Danzig Legacy @ The Electric Factory.

Text and images by Chad Sims.

For those who don’t know, Danzig Legacy is Glenn Danzig’s current touring project which includes songs from all three of the rock legend’s bands – Danzig, Samhain and Misfits.

The show last Thursday at the Electric Factory progressed in reverse chronological order of the bands before ending with a few last Danzig songs, including their biggest hit, “Mother.”

In a word, this show was epic.  They played for just under two hours, and despite being 56-years old, Glenn brought the thunder for the duration. The man is a consummate performer who still has the pipes and the stage presence after all these years.

A pleasant surprise was current guitarist Tommy Victor (left), best known as the guitarist and singer of early 90s industrial thrash band Prong. His tone and performance added quite a bit to this show.

Having three bands worth of material to choose from, it was inevitable that some fan favorites would have to be left out. But the band definitely managed to hit most of their better known songs.

As would be expected, many in the audience were interested in hearing and seeing Glenn perform Misfits songs.

While the rest of the Misfits have been touring since the mid 90s, the band without him has always seemed almost like a cover version (which is somewhat true, as Glenn wrote most of the classic songs). It was great to hear him sing the songs that I have been listening to since high school including “Vampira,” “Night of the Living Dead” and “Last Caress.”

Long time Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein took the stage during this portion of show.  Doyle’s stage performance is unusual to say the least but it was a treat to see him and Glenn on the same stage.

Kyng (below) and local metallers Samsara opened the show.