In perfect honesty, I shouldn’t be writing this review.
Calling it a review even seems inaccurate. I’ve never listened to much Misfits
or other Danzig projects, not from any real dislike--just one of those artists
that’s inexplicably managed to fly under my radar. And for whatever reason, I
make it a habit of seeing musical legends, familiar or not, probably just for
bragging rights. At the least, I was hopeful for a better night at the Congress
than the last time I was there.
Oh, but I could tell right away that the $35 and up tour
shirts weren’t gonna bode well. Not to mention the ubiquity of people already
wearing Misfits or Danzig merch (there’s a lot of people out there that need tosee PCU). For whatever reason I was cynical off the bat. Something about the atmosphere
was rubbing me wrong. And it didn’t help to look up at the dome of the majestic
theater to see that Riot Fest (of which this show was a part of) was brought to
me by Red Bull. Thanks, guys. So Danzig and his backing band finally take the
stage in their all black attire. And they play some tracks that I find out
later are performed officially under Danzig (followed by a set of Samhain,
followed by a Misfits set, thus: Danzig Legacy). Well, remember my
unfamiliarity with the material. So instead of being able to differentiate
between songs, I heard a lot of cheesy guitar solos, unimaginative drums and unintelligible
vocals coming from a dude that at the least could psych the crowd up.
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