Eerie Von Interview Part 4 | Samhain | Danzig | Frumess

[@Frumess]

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[@MrOctober44]

Thanks!

[@Frumess]

Napoleon, thanks for watching and thank you for your support! Part 8 of this interview is coming next month.

[@dbrjaxfl]

Rubin was definitely listening with his eyes. If he had his way, he would have signed Glenn solo without any of the Samhain members.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

I love how they were supposed to open for the damned but got screwed....then many years later the damned ended opening for the misfits.

[@Frumess]

Epic victory. I was so glad to be at the MSG show.

[@GilbertSyndrome]

They did open for them, but they just left the tour as it wasn't working out the way they'd envisioned. As far as the Damned go, I don't think they've ever shown any true animosity towards the Misfits, or really even cared about them beyond them being another punk outfit. I'm sure they were happy to play MSG.

[@jmakseyn]

This was excellent!

[@Frumess]

Glad you enjoyed it, Joseph!

[@MrOctober44]

Great interview as always. Can't wait to hear the rest. 🙂

[@toosterslive6893]

Great interview thank you

[@ministerofdarkness]

Awesome interview Jeff!! Eerie ROCKS!!!

[@Frumess]

Thank you! Part 5 on the way.

[@jwsmith1470]

@21:00 There is also a character called "Devil lady" (that I think was a spin-off of "Devil Man") that, imo, I think may have been the inspiration for the succubus on the cover of "Unholy Passion".

[@Frumess]

Interesting! Didn't know that. My Manga game is very limited

[@CrimeSchool138]

There are tons and tons of devil lady type demons in Go Nagai anime and manga.

[@cepolt]

Danzig does have " Devilman" from the anime tattooed on his lower back.

[@toddluque6659]

Thank you for doing this👍

[@Frumess]

Thank you for watching Todd!

[@GilbertSyndrome]

Another great interview, Jeff. On the topic of Halloween, they were definitely calling Michael the "shape" right from the beginning. I spoke to Eerie a little through email as I'm trying to get his book, but they're awaiting a reprint. He spoke about the Beatles a little, as I asked if he'd ever been to Liverpool, my home city. Lovely guy.

[@crazywhiteboy8358]

Awesome interview!!!

[@baraksteady1341]

What a great interview!

[@ricardolira7172]

Found his book at a store in Argentina in 2010. I didn't know about it at the time and just paid whatever the price was (it was expensive). A fantastique book! Saw the guys play in 1995 and tried to follow Eerie Von and John Christ since the departure. Looking forward for the new documentary! Thanks for this interview.

[@Frumess]

Thanks for watching! More of it to come.

[@brandonhendrix7223]

I think I mentioned this on another of your videos but I'm very certain Danzig got the Samhain name from Halloween 2 (not to say he might not have seen the name previously) because in a 1984 interview he named H2 as one of his favorite movies. And yes I prefer the "samhain" over "sowin".

[@Frumess]

I think he did too.

[@jessebennett4221]

Awesome!

[@Frumess]

Glad you are enjoying it!

[@runnersdialzero1244]

I've definitely seen Samhain referred to as a metal band a few times, and it was always in print, not just on a blog or anything. Huge head-scratcher. I always just chalked it up to laziness on the part of the author.

[@Frumess]

I think laziness plays a huge part.

[@bobagars3812]

My Apple Car Play even corrects the pronunciation of Samhain. Ha. No joke.

[@Frumess]

That's hilarious 😂 🤣

[@robertreams1231]

Michael Myers was referred to as “The Shape” in the first movie however it was only in the credits. But not credited as Michael Myers. Odd.

[@Frumess]

Probably came up with it after they finished shooting.

[@runnersdialzero1244]

Your assessment about the "blues" aspect between Damien and John Christ is interesting, and I don't know if Eerie really got what you meant. There's irony in Damien kind of having to mold himself into "the guitarist for Samhain," to leave behind more traditional blues-based rock guitar playing for what Glenn was writing in Samhain, only to be replaced by John, a totally traditional blues-based rock guitarist. And then, of course, as Damien said, it took him a good year or so to move back into more blues-based rock guitar playing which he had to shake off a bit to begin with. Yes, Glenn's songwriting was evolving on its own, but Rubin obviously had some influence. You can tell just by listening to the stuff originally meant for _Samhain IV_ like "Possession", "Twist of Cain", "When Death Had No Name", "Descent", etc.

[@Frumess]

Super Ironic, he went to great lengths and it ultimately got him sacked.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

He liked the Halloween movies. He's got a history of writing songs and being inspired by movies. It couldn't be more obvious. He's always drawn inspiration from art he liked. And i think he did it in a very unique way.jerry certainly can't do the same. Glenn is too cool for school. And it's very punk rock of danzig. He never lost that spirit.

[@dgenerated]

Glenn draws inspiration from movies as well as everything he sees and experiences in life, kinda like all artists to some extent or the other.. Glenn may have taken a song title from a film ,though drawn lyrics from other/multiple sources and his lyrics were/are more cerebral while Jerry's songs are literally written about the film he took the title from and lyrically are completely straight to the point, which IMHO is why Jerry should not write lyrics and doesn't have the vocal chops to sing Glenn's songs or sing at all IMHO!.. Glenn's Drew inspiration from everything from the occult, religion, authors, poetry, films, real events, etc, etc and Jerry literally writes every song (generically) about horror movies, which Glenn never did!.. I still kinda like the 95' era and that's (probably) mostly due to nostalgia, but Nothing after "Famous Monsters" is really worth a listen in my opinion!..

[@jessejorgensen3931]

@@dgenerated the prestige! Exactly. I agree on early era jerry misfits too. Overall i think the jerryfits did a good job at keeping the name out there...even if it was just to make ppl realize they want the real thing.

[@Frumess]

You write what you know!

[@dgenerated]

@@jessejorgensen3931 Yes, my handle is a nod to the film and reference to my first name..I got into the band about two and a half years before "American Psycho" came out and was a rabid fan (still are) and supported the band during the "Graves-era" and saw them many times live.. People have their opinions on that era (good/bad) but they always put on a great show and were a lot of fun for a kid in his mid/late teens to see live and an option to see two original members play the classic songs I loved and newer ones I was learning to love, but once the 95' lineup split, I lost interest.. People may disagree with me, but I think Jerry touring under the name and keeping it out there all these years only strengthened the success of the "official reunion" as many fans discovered the band through the "Michael Graves and Jerry" era and Not through the original era and fans that prefer those era's to Glenn's (which I don't understand), but the name being out there the past 27 years or so as a touring entity (crazy it's been that long) only accumulated that many more fans of the band, hence that many more attending the reunion shows!..

[@jessejorgensen3931]

@@dgenerated bruiser is a great song. Fiend club...dont open til doomsday...hell night...just good punk/hardcore. Met Jerry and doyle circa 95...also had some misfits/glenn adjacent friends back then. There wrre a lot of cool stories and some pics glenn wpuld never want anyone to see lol.

[@stacyblue1980]

These stupid theories...Eerie is a really, truly good guy for tolerating this. Truly good man.🌹

[@dbrjaxfl]

Eerie is so funny. He busted my chops for my “fanboy” minutia questions. My theory is that Glenn probably first read the novelization of the first Halloween which has this introduction chapter which is all Celtic Samhain related. I know he read a lot of those horror movie novelizations (pushead interview).

[@MontanoMayhem]

EV rules! This is pure GOLD

[@Frumess]

Thanks for watching 🤘🍕🤘

[@twoeyesproductions4353]

Hey Jeff! Love it. When did this interview originally take place?

[@Frumess]

Thank you! This was from May 2022. The whole thing runs roughly 5 hours and 15 minutes.

[@twoeyesproductions4353]

Love the Unholy Passion cover story! +Samhain/Michael Myers origins : )

[@RavnerRavner]

Thank you for the post. Great interview. Eerie seemed to misconstrue a lot of questions. He seemed a bit combative about some of the fans admiration. Overall a good listen, but this got a little uncomfortable at times.

[@Frumess]

Nah, he has a great sense of humor. He was just busting balls. It's a NY/NJ thing, especially NJ. He gave me some sh!t in the next part too. Comes with the territory. Eerie was great, and very generous with his time.

[@cepolt]

Funny bc thinking he was always like this, I think he was actually somewhat nicer than I thought he'd be... based on little snippets of interviews etc I'd seen as a kid, and what I intuitively thought Steve in an interview had alluded to as "attitude" from a certain member in the band (not Danzig) as to one of the reasons he left Samhain. It was something along the lines of ego/ elitism from this person - who I had assumed to be Eerie. Could be wrong. I can actually see both Eerie or Pete being " I'm cooler than you" back then being in their early 20's

[@zippymufo9765]

​​@@cepoltGuys from Eerie's generation think "fan theories" are silly, and to a large extent they are.

[@cepolt]

@@zippymufo9765 what others think about my own theories is inconsequential to me, unless of course they know a truth that I don't. Making theories about others or situations is basic human psychology. It's natural. Especially when there's actually bits and pieces of information, so therefore it's natural that I would infer what I can. Could I be wrong? Of course. Now, politely fuck off.

[@OneTheBlue]

He pronounces it "Sam-Hain"? Interesting.

[@TheBFN]

I would like to have been at the first show that BLONDIE played at... If samhain was diff for a punk scene wtf was blondie. How do you go from the ramones or black flag to blondie... I lov debbie.but punk rock 😳

[@Frumess]

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[@rustyshackleford735]

What's so hard about just pronouncing the name correctly? Sam Hane sounds like the name of the founder of Hanes underwear company.

[@Frumess]

You heard what Eerie had to say. Personally, I think it's pretentious.

[@baraksteady1341]

Sum Hone?

[@MrOctober44]

Glenn pronounced it both ways. I agree it's so weird that people get bent out of shape about it.