In a recent interview with Full Metal Jackie, Glenn Danzig suggested his solo career might be over because of the current state of the music industry.
“The whole music thing and recording and everything, it’s just changed dramatically where people really don’t buy physical product anymore,” he said. “They just wanna download it for free online. So there’s really no incentive to new music, unless I’m in the studio and I do something and I wanna give it away for free to everybody. I don’t know if that’s a great business model.”
He shared his thoughts on the potential change in the music industry. “I don’t see the music industry changing at all. So, I don’t know if I’m ever gonna record again, at least Danzig stuff,” he continued. “Maybe at some point. I don’t know right now,” the singer added.
Danzig also mentioned he has lost interest in long tours. He now only performs a few shows each year, citing how much has changed since the good old days. “Well, everything’s more expensive. The last time I went out — I think it was 2022 or 2023, again just a handful of shows — and prices on buses and gas had just gone [way up].”
“And then this last time we went out in 2023, they went up three times what we normally pay. And this time it’s even crazier. So, I think it’s also become really hard for a lot of bands to go out there and tour. I’ve said it before — a young band just going out there, they would have to go out in a van, well, kind of how we did back in the day with Danzig and Samhain and the Misfits. I mean, we would go out in a van. It was all we could afford,” the frontman added.
Though Glenn Danzig has no plans for new music or long tours, he’s preparing for a series of shows, starting on March 21 in Las Vegas Nevada. He’ll be hitting the road with Down, Abbath, and Cro-Mags.
