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

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Sun Nov 15 16:49:26 EST 2009


Sure, he's a cartoon character, but there is still no denying the
greatness of the (original) Misfits.

Sent from my iPhone. Please forgive any typos. I'm still finding my
way with the texting apparatus. - Alex

On Nov 15, 2009, at 2:39 PM, "fluw" <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:


> The little man is a clown, I find it pathetic that people pay money

> and spend valuable time in their lives to witness anything he does.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-

> bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:07 AM

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

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

>

> 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

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20091115/58c188a7/attachment.html>


More information about the Gathering mailing list