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==Early life== Danzig was born Glenn Allen Anzalone, the third of four sons,<ref name="Musician"/> in [[Lodi, New Jersey]]. His father was a television repairman and a [[United States Marine Corps]] veteran of [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metaljazz.com/2006/01/glenn_danzig_interview_1999.php|title=Glenn Danzig interview, 1999|last=Burk|first=Greg|date=October 27, 1999|newspaper=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=May 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127225257/http://www.metaljazz.com/2006/01/glenn_danzig_interview_1999.php|archive-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> His mother worked at a [[record store]].<ref name="Flux">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94|title=The Dark Knight Returns|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=September 1994|publisher=[[Flux Magazine (US)|Flux Magazine]]|access-date=April 20, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220203106/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94|archive-date=December 20, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig and his family also spent some time living in [[Revere, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worcestermag.com/2015/10/01/danzig-brings-the-rock-to-rock-and-shock/36726|title=Danzig brings the rock to Rock and Shock - Worcester Mag|first=Joshua|last=Lyford|date=October 1, 2015|website=worcestermag.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507010657/https://worcestermag.com/2015/10/01/danzig-brings-the-rock-to-rock-and-shock/36726|archive-date=May 7, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/other-than-portlandia-glenn-danzig-doesn-t-get-to-the-1798244085|title=Other than Portlandia, Glenn Danzig doesn't get to the beach very often|first=Marah|last=Eakin|website=avclub.com|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507010657/https://tv.avclub.com/other-than-portlandia-glenn-danzig-doesn-t-get-to-the-1798244085|url-status=live}}</ref> Danzig began listening to heavy metal music at an early age, and has described [[Black Sabbath]], the [[Ramones]], [[Blue Cheer]], and [[The Doors]] as being among his early musical influences.<ref name="Metal Mania" /> At age 10, Danzig began to use drugs and alcohol, leading him into frequent fights and trouble with the law.<ref name="Revolver">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/magazine/article/rebel-meets-rebel-brandan-schieppati-interviews-glenn-danzig/|title=Rebel Meets Rebel|last=Schieppati|first=Brandan|magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=January 16, 2010|date=December 2006 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714124513/http://www.revolvermag.com/magazine/article/rebel-meets-rebel-brandan-schieppati-interviews-glenn-danzig|archive-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref> He stopped using drugs at age 15.<ref name="Revolver" /> While growing up, Danzig began reading the works of authors including [[Charles Baudelaire]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]], developing his appreciation for horror.<ref name="TheStranger" /> Danzig collected comic books and, frustrated by American comics, he started his own company to produce "crazy, violent, [[erotic comics]]".<ref name="stalker1">{{cite web |author=Samira Alinto |url=http://www.stalker.cd/index.php?lang=2&content=81&id=12 |title=Interview: Glenn Danzig – one of the last divas – STALKER MAGAZINE inside out of rock´n´roll |publisher=Stalker.cd |access-date=March 27, 2010 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706221651/http://www.stalker.cd/index.php?lang=2&content=81&id=12 |url-status=live }}</ref> Danzig graduated from [[Lodi High School (New Jersey)|Lodi High School]] in June 1973, aspiring to become a [[comic book creator]]<ref name="RIP94">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rip.294|title=DANZIG Demons Down Under|last=Engleheart|first=Murray|date=February 1994|publisher=[[RIP (magazine)|RIP]]|access-date=July 30, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926065456/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rip.294|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> and professional photographer. He attended the [[Tisch School of the Arts]] and later the [[New York Institute of Photography]].<ref name="Seconds">{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97|title=Glenn Danzig|last=Blush|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Blush|date=October 1997|publisher=[[Seconds (magazine)|Seconds]]|access-date=October 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926095415/http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=marticle&f=seconds.97|archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> Danzig formed an adult-oriented comic book company called [[Verotik]] in the mid-1990s.<ref name="EW" />
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