Danzig Sings Elvis

Danzig Sings Elvis

Who knew 2020 was gonna be the year Glenn Danzig would release a genuinely charming vanity record better suited for an intimate piano bar than an arena? With his legacies as a horror-punk pioneer and metal icon well-solidified, Glenn Danzig is spending his twilight years indulging his quirkier creative impulses, between his forays as a dilettante horror filmmaker and Danzig’s 2015 covers album Skeletons featuring the Lucifer of Lodi’s take on cuts from The Rascals, The Troggs, The Everly Brothers, and, of course, Elvis Presley. Ever a child of the ’50s, Danzig inevitably had seen Presley as a foundational musical influence. His fingerprints are all over The Misfits’ demonic greaser aesthetic and Danzig’s old-school crooning, which earned him the nickname “the Evil Elvis” among fans. Don’t expect to hear high-decibel renditions of big hits like “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Don’t Be Cruel”—Sings Elvis is a painstakingly curated collection of lesser-known cuts culled from Elvis film soundtracks, including 1957’s Loving You and 1960’s G.I. Blues, peppered with a handful of classics like “Fever” and “Always on My Mind.” The recording is charmingy lo-fi, and Danzig’s covers are sparse and stripped down, often with just guitar or piano playing second banana to the diminutive demon’s commanding baritone.

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