真實與傳言
他現居住在英格蘭的Suffolk,和他的妻子Toni(2005年10月31日結婚)及女兒Luna(1999年2月8日出生)一起。
他養了三隻貓,名叫Lilith、Mushka和Rumble,其中一隻少了一條腿。
他有5呎5吋(約1.65米)高。
他曾在一所私立學校上學,星期日也要報到,這令他非常惱火。
他曾有機會選擇成為一名記者,或是繼續他的音樂事業。
他曾經的樂隊是PDA和Feast of Excrement。他的第一個樂隊叫做The Lemon Grove Kids(檸檬果園孩子)。
他最喜歡的樂隊是Judas Priest、Emperor、Destruction、Slayer、Iron Maiden、Misfits和Paradise Lost。
他曾為Metal Hammer雜誌撰寫一檔名為“Dani's Inferno”(Dani的地獄)的專欄。
他決定要做音樂的一個原因是他深深著迷於音樂對人的影響力。
他因他的嗓音音域而鼎鼎大名。他有能力唱得很“乾淨而清楚”,但卻選擇了一種“骯髒的尖叫”方式,因為這與Cradle of Filth的音樂更為契合。
他通過單邊契據的法律方式把名字改成了Dani Filth。
2000年他在電影Cradle of Fear中扮演一個精神錯亂的變態,不顧一切地為他父親所受的迫害復仇。
2003年他在一部動畫電影Dominator中獻聲,扮演一個與影片同名的角色。
2005年他在Roadrunner的合輯CD中演唱了一首曲目“Dawn of a Golden Age”。
他在Bam Margera的MTV系列節目Viva La Bam最後一季的其中一集裡出現,這期節目中有Cradle of Filth 在Pennsylvania的現場演出,並以他們表演專輯Nymphetamine的曲目"Nemesis"作為主打。
他正與Gavin Baddeley合著一本名為The Gospel of Filth: A Black Metal Bible(“污穢福音:黑金屬聖經”)的書,現定於2006年9月出版。
他的廚房地板中曾經嵌著一個骷髏(看樣子像是30年代左右埋在房子周圍地里的)。
言論
“我他媽最恨妄自尊大。不,準確地說……我最恨人。他媽的沒腦子的一大群人。一般是聖誕節前後或者交通高峰。還有電視裡那些僵化的條條框框。惡~~!平常時,等待任何東西(耐心可不是我的品德),亂丟的廢紙,鋼筋水泥城市化,目光短淺,宗教束縛,偏執狂,海綿蛋糕……全都討厭透頂。”
“你們肯定煩透了那些平平淡淡、毫無特色的人和樂隊,所以我們就試著做得炫一點,這就是我們的方式。我們樂此不疲。”
(問到為什麼他廚房裡有個骷髏)
“嗯,這是個新廚房……所以我們想有個骷髏在裡邊會很有諷刺意味。”
(When asked how he trains his voice) "Continual masturbation. I'm masturbating now. This arm is polystyrene."
(問到他怎樣鍛鍊他的聲音)
“持續手淫。我現在就在乾。這隻胳膊是聚苯乙烯的。”
(When asked about what he's going to teach Luna about religion) "I'll let her make up her own mind. I'm not going to force her into anything. I'm not going to force her into anything at all."
(問到他會怎樣在信仰方面教導女兒)
“我會讓她按自己的想法來。我不會強迫她任何事情。我絕對不會強迫她任何事情。”
(Concerning Luna) "She doesn't use the 'F' word though. Just like her daddy."
(同上)
“不過她也不會用F開頭的這個詞(Fuck)。和她爸爸一樣。”
(When asked what he's going to expose Luna to) "This is the irony of it. She loves Winnie the Pooh. And she loves The Simpsons. And she loves Disney. And Stuart Little. And stuff like that. And she'll dance to it, and that's what you expect from kids. But then at the same time, she'll be dancing around the kitchen to the new Nile album. At the moment she is too young to understand the difference. And that innocence is worth protecting."
(問到他會向女兒透露些什麼)
“這就是事情的諷刺性所在。她喜歡維尼熊。喜歡‘辛普森一家’。喜歡迪斯尼。她還喜歡精靈鼠小弟,以及等等這一類東西。她還跟著它們跳舞,這就是你期望中孩子的樣子。可是同時,她也在廚房裡跟著Nile的新專輯跳舞。她還太小,不了解其中的區別。這種單純值得保護。”
電影
殺人如麻(Alex Chandon執導2001年上映的電影)
又名:生切肉塊
主要演員: 梅利莎.福蒂 Dani Filth 威利·埃文斯 麗貝卡·伊登 埃德蒙·德恩
影片類別: 犯罪 / 劇情 / 恐怖 / 懸疑 / 驚悚
語言:英語
影片格式: RMVB
出產地區: 歐美
上映時間: 2001年7月4日
影片時長: 120分鐘
以前在COF的DVD中得知主唱Dani Filth有演過這樣一部恐怖片。今天碰巧當到,還有些可看性。雖然Dani是掛主演的牌子,其實他的戲份不多,就是這么走走過場,掐死幾個人,種幾顆魔種……全無演技可言,不過他的聲音以及一貫得舉動確實可以營造一些恐怖氛圍,而其餘得便需依靠道具和其他配角演技了得。
整部片子可以說沒有劇情,是一部MV式的電影,觀看時只需體會畫面和聲音結合的氛圍即可,不要想的太多。正如高曉松的那時花開可以當作一首校園民謠的MV來看一樣,你完全可以把Cradle of Fear當作一部流行黑金的MV來欣賞。本片配樂多為電子,片尾才出現Black Metal。片中血腥鏡頭大都以寫實手法表現(雖然現實中不太有機會看到),不象某些恐怖片以當事人的神情或黑影的動作來旁敲側擊,然而某些設計卻和以前錄像帶時期的看的恐怖片有些雷同。具體恐怖血腥在哪裡,說得太多會影響你入戲。
書籍
The Gospel of Filth: A Bible of Decadence and Darkness
(無中文簡介,如有懂英文者可以翻譯一下)
The Gospel of Filth is the boldest, most comprehensive guide to the realms of darkness and devilry ever published. Taking in every significant milestone and major landmark, this lavishly illustrated volume is the definitive study of the dark side. No tombstone remains unturned in this wide-ranging and witty dissection of the uncanny and unholy, of the esoteric and erotic. Music forms The Gospel's entry point, but every medium, from movies and literature, to comics and computer games is considered, while the authorities consulted range from Oxford academics to metal musicians as well known for their criminal records as musical ones.The principal consultant is Dani Filth, who rides shotgun with author Gavin Baddeley, providing insight and impish irreverence at every turn. Dani's band Cradle of Filth are one of England's most successful and controversial musical exports of the past decade, loved and loathed in equal measure, the singer bringing that same provocative edge to this, his first literary effort. Emerging from the violent cauldron of chaos that propelled the black metal scene to the forefront of the extreme music scene in the early-90s, Cradle of Filth have since transcended such subcultural boundaries, embracing the likes of Decadent art and Gothic literature to create an inimitable, sensuously sinister style all of their own. Experts consulted range from ex-FBI Agent Robert Ressler (who first coined the term 'serial killer'), to world expert on psychoactive drugs Richard Rudgley, via Satanic High Priest Peter Gilmore. Legendary horror film director Dario Argento gives insight into his art, as do War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne, controversial art director Nigel Wingrove, Lovecraftian artist John Coulthart, and ghost photographer Simon Marsden. A galaxy of dark stars from the modern musical world are also represented, with original words from the likes of Tom Araya (Slayer), Pete Steele (Type O Negative), Sharon del Adel (Within Temptation), Glen Benton (Deicide), Ville Valo (HIM), James Hetfield (Metallica), Adam 'Nergal' Darski (Behemoth), Bard 'Faust' Eithun (ex-Emperor), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Jason Mendonca (Akercocke), Andi Sex Gang (Sex Gang Children), King of Hell (Gorgoroth), Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Le'rue Delashay (Christian Death), Montalo (Witchfynde), Jinx Dawson (Coven), Metatron (The Meads of Asphodel), John Bush (Armored Saint), Andrea Haugen (Nebelhexe), and many more.