The show was sold out a million years ahead of time. I remember when he first came to the Garden in the early Seventies, I was just a broke little kid. I’m sure it’s happened to a million other people. They tell you they’re not interested in your stuff, and then they rip off what you’re doing. And then of course, along the way, people hear your stuff and then they rip it off. This is what I want to do.” Īnd happened a lot like, too, because nobody would put out Misfits records, so I would take them everywhere, and people would tell me it was junk and noise. And just going, “Whoa.” By the end of the movie, I was like, “This guy’s cool. I remember one day watching Jailhouse Rock. I got into Elvis because I hated going to school, so I would play hooky a lot or cut school, and I’d stay home and watch old movies.
Obviously, when I was younger, everybody knew who Elvis was. When and how did you become an Elvis fan? The only thing Danzig - who is planning some all-Elvis concerts for Los Angeles and San Francisco later this year - would not do on the album is dabble with Presley’s saccharine backup vocals like the Jordanaires’ contributions to “Love Me.” “Even though I’m doing this whole thing of Elvis songs,” he tells Rolling Stone in an interview about his love for Presley, “I still have to retain my identity while paying tribute to Elvis.” Never does it drift into metal territory it’s simply a reverent tip of the pompadour to the King. His take on “One Night” - Presley’s foot-stomping rockabilly barnburner, which made it up to Number Four in 1957 - retains all the lustful passion of the original with gently buzzing guitar and as much glorious slap-back reverb as Danzig could find. The long-in-the-works Danzig Sings Elvis, due out April 24th, features Evil Elvis’ covers of iconic Presley numbers like “Always on My Mind,” “Baby, Let’s Play House,” and even the distinctly un-Danzig-like “Pocket Full of Rainbows.” What’s most surprising is how faithful his versions are to the originals. Now Danzig - who recently unveiled his debut horror film, Verotika - has devoted an entire album to hailing the King. He famously included an ultra-metallic take on Presley’s King Creole track “Trouble” (“I’m evil, so don’t you mess around with me” are lyrics that sound custom-fit for Danzig) on his Thrall: Demonsweatlive EP in 1993 and another similarly heavy rendition of the Speedway cut (and ’68 Comeback Special showstopper) “Let Yourself Go” on his recent Skeletons covers album. It doesn’t get better than that.”ĭanzig’s love for the King has been well documented over the years, as he’s covered Presley tracks going back to the early days of his pioneering punk group the Misfits. “Anytime someone mentions my name and Elvis’ name in the same sentence, that’s great. Glenn Danzig is well aware that his fans sometimes call him “Evil Elvis.” “That’s fine,” he says with a laugh.
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