Danzig - Danzig (1988)

Oh How Hilarious, Danzig! It's been some months since my last post. I have been very busy trying to graduate and I forgot about this blog. Now that I have a little time all start maintaining it. So I fired up itunes today, turned on shuffle and boom! Mother by Danzig comes on. Oh what to say? I love this stupid song! I had first heard it at the T-Lounge, an old club I used to go to, when a band called EGON covered it. They made this big announcement that Glenn Danzig was in the house. I kinda believed it but was skeptical. Anyone who has ever even known a rocker has probably heard of Glenn Danzig. He was the singer from The Misfits, the 70's Misfits, not the shitty 90's re-vamp. You know that band that with the crimson ghost skull logo. You always see these kids wearing T-Shirts and they have stickers and various other accessories with this image. That's the Misfits. The funny thing about these kids is that only a hand full of them have actually listened to the music. I knew a bunch of these kids in high school and there are even more of them now. I talked to this kid I tutor who had a Misfits T-Shirt and I was like "cool band man!, What your favorite song?" And he said just bought the shirt at Hot Topic cause it looked cool. Fuck! The trend continues. Anyway I have never owned a Misfits t-shirt and didn't even hear the band until 2006. I did however pretend to know about their music in high school. The few real fans would always talk about Danzig Misfits vs. Graves Misfits and that when Danzig was this singer the band was much better. So I would bullshit and agree that Danzig Misfits were so much cooler. Poser, yes I know. But later on on 2006 I had decided to educated myself of the history of punk rock and the Misfits were at the top of my list of band to explore. So I actually did get very into them and now I get why they still sell their shit at Hot Topic.
So the Misfits led me to Danzig. After Glenn Danzig had left the Misfits. He did his own solo album and called it "Danzig" The first single he put out was Mother. I remembered hearing the EGON cover the song and I was like "Yeah, this rocks." Danzig really isn't my style. I generally do not like metal but something about Mother really hooked me. I couldn't place it. Then I remembered this reference I had heard on an album Stephanie (a high school friend) had given me along time before. It was on Gizmodgery by Self. The song was "Trunk Fulla Amps" the lyrics go like this.

i've got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
like freddy mercury, mother-fucker
i've got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker

i've got a trunkfulla amps, motherfucker
like elo, mamma-fucker
i've got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker

i've got amps from sellin' stamps, motherfucker like glen danzig, MOOOOTHERRR-fucker
i've got amps from sellin' stamps, motherfucker
i've got amps from sellin' stamps, motherfucker

i've got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
like lenny kravitz, mother-fucker
i've got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
got a trunk fulla amps, motherfucker
fucker
fucker
all right

The singer sings that part exactly like Danzig. As soon as I remembered this I could not stop laughing! I liked the song even more! Ever since then Mother has been in my karaoke repertoire and I sing it ever chance I get. People say I do it very well. Every time I sing it at a bar someone always gives me the "Evil Fingers"
Which always makes me feel a lot cooler than I really am.

Get Danzig here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CRQYQZ10

and Gizmodgery Here:http://mediafire.com/?m3omzqnhqoe