The Evil Endeavors of the Original Misfits 

That is just objectively true. Dude has a cringeworthy persona and takes himself a bit too seriously but if you can actually listen to music without thinking about those things, dude just has a ridiculously unique and undeniably good style of songwriting and he’s also always seemed like he’s pretty well read on stuff he talks about.

So does and is Graves.

Satan wrote them for him. Jk

And he has a beautiful voice.

For whatever reason I just love danzig as corny and cringe as he can be, he also rules lol

They had two or three other guitar players before Doyle. In fact, jerry only was not the original bass player either. He was the first to record with them, but a woman named Diane Diplaza or something like that played with them before him, so honestly Danzig was the only original member on that stage.

Reaching…. And Schooled….

@@joeldukes303 okay. But which is the more notable and most iconic lineup?

@@patricklosiniecki8503 definitely not the guys you mentioned in your comment, I think we can all agree on that

I get to see Doyle open for John 5 in December In Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺, I can't wait. I've seen Danzig, when the line-up was , chuck biscuits, eerie von, John Christ, and Glenn, was fukn amazing!💖

I was thinking about name dropping Balzac when I talked about horror punk as a whole, but I wound up sticking to bands I’m more familiar with. One of these days I’ll talk about horror punk on it’s own and I’ll definitely talk about them there.

BALZAC 4 LIFE!!!!

danzig wolverine would be nifty

Glenn isnt a metal musician, he is a punk who has done some albums with metal influences. If you read interviews he always talks about being a punk and doesnt liken himself to be metal. thats where people get confused, having a punk attitude in the metal community.

I remember reading back in the very early 90s that he was deep in the xmen movie. Too bad

Son of Sam was alright too

Songs from the earth is cool. Danzig isn't involved, but it's basically just Samhain with Davey havok

Glenn plays guitar on a few tracks actually.

u saw the misfits AND FEAR ON THE SAME NIGHT???? I AM SO F)|*&IN ENVIOUS!!! ive been into punk since i heard the pistols and ramones in high school in 77!! unfortunately not many punk bands came 2 montreal back then good 4 u im sure you ve seen 100s since then!!!

Was that the gig where Doyle bashed a dude in the head with his guitar?

Maybe, it was a long time ago and I was only 10 at the time lol

Really, they didn't really play after their homophobic rants. The place rioted. The whole incident would make a wonderful documentary as there were multiple different accounts of this riot at elite Filmore.

@@bene1989 people act like it was something remarkable for a 16 year old Doyle to hit a 15 year old in the head with his guitar or for a couple of guys from jersey to mock the alternative lifestyles of san francisco. Danzig claimed it had to do with a gang of commie punks attempting to control the sf scene and I think I buy that.

it's a perfect album

I'm from NJ too, and Misfits was huge in my town. A lot of cool bands come out of NJ. I actually hung out with Jerry's son a few times in 2013, he's a really cool dude.

Jimmy Battle and Diane Dipiazza i believe left Before Manny Joined MR.Jim was Drumming first month Manny just remembers jerry jim rememebers both bassist manny says so in this interview from what he remember jerry was always the bassist ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QvuyvTOGIwU.html and in this one mr jim says he remembers Diane and Jimi played with him and glenn the month before jerry and manny joined ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IXsAoXFJhw4.html im shore diane considers jerry the original bassist im shore jimi considers franche the original guitairst and im shore mr jim considers manny the original drummer

agreed!! that show was amazing (tho the pit not so much people weren't even moshing just like... pushing forward lol)

Aaay! U awesome bro!

It was a great fuckin show

IM A HOPELESS ROMANTIC!!!!! Youurrre juuuussst hopeless!

Just saw the Souls play that two nights in a row!!

Totally agree on the Samhain front.

Great video of the history of such a great band. The one thing that would really help to enjoy it greatly is better editing to have some gaps in the dialogue as it's relentless, so it sounds unnatural. Very few You tubers use this style any longer. All the same thank you as I've always loved the Misfits and I appreciate what you have put out regarding them as I learnt a bit more of their really, very early days.

who was singing for them before graves, after Danzig? it was actually Peter Steele, who Jerry had lined up as Glenn's replacement, who was being taught the songs by Graves (who jerry liked, but wanted a more mature guy with a name in the industry) who told the Caifia bros to use Graves. "he's your guy", Steele told jerry. "He knows all the songs, and sings them great". With Peter Steele's endorsement, Michale got the gig. I never liked Graves ( that lineup of the band was fine, but should've just called themselves by a different name) and then all that right wing political shit came out about Graves and made the whole situation way less tolerable

@@AKR-lq1if I didn't know they were lining up Peter Steele! At the show I referenced above I'm 90% sure it wasn't Graves singing. I'll root around and see if any of my friends remember the show well enough to give me a clue about who was singing. I have to admit that I haven't been keeping track of Misfits news for many years (probably just after Graves left the band and tried to join the Marines IIRC) and after watching this video I looked up Graves and saw his Newsmax interviews where he complained about being cancelled or whatever. It was gross.

I went to a bunch of screeching Weasel shows in Chicago while in high school 1990. Boogadaboogadaboogada 🤘

My band played last night... we covered Vampira 🤘🏻😈

The horror aspect kept the music free of political rhetoric, since most people dont have a right to preach out of sheer stupidity ignorance. More then half the punk bands are ignorant to where anarchy stems from and the other half, only wants to get fucked up. The punk rock ideology needs an update.

Also the horror aspect set them apart from other bands in the scene who all copied each other. Let's be honest about punk. IT has become another form of conformity, an ideology that shames anyone who might think differently. Even having a uniform that is a telling characteristic of conformist movements. From my POV, a true punk, is a individual unto themselves. and they rebel even from the rebellious. For rebellion can become the neo norm and represent the same force and power that it was created to oppose. True punk, stands against conformity, no matter what form it takes. BE it punk, white bred americanism, or communism. Punk was created to oppose all forms of group think. YEt when left unchecked, and led by the blind deaf and dumb becomes the very tenant of group think and its collectivism. Most punk bands, are all trying to sound like each other. Misfits was one of the few who stand alone. and thats what makes their music and symbol more punk then the likes of any crust punk band. Since most crust is nothing if not the same 5 bands in sound producing the same shit over and over. Which got so old, sludge and doom metal over shadowed crust as soon as it became clear it was something differnt. Not based in polticial ideology. But mythology and lore. MArrying horror punk elements with metal tones. So you see, misifits were always superior to the other bands, because everyone has always tried to be a copy of the bands they like the most. and its only the flagship bands who stand apart. and the ones who pioneer the sounds that are only worth listening to. How many grind bands sound exactly like assuck or napalm death? How many wanted to sound exact like destroy! and disrupt? HAd punk continued to innovate, it could of continued to be just as relevant as its offshoots which have pretty much over shadowed new forms of punk, that stopped growing, stopped changing, and didnt wantr to be differnt in any way. Theres a reason bands like catharsis and abc diablo are superior to the likes of thulsa doom or contravene. BEcause they are simply, smarter, better bands willing to stand on their own terms and do their own thing.

❤ Someday, you will have to tell me why.

Wow, of all the albums but is also my first one I bought in 85 I always thought it sounded hollow, later to find Glenn fuckin with it out of spite, but I was hooked when I heard live hate breeders, maybe evilive, great video

Thanks for watching guys!

The Rosedales also deserve a shout out imho

rilly proww-duh-ya!

Feel ya. Mine was earth ad on cassette in maybe 89-90. Sadly I had no idea what an ep was, was like "the hell? That's all?" lol

Same

I'm from new Jersey they are guidos

that sounds like a blast ngl

Yeah cuz talent was NOT their niche lol. Glen was the Misfits tho. Period.