Danzig were never the same after John left.

What I really miss about John's era is his tone. His tone had character and not just that typical mid scooped metal tone we got ever after.

John Christ is one of the most underappreciated guitarists of the late 80's/early 90's. Those first three Danzig albums are among to most perfect three consecutive efforts by any rock/metal band ever.

The man behind the original Danzig riffs. Like I’ve heard Eerie say, no John Christ, no DANZIG. Living legend. Thanks for posting this interview and thanks to John for cooperating and jamming for us.

Glad to see John Christ again! He's such an underrated guitar player. I loved hearing him play in concert in 1992 and 1994. Always such a pleasure. I would love to see him in a big, popular band again. That would be great.

Greetings from Chilean hell, John Christ a living legend. Danzig was never the same without you!

I was at the first show at City Gardens and many afterwards. Each and every time John was a beast. I Met him after the City Gardens show and he signed my record with “live fast die hard”. I still have it and a few of his picks from that show to this day. John, we NEED to hear more from you!

I was wishing this interview would never end.

An absolute fuckin legend in my book! His stuff with Danzig is some of the best bluesy metal ever written. Sick guitarist!

Greetings from Chile, John Christ the best, a legendary guitarist!

One of my all time favorite guitar players ever such a great interview

Come on, Glenn. Get the band back together. You can’t wait 30 years to get this band back on the road!

I was blessed to have grown up with John when I met him in 1976. He was one of the 1st guys I met when my family and I moved to his street(Overbrook Rd.) Been friends with him for 48 years, and counting. Fantastic guitarist and even better friend.😎👍

This is the best thing I have seen on youtube since forever. I come back and watch like everyday, easily the best guitarist who had the amazing skill and stage presence that was not pretentious but just enough that came off with complete soul. What an amazing guy.

John Christ what a cool guy I was waiting many years for a good interview about the time he spends with Danzig . Great job guys

I was at that gig in 88 when they opened for SLAYER in New York. Best show ever

I have two Danzig tattoos, I’m the biggest fan of Danzig believe that, I absolutely love johns guitar playing, I love his solos, the solo on anything is just unreal, the emotion in that solo is top level, I’m such a huge fan of this man, what a cool person extremely talented

Most bands don't have an instantly recognizable guitar sound....Danzig with Christ did. Sad they parted ways. John is so cool.

Hell yea, badass interview with one of my favorite guitarists! Btw, I'm Frankie Numbnutz 🤘🏼

wow what a Amazing interview guys JC is so greatest guitarist player ever...

Hello guys, this is an awesome interview, been a fan of the band since the very early days and its awesome to hear the back stories of the albums from those days.

Love John Christ! Great dude and amazing guitar player! Miss him.

Because I like awesome music, I came across this video. John Christ is an unsung guitar hero. Credit to your show for the great interview!

John is the man. I grew up 5 doors down from him in Catonsville.

Holy smoke! Best KZfaq live interview/chat I've seen in years! Such a joy to hear this guitar legend share his Danzig insights. Looking forward to the next interview already! Thanks a bunch!!

Brother John is the best!

Aww I'm lucky enough to have a Chuck B drum stick, and a few JC pics,damn those were some great shows!

One of the coolest guitarists ever man. I remember seeing him as a kid in the Danzig vids. Wicked Player!

$500 to hang out and play guitar for a day with Mr christ? Fuck yes.

Hello John! What can I say? Without you Danzig (the band) wouldn't have been nearly as good as you were. You had the skill to bring the best out of Glenn's melodies, you are a tremendous guitar player and you have a great sense of style. I'll never forget the day I saw you play at Provinssirock festival in Finland in the summer of 1995. The sudden thunderstorm that came out of nowhere when you started to play and was gone when you finished. :D One of the best days in my life. Danzig's first is my all time favourite hard rock / metal album. I love the very unique, punchy Marshall sound on that one. I love how raw the whole thing is. All the best for you from Finland! @ The Friendly Man: Thanks for making this interview happen!

Great epic interview !!!

Thank you John!!! I have played that one by ear for long ago times, but that just inspired me to pick it back up and do a little more with it!! Luv ya!

Thank you guys for this, 82 Camaro 🤘🏼, Hoosier slicks 🤘🏼

Loved this , especially about the Edinburgh show … memories 👍🤘🏻

Kick ass interview. Great job fellas!

Congratulations on the interview. It is excellent.

Awesome video. I stumbled onto it and ended up staying the whole 55 minutes. I was glued to the screen! Thanks!

Great interview guys. Been waiting to hear this man's story for a long time.👍👍👍🎸

It doesn’t get much better than that. Such timeless guitar work along with the stories of how it evolved. Love it!

Great interview. If you have him again I’d love to hear about the bands workout routines over the years and how they trained on the road.

This is such a great interview. Thank you for doing this. ❤

Forever and Always my favorite guitar player ever!🖤🤘🖤🤘Luv u John Christ!!

Really Super cool!!!

Great interview. Loved the questions about the transition from Samhain to Danzig. So little known about this. 🙂

Great stuff!

This is awesome, listening to this history. John is just as integral to the sound of Danzig as Chuck or Eerie or Glenn.

Absolutely a blast, you guys are awesome.

Cool video, Ive been taking a trip down memory lane listening to some Danzig. First time I heard the Album was in 1991 while stationed in Okinawa Japan Camp Schwab with 3rd Recon. My roomate was blasting it all the time. We could get high quality stereos and speakers over there. Never listened to The Misfits, and Danzig had a lot of commercial success at the time.

Great!!!

So many memories from this guy. I remember me and my bro Sean Hill sitting in his bedroom trying to figure out some of the songs on 1-2-3 and he had little to no musical education, except Misfits songs. I got some lessons and figured out a bunch for me but then almost immediately got into guitar player music and things like Allan Holdsworth. But I still love all John's guitar work. He needs his BICH back! THANK YOU FELLAS!!!! Gonna subscribe for the next show. If I win the lotto you lot are coming over and we'll have John come play a clinic.

Glad y'all dug deep into the Samhain to Danzig transition. great stories from a great guitarist! Hopefully more Misfits/Samhain/Danzig related content in the future! thanks 🤘🏻

Man, what a great interview! John has been one of my favorite guitarist since I first got Danzig 2(my first Danzig album) when I was 14. I loved that he played some songs during the vid. Too cool

one of the first concerts I got to go t 14 years of age was lucifuge tour!!! Soundgarden,C.O.C holy fuck me and my buddies were like who is Soundgarden? now as an old man this was pretty amazing in retrospect. John Christ ripped 🤘

I was at that Irvine meadows show badass love this video this cat was always badass he was that Danzig sound respect

$400-$500 to hang at John's house, jam riffs, and hear old stories sounds like a solid deal to me!

They were inspired by WWE Wrestling? That makes so much sense now. Those years were probably the peak of it's popularity.

It’s cool to be among Danzig fans

SRV rake! Love it! This video is a real treat 🤘🏻

This is Grrreat!! to have the original guitarist from danzig he was the best !!

Great interview. John’s a cool dude. I knew Glenn wrote “Life Fades Away” for Roy but never knew the band played on it!

Holy cow. That drum fill is epic, Rick Rubin wrote it. Amazing interview.

I remember seeing all these guys at the Gibson amphitheater back in 1992 Glen Chuck eerie and John greatest memories that I could ever have as a 4-year-old kid to see how the gods killed tour greatest immaculate memories I'll never forget I'm going to miss these guys a lot when their time comes ,life is too short unfortunately God bless you John Christ

Jonh christ es una gran persona e ídolo para mi, e tenido el placer de conversar por chat con el y espero algún día verlo tocar en América del sur.

First video I've watched of yours. I DIG! Watching John play Mother, when it cut to your faces I laughed my ass off!! Haha! That was my face too! Great job, fellas.

This was an awesome interview! John Chris is a wonderful guitar player, huge fan of his work with Danzig

The drummer has an absolutely sick wall, those posters and pictures are rad. And Glenn is a short guy, but in a badass way like Wolverine. Haha

amazing interview, thanks man

Cool to see Jc still killing it on the strings!

Nice job !

John looks great. Also happy to hear the Baltimore and Maryland connections!

This is great!

Christ is the man! (Never thought I´d use those words...) Humble, well spoken and one hell of guitarist. His work in Danzig is amazing and for me, he is THE GUITARIST of Danzig.

I don't know if John, Eerie, and Chuck have a good relationship, but if they do, I wish they would form a band. Would love to hear them play together again.

Thank you so much for this video, John is a huge influence on me as a guitar player. Was so cool to see him chat and play all that stuff!

He was like a gothic steve stevens.....very much as important as glenn danzig...

Thank God there was much more John talking.Could these 3 form a cohesive WORD? Wow.

Very cool interview. John really comes across as a truly nice guy. I saw the original Danzig line-up in October of 92 in San Francisco and it was the best live show I have ever seen. Seriously. They even played the Samhain version of Halloween II as an encore. John is the best guitarist Danzig recorded and toured with hands down.

such a nice guy and awesome guitarist!

I had suspected for quite awhile that the long fingernail look was taken from the De Niro character in Angel Heart. This interview confirmed that. That Angel Heart bit on its own was exclusive info that I never heard or read in years of interviews, so you should be happy you got some new bits of info in here. Would be awesome to hear him play Anything and Girl next time. The solo in Anything as well. I'd really like to hear John describe the songwriting process more, song by song on those early albums. Especially on III and 4.

Love everything that JC ever did. Great interview, great stories. We didn't hear what we all want to know tho, where is Chuck? What happened, where'd he go, what's he doing, is he ever going to resurface?

Cool interview. John is very underrated.

I had a class with this guy at a local community college, super laid back guy. Also got into an accident with who I think was his gf at the time maybe 6 or so years ago and he showed up lol

I managed to see Danzig three times with the original line up. I live in Vancouver Canada. We drove down to Seattle to see them at the Moore then came back to Vancouver for the show the following night. Chuck was a local boy. He hung out for a bit after the show and we met the rest of the guys. The shows were bad ass. Glad to see John is doing well and still playing. Those are some really great memories. Thanks for this guys 🤘❤

If it ain't broke, don't fix it..If that line up stuck together by now they would have been legendary..Black Sabbath level..John was the Tony Iommi of the modern era. His riffs are that good. I was lucky to see them several times. Ran into John at the Whisky a gogo one night. We hung at talked for several hours. I really liked him..Awesome guy all around..Glenn was very cool when meeting after a show. Some people say things about him, but he was totally cool to me..Hope they reunite..One of the best!

I read that Eerie was not playing bass for less than zero instead it was George drakulious.

really cool interview

I don’t care what band John is in, I’m just itching to hear him in a band again.

I gotta say, John looks young as hell,I’m 55 and I’m not sure but I think he’s older,could be wrong. Always loved this guy, used to play a lot of his stuff. I think I’m going to start doing some Danzig again.

awesome interview

That was amazing. You really got him to chill

John's the reason I play. Thanks fir this!

@17:15 WOW!!!! I have a pic of Glenn from back in the day with JJ and a more recent pic of then together!! That lil fact explains a while lot!!! So rad🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘

John is an awesome guy. Always has been. I met him years ago. When Danzig toured for How the Gods Kill. They played a small club venue in Florida and before the show John came out to the parking lot where a few guys he knew were smoking weed in a van. Sounds sleezy but it's true lol. There were a ton of fans lined up still waiting to get in as the opening band had already started playing. . Noone else saw him, but we were out in the back corner of the lot and me and my 2 friends all went over very calmly and got to meet him. We were only 15-16 so he was cool with us. Chatted for about 5 minutes and we left. It was so awesome because the tons of people in line all had no clue he was out there. To this day people still don't believe the story lol. We didn't all have cell phones and cameras back then. I saw them play 2 other times after that, but I never forgot that first show. Needless to say they about brought the house down that night with the way Chuck beat the shit out of the drums. That original line up truly was one of the best ever.

Glad i found this. I'd like to hear his thoughts on Glenn personally and if they still communicate to any degree.

Great video! You guys should ask him if he’s still in contact or has any sort of relationship with Glenn, Eerie & Chuck… I’ve always wondered if they still talk or anything… I know Glenn & Eerie probably still talk but I haven’t heard anything from Chuck since after he left Social Distortion in the late 90’s (and of course his fake death headline that made the news outlets online in the late 2000’s) thanks!

I was expecting the interview to be fairly cringeworthy due to the intro, but it was great! John is such a good sport and this was a great interview in general :)

Would be awesome to get chuck,erie n john to interview at the same time

This guy's relaying amazing stories and you want him to play Devil's Plaything on acoustic 😂

Apparently I would buy an album of him playing the danzig songs on acoustic and half-way singing/humming along.

I was hoping to hear about why he quit the band. I heard Eerie talk about it, but was hoping to hear it from John himself. He lives down the road from me now, teaches at the local community college. :-)