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Hipster rag Vice Magazine conducted a fantastic interview with Glenn Danzig, proving that the dude is a little off. It's certainly worth reading to hear about his thoughts on how chemo is bullshit, his touring regimen and other Danzig quirks. Here is my favorite part of the interview:
So how do practices work when you’re the primary songwriter?
I’m the only songwriter.Do you show up with prewritten parts? Do you say, “Hey, Tommy, here’s the new part”?
This is the same question you would ask Bowie or somebody.Yeah, but I’m never going to get to meet Bowie. You’re it.
You’ve never been able to ask this question before?I’ve never spoken with anybody who’s reached this point in their career.
Oh, OK. Well, basically I write the songs, I bring them down, show everybody their part, and then we play it until it sounds good.So if at any point one of your musicians says, “I’ve got a way this could sound better,” does that constitute employee insubordination?
If it’s just a way to play the riff or the chord pattern, no. But if you’re trying to change the actual makeup of the song, yeah, that won’t fly.
Do yourself a favor, and read the whole thing. It's full of unintentional comedy gold.
