It seems all kinds of long drawn out feuds in the world of rock n' roll can eventually come to an end, given the right circumstances. First Guns N' Roses, then Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley of Kiss, and now Glenn Danzig and Doyle Von Frankenstein with horror punk icons The Misfits.
After 30+ years, Danzig is FINALLY reuniting with the only original member remaining in the current line-up of the band he started bassist Jerry Only along with former guitarist Doyle. The three plus whatever drummer they hire will be headlining the annual Riot Fest in Chicago on September 16-18 and in Denver from September 2-4.
For those of you that don't know, The Misfits are a horror punk band started in 1977 by singer Glenn Danzig. Through 1983 the whole project was his brain child until he disbanded it to pursue other things. In 1995 the band reunited without him (he didn't want in), got a new singer, and carried on until now with members swapping out except for Only.
I'm a bit astounded to hear that such a thing is happening, consider only a couple of years ago Danzig was suing his old bandmate Only for using the band's imagery by putting it under under his own name to cut Danzig out of whatever future deals there might have been. My guess is that Danzig is probably out of money and needs something huge like this in order to keep his head above water. Regardless, I'm still pretty stoked that this is happening and wouldn't mind seeing it for myself.
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