Samhain: Whatever happened to Glenn Danzig's Band After the Misfits?

Samhain: Whatever happened to the band Samhain?

The Story of Danzig's Mother
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The Misfits Grave Robbery Arrest
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0:00 - Early Years Samhain
1:50 - Initium
5:25 - Hostile reaction
6:05 - November Coming Fire
6:55 - Rick Rubin Signs Danzig

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Glenn Danzig is best known for his tenure as frontman of The Misfits, but in 1983, he’d put a new project together called Samhain. Samhain would have three albums to their name and several lineup changes, and although they wouldn’t gain as much recognition as Danzig’s previous band, they’d represent an important change that combined the distinctive horrorpunk style The Misfits were known for with the metal influence of his eventual solo career. That’s what we’ll talk about in today’s video.
Danzig originally formed Samhain as a side project with Misfits photographer Eerie Von (pronounce it as is). The idea for the project would became more ambitious, involving a supergroup featuring members of the hardcore punk scene. While the two were still in involved in the world of the Misfits, Danzig would reveal vague details of the new project to Flesh & Bones Magazine,
"I'm going to work on something new in a few months and this time I'll have a hand in producing, which I didn't have last time... The new record will actually have a band on it,” he’d say.
By 1983 the MIsfits were done. Infighting and tensions led to danzig disbanding the group Danzig was always committed to playing wherever he needed to get the misfits name out there. It would be his drive that he saw lacking in his bandmates telling loudersound “It was difficult for me to work with these guys, because they weren’t prepared to put in the hours practising. I wanted move things forward, and they didn’t seem to have the same outlook. So it was time for me to move on.” He would go on to say I know what I wanted, and that was to bring in people who cared about their musicianship and would improve as we went along. I did think about calling this band Danzig, but I just felt it was a little too egotistical.”
As the year progressed, several of the scene’s veterans, including Al Pike of Reagan Youth (president), Brian Baker and Lyle Preslar of Minor Threat, and Graham McCulloch of Negative Approach, contributed tracks toward what would become Samhain’s debut album, Initium. But Danzig abandoned the supergroup concept once Pike chose to work on his fanzine full-time, and the three remaining musicians went with singer Tesco Vee to form The Meatmen. Later in the year, Preslar regrouped with Samhain, and Eerie Von would become the group’s bassist with Steve Zing of Mourning Noise becoming the band’s drummer.and lyle preslar would be the guitarist. Zing would speak of his integration into Samhain, telling Vinyl Writer Music,
“I had become friendly with Glenn while The Misfits were still together. Glenn had wanted to go in a different direction and he was getting frustrated and the band had some internal differences, so when he decided to disband The Misfits, he called me and asked if I’d be interested in starting a band. Zing also commented on the impact of the band’s approach, adding, “I think all the Samhain releases were different from anything that was going on at the time. Some didn’t get it. It had all the elements of true-to-life horror stories,” he’d say.
Samhain was named after the ancient Gaelic festival that predated Halloween, and although they’d maintain the horror feel of the Misfits, Samhain’s approach was darker, incorporating pagan themes in the context of a relatable modern-day struggle.
In 1984, Samhain continued making progress on the Initium album, and were eventually interviewed by New York’s WNYU station 89.1 FM. Danzig explained the recording process, saying,
“We’re just exploring a lot of different directions. We’re trying to keep a basic sound, a real drive, and also, just not get tied down to one form of music.” When asked whether Samhain’s music would be would be more accessible than the Misfits, Danzig responded,
“Maybe not so much that it’s more accessible. It’s just that right now, big labels are looking to indie bands, because they’re selling a lot more records than the band’s they’re putting money into that aren’t doing anything, so we’ll see what happens with that.”
Samhain would premiere a rough cut of their track, “Bl

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