Glenn Danzig was born Glenn Anzalone on June 23, 1955. Before forming The Misfits with Jerry Only in 1977, he was in several bands, including Talus and Whodat And Boojang. In 1983 he left the Misfits to devote his full attention to his side project, Samhain. In 1986, he changed the name of the band to Danzig.
Glenn Danzig owns a comic book publishing company called Verotik, which publishes dark comics intended for an adult audience.
