"Sticking to our punk roots, the longest song on the album is three minutes and nine cuts are under two. “It was great making a new record and getting back in touch with our fans,” says Only. Released in 1997 on Geffen Records and debuting at #117 on Billboard’s Top 200, the CD reestablished the Misfits as one of the most aggressive and still relevant outfits in modern rock history. Besides, I think the love of the horror art form has endured.” The impact of the Misfits and their music on pop culture has become a phenomenon in and of itself.Īfter a split with former singer Glenn Danzig in the mid 1980's and a decade-long legal battle, The Misfits was resurrected by founding member Jerry Only, returning stronger than ever with their first album of new material, “American Psycho”. We never tried to pull something over on people - we just tried to entertain 'em while rocking 'em real hard. We stuck to what we did, and we did it well.
Asked why this hunger for all things Misfits endured, Jerry Only ventures "I think we created a niche.
Highly collectible and sought after, Misfits memorabilia has appeared in films and on television and continues to be worn publicly by actors, musicians and athletes who acknowledge the band’s cool factor. The iconic "Fiend Skull," (the official symbol of the group), which was once crudely painted on their equipment, leather jackets and everything they could get their hands on, has since become a staple in pop culture, and an instantly recognizable symbol worldwide. A tribute album entitled VIOLENT WORLD featured the likes of Prong, NOFX and Sick of It All. In fact, bands across the spectrum of rock have offered their tribute by covering the band’s material, including Guns ‘n Roses, with the classic Misfits song "Attitude " My Chemical Romance who revisited the classic “Astro Zombies” for the soundtrack to “Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland” video game, and Metallica who covered no less than three Misfits songs on their double CD set "Garage Days Revisited," while hailing the band as a key influence on their music. These “Fiends” (as their fans are known), which are still multiplying globally, go back now several generations and also includes many artists. Over thirty years on, the Misfits have endured hardcore’s heyday as punk rock’s monster squad, a band whose cult following – a pseudo-secret coven known as the Fiend Club – inspired them to continue to write, record and tour. Immortalizing black and white B horror films in their music, the Misfits developed a ghoulish and totally unique persona from their hand made musical weapons to the stiletto hairstyle they called the “devil lock.” It was the early days of punk and they had created a rebellion all their own. Their music was aggressive, confrontational and dangerous with violent lyrics as seen through the eyes of a monster, coupled with timeless vocal melodies bred from 1950’s rock and roll. Today, boasting a massive catalog of music old and new, a new lineup and an influence felt around the world, the Misfits are generating more interest than ever before.įrom its inception, the Misfits were primal. They wound up making history and creating a legacy that has truly withstood the test of time. Taking for their name the title of Marilyn Monroe's final movie, they set out to make an impression. It was there, at the dawn of the punk movement in April 1977, that the Misfits were born. 1977 - Cough Cool (EP) - Bullet (EP) - Live'78 - Static Age - Horror Business (EP) - Night Of The Living Dead (EP) - Beware (EP) - 3 Hits From Hell (EP) - Glenn Danzig - Who Killed Marilyn - Halloween (EP) - Walk Among Us - Earth AD-Wolfs Blood - Die, Die My Darling (EP) - Legacy of Brutality - Collection Vol.2 - Box Set (4 CD) - American Psycho - Monster Mash (EP) - 12 Hits From Hell - Cuts From The Crypt - Misfits And Balzac - Day The Earth Caught Fire (Split) - Project 1950 - The Devil's Rain hell they came… 30 years ago in a small town in New Jersey called Lodi.
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