The New York Metro reports: It’s probably safe to say that few songwriters have been as singularly obsessed with dwelling on the dark side as Glenn Danzig. Beginning with the seminal horror-punk band the MISFITS, through the short-lived occult-oriented goth-punk of SAMHAIN and finally through the foreboding blues-metal of DANZIG, violence, devilry and subverted values have ruled.

So Danzig might be the last person whose songs you’d expect to hear in commercials in major sporting events, but his evil-Elvis voice has now turned up during the World Series and the Super Bowl. He’s also had songs recorded by JOHNNY CASH and ROY ORBISON, become a cartoon character (on an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and started a comic book publishing company.

Those are the sorts of odd incongruities that come with longevity, and Danzig (the band) is now celebrating its twentieth anniversary. For the occasion, they’re performing a set that moves chronologically through each album, including a few surprises for longtime fans.

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