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<\/a><\/p>\nYou can\u2019t even begin to understand how Glenn Danzig and his band changed my understanding of what heavy music could also be sometime in early 1989, when a mate of mine introduced me to the debut album, simply entitled \u2018Danzig\u2019. This bluesy, pinch-harmonics filled music that was virtually dripping darkness and macho ethos was mind-blowing for someone like myself who thought that the very definition of heavy was death metal and grindcore.<\/p>\n
The first four albums are classics and the absolute works of reference for anyone who\u2019s just vaguely interested in checking out Danzig. The industrial experimentation on 1996\u2019s \u2018Blackaciddevil\u2019 was less fortunate, but \u20186:66 Satan\u2019s Child\u2019 from 1999 was a strong return to form, and there on, releases have been somewhat sporadic, but of fine quality.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t quite say the same about the tenth full-length, the cover album called \u2018Skeletons\u2019. Having now turned 60, Glenn Danzig has apparently realised it\u2019s time to look back and pay homage to some of the songwriters who inspired him during the sixties and seventies. This is a natural and fine thing to do \u2013 and certainly not an unusual one. When done properly, cover songs are a great way of showing where you come from and giving that nod to musicians who inspired you. Nothing wrong with that. However, you should only do that when you can do the originals justice. What do I mean?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s gone something when the record company made the mp3 copies for us or if the production of the songs is actually as bad as it sounds in my headphones (and, yes, I did try another set of headphones, and I have listened to other releases without problems). The first two songs, Devil’s Angels by Davie Allen & The Arrows and Satan (From Satan’s Sadist) by Paul Wibier, sound like utter crap. Embarrassingly bad. Through the din of crappy sound, it also sounds as if Glenn isn\u2019t really getting the nerve right. That last punch is somehow missing.<\/p>\n
For Presley\u2019s Let Yourself Go, the sound improves, and Glenn actually does a great job of living up to his \u2018Evil Elvis\u2019 nickname. Nice one.<\/p>\n
The sound is finally\u00a0sort of in place for Sabbath\u2019s N.I.B. as well, and it is a pleasure to hear\u00a0Tommy Victor twisting the hell out of his guitar. Am I convinced by Danzig\u2019s impression of Ozzy? Not really, but it still works because the song is amazing, and I like what the band has done to it.<\/p>\n
Danzig covering Aeromsith’s Lord of the Thighs\u00a0is not only slightly surprising, it also brings a really crappy and tinny guitar sound back. Dubious performance by Glenn.<\/p>\n
Action Woman has a lot more guitar crunch, and Danzig presents a bit of heart and nerve as well.<\/p>\n
The ZZ Top song Rough Boy gets a decent treatment and reminds me of one of the Danzig ballads from yonder years.<\/p>\n
With A Girl Like You, originally done by The Troggs, is too punk for me.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s always nice to hear Tommy Victor dragging those pinch-harmony riffs out of his strings, but The Young Rascals song Find Somebody doesn\u2019t really go anywhere if you ask me.<\/p>\n
Another surprise is that Danzig has decided to do The Everly Brothers\u2019 Crying In The Rain. I completely get it, because it\u2019s a massively beautiful song. Although the song in Danzig\u2019s rendition suffers (again) from a genuinely bad production, it\u2019s got something to it. Danzig sings as if he means it, and that saves it.<\/p>\n
So, all in all, a mixed experience, this release. I could easily have seen some of these tracks as bonus tracks on a proper Danzig album, but a full cover album of this low quality is probably not what any Danzig fan is hoping for.<\/p>\n
For die-hard fans and collectors only.<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/strong> Playing time<\/strong>: 35 minutes<\/p>\n Release date<\/strong>: 27th<\/sup> of November, 2015<\/p>\n Label<\/strong>: AFM\/Nuclear Blast<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: www.danzig-verotik.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n1. Devil’s Angels – (Davie Allen & The Arrows)
\n2. Satan (From Satan’s Sadist) – (Paul Wibier)
\n3. Let Yourself Go – (Elvis Presley)
\n4. N.I.B.- (Black Sabbath)
\n5. Lord Of The Thighs – (Aerosmith)
\n6. Action Woman – (The Litter)
\n7. Rough Boy – (ZZ Top)
\n8. With A Girl Like You – (The Troggs)
\n9. Find Somebody – (The Young Rascals)
\n10. Crying In The Rain – (The Everly Brothers)<\/p>\n