Danzig ‎– Skeletons

This is a nice collection of home recordings that have no business being commercially released. This sounds like the sort of thing that gets released 15 years after the artist dies and greedy relatives are scraping the bottom of the barrel to get the last few dollars out of the archive. It is an interesting set of songs in what sounds like demo format.

Its not Danzigs best work, thats for sure. But does it deserve all the slack its been given?
I dont think so, it has got some flaws, but it also is has some swinging songs and shows just how diverse Glenns inspiration is.
My favourites are: "Devils Angels" with its great Misfits drive and sound, "A Girl Like You" and "Action Woman" has a big Samhain vibe to it, "Somebody To Love" has a melancholly feel. "Crying Rain" is also melancholic and downstripped with great singing.And finally "Rough Boy" , with great singing and cool rearrangement. The rest of the songs feel quite unnecessary and are plain boring. Glenn shouldve picked the best of the tracks and released a EP instead, but thats just my thought. The mixing and mastering arent that good but has a very raw & DIY feel , which GD also seems to have aimed towards, but really dont succeded too well.

Although there are a lot of misses on this record, and I feel like Danzig is off key for some of the songs, I think the ones that are good make up for it. "Devils Angel" and "With a Girl Like You" have a strong early Misfits vibe. I think this might have been better off as a 7" EP or a 10". I originally thought the pressing sounded kind of muffled and quiet but if you turn it up it actually sounds really good. Kind of has an Earth AD production sound.

IS IT ME OR ARE THERE NOW 2 DIFFERENT COLORED TITLES ON THE CASETTE,MINE IS WHITE BUT THE NEW PICK LOOKS PURPLE OR BLUE.

Great covers album, great variety from ballads to punk and metal, with a really raw sound. The sound quality is professional, the album is mastered in a way to create a specific mood/vibe. Every Danzig album has it's own distinct sound or feel. The same goes for "Skeletons".

Good songs, lack of mastering.. but what more can you ask for. Then "new" songs from danzig!