@RubyRedStone If people want to compare a punk band to the Beach Boys, Ramones seem more apt considering the amount of surf inspired punk they did. Just look at Sheena's A Punk Rocker and tell me it's not surf, or at least more so than Misfits.
@RubyRedStone Actually, I was more agreeing with you about the comparison between Misfits and Beach Boys anyways. I thought you were right about it. Still, kudos to you for getting into punk, and welcome to the community.
The whole idea behind the misfits is that's it's a lot of irony. Lyrically its blood, gore, and scifi. But sonically its upbeat and happy. You guys arent totally wrong about the lyrics either, its specifically about The Bride of Frankenstein.
@@Filip_111 right! The misfits defined what became horror punk... no second opinion! Who wants to discuss this fact just doesnt know! Im in my fourteeth and hc since around 85... if thats a point^^
Have a great misfits story. Saw them when they first toured with Michael graves . Went to club babyhead in providence ri. The show was delayed due to a pipe burst over the stage and we stood outside for 2 hours waiting to get in ,in the winter . When the misfits came on they played for 3 1/2 hours because of what happened and at the end they ran out of songs and they started asking the crowd for songs and started replaying songs . Was a great night ...
Sori you correct with your assessment of the vocal style. The Misfits are heavily influence by music of the 50's & 60's. They even have a whole album of cover songs from that era.
You are starting to veer awfully close to goth rock and deathrock, which you should explore! The Cure, Christian Death (Rozz Williams version), 45 Grave, The Damned....
Yeah. I'd manage to get through a few minutes of that analysis. Before the social justice side of vin took over the show. That song is beautiful. That album is amazing. Dust to dust, Descending Angel, Scream.... Much better that the Danzig era stuff. And if vin sees this: I'm only going to ignore any "define social justice " comments. Like you ignore the answers. Everything changes meaning drastically when you put warrior behind it. Like: Keyboard.
People consider Misfits many different things, but personally I consider them at their core a hardcore punk band(different from regular punk waaay faster) but they obviously brought their own spin to it which has been dubbed "horror punk" since. Also Ive always considered them a mix of hardcore and like 50s be bop/pop music lol so I dont think Sori's Beach Boys reference is that off actually-alot of their songs(not all but alot) have this sound
Finally some punk! You guys should react to The Casualties - punk rock love Dead Kennedy’s - holiday in Cambodia Black Flag - Depression Or misfits - bullet
Misfits w/ Graves: American Psycho Forbidden Zone Scream Saturday Night (great one) Don't Open Til' Doomsday Descending Angel Helena Hunting Humans w/ Danzig: We Are 138 Bullet Attitude Astro Zombies Teenagers From Mars Where Eagles Dare 20 Eyes Hatebreeders Night of the Living Dead Skulls London Dungeon Last Caress Halloween I Turned Into A Martian Return of the Fly
As much as I like the original band, This is my favorite line up of the Misfits. You should check out "Saturday Night" The beach boy thing doesn't anger me at all. The punk movement is all about stripping rock back to its bare bones, back to an earlier aesthetic. The beach boys were part of that earlier time.
Misfits falls under the sub-genre horror punk and mix the style of hardcore punk as well heavy metal. The lyrics are inspired by B movies of science fiction and horror themes. This lineup of Misfits Mix the styles of horror punk and heavy metal.
@@JPindanga I can tell you he's right, this lineup has metal elements and even Jerry says they're not purely punk. It doesn't need to have lots of solos and Rob Halford vocals to say they mix punk with heavy metal (and 50s music too). Check their song Dr Phibes Rises Again or Helena.
I believe the word Sori is looking for with that Beach Boys comparison is “gang-style vocals”. This is Graves era Misfits. Danzig era Misfits is what inspired and was covered by Metallica, Cradle Filth, Marduk, and other bands.
"Dig up her bones" from chorus is just a metaphor IMO - he can't leave a broken relationship all behind. I heard that Graves was about 14 when he wrote this song.
You guys need to do some of their older stuff like "Astro zombies", "Bullet", "Horror Business", "London Dungeon", "Hybrid Moments", "Last Caress", "Die Die My Darling", "Halloween"
My interpretation(s) of the song is that it’s someone’s longing to have a relationship, whether that’s a past romance or someone in the future. Also being so insistent for it that you end up trying to bring a woman back to life or cratering a woman from various remains (Bride of Frankenstein style) The line about “the rose that was burned by her sun” to me represented a past love that has ended, since roses have always been a sign of romance and when something has “gone up in flames” it means everything has gone wrong. Side note: I mainly read it that way because I was going through a breakup at the time I first heard it, earlier this year I met Michale Graves and told him what this song meant to me and he said that “I’m glad that it connected with you, because I wrote that song from my own young mans broken heart”. Just thought I’d share my insights on this song, I liked hearing your thoughts too, this song (band and Horrorpunk in general) has meant a lot to me for the last 9 years. If you liked this I would suggest the Graves era Misfits albums (American Psycho and Famous Monsters) the bassist and guitarist also had a side project between Misfits eras that you might enjoy called Kryst The Conqueror due to Jerry Only becoming a born again Christian. Always enjoy hearing your perspective on songs, keep up the good work :) P.S. not offended in the slightest comparing Misfits to The Beach Boys, if you look at how much TBB put into their music and we’re such perfectionists about it, it’s actually quite a high compliment
5:08 - you're actually right on target: There'd be no Misfits as we know them without the Ramones basically inventing modern punk rock, and the Ramones were quite consciously and deliberately channeling the Beach Boys as one of their influences. Good ear, and good catch - not everyone will notice or point the similarity out, but it's not your imagination!
The Misfits sound like the Beach Boys?!?! Not completely inaccurate as they derived a lot of their style from 1950s and 60s styles to incorporate with their overall sound. The horror aspect was even largely inspired by old school horror films. So I'll just say good on you for picking up on that. Thanks for the reaction.
One of Cliff Burtons favorite bands Vin 😉 Misfits plays horror punk and most of their song are catchy as hell (pun) with alot of disturbing lyrics. Next should be Last Caress or Scream. And my regular request Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys 🎃
It's only overplayed to us though! If it's their first time ever hearing it, why would they care if it's overplayed? Yes there are better song but that shouldn't be the reason they don't do it.
Dig up her bones is from the micheal graves era when the misfits were more melodic and more towards heavy metal then hardcore punk that’s why it doesn’t sound as raw as your usual punk bands like black flag, dead Kennedys, etc..
this is more a modern sounding punk rock era of misfits. original misfits with glenn danzig on vocals were what these guys are known for. they influenced early usa metal bands a lot, bands like metallica and megadeth. metallica did cover of their 3 songs, die die my darling, last caress, and green hell. but i love all eras of this band. besides horror vibes, they use a lot of rockabilly stuff, musically, visually and lyrically. they even did an album of covers of the hits from the 50s. but sori is not that far off with beach boy reference :D honestly, i think punk stole a lot of that catchyness from the surf rock :D
You should definitely checkout ARKONA Zov Pustyh Dereven (Empty Villages’ Call) P.S. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle.
Misfits, man you guys just levelled up again!! You listen to your fans and hit every genre. I absolutely love you guys, please never change how you pick songs and please don't change the full listen through!
This is the reformed Band after litigation with the original founder and lead singer Glenn Danzig the lead singers name is Michael Graves if you want real Misfits go back to Die Die My Darling and Last Caress after that check out Glenn Danzig solo stuff especially How the Gods Kill
Big Misfits fan here. So the genre is Horror Punk. Danzig was the original lead singer in the 80s. This song is from the 90s with the newer singer Michael Graves. Danzig just reunited with the band and are on tour next year. The music is melodic punk, but the lyrics are based on Horror and Sci Fi themes.
Misfits are a horror punk band, they sing mostly about old horror Movies. They have been around since late 70’s starting with Glen Danzig original singer to Michael Graves. They are still together doing reunion tours with Glen.
Misfits are legendary. Hell the guys from Metallica, especially Cliff were huge fans of Misfits. As for their style, they are musically a hardcore punk band. Hardcore is basically more aggressive, abrasive and heavily distorted in comparison to standard punk and lyrically because of their horror themes and stage presence they are considered horror punk. What you reviewed was the second incarnation of The Misfits featuring Michael Graves on the vocals and musically the band was geared towards a more metal oriented sound in comparison to their earlier stuff with Danzig. Both the eras rocked so I suggest you react to some of Danzig's stuff, "Die Die Die My Darling" is a good song to start with
Yeah like 5 million other people are saying, the only really worthwhile Misfits stuff is the Danzig era. But I wonder if that era of punk/hardcore will just sound feeble, simplistic and underproduced to newcomers. I don't think I've seen any reaction channels do old school punk to any degree really. I mean to me, the best stuff by Minor Threat, Black Flag, Bad Brains and so on are hundreds of times more intense, powerful (and enjoyable) than a lot of metal, but I can completely understand how someone used to huge productions would just find it dinky and 'homemade'. I guess Venom and Mayhem aren't a million miles away budget-wise but they still are recognisably METAL. As for The Beach Boys, they were one of the biggest influences on the Ramones, and the Ramones were a direct predecessor to the Misfits. A fair bit of early punk rock is very 'tuneful'. Anyway.. Black Flag - Rise Above Minor Threat - Filler Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia Avengers - We Are The One Bad Religion - Fuck Armageddon...This is Hell MDC - John Wayne Was a Nazi Discharge - Protest and Survive Fugazi - Suggestion Fear - Let's Start a War Misfits - Last Caress, Bullet, Where Eagles Dare etc etc
That was an amazing coincidence! Misfits are one of my favorites. I never thought they would EVER be on your radar lol. Good ole Misfits.. horror punk. That made my day, Thanx a TON for this one ;-)
To all those people who think the Graves era is better then the Danzig era. It's real simple. Glenn wrote all of the songs in his era. Jerry pretty much just uses Glenn's method of writing songs for this album and anything else that the Misfits did after that. Don't get me wrong, as a person I'm more in tune with Jerry, and he was into a lot of the same stuff that influenced Glenn musically and Visually, so I don't mind him going on with the band without Glenn. And he truly loves the fans which I completely respect. At a concert in 97 he spoke with me for at least 10 minutes after a show when I know he was exhausted. A Class Act. Graves on the other hand was just an excellent fill in 4 a couple of albums because he was a good singer. If you asked him he would say that himself. Watch some of his interviews. There is no doubt that Graves is a better live singer, but Glenn's studio vocals pre Earth AD are tremendous and he didn't have half the production value that Graves was afforded. The first two Danzig albums show what a great singer Glenn was in the studio when he was young and had somebody helping direct him. Graves is doing is his best Glenn impression mixed in with his personality and I like a few of the songs off this album very much, including this one, but the Walk Among Us album and the songs from Static Age are masterpieces. And earth ad was very influential, which is the reason why the band exist today. And as far as influence. Glenn Danzig was the reason why Metallica loved that band. They used to wear Samhain shirts as well, and if you notice on the garage days EP, Kirk is wearing a Danzig skull shirt.
I grew up on the Danzig era stuff - my brother was a fan of Danzig, and stopped listening to the Misfits when Danzig left, and followed Samhain and Danzig's solo and side-projects. This is my first time hearing the Graves-era Misfits, and to me this stuff isn't half bad at all. If all the Grave-era Misfits songs are more or less this good, then I could enjoy both - I think this stands up well to anything from the Danzig era, even though the Danzig era is the Misfits I know and think of first.
Pietyr Ayday I think the songs are Hit or Miss from this era. This tune is definitely one of the better ones. Check out the American Psycho album if you want to hear a few of the better tunes that Graves is apart of.
Dig up her bones, Descending angel and many of the other "new" misfits songs are Graves old songs (Graveses? not my first language.) Totally different than the old Danzig era Misfits. But its not Jerry. Those song are just Gravesinian (the man wrote them, listen to the acoustic versions)
One thing that you two should also know, Jerry Only, who writes most of the lyrics for 1990s to present Misfits, is devoutly Catholic and the first two albums released in the 90s (American Psycho and Famous Monsters) have quite a few Christian songs on them.
Actually, you’re spot on with The Beach Boys comment. Most real punk is derived from 1950s surf rock and doo wop. Punk just took that and gave it a lot more energy in a simplified form. The Misfits are my favorite punk band. They’re just a really fun band. Thank you for this video!
Misfits was/is horror punk, but the Graves-era touched upon some metal-themes. Guitarist Doyle and Jerry actually played in a christian metal band called Kryst The Conquoror or something in the late 80s/early 90s, before reforming Misfits w/o Glenn Danzig.
Misfits tend to be pretty literal and straight forward. The protagonist is super in love with a woman, she dies, he misses her so much that he goes to the graveyard and digs up her bone to keep her with him until he dies.
Misfits is a horror punk band. Basically a music version of B movies. Zombies, aliens, maniacs, ketchup blood, etc. However this song was written by their second vocalist long before he joined the band. I think I've seen a video of him telling he was about 15 whem he wrote it on his acoustic guitar.
Love horror punk. Graves’ Misfits is a great band (nothing against Danzig era) Blitzkid, Argyle Goolsby, Calabrese, Grave Robber (Christian horror punk if you guys feel ever so interested) are some other excellent bands in the genre
What's your problem with the Beach Boys? They've been an awesome band! Surfing USA was the first album I ever bought for myself, so that's gotta tell you something. In general, american is quite different to english punk, although there's been cross influences. You definitely had the bubblegum influence in the Ramones ("Sheena is a Punkrocker") and the Misfits ("Last Caress") and then obviously Bad Religion ("I want to conquer the world") and Social Distortion ("Don't take me for granted") had their melodic versions and the in the 90s Green Day ("American Idiot") and Offspring ("Why don't you get a Job") and all those guys were pulling that into the pop charts. But now you're into the Horror Punk, another connection is open, that's Psychobilly. Try Demented are Go with "Pervy in the Park". :D Other american punk classics would include Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk to Fuck", Black Flag "Rise Above", Capitol Punishment "Jody is my bloody love", Circle Jerks "Wild in the Streets" and of course very early influences on The Stooges "I wanna be your dog" and MC5 "Kick out the jams".
As an extension to that, I was getting weird looks for saying back in the 1990s, long before surf covers of black metal songs became an internet meme, that Norwegian black metal sounded suspiciously like the Beach Boys at times, and that the influence of the Beach Boys thus even extends to extreme metal. (And why not? They wrote and played some excellent rock music!) Some of those surf-metal memes: ruclips.net/video/4VlPDx_zDts/видео.html ruclips.net/video/2T9OPdcN5Ss/видео.html ruclips.net/video/hZAraJrlM5I/видео.html
I think the more obvious connection is, the tremolo picking and stuff that transitioned through the wave and gothic scene into black metal, but yeah, sure. I didn't even know there were any memes. I just had surf rock in my playlists anyway, just next to thrash or black metal. One anecdote though: Do you remember back in the day, when there were double tape decks with high speed dubbing that you could playback at double the speed? Well, must habe been 90/91, when I was running the Beach Boys on that set up when I played chess with a buddy. So combined with your theory, I basically invented the second wave of black metal. xD
Vin, in a recent video (the latest Behemoth reaction video I think) you mentioned that you believe gods such as Thor, Zeus etc. exist in some reality. I find this interesting considering your Christian background so I'd like to learn more on your outlook on this. I believe you also said you'd be bringing that very topic up in a video to elaborate upon it. So when is that coming? :D Thanks!
The original Misfits contained Glenn Danzig. Please be advised that this is a radio Disney version Bass player Jerry Only formulated. It was designed to rebrand the misfits without the original grit and atmosphere former vocalist and primary songwriter Danzig brought. This is not the real Misfits FYI.
Fun fact. When Danzig was in the misfits they were arrested for trying to dig up some womens grave in new Orleans she was famous for witch craft or something
Last Caress, Death Comes Ripping, Hybrid Moments, Devil’s Whorehouse, Halloween, Earth A.D., Skulls, She, Scream, Dust to Dust, Helena, Descending Angel, Crimson Ghost, Blacklight. All great Misfits songs.
You two crack me up. The Misfits are WONDERFUL. If ya'll take em seriously you are gonna be afraid and waste your time. If you take em like a pizza on a Friday night date then you are gonna have a ball. Sing along.
Yeah, I think you're actually right Sori, I've thought a lot of times while hearing Ramones, Clash and Misfits that they sound very 50s. In the Danzig era they were *extremely* 50s at times. BTW everyone recommending Danzig era songs, well, that is the best stuff, I agree, but they really need to be letting you know most songs back then were like one or two minutes. I mean, hell , a complete Danzig era album was usually like a half hour. A lot of punk's like that honestly.
Like early black metal, yeah, a lot of old punk tends to be recorded on a shoestring budget. I mean these were random kids from LA or NYC, they weren't exactly rolling in cash.
I can see (or shall I say hear) what you mean by the Misfits sounding like The Beach Boys. The vocals have a very classic sound to them, and I think that’s what kind of separates them from other punk bands, besides the horror theming.
😂 the power of Graves lyrics 😂 This is when they were kinda umm 90s kinda gained like that poppy sound but not poppy. You did a Danzig Era song last caress. But should check out Bullet 🙄😁 She Bloodfeast Some kinda hate TV casualty Mommy can I go out and kill tonight Astro zombies And so much more Also look into Samhain 🤤🤤 archangel
I love the band (more into the Danzig era, though I'm fine with the newer stuff), but I'm honestly very surprised that you could get a nearly 25 minute video out of one of their songs. :D Their discography tends to average out at about 2 minutes, and the songs are generally rather on-the-nose about horror movies and themes such as that. Not very long, not all that deep (about 6 feet under), but a horrifically good time to be had.
Like some people have already mentioned Misfits are horror punk band and even have some heavy metal influences and that's probably why they have actually pretty melodic singing. Many punk bands today (many of them are called post punk) have this kind of melodic singing were the singer(s) is/are trying to hit all the notes. I'm not sure what you guys were thinking when you thought how the genre "punk" sounds but it could be punk bands that are along the lines of Sex Pistols or The Clash maybe? (Even though Sex Pistols often argued that The Clash weren't punk because they were to good on their instruments) Maybe you should listen to songs like 'anarchy in the uk' by Sex Pistols or 'London's burning' by The Clash and see if that is closer to the sound that you were thinking of when you thought punk. 😊
The Beach Boys comment was actually pretty spot on. Most Misfits songs actually sound a lot like sped up 50's songs with horror themed lyrics.
I think what he means is it sounds like rockabilly with horror themes and punk instrumentals
Have you listens to the misfits project 1950 it’s all cover from hits in the 50s
@lxnelywxlf7259 and you're broke and bitter 😂😂😂 keep being a nothing, it's all you're good for ❤
Misfits fan here.
Beach Boys is dope.
It's true. Beach Boys are rad.
Beach Boys Pet Sounds album is great.
@RubyRedStone If people want to compare a punk band to the Beach Boys, Ramones seem more apt considering the amount of surf inspired punk they did. Just look at Sheena's A Punk Rocker and tell me it's not surf, or at least more so than Misfits.
@RubyRedStone Actually, I was more agreeing with you about the comparison between Misfits and Beach Boys anyways. I thought you were right about it. Still, kudos to you for getting into punk, and welcome to the community.
The whole idea behind the misfits is that's it's a lot of irony. Lyrically its blood, gore, and scifi. But sonically its upbeat and happy.
You guys arent totally wrong about the lyrics either, its specifically about The Bride of Frankenstein.
Misfits are horror punk
Eh...say what? lol Horrorpunk is a subgenre which is 100% associated with this band, and by that I mean 100%.
@@Filip_111
But they are not so...creepy, it's just their image :v
Yeah then you should know that this is horrorpunk if anything. And I'm also in my 30s, if that really matters in this case..
No way! Is it really just an image??? lol
@@Filip_111 right! The misfits defined what became horror punk... no second opinion! Who wants to discuss this fact just doesnt know! Im in my fourteeth and hc since around 85... if thats a point^^
Have a great misfits story. Saw them when they first toured with Michael graves . Went to club babyhead in providence ri. The show was delayed due to a pipe burst over the stage and we stood outside for 2 hours waiting to get in ,in the winter . When the misfits came on they played for 3 1/2 hours because of what happened and at the end they ran out of songs and they started asking the crowd for songs and started replaying songs . Was a great night ...
Amazing
Legends
That awesome providence is my neck of the woods graves is the man
Sori you correct with your assessment of the vocal style. The Misfits are heavily influence by music of the 50's & 60's. They even have a whole album of cover songs from that era.
The beach boys are actually quite well respected in the punk rock community.
True
Well, yes - Brian Wilson could touch on some from left field themes. Smile wasn’t actually that smiley. 😊
Brian Wilson true genius
Yeah, it's easy to dismiss them as pop fluff on a very superficial level, but there's a lot more to their greatness under the surface.
Wanted to comment the same thing. Thank you!
Cliff Burton used to wear Misfits shirts.
Metallica covered them.
Yeah xd
Cliff had a Misfits tattoo
Cliff was the greatest misfits fanboy ever
Last Caress
The genre is usually described as "horror punk."
Singer Glenn Danzig came from the Misfits.
You are starting to veer awfully close to goth rock and deathrock, which you should explore! The Cure, Christian Death (Rozz Williams version), 45 Grave, The Damned....
React to misfits saturday night
trustno1 or any song on that album really
Yeah. I'd manage to get through a few minutes of that analysis. Before the social justice side of vin took over the show. That song is beautiful. That album is amazing. Dust to dust, Descending Angel, Scream....
Much better that the Danzig era stuff.
And if vin sees this: I'm only going to ignore any "define social justice " comments. Like you ignore the answers. Everything changes meaning drastically when you put warrior behind it. Like: Keyboard.
My favorite love song
Guys if you are going to do the Misfits Skulls, London Dungeon, Astro Zombies or Bullet. Of course Iron Maiden Revelations, live After Death. Please.
Ya shoulda started with Danzig era. 1977 song She
gotta go with last caress. Its the quintessential misfits song
yep danzig misfits is the real band. glenn wrote all the songs anyone gives a shit about
Really, at least something with Danzig on vocals.
Last Caress a true classical jazz punk
Attitude the real classical punk rock song in history
❤️
Whoa wasn't expecting to see Misfits here. Hope you get to more punk after this.
People consider Misfits many different things, but personally I consider them at their core a hardcore punk band(different from regular punk waaay faster) but they obviously brought their own spin to it which has been dubbed "horror punk" since. Also Ive always considered them a mix of hardcore and like 50s be bop/pop music lol so I dont think Sori's Beach Boys reference is that off actually-alot of their songs(not all but alot) have this sound
Finally some punk! You guys should react to The Casualties - punk rock love
Dead Kennedy’s - holiday in Cambodia
Black Flag - Depression
Or misfits - bullet
Depression's got a hold of me - depression, I gotta break free- depression's got a hold on me - depression's gonna kill me D:
I don't think The Casualties would ever be on their radar, Especially the early shit with ratty production lol...
One up for Dead Kennedys! California Uber Alles!
Brent Lee I love The Casualties old production more because I like rawness but their newer stuff is produced good.
Drake Mcguire bad brains too
Misfits w/ Graves:
American Psycho
Forbidden Zone
Scream
Saturday Night (great one)
Don't Open Til' Doomsday
Descending Angel
Helena
Hunting Humans
w/ Danzig:
We Are 138
Bullet
Attitude
Astro Zombies
Teenagers From Mars
Where Eagles Dare
20 Eyes
Hatebreeders
Night of the Living Dead
Skulls
London Dungeon
Last Caress
Halloween
I Turned Into A Martian
Return of the Fly
As much as I like the original band, This is my favorite line up of the Misfits. You should check out "Saturday Night" The beach boy thing doesn't anger me at all. The punk movement is all about stripping rock back to its bare bones, back to an earlier aesthetic. The beach boys were part of that earlier time.
Misfits falls under the sub-genre horror punk and mix the style of hardcore punk as well heavy metal. The lyrics are inspired by B movies of science fiction and horror themes. This lineup of Misfits Mix the styles of horror punk and heavy metal.
there is no horror punk sub genre, there is just The Misfits all the others are just copycat bands.
And they mix it F'N well \m/
Misfits flerts with heavy metal? Dude stop smokin that crappy pot of yours.
@@JPindanga I can tell you he's right, this lineup has metal elements and even Jerry says they're not purely punk. It doesn't need to have lots of solos and Rob Halford vocals to say they mix punk with heavy metal (and 50s music too). Check their song Dr Phibes Rises Again or Helena.
Flesheaters
Danzig was the original singer. But, I love Graves too.
Chris Pom I perfer Danzig but graves had some top tunes with them
I love Michael Graves.
Graves is waaay better vocalist than Danzig
@@georgevogiannou7982 they've got their own different styles, imo by saying graves is better is like comparing apples and oranges
I think Danzig is better for the most part but this is graves song
Nope. Im sorry. I love Michael graves. But this is not The " original" Misfits. Glen Danzig. The misfits-Last caress. . .😀
TheGingermonsta Right!!! If you are going to do Misfits start with the originals, Danzig era like Where eagles dare, She, Hollywood Babylon!!!
Graves was the best era!
@@achewy80 thats right.american psycho and famous monsters are true classics.also 70s misfits.i love they too.
@@Endo-uu8mo I agree!
Skulls!
Guys, you just entered horror punk territory. Be prepared.
I believe the word Sori is looking for with that Beach Boys comparison is “gang-style vocals”. This is Graves era Misfits. Danzig era Misfits is what inspired and was covered by Metallica, Cradle Filth, Marduk, and other bands.
If you do Misfits again do their song Last Caress! It has their original singer Glenn Danzig.
"Dig up her bones" from chorus is just a metaphor IMO - he can't leave a broken relationship all behind.
I heard that Graves was about 14 when he wrote this song.
You guys need to do some of their older stuff like "Astro zombies", "Bullet", "Horror Business", "London Dungeon", "Hybrid Moments", "Last Caress", "Die Die My Darling", "Halloween"
Where Eagles Dare
Definitely
My interpretation(s) of the song is that it’s someone’s longing to have a relationship, whether that’s a past romance or someone in the future. Also being so insistent for it that you end up trying to bring a woman back to life or cratering a woman from various remains (Bride of Frankenstein style)
The line about “the rose that was burned by her sun” to me represented a past love that has ended, since roses have always been a sign of romance and when something has “gone up in flames” it means everything has gone wrong.
Side note:
I mainly read it that way because I was going through a breakup at the time I first heard it, earlier this year I met Michale Graves and told him what this song meant to me and he said that “I’m glad that it connected with you, because I wrote that song from my own young mans broken heart”.
Just thought I’d share my insights on this song, I liked hearing your thoughts too, this song (band and Horrorpunk in general) has meant a lot to me for the last 9 years.
If you liked this I would suggest the Graves era Misfits albums (American Psycho and Famous Monsters) the bassist and guitarist also had a side project between Misfits eras that you might enjoy called Kryst The Conqueror due to Jerry Only becoming a born again Christian.
Always enjoy hearing your perspective on songs, keep up the good work :)
P.S. not offended in the slightest comparing Misfits to The Beach Boys, if you look at how much TBB put into their music and we’re such perfectionists about it, it’s actually quite a high compliment
Thank you for a story man.
5:08 - you're actually right on target: There'd be no Misfits as we know them without the Ramones basically inventing modern punk rock, and the Ramones were quite consciously and deliberately channeling the Beach Boys as one of their influences. Good ear, and good catch - not everyone will notice or point the similarity out, but it's not your imagination!
Do the entire Misfits Walk Among Us album. It should only take about 20 minutes.
I love the misfits so thank y'all for reviewing them
One of my favourite Misfits songs. You’ve given me a new perspective on this song that I haven’t considered before.
Classic song.....punk legends. They've inspired countless bands over past 43+ yrs
The Misfits sound like the Beach Boys?!?! Not completely inaccurate as they derived a lot of their style from 1950s and 60s styles to incorporate with their overall sound. The horror aspect was even largely inspired by old school horror films. So I'll just say good on you for picking up on that. Thanks for the reaction.
This is a great Misfits song imo. Plenty more from Graves and Danzig but this one's good.
Finally!!!!! Now pls do "The Crimsons Ghosts / Dont Follow" if you like Misfits you will love this band
One of Cliff Burtons favorite bands Vin 😉 Misfits plays horror punk and most of their song are catchy as hell (pun) with alot of disturbing lyrics. Next should be Last Caress or Scream. And my regular request Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys 🎃
Cliff loved the original Misfits! It has nothing to do with this song
Keeper of the seven pumpkins?
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@@name1181 yeah thats why I said favorite band and not favorite song 😉
React to Danzig - Mother
they'll end up laughing, it's a corny song
Yea, react to the most overly played song in the history of Rock music. You hear that song alllll the time.
Nah its way over played. Twist of Cain or How The Gods Kill
It's only overplayed to us though! If it's their first time ever hearing it, why would they care if it's overplayed? Yes there are better song but that shouldn't be the reason they don't do it.
Don't react to Mother please..
YESSSSSSS!!!!! MY FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME SINCE 1986.....THANKS BRUAH !!!! made my year ..🤘💀🤘
Martinezjoe74 same! Just got my Misfits tat last month
@@NOWAYOUT441very awesome. only band tats I have are misfits and samhain.
Martinezjoe74 good shit bro🤘🏾
All 3 of my kids jammed out to this in the backseat of my minivan many moons ago. My youngest was 3 at the time. Love this song!
Good parenting!
@@jhonnycagexrage7458 It was either The Misfits, NOFX or Clutch. Gotta learn them right early!
black flag - my war.. that would be great. henry rollins is a maniac on the mic
Dig up her bones is from the micheal graves era when the misfits were more melodic and more towards heavy metal then hardcore punk that’s why it doesn’t sound as raw as your usual punk bands like black flag, dead Kennedys, etc..
The graves era of the misfits definitely used alot of harmonies.
this is more a modern sounding punk rock era of misfits. original misfits with glenn danzig on vocals were what these guys are known for. they influenced early usa metal bands a lot, bands like metallica and megadeth. metallica did cover of their 3 songs, die die my darling, last caress, and green hell. but i love all eras of this band. besides horror vibes, they use a lot of rockabilly stuff, musically, visually and lyrically. they even did an album of covers of the hits from the 50s. but sori is not that far off with beach boy reference :D honestly, i think punk stole a lot of that catchyness from the surf rock :D
back in the early 90s metallica used to halfassedly play london dungeon midway through live shows
Ya know guys, this vid made me resubscribe. You’re both so innocent and dare I say, naive, to the whole genre it’s cool to watch.
Cliff Burton. Sadly passed away way before his time was a big Misfits fan had to tattoo on his of the skull on his arm
You should definitely checkout ARKONA Zov Pustyh Dereven (Empty Villages’ Call)
P.S. The name of the band "Arkona" refers to the last Pre-Christianized Slavic city-castle.
Please react to Arkona yes!! You dont see arkona refrences enough they’re so good
Esmee J I’m trying to get it through the epic underground alliance but I just don’t have enough support yet. You could join and help.
Misfits, man you guys just levelled up again!! You listen to your fans and hit every genre. I absolutely love you guys, please never change how you pick songs and please don't change the full listen through!
This is the reformed Band after litigation with the original founder and lead singer Glenn Danzig the lead singers name is Michael Graves if you want real Misfits go back to Die Die My Darling and Last Caress after that check out Glenn Danzig solo stuff especially How the Gods Kill
Actually you are right about The Beach Boys, punk rock was heavily influenced by early rock n roll.
Yeah, commended for dipping into new territory, but you should really find some Danzig era Misfits.
Bad Brains and Bad Religion plz
I against I against I against...hoooo
and now for something completely different !!
Love it;)
Not a bad choice, But this isn't OG Misfits. This is late 90's reunion stuff with Michale Graves.
Big Misfits fan here. So the genre is Horror Punk. Danzig was the original lead singer in the 80s. This song is from the 90s with the newer singer Michael Graves. Danzig just reunited with the band and are on tour next year. The music is melodic punk, but the lyrics are based on Horror and Sci Fi themes.
Hybrid moments -Misfits please!! the real misfits
Where Eagles Dare
hybrid moments my favorite, what about some kinda hate
Misfits are a horror punk band, they sing mostly about old horror Movies. They have been around since late 70’s starting with Glen Danzig original singer to Michael Graves. They are still together doing reunion tours with Glen.
Misfits are legendary. Hell the guys from Metallica, especially Cliff were huge fans of Misfits. As for their style, they are musically a hardcore punk band. Hardcore is basically more aggressive, abrasive and heavily distorted in comparison to standard punk and lyrically because of their horror themes and stage presence they are considered horror punk. What you reviewed was the second incarnation of The Misfits featuring Michael Graves on the vocals and musically the band was geared towards a more metal oriented sound in comparison to their earlier stuff with Danzig. Both the eras rocked so I suggest you react to some of Danzig's stuff, "Die Die Die My Darling" is a good song to start with
Yeah like 5 million other people are saying, the only really worthwhile Misfits stuff is the Danzig era. But I wonder if that era of punk/hardcore will just sound feeble, simplistic and underproduced to newcomers. I don't think I've seen any reaction channels do old school punk to any degree really. I mean to me, the best stuff by Minor Threat, Black Flag, Bad Brains and so on are hundreds of times more intense, powerful (and enjoyable) than a lot of metal, but I can completely understand how someone used to huge productions would just find it dinky and 'homemade'. I guess Venom and Mayhem aren't a million miles away budget-wise but they still are recognisably METAL.
As for The Beach Boys, they were one of the biggest influences on the Ramones, and the Ramones were a direct predecessor to the Misfits. A fair bit of early punk rock is very 'tuneful'.
Anyway..
Black Flag - Rise Above
Minor Threat - Filler
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Avengers - We Are The One
Bad Religion - Fuck Armageddon...This is Hell
MDC - John Wayne Was a Nazi
Discharge - Protest and Survive
Fugazi - Suggestion
Fear - Let's Start a War
Misfits - Last Caress, Bullet, Where Eagles Dare etc etc
Danzig - Devil’s Plaything
Please do Parkway Drive - "Dark Days"! Super heavy with awesome lyrics!
That was an amazing coincidence! Misfits are one of my favorites. I never thought they would EVER be on your radar lol. Good ole Misfits.. horror punk. That made my day, Thanx a TON for this one ;-)
To all those people who think the Graves era is better then the Danzig era. It's real simple. Glenn wrote all of the songs in his era. Jerry pretty much just uses Glenn's method of writing songs for this album and anything else that the Misfits did after that. Don't get me wrong, as a person I'm more in tune with Jerry, and he was into a lot of the same stuff that influenced Glenn musically and Visually, so I don't mind him going on with the band without Glenn. And he truly loves the fans which I completely respect. At a concert in 97 he spoke with me for at least 10 minutes after a show when I know he was exhausted. A Class Act.
Graves on the other hand was just an excellent fill in 4 a couple of albums because he was a good singer. If you asked him he would say that himself. Watch some of his interviews. There is no doubt that Graves is a better live singer, but Glenn's studio vocals pre Earth AD are tremendous and he didn't have half the production value that Graves was afforded. The first two Danzig albums show what a great singer Glenn was in the studio when he was young and had somebody helping direct him.
Graves is doing is his best Glenn impression mixed in with his personality and I like a few of the songs off this album very much, including this one, but the Walk Among Us album and the songs from Static Age are masterpieces. And earth ad was very influential, which is the reason why the band exist today.
And as far as influence. Glenn Danzig was the reason why Metallica loved that band. They used to wear Samhain shirts as well, and if you notice on the garage days EP, Kirk is wearing a Danzig skull shirt.
I grew up on the Danzig era stuff - my brother was a fan of Danzig, and stopped listening to the Misfits when Danzig left, and followed Samhain and Danzig's solo and side-projects. This is my first time hearing the Graves-era Misfits, and to me this stuff isn't half bad at all. If all the Grave-era Misfits songs are more or less this good, then I could enjoy both - I think this stands up well to anything from the Danzig era, even though the Danzig era is the Misfits I know and think of first.
Pietyr Ayday I think the songs are Hit or Miss from this era. This tune is definitely one of the better ones. Check out the American Psycho album if you want to hear a few of the better tunes that Graves is apart of.
Dig up her bones, Descending angel and many of the other "new" misfits songs are Graves old songs (Graveses? not my first language.) Totally different than the old Danzig era Misfits. But its not Jerry. Those song are just Gravesinian (the man wrote them, listen to the acoustic versions)
Awww, you remembered.
Misfits are one of my favorite bands check out more of there music
One thing that you two should also know, Jerry Only, who writes most of the lyrics for 1990s to present Misfits, is devoutly Catholic and the first two albums released in the 90s (American Psycho and Famous Monsters) have quite a few Christian songs on them.
Death SS - Family Vault (to avoid any confusions, 'SS' stands for the initials of the band's lead singer).
So, why would y'all solely react to a lyric video? Why not the official music video?
Lol! The obligatory One Last Caress requests. Must be done Vin & Sori to get the OG Misfits.
When he says "Point me to the sky above, I can't get there on my own", it really sounds like 80s lyrics.
This singer wrote this song originally as a slower acoustic piece. It is the original and a very haunting version. Much better in my opinion.
He still do it on acoustic. Mindblowing version.
You guys should react to California über alles by Dead kennedys.
Or Moon Over Marin.
Actually, you’re spot on with The Beach Boys comment. Most real punk is derived from 1950s surf rock and doo wop. Punk just took that and gave it a lot more energy in a simplified form. The Misfits are my favorite punk band. They’re just a really fun band. Thank you for this video!
Misfits was/is horror punk, but the Graves-era touched upon some metal-themes. Guitarist Doyle and Jerry actually played in a christian metal band called Kryst The Conquoror or something in the late 80s/early 90s, before reforming Misfits w/o Glenn Danzig.
I love your videos, I’m a punker so hearing you two talk about the songs is fun and amusing.
Iron Maiden - Paschendale
This is not The Misfits. Aut Caesar aut nihil.
Misfits tend to be pretty literal and straight forward. The protagonist is super in love with a woman, she dies, he misses her so much that he goes to the graveyard and digs up her bone to keep her with him until he dies.
The funny moment when you love Misfits and love the beach boys.
Misfits is a horror punk band. Basically a music version of B movies. Zombies, aliens, maniacs, ketchup blood, etc. However this song was written by their second vocalist long before he joined the band. I think I've seen a video of him telling he was about 15 whem he wrote it on his acoustic guitar.
Love horror punk. Graves’ Misfits is a great band (nothing against Danzig era) Blitzkid, Argyle Goolsby, Calabrese, Grave Robber (Christian horror punk if you guys feel ever so interested) are some other excellent bands in the genre
misfists- she, saturday night, skulls, die my darling, last caress, i turned into a martian. green hell
What's your problem with the Beach Boys? They've been an awesome band! Surfing USA was the first album I ever bought for myself, so that's gotta tell you something. In general, american is quite different to english punk, although there's been cross influences. You definitely had the bubblegum influence in the Ramones ("Sheena is a Punkrocker") and the Misfits ("Last Caress") and then obviously Bad Religion ("I want to conquer the world") and Social Distortion ("Don't take me for granted") had their melodic versions and the in the 90s Green Day ("American Idiot") and Offspring ("Why don't you get a Job") and all those guys were pulling that into the pop charts. But now you're into the Horror Punk, another connection is open, that's Psychobilly. Try Demented are Go with "Pervy in the Park". :D
Other american punk classics would include Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk to Fuck", Black Flag "Rise Above", Capitol Punishment "Jody is my bloody love", Circle Jerks "Wild in the Streets" and of course very early influences on The Stooges "I wanna be your dog" and MC5 "Kick out the jams".
As an extension to that, I was getting weird looks for saying back in the 1990s, long before surf covers of black metal songs became an internet meme, that Norwegian black metal sounded suspiciously like the Beach Boys at times, and that the influence of the Beach Boys thus even extends to extreme metal. (And why not? They wrote and played some excellent rock music!)
Some of those surf-metal memes:
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I think the more obvious connection is, the tremolo picking and stuff that transitioned through the wave and gothic scene into black metal, but yeah, sure. I didn't even know there were any memes. I just had surf rock in my playlists anyway, just next to thrash or black metal. One anecdote though: Do you remember back in the day, when there were double tape decks with high speed dubbing that you could playback at double the speed? Well, must habe been 90/91, when I was running the Beach Boys on that set up when I played chess with a buddy. So combined with your theory, I basically invented the second wave of black metal. xD
Vin, in a recent video (the latest Behemoth reaction video I think) you mentioned that you believe gods such as Thor, Zeus etc. exist in some reality. I find this interesting considering your Christian background so I'd like to learn more on your outlook on this. I believe you also said you'd be bringing that very topic up in a video to elaborate upon it. So when is that coming? :D Thanks!
Horror punk is all about hotrods and 50s style of look and music.. so, the Beach Boys reference is pretty spot on
PROTEST THE HERO - c'est la vie
The original Misfits contained Glenn Danzig. Please be advised that this is a radio Disney version Bass player Jerry Only formulated. It was designed to rebrand the misfits without the original grit and atmosphere former vocalist and primary songwriter Danzig brought. This is not the real Misfits FYI.
Life long Misfits fan here... And not only do I love the Misfits, but I also love instrumental surf rock, and doo-wop 50's.
i love you guys sry if some of my comments come off wrong.. you guys rock
Fun fact. When Danzig was in the misfits they were arrested for trying to dig up some womens grave in new Orleans she was famous for witch craft or something
And just in case you don't know the lead singer from The misfit is Glenn Danzig the has his own group called danzing
Last Caress, Death Comes Ripping, Hybrid Moments, Devil’s Whorehouse, Halloween, Earth A.D., Skulls, She, Scream, Dust to Dust, Helena, Descending Angel, Crimson Ghost, Blacklight. All great Misfits songs.
You two crack me up. The Misfits are WONDERFUL. If ya'll take em seriously you are gonna be afraid and waste your time. If you take em like a pizza on a Friday night date then you are gonna have a ball. Sing along.
Yeah, I think you're actually right Sori, I've thought a lot of times while hearing Ramones, Clash and Misfits that they sound very 50s. In the Danzig era they were *extremely* 50s at times. BTW everyone recommending Danzig era songs, well, that is the best stuff, I agree, but they really need to be letting you know most songs back then were like one or two minutes. I mean, hell , a complete Danzig era album was usually like a half hour. A lot of punk's like that honestly.
Like early black metal, yeah, a lot of old punk tends to be recorded on a shoestring budget. I mean these were random kids from LA or NYC, they weren't exactly rolling in cash.
I can see (or shall I say hear) what you mean by the Misfits sounding like The Beach Boys. The vocals have a very classic sound to them, and I think that’s what kind of separates them from other punk bands, besides the horror theming.
Cliff Burton was a huge Misfits fan. Wore their shirt all the time and had a tattoo of the skull
😂 the power of Graves lyrics 😂
This is when they were kinda umm 90s kinda gained like that poppy sound but not poppy.
You did a Danzig Era song last caress. But should check out
Bullet 🙄😁
She
Bloodfeast
Some kinda hate
TV casualty
Mommy can I go out and kill tonight
Astro zombies
And so much more
Also look into Samhain
🤤🤤 archangel
This was off my favourite album when I was in high school lol, still love it tbh.
Graves will always be my favourite Misfits singer XD
I love the band (more into the Danzig era, though I'm fine with the newer stuff), but I'm honestly very surprised that you could get a nearly 25 minute video out of one of their songs. :D
Their discography tends to average out at about 2 minutes, and the songs are generally rather on-the-nose about horror movies and themes such as that. Not very long, not all that deep (about 6 feet under), but a horrifically good time to be had.
You should listen to the Danzig era. The early stuff is better.
zombiewriter 75 god damn right
Like some people have already mentioned Misfits are horror punk band and even have some heavy metal influences and that's probably why they have actually pretty melodic singing. Many punk bands today (many of them are called post punk) have this kind of melodic singing were the singer(s) is/are trying to hit all the notes. I'm not sure what you guys were thinking when you thought how the genre "punk" sounds but it could be punk bands that are along the lines of Sex Pistols or The Clash maybe? (Even though Sex Pistols often argued that The Clash weren't punk because they were to good on their instruments) Maybe you should listen to songs like 'anarchy in the uk' by Sex Pistols or 'London's burning' by The Clash and see if that is closer to the sound that you were thinking of when you thought punk. 😊
Black label society- the last goodbye
Cradle of filth- forgive me father I have Sinned
Type O Negative- September Sun
I remember when a lot of kids discovered this band because Metallica covered their songs on the $5.98 EP
This
I was at the show where they filmed the official video for this song, my friend can be seen crowd surfing.