Walk Among Us

20 Eyes 1:46
I Turned Into A Martian 1:43
All Hell Breaks Loose 1:47
Vampira 1:26
Nike A Go Go 2:16
Hate Breeders 3:06
Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight? (Live) 1:59
Night Of The Living Dead 1:58
Skulls 2:00
Violent World 1:46
Devils Whorehouse 1:45
Astro Zombies 2:15
Braineaters 0:56

The Misfits’ 1982 debut full-length, Walk Among Us, rapidly became a legendary effort of U.S. punk, the more so because it so willfully violated many rules which were already ironically straitjacketing the scene. Utterly devoid of political confrontation or social uplift, embracing a costume sense that might have given Kiss pause and generally coming across like the horror-movie nightmares they looked like on the cover, the Misfits just wanted to entertain and do their own thing — and that they did, brilliantly. Nearly every song on the album — 13 total, delivered in a light-speed 25 minutes — is a twisted classic, with the band’s trademark ’50s/’60s melodies run through a punk/metal meatgrinder on full display. The higher-budget (in very relative terms) recording meant a slightly cleaner and brighter sound all around, but nothing about Walk Among Us is slick, especially in commercial 1982 terms. One song title says it all: “All Hell Breaks Loose.