Glenn Danzig

From his tenure with the seminal hardcore band the Misfits to his later work with the heavy metal outfit which bears his name, Glenn Danzig is one of rock's preeminent cult figures, forging a dark, chillingly atmospheric brand of goth metal considerably more literate and compelling than the music of his contemporaries. Born Glenn Anzalone on June 23, 1955, in Lodi, NJ, he fronted the little-known cover bands Talus and Wodat & Bojang before founding the Misfits in 1977. Although the group's brutal hardcore punk sound and psycho-tronic lyrical imagery appealed only to a tiny but...