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After 33 Years, Danzig to Rejoin The Misfits For Both Riot Fests
It’s been almost 33 years since Glenn Danzig fronted the legendary horror punk band The Misfits. The band, which formed in 1977, was responsible for such tracks as “Die, Die My Darling”, “Night of the Living Dead”, and “Halloween”. They are seen as a legendary act, one that brought together horror and music in ways never before done.
On October 29th, 1983 at the Greystone Hall in Detroit, The Misfits performed their last gig with vocalist Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only, and guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. They had drummer Brain Damage (Genocide, Verbal Abuse) perform with them but he was so drunk that he had to be led off stage in the middle of the set and they brought on Necros’ Todd Swalla to finish the set. However, tensions were already at an all-time high between the band, which led to Danzig announcing that this was the band’s final show. Since then, there has been a lot of bad blood between all involved parties, although there have been some attempts at rekindling a relationship over the years.
However, this fall will see the trio reunite for two headlining performances at both the Chicago and Denver Riot Fests. The first performance will be during the September 2nd-4th Denver Riot Fest and Rodeo while the second performance will take place at Chicago’s Riot Fest and Carnival, somewhere between September 16th and 18th. The full lineups for both events will be released next week.
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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