Posts Tagged ‘The Misfits’

WHAT IF… THE MISFITS HAD BEEN A FOLK BAND?

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 at 4:00pm by Gary Suarez

In the classic comic book tradition, “What If…” stories were ones that existed outside of the Marvel Universe. Consider this then: WHAT IF… THE MISFITS HAD BEEN A FOLK BAND?

Here’s your answer:

If you like what you hear, you can buy Scream With Me, Pajo’s LP+CD of Misfits covers, via Black Tent Press.

-GS

WOULD YOU PAY $700 FOR THIS?

Friday, March 20th, 2009 at 2:30pm by Axl Rosenberg

vase-metallica-rose

Thanks to The Deciblog for pointing us towards the website of Pierre Blanc, a gentlemen who makes heavy metal vases like the one you see above.

Seriously.

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SATURDAY SONG TO GET JACK O’LANTERNED TO: THE MISFITS – “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD”

Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 3:34pm by Kip Wingerschmidt

Much like The Misfits, I’ll keep this short and sweet: if you haven’t carved that pumpkin yet, today prolly oughta be the day…

This is the title track from The Misfits’ 3rd EP, and it was released on Halloween Eve, 1979, at NYC’s (now-corporate-owned-The-Fillmore-at-) Irving Plaza, where Vince and I triumphantly caught Protest the Hero play the other night with chugga-chugga-breakdownsters Unearth. In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that while PtH was onstage expertly slaying their intricate melo-tallic proggery, I did notice Vince in a dark corner pleasuring himself.

Happy November, y’all — bundle up, storms a comin…

THE MISFITS - “Night of the Living Dead”, from Night of the Living Dead (1979)

-KW