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"Mother" is a song by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was originally released in August 1988 as the lead single from their debut album, Danzig. In 1993–1994, almost six years after its original release, a remixed version of the song titled "Mother '93" became a hit on radio and earned Buzz Bin rotation on MTV [1] after a music video incorporating live footage was created to promote the ...
Danzig is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Danzig, released in August 1988. The album was the first release on producer Rick Rubin 's new label Def American Recordings . [ 3 ] Def American's successor, American Recordings , reissued the album in the United States and United Kingdom in 1998.
Danzig is an American heavy metal band led by former Samhain and Misfits singer Glenn Danzig.Formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey, the group early on became a unique voice in the rock scene, playing a bluesy, doom-laden [2] [3] [4] metal with Glenn Danzig crooning in the style of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley.
Current members of Danzig performing live in 2010 (top) and 2013 (bottom) Danzig is an American heavy metal band from Lodi, New Jersey. Formed in 1987, the group evolved from Samhain and originally included eponymous vocalist and keyboardist Glenn Danzig, guitarist John Christ, bassist Eerie Von and drummer Chuck Biscuits. The band's current lineup includes Danzig, guitarist Tommy Victor (from ...
Danzig was born Glenn Allen Anzalone, the third of four sons, [8] in Lodi, New Jersey. His father was a television repairman and a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War. [9] His mother worked at a record store. [10] Danzig and his family also spent some time living in Revere, Massachusetts.
A new version of the "Mother" music video was created using live footage, and the video became a hit on MTV as well, pushing Danzig into the mainstream. After an October 4, 1994 show in the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles , the band received two gold awards for an excess of 500,000 units sold both for their debut album and Thrall-Demonsweatlive .
Music videos were released for the songs "Mother '93" and "It's Coming Down". The "Mother '93" music video was a success on MTV. [8] As a result, "Mother" became Danzig's most well known song; its popularity helping both the EP and the band's debut album to reach Gold status in 1994, and later Platinum status.
John Christ (born John Wolfgang Knoll on February 19, 1965) is an American musician best known as the original guitarist for the metal band Danzig.He has been known for his bluesy hard rock sound and frequent use of the pinch harmonic.