Danzig Sings Elvis is the crossover you never knew you needed. Glenn Danzig, founder and singer of everyone’s favorite legendary punk band, The Misfits, put out a compilation of fourteen Elvis Presley covers which you can stream on Apple Music and Spotify.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Danzig discussed the album and his love of The King.
“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,” explained Danzig.“I remember one day watching Jailhouse Rock. And just going, ‘Whoa.’ By the end of the movie, I was like, ‘This guy’s cool. This is what I want to do.’”
Danzig continued, “[My career] happened a lot like [Elvis’ character in Jailhouse Rock], too, because nobody would put out Misfits records, so I would take them everywhere, and people would tell me it was junk and noise. So I had to put it out myself.”
According to Consequence Of Sound, Danzig had planned to hold intimate nightclub-style shows this month on the West Coast. The dates were scrapped due to the pandemic, but he hopes to reschedule them for late June or July.
