I'M A FINDER
AND I'M A KEEPER
I'M NOT A LOSER
AND I AIN'T
NO WEEPER

Samhain
was an
American
Rock band
formed by
singer
in 1983,
immediately following
his departure
from
The Misfits.
Glenn Danzig
originally planned
Samhain
as a side project
with
Eerie Von.
After the Misfits'
contentious
1983 dissolution,
Samhain
became Danzig's
full-time band.
Samhain catalogs a
transitional period
in Glenn Danzig's
musical career,
bridging the gap
between the
punk rock/horror punk
of the Misfits
and the dark,
heavy metal
and
blues-influenced sound
of Danzig.
Samhain's lyrics
were much darker
than those of
the Misfits,
with themes rooted
in paganism
and the occult
and eventually
the horrors of reality,
as opposed to
the sometimes
cartoonish ghouls
and ghosts of
the Misfits.
Both Samhain
and its successor,
Danzig,
use the same
horned skull image
originally drawn
by artist
Michael Golden
for the cover
of the 1984
comic book
The Saga of Crystar No. 8,
published by
Marvel Comics.
The font often used
in the wordmarks of
Samhain,
and later Danzig,
is taken from the film
The Giant Gila Monster.
Danzig took the name
of the band
from the Irish month
of November
and pre-Christian,
Celtic festival
Samhain,
the origin of the
modern Halloween.
Despite the
festival being
pronounced
"sau-win",
the band's name
is often pronounced as
"sam-hane".
Glenn Danzig
has said that
both pronunciations
are correct.
Samhain released
two full-length albums
and one EP
during their
three-year career
as an active band.
Danzig has said
that he wrote
two songs
("Death Comes Ripping"
and "Bloodfeast")
with the intention of
using them on
the first
Samhain album,
but instead
recorded them
with the Misfits
for the
Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood album
in order to
round out that
band's final series
of recordings and
release a full album.
OF NAKED LADIES
LYING ON THEIR BEDS
I WHIFF THAT
SMELL OF SWEET CONVUISON
STARTS A SWELLING INSIDE MY HEAD
I'M MAKING ARTIFICAL
LOVERS FOR FREE
I START TO HOWL
I'M IN HEAT
I MOAN AND GROWL
AND THE HUNT DRIVES
ME CRAZY..
Electric Angels
was an American
Hard Rock/Glam Metal
band
from Los Angeles
that formed from the
defunct pop group
Candy
featuring
new singer
Shane
(Tommy Riggins/Shane Mansfield),
guitarist
(Ryan Rosowicz),
and original
Candy members
bassist/songwriter
' Jonathan Daniel,
and drummer
John Schubert.
The name
Electric Angels
was taken from an
early Candy demo.
After one year,
the band relocated to
New York City
and were
signed to
Atlantic Records
within five months.
One of their first
New York shows
was opening up
for the British band
Dogs D'Amour
and
Mother Love Bone.
The band was
originally managed by
guitarist
Bruce Kulick
of Kiss fame,
who also produced
a demo
for the band.
One of the band's
original unreleased songs,
"Put the 'EX' in Sex"
had conveniently become
the title of a later
Kiss song.
Jon Bon Jovi
was a fan of the band.
Bon Jovi's song,
"Bed of Roses,
Bed of Nails"
was a tribute to
the Angel's
"True Love and Other Fairy Tales"
which included the lyrics, "
...our bed of roses
has become a bed of nails".
A blond backstage
at an Angels show
at Club Bene
in Sayerville, New Jersey
said to Bon Jovi,
"Oh my god, you
look just like
Jon Bon Jovi."
Bon Jovi contributed
an endorsement statement
to the promotional tape
for Atlantic Record's,
"Electric Angels."
Their self-titled debut
was recorded in
London in the autumn
of 1989
by record producer
Tony Visconti,
and released in
February 1990.
They were reviewed
favorably as a
cross between
The Replacements
and
Hanoi Rocks.
"The Drinking Song"
from the debut album
had a long run
as New Jersey's
WSOU's
(Seton Hall college)
third most played song.
The first single from their album,
"Rattlesnake Kisses",
featured actress
Christina Applegate
in the video
The band cited
their musical influences
including Kiss,
The Ramones,
The Replacements,
Rick Springfield
and
George Jones
and toured with
New Jersey rockers
Danger Danger,
former Kiss
guitarist
Ace Frehley
and Phoenix
rockers
Icon.
Amongst the Angel's
biggest fans
are the Tattooed Angels,
known for their
lovely dispositions
as well as
sporting
Electric Angels
purple,
red
and black
Coat of Arms
tattoos.
SOMETIMES YOU NEVER FALL AND AH, YOU'RE THE LUCKY ONE BUT OH, SOMETIMES YOU WANT IT ALL YOU'VE GOT TO REACH FOR THE SUN