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Lodi, New York NJ, United States (1977 – 1983, 1995 – present)

The Misfits are an American band formed in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band’s lyrical and graphical focus covers retro science-fiction, horror, and B-movies. Originally led by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig until their initial breakup in 1983, the band was later resurrected in 1995 by Jerry Only without Danzig, and continues to exist.

Danzig along with bassist Jerry Only (born Jerry Caiafa), who joined shortly after the band’s inception, remained the only consistent members throughout various line-ups, during the six years of the band’s original incarnation (from 1977 to 1983). Danzig was very interested in Marilyn Monroe, and took the band’s name from “The Misfits”, Monroe’s last film. The early Misfits were often quite melodic, featuring Danzig’s versatile singing, which had a style rooted in Italian tenors such as Mario Lanza and in 1950s . Early Misfits songs tended to have catchy, sing-along choruses backed by Danzig’s distorted keyboard accompaniments.

The band began as a largely untrained ensemble. The song Last Caress (a very rare track for years) is now commonly regarded as the epitome of an early-Misfits song, with blaring instruments and Danzig’s melodic vocals finding a medium between Frank Sinatra and the Sex Pistols.

By the original band’s last album, Earth A.D., they had become a band, with Danzig’s standout vocal tone floating over a torrent of thrashing guitar, bass, and drums.
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  • Endzeitlager

    I never said I wanted to listen to scary music. I'm saying that Horrorpunk is a dumb term. 80s Misfits is great punkrock but not in any way creating a horror atmosphere, like bands of other genres totally managed to do.

    yesterday evening

  • ShamrockFox

    I seriously hope you guys dont do this

    yesterday morning

  • mari_faltskog

    I want your skulls, I need your skulls.

    Sunday evening

  • ThrashZone666

    >Greentexting on Last.fm

    Sunday morning

  • Skribblah

    >thinking horror punk is meant to be scary >listening to death metal because you want to listen to '''scary music''', lol do you even pleb

    Friday evening

  • jhansennueve

    "Danzig hasn't made anything decent since Mother" I respectfully disagree.

    Friday morning

  • Dandy-Jon

    Old Misfits, new Misfits - its still the fucking Misfits. Danzig hasn't made anything decent since Mother. Boo-fucking-hoo. Thats the problem with the punk scene, fucking purists gotta ruin everything. For a culture that is suppose to not have any rules there are sure are a lot.

    Friday morning

  • Endzeitlager

    Great, post-Danzig Misfits is not even decent punkrock anymore, let alone scary. I'm gonna listen to death metal instead.

    Wednesday afternoon
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