What Caused GLENN DANZIG To Lose His Temper In NORTH SIDE KINGS Altercation?

Newt Briggs of the Las Vegas Mercury reports: It's not clear what inspired Glenn Danzig to scream, "Fuck you, motherfucker," and shove NORTH SIDE KINGS frontman Danny Marianinho at a July show in Tuba City, Ariz., but Danzig probably regretted the whole incident when he was crumpled on the concrete, his eyes rolled into the back of his head and blood flowing freely from his gaping maw. The whole thing started as a relatively harmless dispute between fellow musicians. Marianinho was upset that Danzig had insisted on going on in front of the KINGS, who had driven six hours to appear at the show.

The initial compromise had been that Marianinho's band would play after Danzig's, but as soon as the former Misfit finished his set, the house lights came on and Danzig's roadies started taking apart the P.A. system. Backstage, Marianinho confronted Danzig who, for unknown reasons, lost his temper and pushed the KINGS singer into a wall. In response, Mariahinho charged forward and unleashed a wild haymaker that, despite Danzig's best effort to parry the blow, connected with the burly singer's jaw.

Danzig spun like a human dreidel and toppled to the floor. There followed a general commotion during which an unidentified gawker snapped, "NORTH SIDE KINGS are un-de-feated." To the delight of Internet rubberneckers, the entire incident was captured on tape and has been widely circulated around the web. It's a riveting few seconds — like a Mike Tyson fight circa 1988 or 2004. (In the former, Tyson knocks out; in the latter, Tyson gets knocked out.) In his official statement about the altercation, Marianinho said, "I apologize for nothing, except for the poor little kids [who] had to witness this big asshole get his ass kicked." Read more.