Glenn Danzig is going through backlash from followers after promoting a poster and T-shirt at his latest L.A. present that contained an obvious Nazi-related “Black Solar” image.
Danzig simply accomplished a brief tour together with his eponymous band, which included a cease on Saturday night time (March twenty ninth) on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. Followers might buy a particular poster and shirt marking that particular live performance, although a couple of observed that the design featured an illustrated Danzig standing in entrance of Nazi-associated iconography, particularly the Black Solar (aka sonnenrad or sunwheel) image that has been co-opted by some white supremacist teams.
“Can’t spell Danzig with out nazi,” wrote one X/Twitter person who posted a picture of the present poster.
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One other person re-posted the pic, including: “What the fuck is that this, Glen @RealDanzig? This was designed by the fucking Nazis, so don’t attempt to conceal behind ‘it’s an historic image they co-opted and I’m taking it again.’ That is flatly Nazi shit.”
The merch in query was quickly posted to the Danzig subreddit, the place one other group of followers tried to defuse the controversy by citing that the Black Solar can be utilized by pagan and Satanist teams as an esoteric image.
The Anti-Defamation League’s official web site notes: “As a result of sonnenrad imagery is utilized by many cultures world wide, one shouldn’t assume that the majority sonnenrad-like photographs essentially denote racism or white supremacy; quite, they need to be analyzed rigorously within the context during which they seem.”
The poster and shirt look to be particular one-off “occasion” merch, which are sometimes designed by a separate and generally native artist, so it’s potential that Danzig himself had restricted enter on the design. You’ll be able to see the Twitter/X posts and pictures of the poster under.
Danzig’s new autographed merch has a Nazi drawback https://t.co/XgF6gDVrxZ
— Thee Anthony Fantano (@theneedledrop) March 31, 2025
Cannot spell Danzig with out nazi pic.twitter.com/1KLako805S
— jam (@newdayfalling) March 30, 2025