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97-511: Misfits II is controversial among fans because six of the tracks are not songs the Misfits recorded as a functioning band. They were recorded in 1986, several years after the Misfits broke up, by Glenn Danzig and Samhain bassist Eerie Von for a sequel to Walk Among Us . "Cough/Cool" uses the drum track of the original Misfits version, but Danzig overdubbed guitar and drum machine tracks and new vocals. The song originally had no guitar at all, and

194-408: A 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." In 1987, 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 to allow the band to retain its name in the event of line-up changes. Danzig discussed

291-640: A Grammy Award . Cash was last arrested in 1967 in Walker County, Georgia , after police found he was carrying a bag of prescription pills when in a car accident. Cash attempted to bribe a local deputy, who turned the money down. He was jailed for the night in LaFayette, Georgia . Sheriff Ralph Jones released him after giving him a long talk, warning him about the danger of his behavior and wasted potential. Cash credited that experience with helping him turn around and save his life. He later returned to LaFayette to play

388-573: A comic book creator and professional photographer. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts and later the New York Institute of Photography . Danzig formed an adult-oriented comic book company called Verotik in the mid-1990s. Glenn Danzig's introduction to performing music began when he took piano and clarinet lessons as a child. He later taught himself how to play the guitar. Danzig started in

485-404: A "no cell phone" policy at the reunion shows. 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. Danzig returned to Riot Fest in 2017 with his band Danzig. Their album Black Laden Crown was released on May 26, 2017. Danzig's musical career has encompassed

582-510: 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." On October 17, 2006, he released his second solo album, Black Aria II . The album reached the top ten on

679-670: A backlog of recordings with Sun that Phillips continued to release new singles and albums featuring previously unreleased material until as late as 1964. Cash was in the unusual position of having new releases out on two labels concurrently. Sun's 1960 release, a cover of " Oh Lonesome Me ", made it to number 13 on the C&;W charts. Early in his career, Cash was given the teasing nickname "the Undertaker" by fellow artists because of his habit of wearing black clothes. He said he chose them because they were easier to keep looking clean on long tours. In

776-427: A benefit concert; it attracted 12,000 people (the city population was less than 9,000 at the time) and raised $ 75,000 for the high school. Reflecting on his past in a 1997 interview, Cash noted: "I was taking the pills for awhile, and then the pills started taking me." June, Maybelle, and Ezra Carter moved into Cash's mansion for a month to help him get off drugs. Cash proposed onstage to June on February 22, 1968, at

873-794: A book was published about it, leading to a re-recording of the songs by contemporary artists and the making of a documentary film about Cash's efforts with the album. This film was aired on PBS in February and November 2016. His Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965) was an experimental double record, mixing authentic frontier songs with Cash's spoken narration. Reaching a low with his severe drug addiction and destructive behavior, Cash and his first wife divorced after having separated in 1962. Some venues cancelled his performances, but he continued to find success. In 1967, Cash's duet with June Carter, " Jackson ", won

970-401: 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. 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". The song

1067-833: A concert at the London Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada. The couple married a week later (on March 1) in Franklin, Kentucky . She had agreed to marry Cash after he had "cleaned up." Cash's journey included rediscovery of his Christian faith. He took an " altar call " in Evangel Temple, a small church in the Nashville area, pastored by Reverend Jimmie Rodgers Snow, son of country music legend Hank Snow . According to Marshall Grant , though, Cash did not completely stop using amphetamines in 1968; and did not fully end drug use for another two years. He

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1164-488: A controversial "satanic" band. As a result, the label pulled support for Blackacidevil and the record deal was severed. In September 1999, Danzig signed his band to E-Magine Records, becoming the first artist on the label. The deal also led to the release of a Samhain box set and the re-release of Blackacidevil . 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

1261-577: A cult following. Danzig disbanded the Misfits in October 1983 due to personal and professional differences. 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." Before the disbanding of the Misfits, Danzig had begun working on a new band project, Samhain , which began when he started rehearsing with Eerie Von (formerly of Rosemary's Babies ). Danzig took

1358-564: A distinctive scar on the right side of his jaw as a result of surgery to remove a cyst . Soon after his return, Cash married Vivian Liberto in San Antonio. She had grown up Catholic and was married in the church by her paternal uncle, Father Franco Liberto. In 1954, Cash and his first wife Vivian moved to Memphis, Tennessee . He sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night, he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant . Perkins and Grant were known as

1455-503: A fire to stay warm and, under the influence of drugs, failed to notice the fire getting out of control. When the judge asked Cash why he did it, Cash said, "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it." The fire destroyed 508 acres (206 ha), burned the foliage off three mountains and drove off 49 of the refuge's 53 endangered California condors . Cash was unrepentant and said, "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards." The federal government sued him and

1552-457: 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

1649-526: A letter as an advertisement in Billboard , calling the record industry cowardly: "D.J.s – station managers – owners   [...] where are your guts? I had to fight back when I realized that so many stations are afraid of Ira Hayes. Just one question: WHY??? Ira Hayes is strong medicine   [...] So is Rochester, Harlem, Birmingham and Vietnam." Cash kept promoting the song and persuaded disc jockeys he knew to play it. The song eventually reached number three on

1746-718: A local Arkansas radio station. Decades later, he released an album of traditional gospel songs called My Mother's Hymn Book . He was also strongly influenced by traditional Irish music , which he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program. Cash enlisted in the Air Force on July 7, 1950, shortly after the start of the Korean War . After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and technical training at Brooks Air Force Base , both in San Antonio, Texas , Cash

1843-671: A local radio station in high school. He served four years in the Air Force , much of it in West Germany. After his return to the United States, he rose to fame during the mid-1950s in the burgeoning rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee . He traditionally began his concerts by introducing himself with "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash". He began to follow that by " Folsom Prison Blues ", one of his signature songs . His other signature songs include " I Walk

1940-413: 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

2037-406: A number of genres, from punk rock and heavy metal to 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

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2134-492: 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 . Danzig has also cited Bill Medley as a vocal influence. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Glenn Danzig at number 199 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Danzig was born Glenn Allen Anzalone, the third of four sons, in Lodi, New Jersey . His father

2231-842: A single lead guitarist and short guitar solos. After replacing the band's original line-up, Danzig began to experiment with a more 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". 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". Lyrical themes include love, sex, evil, death, religion, and occult imagery. Danzig's songs about love often deal with

2328-498: A slower, heavier, more blues -based 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 . The album

2425-399: A successful country artist). He was primarily of English and Scottish descent. His paternal grandmother claimed Cherokee ancestry. But a DNA test of Cash's daughter Rosanne in 2021 on Finding Your Roots , hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates Jr , found she has no known Native American markers. The researchers found Rosanne Cash has 3.3% Sub-Saharan African DNA, and they found

2522-431: 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. ' " 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." In October and November 2007, Danzig toured

2619-618: Is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the founder of the rock bands Misfits , Samhain , and 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 , and incorporating influences from industrial , blues and classical music . He has also written songs for other musicians, most notably Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison . As

2716-449: 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." Danzig has started work on a third Black Aria album, and a covers album is set for release by the end of 2013. Danzig hopes to record a dark blues album involving Jerry Cantrell and Hank III . He is currently working on new Danzig material with Tommy Victor and Johnny Kelly . In 2014, Danzig filed

2813-729: Is one of the best-selling music artists of all time , having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning music embraced country , rock and roll , rockabilly , blues , folk , and gospel sounds. This crossover appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music , Rock and Roll , and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Cash was born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas , on February 26, 1932, to Carrie Cloveree ( née Rivers) and Ray Cash. He had three older siblings, Roy, Margaret Louise, and Jack, and three younger siblings, Reba, Joanne, and Tommy (who also became

2910-619: The Unholy Passion EP was released, followed by November-Coming-Fire in 1986. Samhain eventually attracted the interest of major labels including Epic and Elektra . Rick Rubin , music producer and head of the Def American label, would see the band perform at the 1986 New Music Seminar , on the advice of then- Metallica bassist Cliff Burton . Danzig has credited both Burton and Metallica frontman James Hetfield with helping to raise awareness about his music: "I first met them at

3007-525: The Billboard classical music chart. 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, 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

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3104-561: The Great Depression under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . It was intended to give poor families the opportunity to work land that they might later own. From the age of five, Cash worked in cotton fields with his family, singing with them as they worked. Dyess and the Cash farm suffered a flood during his childhood. Later he wrote the song " Five Feet High and Rising ". His family's economic and personal struggles during

3201-504: The Misfits , releasing the band's records through his own label (originally known as Blank, later as Plan 9 ). 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. The impetus for the band's name comes from Marilyn Monroe 's last film , combined with Danzig considering himself to be a "social misfit". The band released several singles and two albums, spawning

3298-561: The Tennessee Two . Cash worked up the courage to visit the Sun Records studio, hoping to get a recording contract. He auditioned for Sam Phillips by singing mostly gospel songs, only to learn from the producer that he no longer recorded gospel music. Phillips was rumored to have told Cash to "go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell". In a 2002 interview, Cash denied that Phillips made any such comment. Cash eventually won over

3395-400: The left-hand path . In other lyrics, Danzig deals with the subject of death and questions the concepts of evil and sin. Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash ; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. He

3492-583: The Billboard classical music chart. 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". In 2007 Danzig produced the debut album by ex-Misfits guitarist Doyle's metal-influenced band, Gorgeous Frankenstein . In July 2007, Danzig released The Lost Tracks of Danzig ,

3589-640: The EP can only be found on CD3 of the Box Set). "Rat Fink" is also the only cover (by Allan Sherman ) the Misfits recorded during their initial run. "Horror Hotel" is the final 3 Hits from Hell track re-released to CD. "Halloween" and "Halloween II" are taken from the Halloween 7-inch . These tracks are alternate versions of the tracks included on Legacy of Brutality and the aborted 12 Hits From Hell album. Unlike songs such as "Halloween" and "Halloween II" do not reference

3686-666: The Fly" is a song recorded at the same time as the above three during the Static Age sessions, but had previously only been available via bootlegs. "Children in Heat" is taken from the Horror Business EP . It was originally conceived as the second part of a medley with "Teenagers From Mars," and was mixed together with that song for the Horror Business EP. The engineer's introduction at

3783-530: The Great Depression gave him a lifelong sympathy for the poor and working class, and inspired many of his songs. In 1944, Cash's older brother Jack, with whom he was close, was cut almost in two by an unguarded table saw at work. He died of his wounds a week later. According to Cash's autobiography, he, his mother, and Jack all had a sense of foreboding about that day; his mother urged Jack to skip work and go fishing with Cash, but Jack insisted on working as

3880-656: The Line , he recorded the aforementioned album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian . The album featured stories of a multitude of Indigenous peoples, emphasizing their violent oppression by white settlers: the Pima people ("The Ballad of Ira Hayes "), Navajo ("Navajo"), Apache ("Apache Tears"), Lakota ("Big Foot"), Seneca ("As Long as the Grass Shall Grow"), and Cherokee ("The Talking Leaves"). Cash wrote three of

3977-595: The Line ", " Ring of Fire ", " Get Rhythm ", and " Man in Black ". He also recorded humorous numbers like " One Piece at a Time " and " A Boy Named Sue ", a duet with his future wife June called " Jackson " (followed by many further duets after they married), and railroad songs such as " Hey, Porter ", " Orange Blossom Special ", and " Rock Island Line ". During the last stage of his career, he covered songs by contemporary rock artists; among his most notable covers were " Hurt " by Nine Inch Nails , " Rusty Cage " by Soundgarden , and " Personal Jesus " by Depeche Mode . Cash

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4074-541: The Living Dead") as well as comic books (e.g. "Wasp Women", "I Turned into a Martian"). Unlike the later incarnation of the Misfits, Danzig also dealt with 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 the Kenneth Anger book on scandals associated with

4171-842: The Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center in Loma Linda, California , for his final rehabilitation treatment. (Several months later, his son followed him into this facility for treatment.) In the late 1950s Cash began performing concerts at prisons. He played his first notable prison concert on January 1, 1958, at San Quentin State Prison in California. These performances were recorded live, and released on highly successful albums: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969). Both live albums reached number one on Billboard country album music and

4268-472: The Misfits set that night, but he continued the tour and played classic Misfits tunes with Doyle onstage as an encore with a 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 . 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 . Auf der Maur has spoken highly about

4365-468: 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 eponymous debut . Its sound showed a progression from the gothic–deathrock sound of Samhain, to

4462-555: 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

4559-539: The Sub-Saharan African DNA comes from both maternal and paternal sides of Cash's family. Researchers traced the Sub-Saharan African DNA to Rosanne's enslaved maternal African ancestors: her "third great grand-mother" Sarah A. Shields and Shields' mother, who could have been of "full African descent." Gates also informed Cash that the researchers traced Sub-Saharan African DNA to "an unknown African ancestor on your father's [Johnny's] side." After meeting with

4656-435: The U.S. government. Many non-Native Americans did not address those topics in their music. In 1965, Cash and June Carter appeared on Pete Seeger 's TV show, Rainbow Quest , on which Cash explained his start as an activist for Native Americans: In '57, I wrote a song called "Old Apache Squaw" and then forgot the so-called Indian protest for a while, but nobody else seemed to speak up with any volume of voice. Columbia Music,

4753-489: The band's highest charting single. Both Danzig and Thrall-Demonsweatlive have since been certified Platinum. 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

4850-418: The band's unreleased songs. 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

4947-472: The basis for the song "Starkville City Jail". He discussed this on his live At San Quentin album.) While on tour later that year, he was arrested October 4 in El Paso, Texas , by a narcotics squad. The officers suspected he was smuggling heroin from Mexico, but found instead 688 Dexedrine capsules (amphetamines) and 475 Equanil (sedatives or tranquilizers) tablets hidden inside his guitar case. Because

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5044-605: The beginning of "Teenagers from Mars," announcing the take, mentions both songs. For the Beware EP, the intro was kept, even though "Children in Heat" was replaced by "Last Caress". The intro was also kept for Collection I , even though "Children in Heat" was nowhere to be found. "Rat Fink" is taken from the Night of the Living Dead EP, and is the only song on the EP to appear on this record or on Collection I . (the other two tracks on

5141-495: The country charts and entering the top 20 on the pop charts. It was originally performed by June Carter 's sister, but the signature mariachi -style horn arrangement was provided by Cash. He said that it had come to him in a dream. His first wife Vivian (Liberto) Cash claimed a different version of the origins of "Ring of Fire". In her book, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny (2007), Liberto says that Cash gave Carter half

5238-544: The country top five. His " I Walk the Line " became number one on the country charts and entered the pop charts top 20. " Home of the Blues " followed, recorded in July 1957. That same year, Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album . Although he was Sun's most consistently selling and prolific artist at that time, Cash felt constrained by his contract with the small label. Phillips did not want Cash to record gospel and

5335-467: 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." 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. During

5432-473: The early 1960s, Cash toured with the Carter Family, which by this time regularly included Mother Maybelle 's daughters, Anita , June, and Helen . June later recalled admiring him from afar during these tours. In the 1960s, he appeared on Pete Seeger 's short-lived television series Rainbow Quest . He also acted in, and wrote and sang the opening theme for, a 1961 film entitled Five Minutes to Live . It

5529-569: 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, fusing an experimental combination of horror punk, gothic – death rock , and heavy metal. With Samhain, Glenn Danzig began to introduce more complicated drum patterns . Samhain songs often combined tribal drum beats and distorted guitars. Samhain's lyrical themes were rooted in paganism and

5626-429: The experience of meeting and working with Danzig. Danzig's ninth album, Deth Red Sabaoth , was released on June 22, 2010. 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-tool record in someone's living room where all

5723-519: The family needed the money. Cash often spoke of the guilt he felt over the incident. He would say that he looked forward to "meeting [his] brother in Heaven". Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught guitar by his mother and a childhood friend, Cash began playing and writing songs at the age of 12. When young, Cash had a high-tenor voice, before becoming a bass-baritone after his voice changed . In high school, he sang on

5820-434: The label for which Cash was recording then, was opposed to putting the song on his next album, considering it "too radical for the public". Cash singing songs of Indian tragedy and settler violence went radically against the mainstream of country music in the 1950s, which was dominated by the image of the righteous cowboy who makes the native's soil his own. In 1964, coming off the chart success of his previous album I Walk

5917-459: The latter crossed over to reach the top of the Billboard pop album chart. In 1969, Cash became an international hit when he eclipsed even The Beatles by selling 6.5 million albums. In comparison, the prison concerts were much more successful than his later live albums such as Strawberry Cake recorded in London and Live at Madison Square Garden , which peaked at numbers 33 and 39 on the album charts, respectively. The Folsom Prison record

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6014-406: The latter musician's album American Recordings . 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 , with label owner Rick Rubin's involvement as producer diminishing with each album. Danzig would later engage in a legal battle with Rubin over unpaid royalties and the rights to

6111-463: The law. He stopped using drugs at age 15. While growing up, Danzig began reading the works of authors including Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe , developing his appreciation for horror. Danzig collected comic books and, frustrated by American comics, he started his own company to produce "crazy, violent, erotic comics ". Danzig graduated from Lodi High School in June 1973, aspiring to become

6208-743: The movies of the same name. Instead, they point to the darker pagan undertones Danzig would pursue later with Samhain. "We Bite" is taken from the Die, Die My Darling single, which is also included on the Earth A.D. CD. "Queen Wasp," "Demonomania," "Hellhound," and "Bloodfeast" are the remaining Earth A.D. tracks not included in Collection I . All songs written by Glenn Danzig except "Rat Fink" written by Allan Sherman, Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson. Glenn Danzig Glenn Allen Anzalone (born June 23, 1955), better known by his stage name Glenn Danzig ,

6305-417: The music business at the age of 11, first as a drum roadie and then playing in local garage bands. 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. In the mid-1970s, Danzig started

6402-456: The name of the band from the ancient 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

6499-433: The occult, pain and violence, and the horrors of reality. The band Danzig showed a progression to a slower, heavier, more blues -based and doom -driven heavy metal sound primarily influenced by the early sound of Black Sabbath. Other musical influences include The Doors, and the ballads of Roy Orbison. Danzig opted for a thicker and heavier-sounding guitar tone than with his previous bands, retaining his preference for

6596-417: The pain of loss and loneliness using gothic romanticism. Sex is another common theme, with songs frequently alluding to various sexual practices and depicting powerful, seductive and sometimes supernatural female figures. Glenn Danzig has tackled Biblical subjects and has offered his criticisms of organised religion. He often promotes rebellion and anti-authoritarianism, whilst embracing independence and

6693-558: The pills were prescription drugs rather than illegal narcotics, Cash received a suspended sentence . He posted a $ 1,500 bond and was released until his arraignment. In this period of the mid-1960s, Cash released a number of concept albums . His Bitter Tears (1964) was devoted to spoken word and songs addressing the plight of Native Americans and mistreatment by the government. While initially reaching charts, this album met with resistance from some fans and radio stations, which rejected its controversial take on social issues. In 2011,

6790-675: The process. On August 6, 2014, a U.S. district judge in California dismissed Danzig's lawsuit. On October 21, 2015, during an interview with Loudwire, Danzig stated his current tour with Superjoint could be his last. 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 . He later noted that he would be "open to possibly doing some more shows". The reunited Misfits did more shows and Danzig enforced

6887-409: The producer with new songs delivered in his early rockabilly style. In 1955, Cash made his first recordings at Sun, " Hey Porter " and " Cry! Cry! Cry! ", which were released in late June and met with success on the country hit parade . On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley dropped in on Phillips while Carl Perkins was in the studio cutting new tracks, with Jerry Lee Lewis backing him on piano. Cash

6984-648: 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." 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. The original band consisted of guitarist John Christ , bassist Eerie Von, and former Circle Jerks – DOA – Black Flag drummer Chuck Biscuits . In 1987, Danzig, owing to his association with Rubin,

7081-456: The songs himself and one with the help of Johnny Horton . The majority of these protest songs were written by folk artist Peter La Farge (son of Oliver La Farge , an activist and Pulitzer prizewinner). Cash met the younger La Farge in New York in the 1960s and admired him for his activism. The album's single, " The Ballad of Ira Hayes " was generally not played by commercial radio. ( Ira Hayes

7178-477: The songwriting credit for monetary reasons. In June 1965, Cash's camper caught fire during a fishing trip with his nephew Damon Fielder in Los Padres National Forest in California. It set off a forest fire that burned several hundred acres and nearly caused his death. Cash claimed that the fire was caused by sparks from a defective exhaust system on his camper, but Fielder thought that Cash started

7275-545: The then- laird of Falkland in Fife , Major Michael Crichton-Stuart, Cash became interested in his Scots ancestry. He traced his Scottish surname to 11th-century Fife. Cash Loch and other locations in Fife bear the surname of his father. He is a distant cousin of British Conservative politician Sir William Cash . He also had English ancestry. Because his mother wanted to name him John and his father preferred to name him Ray when he

7372-558: 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". 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

7469-543: 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 . 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

7566-515: The world. Bands featured on the tour have included Dimmu Borgir , Superjoint Ritual , Nile , Opeth , Lacuna Coil , Behemoth , Skeletonwitch , Mortiis and Marduk . 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

7663-599: Was a Native American who was one of the six soldiers featured in a photo raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.) The record label denied it promotion due to what it considered a provocative and "unappealing" nature. Cash faced resistance and was urged by an editor of a country music magazine to leave the Country Music Association , who said: "You and your crowd are just too intelligent to associate with plain country folks, country artists, and country DJs." In reaction, on August 22, 1964, Cash posted

7760-616: Was a television repairman and a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War . His mother worked at a record store . Danzig and his family also spent some time living in Revere, Massachusetts . 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. At age 10, Danzig began to use drugs and alcohol, leading him into frequent fights and trouble with

7857-493: Was also in the studio, and the four started an impromptu jam session . Phillips left the tapes running and the recordings, almost half of which were gospel songs, survived. They have since been released under the title Million Dollar Quartet . In Cash: the Autobiography , Cash wrote that he was the farthest from the microphone and sang in a higher pitch to blend in with Elvis. Cash's next record, "Folsom Prison Blues", made

7954-413: Was asked to write a song for Roy Orbison . The result was "Life Fades Away", featured in the 1987 movie Less than Zero . Danzig also contributed to the film's soundtrack with "You and Me (Less than Zero)". 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. The song is credited to Glenn Danzig and

8051-467: Was assigned to the 12th Radio Squadron Mobile of the U.S. Air Force Security Service at Landsberg , West Germany . While in San Antonio, he met Vivian Liberto , an attractive girl of Sicilian, Irish and German ancestry. They dated briefly before his departure. During the years he served overseas, they exchanged thousands of letters. He worked in West Germany as a Morse code operator, intercepting Soviet Army transmissions. While working this job, Cash

8148-470: Was awarded $ 125,172. Cash eventually settled the case and paid $ 82,001. Although Cash cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence. Despite landing in jail seven times for misdemeanors , he was held only one night each time. On May 11, 1965, he was arrested in Starkville, Mississippi , for trespassing late at night onto private property to pick flowers. (He used this incident as

8245-461: Was born, they compromised on the initials "J. R." But when Cash enlisted in the Air Force after high school, he was not permitted to use initials as a first name. He adopted the name "John R. Cash". In 1955, when signing with Sun Records , he started using the name "Johnny Cash". In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, the family settled in Dyess, Arkansas , a New Deal colony established during

8342-420: Was deeply addicted to amphetamines. Cash would use the stimulants to stay awake during tours. Friends joked about his "nervousness" and erratic behavior, many ignoring the warning signs of his worsening drug addiction . Although he was in many ways spiraling out of control, Cash could still deliver hits due to his frenetic creativity. His rendition of " Ring of Fire " was a crossover hit, reaching number one on

8439-631: Was drug-free for a period of seven years. In his memoir about time with Cash, Grant said that the birth of Cash's son, John Carter Cash , inspired the singer to end his dependence. Cash began using amphetamines again in 1977. By 1983, he was deeply addicted again. He entered rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage for treatment. He stayed off drugs for several years, but relapsed. In 1989, he entered Nashville's Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center. In 1992, he started care at

8536-522: Was introduced by a rendition of his "Folsom Prison Blues", while the San Quentin record included the crossover hit single " A Boy Named Sue ", a Shel Silverstein novelty song that reached number one on the country charts and number two on the U.S. top-10 pop charts. In 1972 Cash performed at the Österåker Prison in Sweden. The live album På Österåker ( At Österåker ) was released in 1973. "San Quentin"

8633-550: Was known for his deep, calm, bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his backing band, the Tennessee Three , that was characterized by its train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, and his free prison concerts. Cash wore a trademark all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname " Man in Black ". Born to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas , Cash grew up on gospel music and played on

8730-485: Was later re-released as Door-to-door Maniac . Cash's career was handled by Saul Holiff , a London, Ontario , promoter. Their relationship was the subject of Saul's son's biopic My Father and the Man in Black . As his career was taking off in the late 1950s, Cash started drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates . For a brief time, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Waylon Jennings , who

8827-445: Was paying him a 3% royalty rather than the standard rate of 5%. Presley had already left Sun, and Cash felt that Phillips was focusing most of his attention and promotion on Lewis. In 1958, Cash left Phillips to sign a lucrative offer with Columbia Records . His single " Don't Take Your Guns to Town " became one of his biggest hits. He recorded a collection of gospel songs for his second album for Columbia. However, Cash left behind such

8924-413: Was recorded when the Misfits were a three-piece of keyboards, bass and drums. The four Walk Among Us -era tracks ("Hate Breeders", "Braineaters", "Nike-A-Go-Go", and "Devil's Whorehouse") included on Collection II were also recorded during the same sessions, and featured no participation by any other Misfits. Jerry Only is adamant that "Braineaters" was recorded only once by the Misfits. "Mephisto Waltz"

9021-487: Was recorded with Cash replacing "San Quentin" with "Österåker". In 1976, a concert at Tennessee State Prison was videotaped for TV broadcast. It was posthumously released after Cash's death as a CD entitled A Concert Behind Prison Walls . Cash used his stardom and economic status to bring awareness to the issues surrounding the Native American people. Cash sang songs about indigenous humanity in an effort to confront

9118-562: Was rehearsed by the Misfits but never recorded by the band. " We Are 138 " and " Attitude " are the tracks from the Bullet EP that were not present on Collection I . There is very little difference between these and the mixes on the Static Age LP. " Last Caress " is from the Beware EP. This mix, exclusive to this compilation and not included on the box set, is characterized by its use of reverb and more prominent guitar. "Return of

9215-414: Was said to be the first American to be given the news of Joseph Stalin 's death (supplied via Morse code). His daughter, Rosanne , said that Cash had recounted the story many times over the years. While at Landsberg, he created his first band, "The Landsberg Barbarians". On July 3, 1954, he was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant , and he returned to Texas. During his military service, he acquired

9312-636: 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

9409-580: Was the order of the day, that only says so much. Still, the guy could carry a tune far better than his peers". 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-grade horror and science fiction movies (e.g. "Night of

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