Glenn Danzig: Teen Heart Throb

I was listening to some stuff off the first Misfits EP - Static Age.
This is back in the Glenn Danzig days, before they had fully established their Horror Punk niche. Stuff like Last Caress and Bullet. That Danzig had a knack for writing catchy hooks and melodies that today's pop-punk bands would die for.

I can't help thinking that if he had ever set his mind to writing radio friendly pop songs (you know, kind that aren't about killing babies and forcing Jackie O to perform unspeakable sex acts) he could have given the Justin Timberlakes of this world a run for their money.

But, of course, he went solo to form the more heavy metal Samhain and under Jerry Only's leadership, the Misfits have become something of a joke. In fact, the apex of hilarity was reached when good ol' Jerry became an Ernest-Angely-style-Born-Again-Christian and begged forgiveness for all those sinful things he'd done as a Misfit. He briefly changed the band's name to Kryst the Conquerer, and insisted on playing only Christian rock.

But, t-shirt sales must have been slow, because pretty soon they were back out on the road flogging that same old dead horse they call The Misfits.