Disney signs occultic rock band
The Walt Disney Company is now using another one of its properties to
spread the company's latest anti-family offering.
Hollywood Records, a Walt Disney Company subsidiary, has released an
album by the rock group Danzig. Danzig is fronted by Glenn Danzig whose
work, according to the Los Angeles Times, is "laced with satanic themes."
The heavy metal singer's publicist denies her client is a satanist, but
admits the album Blackacidevil includes lots of "dark, Gothic and sexual
imagery."
"I guess this is the next step for Disney," said Tim Wildmon, vice president
of the American Family Association. "We've seen their anti-family efforts
in films and in books, so music is the next wall to fall. What's so sickening
here is that Disney is bringing Satanic themes into the teen market," added
Wildmon.
WHO IS DANZIG?
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Beginnings: late '70s punk and "death rock" scene.
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Discography: Danzig (1988); Lucifuge (1990, the lyric page
unfolds into an upside down cross); How the Gods Kill (1992); Thrall
- Demonsweatlive (1993); Danzig 4 (1994).
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Band leader: Glen Danzig, a "self-styled" occultist who borrows his ideas
from comic books, occult literature and horror movies." "He projects a
mystique that he is something more than human and not quite of this world."
Information from It's all Rock and Roll To Me by David S. Hart. |
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How far across the line is the group Danzig? The group's
music video It's Coming Down has been banned from MTV because of
scenes of sadomasochism, masturbation, urination and genital mutilation.
Even the pornographic Playboy Channel cable network will not air the work
of the group that Disney produces. "Just think about that for a minute.
Playboy, one of the largest pornographers in the world, won't air Danzig's
video, yet Disney, which bills itself as the world's largest provider of
family entertainment, sees fit to promote Danzig's music. It just doesn't
make sense," said Wildmon.
Disney's decision to sign Danzig to a seven figure contract suggests
that something other than profit may be behind the company's choice of
musical acts for its Hollywood Records label. According to the Los Angeles
Times, the group's recent recordings have not approached the sale of 500,000
units. Several Disney competitors questioned the signing of Danzig to such
a lucrative deal, when |
conventional wisdom says the Satanic group could have been put under contract
for a lot less. "Disney and Hollywood Records wanted this group on its
roster desperately enough to spend at least $1,000,000 to make sure Danzig
became synonymous with Disney," added Wildmon. "If that's the way they
want it, we'll be more than happy to let America's families know that dollars
they drop on those cuddly dalmatians are being recycled to pay for music
that honors the devil."
Los Angeles Times, 10/21/96 |
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