The Misfits

Love them. Hate them. Great musicians. Rip-offs. Sell-outs. Business savvy. Influenced generations. Can't play their instruments. Quintessential punk-rockers. Better with Danzig. Whatever.

I've always liked The Misfits. I own music from various points in their career and enjoy it all.

Going through my iPod at the gym today I thought that The Misfits would be perfect work-out music and found out the following: American Psycho is simply too slow for the gym while Famous Monsters is absolutely fucking perfect.

Battlecross

Battlecross
Distinct moments of early AFI with a hint of Southern metal (like Lamb of God).

Like thrash metal with random punk bass noodling and death metal blastbeats mixed in.

Repetitively engaging and heavy enough to make me want to listen to it more than once.

SpeedWolf

Here's my new music blog format:
stream of consciousness, off-the cuff, first impressions.

Speedwolf
like Motorhead and Danzig had a baby; "a glorious child with a crown of horns." Rambunctious and fun. Makes me want to drink beer and mosh around.

Heavy guitars, rockabilly style bass. Growling, snarling, gravely vocals. Entertaining and enjoyable - probably better live.