Danzig Accidentally Made the Year's Best Horror-Comedy|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=June 14, 2019|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404044107/https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/glenn-danzigs-verotika-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-worst-and-weirdest-of-this-years-cinepocalyp-1835735862|title=The best, worst, and weirdest of this year's Cinepocalypse film festival|last1=McLevy|first1=Alex|last2=Colburn|first2=Randall|date=June 24, 2019|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407145946/https://film.avclub.com/the-best-worst-and-weirdest-of-this-years-cinepocalyp-1835735862|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was directed, written and scored by Danzig.<ref name=bromley />

In September 2019, at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of the [[Rob Zombie]] film ''[[3 from Hell]],'' Danzig told interviewers that production for a new film would begin in October. He described the project as "a vampire [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti western]]", after revealing there would not be any more Misfits tours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/danzig-vampire-spaghetti-western-movie/|title=Glenn Danzig to Start Shooting 'Vampire Spaghetti Western' Movie|last=Trapp|first=Philip|date=September 19, 2019|website=Loudwire|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002054431/https://loudwire.com/danzig-vampire-spaghetti-western-movie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, Danzig announced his next film was ''Death Rider in the House of Vampires,'' which blends elements of the Spaghetti western with vampire horror. Danzig stated there would be several prominent actors in the film, including: [[Devon Sawa]], Danny Trejo, [[Julian Sands]], and [[Kim Director]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 3, 2020|title=Glenn Danzig's Vampire Spaghetti Western 'Death Rider in the House of Vampires': More Details Revealed|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/glenn-danzigs-vampire-spaghetti-western-death-rider-in-the-house-of-vampires-more-details-revealed/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203100553/https://blabbermouth.net/news/glenn-danzigs-vampire-spaghetti-western-death-rider-in-the-house-of-vampires-more-details-revealed/|archive-date=February 3, 2021|access-date=|website=Blabbermouth|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|tt11505680|Death Rider in the House of Vampires}}</ref>

In multiple interviews, Danzig cites Italian horror director [[Mario Bava]] among his directorial inspirations, along with [[Sergio Leone]] and [[Jean Cocteau]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/glenn-danzig-reflects-on-a-milestone-of-cultural-menace/|title=Glenn Danzig Reflects on a Milestone of Cultural Menace|last=Fuentes|first=Danny|date=November 1, 2018|website=LA Weekly|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003040433/https://www.laweekly.com/glenn-danzig-reflects-on-a-milestone-of-cultural-menace/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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In January 1992, Danzig became a student of [[Jerry Poteet]], a [[martial artist]] in [[Jeet Kune Do]].<ref name="the7thhouse Satan's Child">{{cite web|url=http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/d6_art6.htm|title=Glenn Danzig Satan's Child|publisher=the7thhouse.com|date=November 10, 1999|access-date=October 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705013840/http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/d6_art6.htm|archive-date=July 5, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBcD8qqGT8|title=Glenn Danzig trained in Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee|website=[[YouTube]] |year=1992|access-date=August 23, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513103730/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBcD8qqGT8|archive-date=May 13, 2013 }}</ref> Danzig has since earned a teaching degree in the discipline.<ref name="the7thhouse Satan's Child" /> Danzig has also studied [[Muay Thai]].<ref name="the7thhouse Satan's Child" />

Danzig, who is 5 ft 3 in height,<ref>[https://www.houstonpress.com/music/pocket-rockers-ten-musicians-55-and-under-6506992 Musicians 5'5" And Under] Craig Hlavaty, ''[[Houston Press]]'' (October 29, 2010)</ref> also developed an interest in [[bodybuilding]]:

: “I've always been attracted to the [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzschean]] idea of perfection, and so I began trying to perfect my body. I bought [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN BODYBUILDING and started studying. Lifting weights is just lifting weights, but bodybuilding is about sculpting the body. Nutrition is essential, and though I'd like to be eating candy and cake, it immediately settles on my hips. Unfortunately, when I'm on the road I only get to work out a few times weekly, but when I'm at home with my weights and machines I work out four or five times a week.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=details.95 |title=ROCK SOLID - Glenn Danzig pumps up his volume |access-date=August 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128054854/https://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=details.95 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Glenn Danzig Atomic Comics Signing.JPG|200px|thumb|Glenn Danzig signing his book at Atomic Comics in Mesa, Arizona (2010)]]
Danzig has several distinctive tattoos, all by tattoo artist Rick Spellman, which incorporate artwork based upon his music.<ref name="Prick Magazine">{{cite news|title=Danzig|newspaper=Prick Magazine|location=USA|date=October 2005|url=http://www.prickmag.net/danzigfeature.html|access-date=October 6, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023154906/http://www.prickmag.net/danzigfeature.html|archive-date=October 23, 2009 }}</ref> These include a Danzig/Samhain skull symbol designed by Michael Golden,<ref>[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/06/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-119/ Comic Book Legends Uncovered] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818044840/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/06/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-119/ |date=August 18, 2010 }}</ref> a bat with a Misfits Crimson Ghost skull, a wolf's head with the text "Wolfs Blood" (the title of a Misfits song),<ref name="Prick Magazine" /> a skeleton as found on the cover art for the album ''November-Coming-Fire'', and a demon woman as found on the cover art for ''Unholy Passion''. His lower back features the logo for the ''[[Devilman]]'' [[manga]].

Danzig is a fan of [[horror movies]] and [[Anime|Japanese anime]][[manga|/manga]], and has expressed his appreciation for the works of filmmaker [[David Cronenberg]] and manga artist [[Go Nagai]].<ref name="Tales from the Crypt">{{cite news|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=tales.82|title=Glenn Danzig Interview|publisher=Tales from the Crypt|date=Spring 1982|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927200250/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=tales.82|archive-date=September 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Hollywood Book & Poster">{{cite news|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=holly.89|title=Glenn Danzig Interview|publisher=Hollywood Book & Poster|date=April 1989|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926101316/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=holly.89|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref>

Danzig's favorite composers include [[Richard Wagner]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], [[Carl Orff]], and film score composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-25-gd-q-a25-story.html|title=60 Seconds with...Glenn Danzig|last=Flaherty|first=Michael|date=October 25, 2007|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20131021230007/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/25/entertainment/gd-q-a25|archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref>

Danzig is an avid reader and owns a large book collection on subjects including the occult, religious history and true murder cases.<ref name="Metal Mania" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Jason |url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/57114 |title=Deeper into Music With Glenn Danzig &#124; Music |newspaper=The A.V. Club |access-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233139/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/57114 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="YouTube Books">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNO9k1TXS0|title=Danzig Home Video|publisher=Def American|year=1990|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214141725/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNO9k1TXS0|archive-date=February 14, 2010 }}</ref> He commented about the book ''[[The Occult Roots of Nazism]]'' that "every school kid should have this book", though he later stated that the comment was satirical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flavorwire.com/341690/watch-a-shirtless-glenn-danzig-give-a-tour-of-his-creepy-bookshelf|title=Watch a Shirtless Glenn Danzig Give a Tour of His Creepy Bookshelf|date=October 29, 2012|website=flavorwire.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182452/http://flavorwire.com/341690/watch-a-shirtless-glenn-danzig-give-a-tour-of-his-creepy-bookshelf|archive-date=February 4, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-devil-inside-glenn-danzig-63102/|title=The Devil Inside Glenn Danzig|last1=Wild|first1=David|date=March 24, 1994|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=March 11, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127022131/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-devil-inside-glenn-danzig-63102/|url-status=live}}</ref> Danzig also has a long-standing interest in [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]]-related conspiracies: "Not only have I always been interested in the families that run the world forever, that people know now as the [[Bilderberg Group]]. But there's an older book called ''[[Committee of 300]]'' which tells you all about it. I mean, I got in trouble for this back in the 90s, talking about this kind of stuff – how the United States is based on a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] thing, and I got so many government files on me from that one".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.thephoenix.com/music/104077-interview-glenn-danzig/?page=4#TOPCONTENT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021225143/http://portland.thephoenix.com/music/104077-interview-glenn-danzig/?page=4#TOPCONTENT|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2013|title=Interview: Glenn Danzig|last=Brockman|first=Daniel|date=June 21, 2010|newspaper=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix]]|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>

Regarding his political views, Danzig has described himself as being "conservative on some issues, and some issues I'm really liberal". He defended former President Donald Trump's controversial [[Executive Order 13769|travel ban from selected countries]], arguing "It's really not a travel ban. When you walk into the country, we want to see who you are and what you're doing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/danzig-misfits-trump-muslim-travel-ban-2081376|title=Misfits' Danzig defends Trump's Muslim travel ban - NME|date=May 30, 2017|website=nme.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124139/http://www.nme.com/news/music/danzig-misfits-trump-muslim-travel-ban-2081376|archive-date=February 4, 2018 }}</ref> Danzig has voiced his dissatisfaction with the United States' [[two-party system]]; stating "the bottom line is that both parties are in agreement about one thing: They don't want a third, a fourth, or a fifth party in there. They want it Democratic and Republican. Both sides are corrupt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Articles/index.cfm&Article_ID=250|title=Danzig: Blackest of the Black - Interview with Glenn Danzig|website=UnRated Magazine|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083327/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Articles%2Findex.cfm&Article_ID=250|archive-date=February 12, 2018 }}</ref>

Though sometimes portrayed as a [[Satanism|Satanist]] by the media, Danzig has denied this in several interviews, elaborating that "I embrace both my light and dark side{{nbsp}}... I definitely believe in a [[yin and yang]], [[good and evil]]. My religion is a patchwork of whatever is real to me. If I can draw the strength to get through the day from something, that's religion{{nbsp}}... I'm not trying to be preachy or tell people what to think."<ref name="Musician">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=musician.894|title=Danzig Knows the Power of the Dark Side|last=Young|first=Jon|date=August 1994|publisher=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|access-date=February 8, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220180845/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=musician.894|archive-date=December 20, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Seconds" /><ref name="In Music We Trust">{{cite web|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/52h06.html|title=Interview: Danzig|last=Harward|first=Randy|date=September 2002|publisher=In Music We Trust|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209041246/http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/52h06.html|archive-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=buzz/> Danzig has voiced his approval of certain aspects of Satanic ideologies, including the quest for knowledge and individual freedom.<ref name="In Music We Trust" /><ref name="Spin">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spin.com/node/4328|title=The Spin Interview: Glenn Danzig|last=Burk|first=Greg|date=July 2007|magazine=Spin Magazine|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825154049/http://www.spin.com/node/4328|archive-date=August 25, 2010 }}</ref> He has stated that religion does not play a role in how he perceives other bands and musicians.<ref name=buzz>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2010/danzig-interview/ |access-date=November 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031083554/http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2010/danzig-interview/ |archive-date=October 31, 2010|website=buzzgrinder.com|title=DANZIG WATCH 2010: In Which I Talk to Danzig Himself|author=Sean Cannon}}</ref>

==Discography==
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===Danzig===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Danzig (album)|Danzig]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Danzig II: Lucifuge]]'' (1990) 
* ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]'' (1992) 
* ''[[Danzig 4]]'' (1994) – LP
* ''[[Blackacidevil]]'' (1996; reissued in 2000 with extra tracks)
* ''[[6:66 Satan's Child]]'' (1999)
* ''[[I Luciferi]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Circle of Snakes]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Deth Red Sabaoth]]'' (2010) 
* ''[[Skeletons (Danzig album)|Skeletons]]'' (2015) 
* ''[[Black Laden Crown]]'' (2017) 
* ''[[Danzig Sings Elvis]]'' (2020)

'''EPs'''
* ''[[Thrall-Demonsweatlive|Thrall/Demonsweatlive]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Sacrifice (EP)|Sacrifice]]'' (1996; reissued in 2000 with extra tracks)

'''Singles'''
* "[[Mother (Danzig song)|Mother]]" (1988) – promotional CD single
* "Her Black Wings" (1990) – promotional CD single
* "Killer Wolf" (1990) – promotional CD single
* "A Taste of Danzig III" (1992) – promotional CD single
* "Dirty Black Summer" (1992) – CD single
* "How the Gods Kill" (1992) – promotional CD single
* "It's Coming Down" (1993) – promotional CD single
* "Mother '93" (1993) – promotional and wide-release CD singles
* "Until You Call on the Dark" – (1994) – promotional CD single
* "Brand New God" (1994) – promotional CD single
* "Cantspeak" (1994) – CD single
* "I Don't Mind the Pain" (1995) – CD single
* "7th House" (1996) – promotional CD single
* "Sacrifice" (1996) – CD single
* "Unspeakable" (1999) – promotional CD single
* "Wicked Pussycat" (2001) – promotional CD single
* "On a Wicked Night" (2010) – CD single
* "Ju Ju Bone" (2011) – CD single

'''Compilations'''
* ''[[The Lost Tracks of Danzig]]'' (2007) – double LP

'''Live albums'''
* ''[[Live on the Black Hand Side]]'' (2001) – double LP

'''Soundtracks'''
* "Deep" ''[[Songs in the Key of X|Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files]]'' (1996)
* "UnderBelly of the Beast" ''[[The Crow: Salvation]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2000)
* "Mother" ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' (2006)
* "Thirteen" ''[[The Hangover]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2009)
* "Mother" ''[[Guitar Hero Smash Hits]]'' (2009)
* "Black Hell" ''[[The Hangover Part II]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2011)
* "Mother '93" ''[[The Hangover Part III]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2013)

'''Official videography'''
* ''Danzig (1990)'' – VHS<ref name=7h>{{cite web |url=http://www.7thhouse.com/site/index.html |title=Official DANZIG Fansite |publisher=The7thHouse.com |access-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831045326/http://www.7thhouse.com/site/index.html |archive-date=August 31, 2009 }}</ref>
* ''Lucifuge: The Video'' (1991) – VHS <ref name="7h"/>
* ''Danzig III: How the Gods Kill: Special Limited Edition'' Box Set (1992) – CD/VHS
* ''[[Archive de la Morte]]'' (2004) – DVD
* ''[[Il Demonio Nera]]'' (2005) – DVD
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===Misfits===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Walk Among Us]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Static Age]]'' (1996)
* ''[[12 Hits from Hell]]'' (2001)

'''EPs'''
* ''[[Beware (EP)|Beware]]'' (1980)
* ''[[3 Hits from Hell]]'' (1981) 
* ''[[Evilive]]'' (1982)

'''Singles'''
* "[[Cough/Cool]]" (1977)
* "[[Bullet (Misfits song)|Bullet]]" (1978)
* "[[Horror Business]]" (1979)
* "[[Night of the Living Dead (song)|Night of the Living Dead]]" (1979)
* "[[Halloween (Misfits song)|Halloween]]" (1981)
* "[[Die, Die My Darling]]" (1984)

'''Compilations'''
* ''[[Legacy of Brutality]]''  (1985)
* ''[[Collection I|Misfits]]''  (1986)
* ''[[Collection II]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Misfits (album)|Misfits Box Set]]'' (1996)

'''Live albums'''
*''[[Evilive]]'' (1987)

'''Soundtracks'''
* "Hybrid Moments" ''[[Jackass: The Movie]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2002)
* "Last Caress" ''[[True Crime: New York City]]'' (2005)
* "Halloween II" ''[[Halloween (2007 film)|Halloween]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2007)

===Samhain===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Initium]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Final Descent (album)|Final Descent]]'' (1990)

'''Other releases'''
* ''[[Unholy Passion EP|Unholy Passion]]'' (EP, 1985)
* ''[[Box Set (Samhain)|Box Set]]'' (compilation, 2000)
* ''[[Samhain Live '85-'86]]'' (live album, 2001)
* "Mother of Mercy" ''[[Guitar Hero: Metallica]]'' (soundtrack, 2009)
* ''Live 1984 at the Stardust Ballroom'' (DVD, 2005)

===Glenn Danzig and the Power Fury Orchestra===
* "You and Me (Less than Zero)" ''[[Less than Zero (soundtrack)|Less than Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' (soundtrack, 1987)

===Solo===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Black Aria]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Black Aria II]]'' (2006)

'''Singles'''
* "[[Who Killed Marilyn?]]" (1981) – 7" single

===Other===
* ''[[Less than Zero (film)|Less than Zero]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1987) (Danzig and Orbison wrote the song "Life Fades Away", performed by [[Roy Orbison]])
* ''Kinghorse'' (1990) (Eponymous debut album produced by Danzig)
* ''[[American Recordings (album)|American Recordings]]'' by [[Johnny Cash]] (1994) (Danzig wrote the song "Thirteen")
* ''[[Songs from the Earth]]'' by [[Son of Sam (band)|Son of Sam]] (2001) (Extra guitar and keyboards on "Songs from the Earth", and extra guitar on "Stray")
* ''[[Gorgeous Frankenstein]]'' (2007) (Eponymous debut album produced by Danzig)
* ''[[Out of Our Minds]]'' by [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] (2010) (Guest vocals on "Father's Grave")
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==References==
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