Horror rocker Glenn Danzig is a legend in the heavy metal and punk genres having fronted his own solo outfit as well as Samhain and Misfits. Although his more recent output has been polarizing for a variety of reasons, few would deny that the first four Danzig records are classics.
Guitarist John Christ played on those first four Danzig albums before leaving the group in 1995. Christ recently gave an interview to Guitar World where he discussed his departure from Danzig and what his hopes were after he left.
Christ, bassist Eerie Von and drummer Chuck Biscuits all left shortly after the release of Danzig 4, and Christ said they all had bad contracts under Glenn.
“The band — Eerie Von, Chuck Biscuits and I — were in horrible contract negotiations,” Christ said. “Actually, there were no negotiations. Glenn wanted it all and was slowly squeezing us out. He had all of the support from the label and management. We had no-one backing us. Glenn could afford to outspend us until we cried uncle. Royalties, publishing, advances, everything. He signed his own deal without us ever knowing about it. Welcome to the entertainment business.”
Christ would go on to a short-lived solo career, but what he wanted was to join metal icons Metallica.
“What I really wanted was to join Metallica,” he said. “I wanted Kirk Hammett’s job so badly that I could taste it. It’s funny; years later, after I sobered up, I occasionally thought about how I would take Kirk Hammett out and get his job. [Laughs].
“The only other gig I really wanted was playing with Ozzy Osbourne. But I ended up forming Juice 13, a band with guys that could literally talk a nun out of her panties, but that didn’t work out. I immediately moved to record a solo album, but at that time, I was in a very physically intense relationship with a woman that I met at the gym, which was addicting, and that clouded things for me.”
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