HORROR PUNK OUTFIT THE MISFITS SPLIT IN 1983 WITH VOCALIST GLENN DANZIG FORMING THE BAND SAMHAIN (SAW-WIN) AND THAT LED TO THE 1987 FOUNDING OF THE METAL BAND DANZIG…WITH A BAD ASS LAST NAME LIKE THAT, WHY’D IT TAKE SO LONG?? ANYWHO, ON THIS DATE IN 1988, DANZIG RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY RICK RUBIN, HIS FIRST WITH HIS NEW LABEL DEF AMERICAN RECORDINGS. DANZIG BROUGHT A UNIQUE VOICE TO THE METAL ROCK SCENE WITH BLUESY CROONING FROM GLENN DANZIG MUCH LIKE A METAL ELVIS…IT TOOK THE SELF TITLED ALBUM’S SINGLE “MOTHER” TO BE RE RELEASED 5 YEARS LATER TO BECOME A HIT…THE ALBUM ITSELF THOUGH HAS BEEN RANKED BY ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AS 23RD ON THEIR LIST OF THE 100 GREATEST METAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME…TODAY’S ROCK REWIND…DANZIG’S “MOTHER” ONLY ON 105.7 THE X!
