Samhain

Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, the original three-piece Misfits, reunited for the first time since 1983 at two 2016 Riot Fest shows, Denver on September 4 and Chicago on September 18, and this contact sheet pulls frames from both nights.

The whole crowd sang along to every song like they'd grown up on it, even after Danzig joked that every one of them was “another old one.” I edited these the same night, sitting on the ground with my laptop outside an ATM enclosure after hunting down a plug near the venue.

This is Glenn Danzig and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein sharing an unscripted second on stage at Riot Fest Denver, September 4, 2016, the night the original three-piece Misfits reunited for the first time in thirty-three years.

I pushed through a wall of people with a 5D Mark III and a fogged-up 70-200mm lens just to get close enough for this shot, and the entire crowd was singing along like it was still 1983. Getting this close to the band that night is one of the biggest core memories of my whole career.

Taken in September 2016 at Douglas Park in Chicago, this portrait isolates Glenn Danzig during the original Misfits reunion.