They have all the fun at the Fun Fun Fun Fest! I mean, Ted Leo has all the fun, but definitively not Danzig…
His new band, Danzig Legacy, saw his set cut short on Friday. According to Brooklyn Vegan, they were scheduled to perform at 8:15 and didn’t come on stage until 9 pm, which is a no-no at a festival. Then, Danzig, without a word to apologize, struggled with his voice during the set, while chewing something, and ran off stage twice during the show ‘once to attack someone’ and ‘another time to check the monitor’!
Because of a 10 pm curfew, they only had the time to play 2 Misfits songs, but Danzig did not feel guilty, saying ‘Don’t blame me’ and even encouraging a riot and failing again!
This is part of what FFFFest booker Graham Williams wrote on his Facebook:
‘Hi. I book the fest. Those that are hating could NOT be more wrong. Yes, someone has your money and ripped you off. His name is Glenn. Stop by his house in LA with some kitty litter in trade for your refund, but we still had to pay him and he didn't deserve it after what he pulled. Here is how it went down…check the timeline
-glenn flies in this morning and says he has a cold and doesn't want feel like playing the show. he demands french onion soup and vitamins brought to his hotel suite. he wants to soup now and wants it hot. we get it.
-glenn says it's freezing in austin and he can't go on. says it's going to be 28 degrees tonight and he won't perform (keep in mind, it's currently 71 and sunny with a night forecast of maybe 50+). he says we have to move the show/festival inside if we want him to play (obviously, that's not possible).
-we rent stage heaters (no other bands, public enemy, mcd, passion pit, etc need or want heaters on stage…it's warm up there and not cold out) for glenn per demand, as well as bring in an onsite doctor to make him happy and be there if his cold doesn't go away.
-agents and managers assure us he's going to play now.
-glenn's band/crew arrive before him in the afternoon and load gear. they said it all works, they get up the danzig banner, check lights, are happy.
-glenn arrives at 7:45 (half hour before showtime, they go on at 8:15 exactly and have a 90 min set…park curfew by the city/police is 10pm sharp)…when he arrives, he says he's not going to play. says he doesn't like how the banners are hung on stage and doesn't like the lighting or stage size (all this was advanced in email and phone well in advance and the band/crew loaded in mid day and were happy with it and said it would work…stage wasn't small at all). he wouldn't leave his trailer to go look at the stage, though, so the lighting company drew up specs for him to look at of the stage lighting 50 feet from his trailer and brought it to him to look over and prove him wrong […]’
And it goes on and on! Incredible diva Danzig sounds like a pathetic douchebag.
And who took advantage of the situation? Smart Ted Leo who took the stage with his Pharmacists on Sunday, and covered four Misfits songs ‘Skulls’, ‘Where Eagles Dare’, ‘Bullet’ and ‘Angelfuck’, to compensate for the failed set two days before. Leo was wearing a Danzig’s wig and even apologized for 'his' bad behavior. Hilarious!