{"id":4214,"date":"2016-01-18T13:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T18:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2016-02-02T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:24:02","slug":"danzig-skeletons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/danzig-skeletons\/","title":{"rendered":"Danzig <br>Skeletons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/danzig-skeletons.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4215\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/danzig-skeletons.jpg\" alt=\"Danzig, Skeletons\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/danzig-skeletons.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/danzig-skeletons-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>While there probably isn\u2019t a specific reason for his rejuvenation, Danzig has seemed to gain a second wind late in his career. He has fully embraced his past, reuniting with Doyle and playing Misfits songs, celebrating the anniversary of the first Danzig record, and playing Samhain\u2019s debut album all the way through a year ago at Riot Fest. At the moment, it\u2019s good to be Danzig. Possibly inspired by such looking back, he has released a project that he\u2019s been mentioning on and off for years: a collection of covers entitled <i>Skeletons<\/i> (Evilive Records\/Nuclear Blast Entertainment).<\/p>\n<p>Danzig\u2019s first album in five years, <i>Skeletons<\/i> documents the music that informed his adolescent and teenage years. With the exception of ZZ Top\u2019s \u201cRough Boy,\u201d these songs were released between 1964 and 1974, when Glen would have been 6- to 16-years-old. It\u2019s been reported that it\u2019s an homage to David Bowie\u2019s covers record, <i>Pin Ups<\/i>, right down to the cover. Danzig takes on a wide variety of material\u2014from obvious influences like Elvis Presley (\u201cLet Yourself Go\u201d) to unexpected songs like the closer, \u201cCrying in the Rain,\u201d originally done by The Everly Brothers\u2014and it\u2019s an interesting mental image to imagine him as a youngster rocking out to groups like The Young Rascals.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting album. There\u2019s a super lo-fi feel on the first half of the record that comes off less like a stylistic production choice and more like he just got the boys together for some karaoke and let the tape roll. As a result, the opening songs seem especially characteristic, with his Elvis-esque ticks and other idiosyncrasies in abundance. But after he gets the requisite Black Sabbath cover (\u201cN.I.B.\u201d) out of his system, he seems to settle in a bit more. Throughout the record, he seems to be having a ball, resulting in moments where he kills it. Who knew that the theme to <i>Satan\u2019s Sadists<\/i> would hit with such a gospel-infused fervor or that he\u2019d make such a convincing crooner?<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, <i>Skeletons<\/i> is a departure from Danzig\u2019s hard-rock leanings. He also took a different approach to making the album, manning the drums himself for half the album and also playing guitar, bass, and piano elsewhere. Self-produced, it feels and sounds like an intimate affair. The knee-jerk reaction is that it shouldn\u2019t work, but it quickly draws you in, and even the vocal parts that could be over-the-top become endearing. It feels odd to call a Danzig record \u201cfun,\u201d but <i>Skeletons<\/i> is a charming, fun record that bodes well for latter day Danzig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there probably isn\u2019t a specific reason for his rejuvenation, Danzig has seemed to gain a second wind late in his career. 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