The Misfits
Biography
Genuinely shocking or tasteless, campy fun? It was sometimes hard to tell which way the Misfits wanted to be taken, and the immense cult following that has grown up in the years after their actual existence (1977-1983) seems divided in its own assessment. It certainly wasn't the Misfits' musicianship -- which was as crude as the recording quality of most of their oeuvre -- that endeared them to so many, although Glenn Danzig possessed one of the most distinctive and tuneful bellows in hardcore punk. Rather, it was Danzig's penchant for catchy, anthemic melodies, often delivered at warp speed, and his lyrical obsession with grade-B horror films and splatter imagery that helped the Misfits build a rabid posthumous following. Name-drops and covers by metal bands like Metallica and Guns N' Roses kept the Misfits' songs circulating during the mid- to late '80s, when their tangled discography remained only sporadically in print -- reissues were maddeningly incomplete, and much of the band's prime material was confined to rare singles and EPs. The mid-'90s saw a spate of CD reissues that, while not quite presenting all of the Misfits' songs in the most concise, collectible format, at least succeeded in getting them all back into print, allowing those who missed the band the first time around to hear why they've enjoyed such enduring cult popularity.
Selected Discography
Earth A.D.
1983
Walk Among Us
1982
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by the way bullet was the best and how could graves compete with that?
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danzig kicked a**, without him they would have been nothing, nothing against graves who was also great, but danzig was everything
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danzig is a p**sy i love the misfits all the same but he f**ked it up for everyone
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wtf!? Did i just read that noob say that godsmack is pure punk? dude go f**k urself you no nothing of punkrock go back to ur s**ty mainsteam rock hole in the ground
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shoot me now .. if you think Godsmack is Punk.. you have far to go in your PFR'ness young one
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you gotta love glen danzig for making the misfits! i do hes still f**king awesome!!! so F**K YOU MOOMOO!!! and face it... punk guy with stars in his eyes!! you probably look like a f**king f**got!! P**SY!! everyone loves a punk boy in a devil lock! <33 :D DONT JUDGE GLENN HE ISNT A CHRISTAN... your mom was probably a f**king mormon! MISFITS ARE F**KIN SIKK!!!
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three chords and a gallon of wine works every time.one of the pure genres of music because the suits couldn,t mass market it to thier bottom line and most of amerika is to mindnumb to get it.this music is like a good f**k,enjoy the hell out of it then go about your biz.
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Glenn Danzig is not a Christian!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jerry Only is, though. It's stupid how a band like this is being run by a christian.
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Glenn was a good vocalist, but he is a douche in real life. He makes Bill O'Reilly look like Ralph Nader. He is a Christian a**hole who thinks that the world was created 6000 years ago by an invisible man who loves you a whole huggy bunch until you start thinking for yourself and then he hates you. I like the Misfits, especially Walk Among Us(which is their only good album, the rest are just mediocre) but I hate Glenn Dazig.
Also let's face it, the devil lock looks retarded. |
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are people still talking about poor glenn getting punched in the face? thats pathetic....
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this is best.... known for awesome...
if you don't like the misfits you should be punched in the face |
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Old Man, go f**k yourself with a razor dildo. Why come to a band's page to trash them? Nothing you say will ever change the fact that 1: The Misfits are one of the best bands of all time and 2: You're a f**king bag sucker.
Long live the Misfits and say what you want about Danzig, but without Danzig, this band wouldn't have been s**t. |
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THE MISFITS!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! GO BEAT UP YOUR BROTHER!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I DON"T CARE WHO YOUR BROTHER IS!!!!! JUST PPPPPLLLLLLE E E E E E E A A A A A A A A S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E BEAT HIM UP!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! @#)%)*%)*)^* % $ ) & ^ * ) % # * % ) + * @ ) # % * + # * ) % + * # @ ) % & ^ ) + @ & $ ^ ) + * $ ) + # * % + ) @ # * % ) + @ # % + @ # + ) @ * ^ + ) * $ + ) PIE!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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You're thirsty huh? Go drink some blood from the wound that bleeds ever so heavily.
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Danzig *made* The Misfits what they are today, like it or not. That being said, I am biased- I much prefer the late 70's-early 80's Misfits to today's band. I just think the sound belonged to the original Misfits, and the contemporary ones can't imitate that, no matter how hard they try.
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I love the Misfits both the line up both with Graves and with Danzig. But I have to say the current line up is not that great. Although he is a kick a** guy I don't think Jerry has the best vocal. I saw them right after Graves left the band and they had Zolie from Ignite singing, now that was awesome. They should have kept him!
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I like Michale Grave's Misfits more soo than Danzig
but i could listen to some kinda hate, skulls, and hybrid moments all day!!!! |
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