{"id":320,"date":"2025-07-21T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rebelagainuk.com\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2025-07-27T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:44:12","slug":"misfits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rebelagainuk.com\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"MISFITS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Am I the stupidest person with money in the world? Probably quite close but there’s no regrets here baby, because my (questionable) decision to buy <\/span>Static Age on vinyl DESPITE owning practically every song on the album ALREADY on the remastered Legacy of Brutality <\/i>turned out to be a good one, because, as I found out, the sound The Misfits carried in the 70s is something supernatural. The first album to be recorded (1978) and the last to be released (1996), Static Age <\/i>is a leaden-blue electric storm, channelling both punky pace and vigour alongside this dingy, earthy rawness that bathes you like a baptism in a stagnant lake. The title track Static Age <\/i>colours the album in its grey-purple hue; along with TV Casualty,<\/i> Franch\u00e9 Coma’s steady, deep guitar stomps down, and Mr. Jim’s drumming runs along measured but intricate, with lots of rolls and ticks. Church bells gong, radio static crackles and sci-fi whirs echo \u2013 this is horror motherfucking punk!<\/p>

Danzig’s vocal in Return of the Fly <\/i>and Hybrid Moments <\/i>glide tender and ghoulish as if sang in a church hall, and the bone toms knock about as the ride clicks perpetually. Last Caress <\/i>envelopes you in the same ghostly silk, electric guitar coursing dirty and unrefined compared to the standard version. Teenagers From Mars <\/i>was my first Misfits love when I first started listening to them and this Static Age <\/i>rendition is almost unrecognisable from the one I’d heard… and I think I’m in love with it. Jerry Only’s bass pounds down mercilessly, and Danzig’s vocal has this kind of untouchable substance my grasp of the English language fails to justify. The best I can do is quote Dick Porter when he described Dave Vanian’s voice in Anything <\/i>(1986) as \u201cprocessed to near banality\u201d, and say this is the opposite. It’s so intact and real, it feels like Danzig’s singing right next to you.<\/p>

into Come Back <\/i>and \u2013 what in the fuck? Five minutes long?! Mr. Jim must have some pretty decent stamina because the drums lead <\/i> from start to finish, twisting and climbing alongside the bass like poison ivy. This kind of calm, tombish doom also rumbles through Spinal Remains <\/i>and In The Doorway<\/i>; In The Doorway <\/i>was my single of the week about a month ago and I already described its sound with some kind of weird, inaccessible metaphor, so this time I’ll just throw some words (velvet, radioactivity, gravel) at you. I think Spinal Remains <\/i>joins Queen Wasp <\/i>in my Top 2 Misfits tracks.<\/p>

Although I’ve never associated the two tracks with one another before, Hollywood Babylon <\/i>and Theme For A Jackal <\/i>both bounce with the same kind of skeleton, rockabilly bop, and Danzig aint nicknamed ‘Evil Elvis’ for nothing. I love the deeper, soiled recording of She, <\/i>and Bullet<\/i>‘s racing hit and run pace (or the opposite, I suppose, seeing as it’s about the assassination of JFK) \u2013 Danzig’s vocal carries all the crude conviction needed to pull off those lyrics.<\/p>

It’s unbelievable to me that no label would release this album when it recorded in ’78, hence why it was never entirely released for another two decades. This album, especially the early versions of their later hits, sounds so good that I wish they were the first recordings I’d ever heard.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It would be boringly obvious to talk about how much the Misfits have changed my life, so it’s probably best I don’t mention it. I bought <\/span><\/span>Walk Among <\/span><\/span><\/i>Us <\/span><\/span><\/i>four years ago after hearing <\/span><\/span>Astro Zombies <\/span><\/span><\/i>for the first time and needing it in physical form, and never looked back since; managing to own every Danzig-Misfits song and practically memorising them, learning them on bass, drums, launching me into the world of \u2013 sorry. Anyway, its album art gives us such a good flavour of the Misfits’ sound (without me having to talk about it) in its ghostly, lurid brightness, balanced impossibly, but perfectly, with fierce pacing and classic punky riffs. If only there was a word, or a sub-genre, that exclusively describes their unique sound…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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There’s nothing and no one that sounds like Glenn Danzig in this world, and tracks like Violent World, I Turned Into A Martian, Skulls <\/i>resonate his velvet richness, sailing strong on a nuclear lake of droning (out of tune) electric guitars. You’d think this mood wouldn’t work well with the punchy quickness of 20 Eyes <\/i>(it does) and Nike A Go Go <\/i>(guess again) \u2013 the rapid-fire snare and major key creating this insane kind of oxymoron against the echoing moodiness. <\/span><\/p>

If I’ve been understating the Misfits’ angry punk power then let <\/span><\/span>All Hell Breaks Loose <\/span><\/span><\/i>do the rest of the talking. I couldn’t believe my ears when I’d first encountered its rapid energy and pumping pace; primal toms and metal crashes foregrounding the overdriven guitar and bass, pounding down its classic riff. I played this at my eighteenth and almost made everyone leave \u2013 I think the Human League were on before or something. Luckily it’s only 1:46! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

For whatever reason, <\/span><\/span>Vampira <\/span><\/span><\/i>had never stood out to mean much to me \u2013 until I heard the <\/span><\/span>Walk Among Us <\/span><\/span><\/i>original. Eerier, damper, dirtier, more warped and ghoulish (duh) than the standard circulated version, this <\/span><\/span>Vampira <\/span><\/span><\/i>is so much more three-dimensional and freakish, Danzig’s delayed, echoing vocals and squealing riffs giving the feel of the inside of a Stephen King novel. The same can be said for <\/span><\/span>Walk Among Us’ Astro Zombies<\/i><\/span><\/span>; this version is solid and forceful in its drumming and chanting, the reverb on the vocals lessened so that they feel strong, all without losing its haunting touch. <\/span><\/span>Astro Zombies <\/span><\/span><\/i>is truly unearthly in its purple vitality. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Get the lawsuit prepared kids, because the Misfits’ live version of the classic <\/span><\/span>Mommy Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight <\/span><\/span><\/i>is enough to give you whiplash. Danzig’s vocals are raw and crude, the bass drones and electric guitar gurgles with distortion, the toms guttural and furious and (even) quicker than in the studio version. Its crackling hardcore energy feels different to their ‘sing-along’ anthems \u2013 the Misfits can really do it all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

If you hadn’t noticed, the Misfits is such a multi-faceted band, and I think each of their studio albums shows a different side to their sound. <\/span><\/span>Walk Among Us, <\/span><\/span><\/i>I think, gives us all of their best; and it should be the first Misfits album you hear.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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