[kj] OT: Glenn Danzig at Fun Fun Fun Fest

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Didn't see Danzig in person - me go outside? pshaw - but reading second 
hand reviews has been funny, as in the Austin Chronicle.

You know how Texas has technically been having a drought year? All lake 
levels, etc., are lower than average. Way lower. When Danzig took the 
stage it began pouring. According to the Austin Chronicle, Danzig began 
by saying something like, "I hear ya'll in Texas have been having a 
drought this year. So I thought I'd bring you guys some rain." Thank 
you, Glenn danzig!

Then he also dedicated his set to Randy "Biscuit" Turner. Turner was the 
founder and singer of old Austin hardcore band Big Boys. He was openly, 
flamingly gay, like so many of the singers and founders of the classic 
80s Austin, TX, hardcore bands (The Dicks, MDC). Turner died a couple of 
years ago from untreated stomach or pancreatic cancer IIRC - he just 
ignored it, and it cost him. Anyway, one of Big Boys' songs was named 
"Fun Fun Fun," so this annual fest is sort of named in Randy Biscuit 
Turner's honor. Big Boys played happy, up tempo ska and also fast punk, 
even some proto-funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers type stuff that in 1981 was 
original and whose originality is hard to appreciate nowadays.

So here comes Danzig, swaggering on stage, all 5' 2" of him, a guy who 
used to say "fag" and "that's gay" a lot in interviews when asked about 
other bands. And he says his set is dedicated to "my friend Randy 
Biscuit Turner." Turner was flaming. Pink scarves, flamboyant, etc. 
Something about that was and is hilarious.

To top it all off: The last time Danzig played Austin was 1995, and 
opening for him? Two bands called Korn and Marilyn Manson.

Danzig did not play any pre-1988 songs. But I also do not believe he 
played anything off his absolutely awful 1996 "industrial metal"  
_Blackacidevil_ LP, which has the immortal opening line, "GIRL I'M GONNA 
MAKE YOU CUM!!!" One of the worst lyrics ever, and it starts the LP off.

--Oliver