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DANZIG FORCE NEWSLETTER, Summer 1993 ------------------------------------ DANZIG 2ND QUTR '93 Where were we? When last you received a newsletter, it was March. Well here it is July 4th and I'm a bit behind. My typewriter is broken too. Here goes: In April John Christ was in the studio working on a track for a CD compilation for Guitar For The Practicing Musician. It's slated 2B released in October. The song was recordeded in one 18 hour session here in Hollywood. The track is called "For Christ's Sake," and Chuck Biscuits plays drums on it. The video footage for "Sistinas" was shot around this time as well. With Glenn directing once again, the shoot lasted 2 days. Former adult film star Taylor Wayne was his co-star. The final result contains live shots from the last tour, along with studio footage of Glenn + Taylor. I did the still photography on the shoot. Chuck Biscuits celebrated a birthday on April 17th, giving him 18 years as a drum god. The 1st leg of the THRALL-DEMONSWEAT tour started off in Nashville this time on May 12th, and stops included: Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Detroit (where Jessie James broke his elbow last time!), N.Y.C., Boston and Baltimore. The Ritz show in N.Y. was killer, thanks a lot for that! Finally Danzig made it back to Canada, with good results. We played Toronto and Montreal. While in the great white north Glenn and I did a television interview for Canadian MTV or Much Music (as it's called). It was very kool, much better than our MTV. Then it was off to Europe: Here's how day one went: 2 hour wait for our flight in Baltimore. Two-three hours once we get to J.F.K. in N.Y.C. Flight time to Vienna was 10-13 hours. Long day. Our 1st date was a festival called Rock in Vienna. On the bill was Lenny Kravitz, Robert Plant, Def Leppard + Ugly Kid Joe, to name a few. The huge stage was fun for John and I to run around on but, Glenn hated it. Daytime, outdoor gigs, are not our favorites, for obvious reasons - All of our drives in Europe were 10-12 hours, usually after each show. Not fun at all. Our next festival (60,000 people) was in Nurnburg at a famous racetrack (autos) called Nurbring so the show was called "Rock At The Ring". It rained almost all day. That sucked. You sit in a tiny trailer, waiting for 6 or 8 hours to go on. What a drag. The rain let up for us a bit, and the band went over well, and received an encore. (very unusual for a festival) The Black Crowes were on this show along with Robert Plant + Def Leppard. Glenn almost punched out Joe Elliot from Def Leppard. Even our own security sometimes can't handle Mr. Danzig. A few words and kicks or so were exchanged. Then, as Glenn puts it "those guys wimped out." Hopefully no lawsuits huh? Like they need the cash. Ha-ha. That was the show where Chuck fucked up his knee so bad that I had to let him lean on me the rest of the day. But all things considered the show moved the band up a run on the ladder 2 success. A twelve hour drive to Berlin where we almost had 2 cancel, the next nights show. But Biscuits came through, played with the pain and the gig was great! Then Munich, then another festival, in the middle of a hayfield. Sort of like a mini wood-stock. We were co-headlining and pulled in about 10,000 people. It was in a town called Ochtrup. Our last show was with 10 bands we'd never heard of in a shithole packed with a thousand people. What a way 2 end. This past June 23rd Glenn had another birthday. No celebrations. That's how he likes it. There's still talk of recording or starting album #4 in December, but right now It's Coming Down off the new 1/2 live 1/2 studio EP is being played a lot they tell us. Response to the EP has been great, thanks of course to our loyal followers. Well it's back on tour starting July 21st, starting in Norfolk, VA. Going all the way 2 Hawaii, Japan, Australia + New Zealand - now it's photo shoots, fan mail and interviews till then. Gotta go; see you on the road - EV, Glenn, Chuck + John