DANNY ELFMAN On His Love For Metal, Performance Anxiety, Getting Tattoos & More | Metal Injection

[@Jushwa]

So glad you gave him the intro he deserves. Danny is such a humble guy.

[@Tangento]

Does anyone agree that Nightmare Before Christmas should have resulted in an Oscar nomination (win) for Danny Elfman?

[@agentdoodo299]

Can we talk about how good Danny Elfman looks for an almost 70 year old dude

[@georgecoull1883]

Protect Danny Elfman at all costs!

[@MothmanCold]

I love that he's finally making music for himself

[@YungM.D.]

He did that years before with Boingo! But glad he’s back in the mix

[@mrbungle3310]

So-lo is also his album

[@rrrrrrrrrer]

thank god tim burton finally let him out of his basement

[@michaelburk9171]

I saw Danny play in Chula Vista last week. Loved him since i was 15 in the early 80's. He played a mix of Oingo songs, symphony movie soundtracks, singing as Jack Skelington, and his new stuff from Big Mess. Made for a discordant show. New stuff got me doing some research. Glad i found this interview. It was definitely metal. But definitely in Danny's style. He used the symphony and chorus in those hard songs. They actually made things harder surprisingly. He had a rock style band up front. The symphony filled in all the space between the guitars. Powerful wall of sound. He had the rock drummer with a full kit. Plus 2 symphony style percussionists. Complete with big japanese tycho drums. Damn, felt like i was getting punched all over. He packed in the music. Blasted thru 23 songs. Only talked to intro the band, recognize and thank the symphony and chorus and intro Steve Bartoc to play guitar on dead man's party. Stepped off for maybe 3 minutes. Then played hard rocking version of Who Do You Want to Be and No One Lives Forever as the encore. Then done. Great intense show. He managed to include so much of his different music and pulled it off.

[@rogerwalnut]

I loved his shoutout to Andy Partridge's struggles and retirement from touring. XTC and Boingo are two of my favorites.

[@princesscl67]

Omg I LOVE Danny. I’m still HOPING Oingo Boingo tours again before I die. The BEST part of the 80’s was seeing OB live so many times. I beg them to tour again and make all the last few years worth it.

[@Tangento]

...with the original lineup: Gibbs & Hatch

[@thesean3194]

Iconic performer and composer. Oingo Boingo very underrated band too.

[@TheCondorjc]

THE Danny Elfman?!! That’s fucking awesome 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

His set at Coachella, really is awesome.

[@jasonmaclean719]

Hearing him talk about stage fright reminds me so much of Peter Steele. Then again, never did I think I'd group him in with my love of metal.

[@protolexis]

I love how Danny Elfman went from some scrawny nerd to a tatted up jacked nerd 🤣

[@petedavis7970]

Danny's always been in great shape. Go back and watch old Oingo Boingo concerts from the 80s. He was fond of wearing wife-beaters back then. I mean, he wasn't covered in tattoos and he wasn't ripped, but he's always been a big, strong guy. He was never scrawny, that I'm aware of. He started boxing (training, not actually fighting) in the 90s...

[@siriusylee]

​...so many white tank tops 😭😭😭

[@YungM.D.]

@@petedavis7970 yeah dude that clip of him throwing the guitar player around like a rag doll on the Farewell concert is nuts

[@daveylevsonart]

goals!

[@kodyepidemic]

Testosterone replacement therapy is a beautiful thing. I’m sure he’s taking half to 1cc of test a week to keep his testosterone levels normal.

[@adrianwilkinson1031]

He’s such a cool guy and it really interests me to listen to someone explain there craft I cannot believe he’s now 70 years old that’s mad!

[@paulandre560]

Saw Danny at the Hollywood Bowl right before Halloween and his performance was fantastic. He is a true maestro of all that is music. I always regretted not going to a Dead Man's Party live concert when I was in high school, but he was everything that I thought he would be when I saw him at the Bowl. He KICKED ASS. Greatest modern day composers...Hans Zimmer, John Williams.....Danny Elfman is Master of all. Hope you continue to do live music - you have absolutely NOTHING to worry about. Rock, Metal and film score all together in one concert was great!

[@zacattack4017]

what a great interview!! thank you for telling him how much we love him and always have!!

[@CarlFredrikAlexanderRask]

Danny Elfman❤️❤️

[@craigroaring]

Great interview. Big Mess was probably my favourite release of 2021.

[@Maostodon]

Once again, great interview!! 👊

[@ghostnote-6]

Great interview!

[@mrbungle3310]

To die for is one of my favourite movie scores,i know it wasn't his choice to put the metal bits but its so Avant garde

[@CliffConway]

Great interview with the legend!

[@genogeno6643]

XTC!

[@Jushwa]

What a fantastic interview

[@chillsdesign]

the amount of metal bands that say they were influenced by Danny Elfman is huge. Avenged Sevenfolf to name one.

[@gonesavage]

He rules, great interview!!!

[@steves3829]

Brilliant just Brilliant

[@allanforce5333]

This was a great interview ...

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Danny Elfman doing blach metal, death metal, thrash metal?"

[@stanleyphillips-hx9wq]

So.glad.humble.guy 👑👑👍😒

[@cryptomnesiac]

Based Elfman

[@devarodgers4676]

big mess is a great album by danny elfman

[@AlecBridges]

Little known fact - Danny's middle name is Keebler

[@kiarareypittman]

When you realize Danny Elfman is more of a badass than you…

[@gregbradshaw7220]

2:40

[@karlcauckwell2947]

How can you get an autograph from Danny Elfman

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Wait until after the pandemic. Or buy one of his autographed CDs on eBay (no idea where these autographed Big Mess CDs are coming from)

[@malcolmkim8700]

🙏 P-R-O-M-O-S-M!!!

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I think movie scores are a waste of his talent (unless it’s a musical movie where he does the lyrics and has a singing role like Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride)

[@Amy.B]

Listen to Nightbreed, Darkman, Midnight Run, The Frighteners, Men in Black, Instinct, Extreme Measures, Red Dragon, Big Fish, Black Beauty, and Sleepy Hollow, those might change your mind. Plus scores for films are very important especially if it's orchestral.

[@anaabendroth3460]

@@Amy.B ... aside from being his bread & butter, ffs.

[@willpow05]

@@Amy.B bruh you forgot Beetlejuice and batman

[@Amy.B]

@@willpow05 I didn't forget those, I wanted to post his other scores. His Batman and scores are still the best but I wanted to mention other scores he's done.

[@willpow05]

@@Amy.B gotcha 👌

[@SpidersHandle]

Why are all of the smart sexy ones not my boyfriend???