GLENN DANZIG On Bands Coming Back After Farewell Shows: “It’s Kind Of A Scam, I Think”

You realize the drill at this level with regards to “farewell exhibits” – they normally solely imply farewell for a number of years, till there is a seven-figure paycheck for a headlining competition slot or demand for a tour. Some bands could be tremendous with that, however Glenn Danzig is not.

In an interview with Wired In The Empire, Danzig mentioned he feels that remaining exhibits ought to really be remaining and never simply introducing a short lived hiatus. “Yeah, I do not know. I imply, I bear in mind when Danzig went out with Ozzy, that was imagined to be his remaining tour,” he mentioned. “After which he is finished a bunch of ultimate excursions since then. So I do not know.

“If it is gonna be remaining, it ought to be remaining. If you happen to say it is gonna be remaining… You will see all these bands [announcing what they say will be] the final tour, after which they’re again once more two years later. And it is form of a rip-off, I feel. So, when it is remaining, and if I say it is remaining, it’s going to be remaining.”

I can see each side of this. On one hand, bands cannot predict the long run and the way they’re going to really feel about reforming down the street. Alternatively, do not make it sound such as you’re by no means coming again and make followers spend all this cash to see you, solely to reunite a number of years later.

As for Danzig, he mentioned he is maintaining his phrase on solely doing the occasional present or string of exhibits. “Proper now, just about what I’ve mentioned is form of what I am doing. I do not actually tour anymore. I am going to do a string of exhibits, which I do not take into account a tour. If it is, like, you already know, six to 10 exhibits, I do not actually take into account {that a} tour.

“After I used to exit on tour, we might exit for 3 or 4 months at a time, come residence for a few weeks or a month after which return out once more for an additional couple of months. That is touring, the place you are hitting each metropolis in the US or in Germany or Europe or Scandinavia, wherever you are going. That is a tour. I imply, that is only a small string of exhibits right here on the West Coast.”