Glenn Danzig

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Birth Name: Glenn Allen Anzalone

Place of Birth: Lodi, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 23, 1955

Ethnicity:
*father – Italian/Sicilian
*mother – English, Scottish, Irish

Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter, musician, film director, and record producer. He has founded rock bands Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. He owns record label Evilive and adult-oriented comic book publishing company Verotik. He directed and wrote the film Verotika.

Glenn is the son of Maretta and Richard Nunzio Anzalone. His paternal grandparents were born in Castrogiovanni, now Enna, Sicily, Italy. He was partly raised in Revere, Massachusetts.

Glenn’s paternal grandfather was named Nunzio Anzalone.

Glenn’s paternal grandmother was named Maria V. Somaine.

Glenn’s maternal grandfather was named Joseph Price.

Glenn’s maternal grandmother was Maretta May Moore (the daughter of William Melrose Moore and Mary/Marie Elizabeth Smith). Maretta was born on Sturgeon, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. William was the son of Thomas William Moore and Hannah Jane Reynolds Kemp. Glenn’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Mary MacKinnon.

Sources: Obituary of Glenn’s father – https://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Glenn’s mother – https://www.legacy.com

5 Responses

  1. transemacabre says:

    Lou Gramm (born Grammatico) of Foreigner had a great-grandmother named Aurelia Amelia Anzalone who immigrated to the US from San Cataldo, Sicily. I wonder if he and Glenn Danzig are distant cousins via their Anzalone ancestors.

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