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Danzig, Misfits a blast from
punk past
By Dave
Wedge
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Underground pioneers
Glenn Danzig and Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein set aside decades of
differences and got back to basics Monday night with a blistering,
half-hour set of Misfits classics that harked back to the Hub's punk
heyday.
The two
former bandmates had played together just twice in 20 years before their
onstage reunion at the Roxy - the first of three East Coast performances -
which lived up to the hype.
Pale-faced
and dressed in his trademark black T-shirt and pants, Danzig set the stage
with a dark, muscular set of material culled from his eight solo records.
Snarling and letting loose with his signature deep howl, the Revere native
sounded as strong as ever fronting a power-packed band that included Prong
guitarist Tommy Victor and Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly.
``SkinCarver,''
off his latest release, ``Circle of Snakes,'' was classic Danzig with its
heavy metal chug and dark imagery. Similarly haunting was ``1000 Devils
Reign,'' also from the new record. Some early songs were marred, however,
by feedback and sound problems, as well as overall sloppiness.
The
somber mood in the packed, 1,500-capacity venue was shattered when a
shirtless Doyle hit the stage and the band ripped into the first of
several Misfits punk anthems. Danzig shouted his horror flick-inspired
lyrics while Doyle riffed like it was 1983 on ``Mommy Can I Go Out and
Kill Tonight'' and ``Die, Die My Darling.'' Though not a full Misfits
reunion, it was enough to satiate the mixed-age crowd's old school thirst.
Danzig
finished up with a brash take on ``Twist of Cain,'' from his first solo
album, and the angst-ridden crowd-pleaser ``Mother,'' from the same
release.
Among
the openers, Montreal's Kataklysm hit strong with an hour of pure
deathcore that had fists pumping and the pit moving. ``Serenity'' was
anything but, with a pummeling death metal grind that turned the popular
dance club into a true headbangers' ball.
Though
the Misfits set was starkly different than the rest of the night's metal
menu, it was clear evidence of the early 1980s horror punkers' impact on
not only punk, but also metal.
( Danzig/Misfits reunion, with Eyes Of Fire, Trivium and
Kataklysm, Monday night at the Roxy, Boston. )
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