Glenn Danzig

Glenn Danzig fascinates me because he built an entire dark universe out of a tiny spark called the Misfits, fusing horror, punk and metal into something unmistakably his own. He sings, plays guitar and piano, and even runs his own record label and an adult-oriented comics publisher, which tells you he is a control-obsessed craftsman of his own myth. The intimidating image hides a serious aesthetic discipline. What I respect is how he never chased trends, staying loyal to a gothic, almost operatic darkness for decades. An artist who spends a lifetime sounding only like himself earns my genuine admiration.

Name (English)

Glenn Danzig

Name (Japanese)

グレン・ダンジグ

Reading

ぐれん・だんじぐ

Born

June 23, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Lodi, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

singer / guitarist / pianist / songwriter / rock musician

High school

Lodi High School

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

• Official sitehttp://www.danzig-verotik.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Danzig
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354654

Tags

• New Jersey
• singer
• guitarist
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.