Editing John Christ (section)

== Samhain and Danzig ==
In 1987, Christ dropped out of college and moved to [[New Jersey]] to join [[Glenn Danzig]]'s band [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]], which became the band [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] later that same year.<ref name="TV Casualty" /> Upon his arrival in New Jersey, Christ would share an apartment with Samhain drummer London May, for whom Christ had performed his first band audition.<ref name="TV Casualty" /> Christ auditioned well, but it wasn't until leaving countless [[guitar solo]]s on Glenn Danzig's answering machine that he was finally invited to join the band.<ref name="Circus" /> When May left the band, Christ shared an apartment with new drummer [[Chuck Biscuits]], where they came up with Christ's original stage name "John Von Christ", before it was shortened to avoid it clashing with bassist [[Eerie Von]].<ref name="TV Casualty" /> Christ played guitar with Danzig from 1987 to July 1995, appearing on the albums ''[[Danzig (album)|Danzig]]'', ''[[Danzig II: Lucifuge|Lucifuge]]'', ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill|How the Gods Kill]]'' and ''[[Danzig 4p|4]]'', and also the ''[[Thrall-Demonsweatlive]]'' EP. In 1990, Christ recorded guitar for the Samhain album ''[[Final Descent (album)|Final Descent]]''. Christ officially left Danzig on July 5, 1995, citing a breakdown in communication within the band as the reason behind his departure.<ref name="440music">{{cite news|url= http://www.440music.com/John_Christ/epk/|title=John Christ|author= Stephanie Cabral and Katherine Turman|publisher=440music|access-date=September 17, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Metal Sludge">{{cite web|url=http://metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=37|title=20 Questions with John Christ|date=December 14, 1999|publisher=Metal Sludge|archive-date=September 27, 2007|access-date=September 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225223/http://metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=37}}</ref> During his time with Danzig, Christ's main guitar was a 1983 [[BC Rich]] Bich strung with custom [[D'Aquisto]] strings and fit with [[PRS Guitars|PRS]] pickups.<ref name="Musician">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=musician.894|title=Danzig Knows the Power of the Dark Side|last=Young|first=Jon|date=August 1994|publisher=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|access-date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> The guitar was customized with the Danzig skull symbol, and is currently on display at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]].<ref name="Hard Rock Memorabilia">{{cite news|url= http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?item=012246|title=John Christ Danzig Guitar|publisher=[[Hard Rock Cafe]]|access-date=September 17, 2009}}</ref>