SAMHAIN......THEN DANZIG.

by Rev. Cecil B. Demented Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:02 pm

AFTER THE MISFITS DISSOLVED IN 1983, GLENN DANZIG MADE HIS NEW SIDE PROJECT, SAMHAIN, INTO A FULL TIME BAND. THE WOPD 'SAMHAIN' COMES FROM THE CELTIC NEW YEAR FRSTIVAL, A PRELUDE TO THE MODERN HALLOWEEN. USUALLY PRONOUNCED "SAM-HANE", WHEN SUNG BY VOCALIST GLENN DANZIG, HE PROUNOUNCES IT "SAH-WIN".MUSICALLY, SAMHAIN WAS DARK, HEAVY, AND GRITTY,AND MUCH MORE SERIOUS LYRICALLY THEN THE MISFITS. IN 1986, SAMHAIN WERE SIGNED BY RICK RUBIN TO HIS DEF AMERICAN LABEL. THE ORIGINAL IDEA HELD BY RUBIN WAS TO FORM A SORT OF "SUPER GROUP" AROUND DANZIG, BUT THE SINGER REFUSED, UNLESS BASSIST EERIE VON WAS ALLOWED TO STAY. THE BAND RECORDED FOUR ALBUMS, THEIR DEBUT,"INITIUM" IN 1984, "UNHOLY PASSION" AN EP IN 1985. 1986 BROUGHT "NOVEMBER-COMING FIRE". THEY THEN RELEASED 1990'S "FINAL DESCENT" HOWEVER, IN 1987, GLENN DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BAND FROM SAMHAIN TO HIS LAST NAME OF DANZIG, AND SAMHAIN WAS NO LONGER. A BRIEF REUNION IN 1999 TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THE SAMHAIN BOX SET. THEN, IN OCTOBER 2011, AND SAID TO BE AGAIN IN OCTOBER,2012, THEY WILL REUNITE AGAIN FOR THE"DANZIG LEGACY" PERFORMANCES. THESE SHOWS CONTAIN MATERIAL FROM SAMHAIN, DANZIG, AND THE MISFITS ,WITH VON FRANKENSTEIN. farao

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