The Misfits

The Misfits- Formed 1977, Lodi, New Jersey. With some bands, there are some words that simply MUST be used to describe them. For instance, Siouxsie and the Banshees must be described as "Dark, swirling psychedelia". The Misfits must be described as violent, tuneful punk, with Glen Danzig's bellowing, Elvis-in-Training vocals. Those are just really good descriptions of their music. Of course, they also suffered from Bowie-Siouxsie-Clash disease, and started to suck. They became a bad speed-metal band. It should also be noted (on a cooler note), that, like The Cramps who came after them, they had an unhealthy obsession with bad horror/sci fi movies. They named their record label Plan 9 records, and have a song called This Island Earth-named after a movie that was the basis of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Movie. Other song titles include Vampirella, Last Caress, I Turned Into a Martian, Astrozombies, Return of the Fly, and Braineaters (the protests of Zombie children who are tired of being served brains, and want some variety, like some Guts or something).

MIDIs:

Last Caress- What you're hearing.

I Turned Into a Martian

Die, Die My Darling