Fun fact: In high school I asked my music teacher if we could play that song in class because it's pretty simplistic and easy to learn and he said he would look into it. I imagine he listened to it and made it up to the "When new creatures rape your face" line and vetoed the plan to play it in class lol.
Famous Monsters honestly makes me sad, as it was the last Misfits album that featured Michale Graves. With how much the quality picked up from American Psycho, it makes me wish we could have seen this lineup a bit longer and the potential masterpieces they could have made.
Danzig or not, Famous Monsters is my favorite Misfits Album, i just love the riffs, the vocal melodies and musicality overall, i think musically is the best album. Scream it's an Amazing song, and proof that you don't need a ton of words for a song to be great lyrically,just to arrange it correctly. Although i gotta admit I'm more of a Metal listener than hardcore Punk.
Glad to see you were able to look past Grave's dumb politics and rate his material fairly. This channel deserves way more views. Have you heard of the band Calabrese?
Thanks for the kind words, and yeah I loved the Graves material long before I learned of his politics so I'm not gonna act like I was never a fan of his. And I have heard of Calabrese but never listened to them.
“Graves dumb politics” Bro, have you ever heard Danzig talk politics? He’s super right wing. Calls Obama the worst President of all time. And it still doesn’t matter at all bc they’re musicians and their opinions on politics don’t mean shit.
@@danevertt3210 If Danzig wrote Saturday Night, Scream, Helena or Dig Up Her Bones… every Misfits fan on earth would rank them as top ten Misfits songs. Idk who told you to hate Graves, but you can give the man his due respect.
I can't really say one is best or one is worst because they all have their own personality and whatever your mood is at the moment that's the best album
12 Hits From Hell deserves an honorable mention.. Had it been officially released, I'd rank it #2 right behind Static Age.. Opens with Halloween, you get the 3 Hits singles and Where Eagles Dare, has IMO better versions of Vampira, NOTLD, and Violent World (with that extra guitar squeal in the chorus), and has a much better sound quality than Walk Among Us... Plus you get both Doyle and Bobby Steele on the tracks.
It’s just kinda hard to list off the early stuff because so much of it was originally recorded for static age before being ripped into pieces and scattered around
1. Walk Among Us 2. Static Age 3. Earth A.D. 4. Famous Monsters 5. American Psycho 6. Project 1950 7. Devils Rain Walk Among Us is just too iconic to be No. 2 for me. Perfect songs, perfect imagery, perfect themes; it IS the Misfits. Static Age is awesome too, but Walk Among Us is my go to for Misfits.
i got into the misfits because of graves than i listened to A LOT of danzig misfits songs and i fell in love w his voice...at the moment i can’t decide which voice i like better they both have there own sound which i LOVE
i wish that graves didn’t talk about his political views so much he would be wayyy more successful if he just kept that to himself still love him but yeah...
Dude. I completely agree on your take famous monsters. It’s just so much better than American psycho. Michael Graves’s performance was just incredible.
Graves era is enjoyable and the production is definitely a big step up but the rawness, aggression, and energy of Danzig era comes out on top. Loved the coverage fellow fiend 💀
I can never decide whether I prefer Famous Monsters or American Psycho, Id say Psycho hits higher highs with Dig Up Her Bones, Crimson Ghost, The Haunting and Dont open till Doomsday, but it also has a lot more filler, Famous Monsters on the other hand has a much more consistent quality, while there are a few that stand out for good reasons there are none I would feel like skipping.
I love both, but I prefer American Psycho. There's not a single song I dislike, which is rare for me. It's also the very first Misfits CD I bought myself as a teen. Still have it, bit scratched up
Both are great albums but for me Famous Monsters is my personal fav over American Psycho - Descending Angel, Scream, and the standout classic......... Saturday Night lol
Descending Angel is a masterpiece. I never get tired of its "gothic party" vibe. Too bad people bitch about it not featuring Danzig, of course nothing beats the original but doesn't mean Graves era can't have awesome stuff
As someone who was an 80s kid and a skater into the 90s I'm always pleasantly surprised that our old skateboard music still appreciated today. By the early 2000s it seemed the whole interest in this band was dying off. I never thought the Next Generation would like this old stuff.
This is not a dumb video. This is in fact a very good video. We love punk, we love rock, and we love old movies and video games. Nothing dumb about the stuff that keeps us sane!
I like American Psycho way more than Famous Monsters 🔥🔥🔥🔥I saw them live 2X with Graves. That tour w/ Anthrax in 1996 was an amazing concert. Saw Misfits Anthrax Life of Agony & C Corpse for $12
an unpopular opinion but i like Walk Among Us ever so slightly more than Static Age just cuz i think the melodies are amazing especially in songs like Vampira, Night Of The Living Dead, Skulls, Devils Whorehouse, and Astro Zombies
I remember being 12 or so and seeing the Dig up her bones video when it was current, but just being like Whatever. I was more into Metallica and the thrash stuff. But now that I'm pushing 40, already been through Danzig, Samhain, I'm kind of digging Michael Graves Era. Specially the original songs.
Alright my list is a bit of a hot take lol, I love every Misfits album but if I had to rank them: 1 - Walk Among Us 2 - Famous Monsters 3 - American Psycho 4 - Earth AD/Wolfs Blood 5 - Static Age 6 - The Devil's Rain 7 - Project 1950
For me it's just "DNAZIC. GOOD. NO DANZIG. BAAD!!" I tried to rank the Danzig records but there just is no point there's been a stage that I've looped all three, but the first time I listened to "The Misfits" was American Phyco and I didn't get the hype until much later when I bought Collection 1 in my local record store, no going back from there
Hybrid Moments is still one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. I learned about it(and Misfits) as a whole due to jackass and makes the OG movies soundtrack a force to be reckoned with.
Thx for flashing Michael's post from Insta. Now i know when i listen to anything he recorded, I'll make sure it's not in a way that earns him songwriting royalties 😉
Boot licker, crazy, whatever he may be to you, famous monsters is the album that sticks with me, Doyle’s fat crushing guitar tone pairs perfectly with Jerry’s, Dr. Chud may not stand out from many of the other drummers but he did his job and did it well, and last but not least Graves amazing vocals, I could sing along to every song, wherever, whenever!
I’m not a Proud Boy, but I find it funny they are accused of racism and “white nationalism “ when a large percentage of their members are NON WHITE!!! But who cares about facts, right.
Its about more than just disagreeing with someone. It's about standing up to bigots who align themselves with a terrorist organisation. A group that has been responsible for so much violence and bloodshed. And I don't give a single shit if the proud boys have non white members, Malcolm X was pro segregation at one point. Does that make segregation all of a sudden not a racist idea?
I got into the og era of the band a few years prior to the Graves era, so obviously, that is the era I prefer, though being a new and rabid fan of the band I had no qualms with seeing the 95' era live with Graves and Zoli many times and supporting the band and their new material.. Obviously I was a child when the band broke up in 83' so the only option to see and hear these songs live was during the 90's and say what you will about the band, they always put on a killer show and were a ton of fun live.. Once the 95' era dissolved, I ceased following/supporting the band.
I picked it up on CD when I was a teenager.. I still have it in pretty good condition. I only play it on special occasions (with beer and friends ) haha
The Misfits were me and all of my friends' favorite band back in the mid 90's, before they got back together. We went to see them in 1996 when they first reformed, and it was GREAT, Michael Graves looked EXACTLY like a young Danzig, and they played nothing but the classics, there were no new songs yet cluttering up the set list. I remember we all picked up American Psycho back in 1997 when it first came out, expecting this awesome album(this is before all the old punk bands started getting back together and putting out horrible albums, so we didn't knw any better), and the first song, which is the title track, came on, and we were actually pretty impressed. Unfortunately, then we heard the rest of the album. Of course, it goes without saying that we all found different favorite old school punk bands shortly after, and ditched our Misfits shirts, especially when all the Hot Topic stores started opening up in malls shortly thereafter. It's hard to believe now there was actually a time when it was cool to walk around with a crimson ghost shirt. It sucks that Jerry Only had to take that away from us by dragging the name through the mud and turning the band into a joke.
Earth A.D. is also the most metal album, w riffs that could easily be black metal riffs (Demonomania, Earth A.D.). Some of the songs you could just replace the original drums w blast beats and it would be black or death easily.
Walk Among Us, From Hell They Came and Speak of the Devil are awesome songs IMO. Haunting, Shinning, Dig Up Her Bones and American Psycho makes this album a solid 10/10. It's not the old Mifits, but is a great pop punk album.
No argument with your list... I am in agreement. I saw them in Chicago (Riot Fest) when they reunited with Dave Lombardo... It was one of the best concerts, especially since they went past their allotted time and Glenn didn't give a damn and kept going.
I totally agree with you, except the ranking between American Psycho and Famous Monsters. I would switch them, but that are no Misfits albums to me, so... Anyway! 😅
@@ScoopedMids "never claimed to be a rebel" is "never claimed to be a fascist" but anything you don't like politically is suddenly "bootlicking" 🤣 It was a good video till you injected basic bitch politics
I know Michael Graves is someone a lot of people in the punk community want to distance themselves from (understandably so), but I love his work with the Misfits. So much so, I kind of wish things were different so he could've been on the reunion tour with Danzig, Jerry and co. Maybe they could've recorded a new album where it's half Danzig songs and half Graves songs. Oh well. Woulda coulda shoulda.
Egos would never allow it. I would have paid the prices for the stadium shows if Graves was there. Danzig started the Misfits and made some of their hits but they didn't become iconic until Graves got involved. Also no I don't agree with his politics but from a musical perspective it's undeniable to me
@@CustodianVirgil Correct. If you hate Graves for his political opinions, what about Glenn Danzig’s equally right wing opinions? I believe I heard him call the Obama administration the worst horror movie in American history. Sub question: What does any of that have to do with their music?
EARTH A.D. It comes in hard, pummels the listener, and that's it. Done. I had a version with We Bite on it. And then I think I had one without. I have to look into that.
Okay, so I listened to The Devil's Rain. It's not bad in any sense. But nothing stood out to me either. Also took time to listen to some of Doyle's solo stuff. It is wicked!
I'd personally switch Famous Monsters and Earth AD. And then switch Walk Among Us with Static Age. Famous Monsters is a fantastic album with great riffs, actually deep lyrics, and amazing vocal performances by Graves. It plays like a greatest hits album. Soaring above Earth AD. And I believe Walk Among Us is the quintessential Misfits album. Song after song of iconic misfits. As many great songs as Static Age has, Walk Among Us takes the cake for me. Just my opinion.
For me: from worst to first. Not sure if these are the same ones you are ranking (I'm a minute into it right now), but, anyways. 8. Devil's Rain (this may belong above 1950, but the truth is I listened to that one more) 7. Project 1950 (they're not great, but I like 50s tunes, saw them live around this time a few times, and I enjoy it). 6. American Psycho (bones, doomsday are favorites) 5. Earth AD (this is awesome, but again, I listen to it less than FM probably... it's less fun than most Misfits) 4. Famous Monsters (forbidden zone, saturday night, scream, among other good ones) 3. Walk Among Us (I know that this is the most legendary, but that's in part b/c this was the only 'Fits LP until 1982, whereas I first heard the band on Collection I... I prefer some of those versions to some of these) 2. 12 Hits From Hell (Bobby Steele is favorite Misfits guitarist) 1. Static Age (If this was released in '78 like it was supposed to, it would be one of the all time first wave classic punk records, easy).
@@fedrigonow That's true. First Bobby played on it, then Doyle recorded over it after he replaced Bobby. Bobby re-recorded it with his band the Undead!
boot licker or not, it’s sad that people can’t look past different political opinions and still be fans. Exactly what is separating everyone, the not excepting peoples differences
Michael Graves is super underrated. Famous Monsters and American Psycho are two of my favorite Misfits albums. I really dont like Earth A.D. as it's not melodic enough for me as I'm more into Skacore than "Hardcore" punk anyway. Graves era misfits made some banger tracks like - The Shining, Scream, Don't Open Till Doomsday, Resurrection and Them. Just completely underappreciated. Don't get me wrong Danzig was great and made some amazing songs as well. Hell, Horror Business is probably my favorite Misfits song of all time, but i still really enjoy Graves.
I would flip American psycho and famous monsters, and as far as the top three I think they're interchangeable, depending on the mood I'm in...but you described them perfectly! But I gotta admit, I absolutely love Earth AD/wolfs blood! It rips so fukin hard! Ive seen the misfits twice, once in 98 with graves, they were on tour with earth crisis cause they had both just signed with roadrunner, so I guess the label thought putting the new kings of hardcore and the OGs out in the road together would be a good idea(which it was!) And then I saw them again 2018 w/ Danzig in Newark NJ where it all started. I gotta say, it was great to see the "original" Misfits on their home turf! They ripped so fukin hard, Jerry was a monster! I really had to give him his props! All in all, one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, sans Jerry on lead vocals. I don't even acknowledge that, you're a better man than me! I gotta say, though...had they called themselves something else and didn't try and emulate 80s misfits, I would have been interested. As I absolutely love black flag and the misfits, also it would have opened them up to more subject material and experimenting! 💀
I’ll be honest, as a newer Misfits fan I don’t get the hate on the Graves era. I actually thought they were pretty exceptional on a couple songs off of famous monsters, not to mention the band having an iconic sound outside of just Danzig’s voice. I get the all the problems they had with eachother and the controversy and stuff, but if we’re just talking music it’s pretty good shit.
Earth AD is my "cleaning the house" record. It gets me so pumped. I honestly can't really get into Static Age. The songs are good, but the production just makes it a hard listen for me. I don't mind "shitty" production on punk records, but something about that one just jars me in a bad way.
I grew up with only knowing Famous Monsters (and their bigger hits of course). It holds up really well and I still revisit it to this day. For years I thought it was made by the OG Misfits. But I literally just found out what Graves has been up to over the past few years from his Wikipedia. Wow.
My Top 3 from Glenn Danzig 1. Horror biz (samhain) 2. Ghouls night out (misfits) 3. Hybrid moments (misfits) (I don't really like Graves era but Helena is a good track)
Respects for putting Static Age on first place. Hollywood Babylon, Attitude, She, this album is too good for me to pick a favorite track. Famous Monsters would be my second place, it's just too fun to listen, i really like Graves voice, specially in the choruses of Pumpkinhead, and also the lyrics of Saturday Night, there's something about it i just really love. Earth A.D. is my third place. I love hardcore a lot, my favorite tracks are Devilock, Mommy Can i go Out and Kill Tonight, and obviously Die die my darling.
I remember getting into Misfits during my 70s-80s punk phase as a college freshman, especially because I knew how much they influenced My Chemical Romance, my favorite band ever, (they loved the band so much Astro Zombies was one of 4 cover songs the band ever did in their 10 years), and I cant help but feel the Misfits Helena had at least some influence on MCR's song of the same name, even if they are very different in sound and writing and only share the name. I remember listening to American Psycho and thinking the album and band were good but not fantastic or great. It wasnt until I found out about the different lineups and that Glenn Danzig (who I knew from being a Danzig fan) was the original vocalist that I fell in love with the band and it ironically gave me more appreciation for the Michael Graves era, which I think is underrated, but still not as great as the 80s Misfits. They're still one of my favorite bands and probably my favorite punk band. Good video, but I disagree, American Psycho and Speak of the Devil are some of the stronger tracks off that album
I always liked the 2 collection albums because its got jams from all their albums with danzig . I do like static age too and I would have to agree that famous monsters is the best non danzig album without a doubt . its their strongest and heaviest album and the songs are put together really good and I like it better than american psyco . but I'm down with all the misfits albums with danzig and they're great classics
I don’t mind The Devil’s Rain. It’s pretty forgettable, but I think it is the best of the non Danzig record. That’d be my number 4. You’re top 3 is spotless. The rest I never consider, so they can whatever spots.
Glenn put the cabash on anyone else performing as The Misfits without him. So unless he dies a reunion with Michale will have to be called "Them" as Jerry once considered if he couldn't get the rights to the name.
Check out my Misfits Retrospective! th-cam.com/video/CSDWaxe0ZSI/w-d-xo.html
Static age is a top 10 album for me. Hybrid moments has possibly the best melody in punk history (my no 1 song by them).
Hybrid moments is just a perfect track.
@@ScoopedMids
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Fun fact: In high school I asked my music teacher if we could play that song in class because it's pretty simplistic and easy to learn and he said he would look into it. I imagine he listened to it and made it up to the "When new creatures rape your face" line and vetoed the plan to play it in class lol.
@@ScoopedMids lol
@@ScoopedMids 😆
Danzig's voice is pure magic. Don't care about his prima donna bullshit. He's still one of the best front men ever.
Danzig approves your comment lol
One of the few vocalists (especially in punk) that could actually sing..
Famous Monsters honestly makes me sad, as it was the last Misfits album that featured Michale Graves. With how much the quality picked up from American Psycho, it makes me wish we could have seen this lineup a bit longer and the potential masterpieces they could have made.
Danzig or not, Famous Monsters is my favorite Misfits Album, i just love the riffs, the vocal melodies and musicality overall, i think musically is the best album.
Scream it's an Amazing song, and proof that you don't need a ton of words for a song to be great lyrically,just to arrange it correctly.
Although i gotta admit I'm more of a Metal listener than hardcore Punk.
That's why you like it more I'm a new jersey punk so I like early stuff like mommy can I go out and kill tonight
Famous Monsters is also my favorite album 🔥
Graves is a great singer… my fav graves era song is probably “shining” but too many to name
Yeah, I like both Danzig Era and Graves era...not sure why it is supposed to be hip to hate on Graves. To each their own.
American Phsyco is a better album but I do like Famous Monsters as well
graves made me love the misfits tbh
I get that, it's super accessible.
That’s awful
thank u
I used Saturday Night for my wedding song
That's epic!!!! Great song.
Hell yeahh
I can’t help but envision Jim Morrison every time I hear Glen sing
Glad to see you were able to look past Grave's dumb politics and rate his material fairly. This channel deserves way more views. Have you heard of the band Calabrese?
Thanks for the kind words, and yeah I loved the Graves material long before I learned of his politics so I'm not gonna act like I was never a fan of his. And I have heard of Calabrese but never listened to them.
“Graves dumb politics”
Bro, have you ever heard Danzig talk politics? He’s super right wing. Calls Obama the worst President of all time.
And it still doesn’t matter at all bc they’re musicians and their opinions on politics don’t mean shit.
@@michaelgilman7930 haha yea and we all know that Danzig is totally fucked.
@@michaelgilman7930 I was going to say.. damn everyone involved in the misfits sphere of influence are super right wing, blue collar NJ Italian guys.
You mean his based & awesome politics? Lol
Many people met the misfist with Michael Graves and the American Psycho album is the favorite lineup of many.
mine!
I love the Graves stuff.
That’s pretty embarrassing
@@danevertt3210 If Danzig wrote Saturday Night, Scream, Helena or Dig Up Her Bones… every Misfits fan on earth would rank them as top ten Misfits songs. Idk who told you to hate Graves, but you can give the man his due respect.
I listened to the original Danzig era before Graves. But Graves reanimated Misfits!
I can't really say one is best or one is worst because they all have their own personality and whatever your mood is at the moment that's the best album
12 Hits From Hell deserves an honorable mention.. Had it been officially released, I'd rank it #2 right behind Static Age.. Opens with Halloween, you get the 3 Hits singles and Where Eagles Dare, has IMO better versions of Vampira, NOTLD, and Violent World (with that extra guitar squeal in the chorus), and has a much better sound quality than Walk Among Us... Plus you get both Doyle and Bobby Steele on the tracks.
12 hits is my #1 pick
My #1 pick for sure.
Yeah it's a rad Misfits album sounds so good but such a hard album to find and if you do find it your gonna pay a pretty penny for it.
It’s just kinda hard to list off the early stuff because so much of it was originally recorded for static age before being ripped into pieces and scattered around
1. Walk Among Us
2. Static Age
3. Earth A.D.
4. Famous Monsters
5. American Psycho
6. Project 1950
7. Devils Rain
Walk Among Us is just too iconic to be No. 2 for me. Perfect songs, perfect imagery, perfect themes; it IS the Misfits. Static Age is awesome too, but Walk Among Us is my go to for Misfits.
I agree walk among us is The Misfits Album .hard fast and angry
This is my ranking also. Devil's Rain is bad
Hilarious you put post graves and danzig in this…anything Jerry sung sounds like dogshit
I got my own list for Misfits albums. Doesn't make your list bad, as it's pretty similar. I enjoyed your video. Good job
Dude, Arthur Googy deserves more than a “just any drummer” brush off for Walk Among Us. The swing he brings to that album is incredible.
Especially in the song Skulls
Exactly, he's legend in NYC punk/hardcore scene
@@MongolEmpire77 I have to stop listening to Skulls or it will get stuck in my head for days at a time, it's catchier than even the Ramones songs
dr. chud is amazing as well
i got into the misfits because of graves than i listened to A LOT of danzig misfits songs and i fell in love w his voice...at the moment i can’t decide which voice i like better they both have there own sound which i LOVE
i wish that graves didn’t talk about his political views so much he would be wayyy more successful if he just kept that to himself still love him but yeah...
Dude. I completely agree on your take famous monsters. It’s just so much better than American psycho. Michael Graves’s performance was just incredible.
Graves era is enjoyable and the production is definitely a big step up but the rawness, aggression, and energy of Danzig era comes out on top.
Loved the coverage fellow fiend 💀
I've only just started getting into The Misfits and Famous Monsters was the first album i picked up
Definitely make sure you give the Danzig albums a listen.
That is NOT the misfits.
Well too bad you aren’t actually listening to the misfits;)
That album is more the Wiggles than the Misfits
Famous Monsters is terrific.
I can never decide whether I prefer Famous Monsters or American Psycho, Id say Psycho hits higher highs with Dig Up Her Bones, Crimson Ghost, The Haunting and Dont open till Doomsday, but it also has a lot more filler, Famous Monsters on the other hand has a much more consistent quality, while there are a few that stand out for good reasons there are none I would feel like skipping.
I love both, but I prefer American Psycho. There's not a single song I dislike, which is rare for me. It's also the very first Misfits CD I bought myself as a teen. Still have it, bit scratched up
Both are great albums but for me Famous Monsters is my personal fav over American Psycho - Descending Angel, Scream, and the standout classic......... Saturday Night lol
@@Mark-nh2hs Saturday Night and Helena are the standouts for me.
@@goods5119 Helena is a classic.
Descending Angel is a masterpiece. I never get tired of its "gothic party" vibe. Too bad people bitch about it not featuring Danzig, of course nothing beats the original but doesn't mean Graves era can't have awesome stuff
4:15 Doyle did not play on static age. it was Franché Coma the guitarist at the time who played on the album. Doyle came later.
I didn't say he did. I said " It's the first album to not have doyle since static age".
@@ScoopedMids whoops my bad.
More respect to Graves
Earth AD is my number one. No questions asked. It’s perfect
As someone who was an 80s kid and a skater into the 90s I'm always pleasantly surprised that our old skateboard music still appreciated today. By the early 2000s it seemed the whole interest in this band was dying off. I never thought the Next Generation would like this old stuff.
Its NEVER OLD
This is not a dumb video. This is in fact a very good video.
We love punk, we love rock, and we love old movies and video games. Nothing dumb about the stuff that keeps us sane!
I didn’t think I was going to agree with this list but it’s 100% spot fucking on 😤
I like American Psycho way more than Famous Monsters 🔥🔥🔥🔥I saw them live 2X with Graves. That tour w/ Anthrax in 1996 was an amazing concert. Saw Misfits Anthrax Life of Agony & C Corpse for $12
I have no problem with your ranking....I think you nailed it.
Muy Chingon video mi hermano , saludos desde Tijuana mexico 🤘🏻
my dad is a HUGE misfits fan, i'm really grateful he blessed me with such a good taste of punk rock
an unpopular opinion but i like Walk Among Us ever so slightly more than Static Age just cuz i think the melodies are amazing especially in songs like Vampira, Night Of The Living Dead, Skulls, Devils Whorehouse, and Astro Zombies
Me too
Skulls was the first song I ever heard in my entire life. Still easily my favorite too
I remember being 12 or so and seeing the Dig up her bones video when it was current, but just being like Whatever. I was more into Metallica and the thrash stuff. But now that I'm pushing 40, already been through Danzig, Samhain, I'm kind of digging Michael Graves Era. Specially the original songs.
Alright my list is a bit of a hot take lol, I love every Misfits album but if I had to rank them:
1 - Walk Among Us
2 - Famous Monsters
3 - American Psycho
4 - Earth AD/Wolfs Blood
5 - Static Age
6 - The Devil's Rain
7 - Project 1950
For me it's just "DNAZIC. GOOD. NO DANZIG. BAAD!!"
I tried to rank the Danzig records but there just is no point there's been a stage that I've looped all three, but the first time I listened to "The Misfits" was American Phyco and I didn't get the hype until much later when I bought Collection 1 in my local record store, no going back from there
Danzig would agree with you haha
@@leahflower9924 haha! He doesn't usually agree with people but I'm sure he would
Dig up her bones was the first Misfits song I've heard that wasn't a cover. It was a great introduction
Hybrid Moments is still one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. I learned about it(and Misfits) as a whole due to jackass and makes the OG movies soundtrack a force to be reckoned with.
You hit the nail on the head with every point you made! Great video!!!
Thx for flashing Michael's post from Insta. Now i know when i listen to anything he recorded, I'll make sure it's not in a way that earns him songwriting royalties 😉
I feel like the devils rain was more of a metal album then a punk album
I haven't listened to it yet. I probably ought to just to see
Couldn't agree more with his comments on Famous Monsters. That album kills beginning to end.
Boot licker, crazy, whatever he may be to you, famous monsters is the album that sticks with me, Doyle’s fat crushing guitar tone pairs perfectly with Jerry’s, Dr. Chud may not stand out from many of the other drummers but he did his job and did it well, and last but not least Graves amazing vocals, I could sing along to every song, wherever, whenever!
Graves honestly had some good chops at times but he completely ruined all my respect for him when he started acting like a proud boy... Shame
Yeah, that proud boys shit really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Wow, you called me a soyboy, you sure showed me. Next you'll make a joke about there only being two genders.
It’s ok to disagree with someone AND still like their music. I don’t understand this cancel culture crap. It’s ok to have opinions, guys.
I’m not a Proud Boy, but I find it funny they are accused of racism and “white nationalism “ when a large percentage of their members are NON WHITE!!! But who cares about facts, right.
Its about more than just disagreeing with someone. It's about standing up to bigots who align themselves with a terrorist organisation. A group that has been responsible for so much violence and bloodshed. And I don't give a single shit if the proud boys have non white members, Malcolm X was pro segregation at one point. Does that make segregation all of a sudden not a racist idea?
I got into the og era of the band a few years prior to the Graves era, so obviously, that is the era I prefer, though being a new and rabid fan of the band I had no qualms with seeing the 95' era live with Graves and Zoli many times and supporting the band and their new material.. Obviously I was a child when the band broke up in 83' so the only option to see and hear these songs live was during the 90's and say what you will about the band, they always put on a killer show and were a ton of fun live.. Once the 95' era dissolved, I ceased following/supporting the band.
Calling Dez and Robo randoms is nuts... They are legends in Black flag and in the hardcore punk scene
Asides that, loved the video
I really enjoyed your presentation
I'd love to see a new Misfits album. Sure, the members are old, but to me that's all the more reason to make one more.
Yes, perfect list. I would've rated these albums in this exact order.
Is that a Star Trek insignia above the Chrimsin ghost on Doils guitar strap in 2:20?
yes
this is really good
thanks
Graves did nothing wrong
EVILIVE is what I consider one of the Misfits recordings!!
I picked it up on CD when I was a teenager.. I still have it in pretty good condition. I only play it on special occasions (with beer and friends ) haha
It definitely is one of them
this is my exact ranking!
extremely well done video
I remember when famous monsters came out me and friends really loved it, thought it was an improvement
Walk Among Us was produced by one of the guys from the L.A. band the Flesh Eaters for Ruby
Ive not heard anything released post Graves but id say
1. Earth AD
2. Statoc Age
3. Walk Among Us
4. Famous Monsters
5. American Psycho
The Misfits were me and all of my friends' favorite band back in the mid 90's, before they got back together. We went to see them in 1996 when they first reformed, and it was GREAT, Michael Graves looked EXACTLY like a young Danzig, and they played nothing but the classics, there were no new songs yet cluttering up the set list. I remember we all picked up American Psycho back in 1997 when it first came out, expecting this awesome album(this is before all the old punk bands started getting back together and putting out horrible albums, so we didn't knw any better), and the first song, which is the title track, came on, and we were actually pretty impressed. Unfortunately, then we heard the rest of the album. Of course, it goes without saying that we all found different favorite old school punk bands shortly after, and ditched our Misfits shirts, especially when all the Hot Topic stores started opening up in malls shortly thereafter. It's hard to believe now there was actually a time when it was cool to walk around with a crimson ghost shirt. It sucks that Jerry Only had to take that away from us by dragging the name through the mud and turning the band into a joke.
Earth A.D. is also the most metal album, w riffs that could easily be black metal riffs (Demonomania, Earth A.D.). Some of the songs you could just replace the original drums w blast beats and it would be black or death easily.
It is not metal, it's hardcore punk
@@punkymind2086 yes, I know. I was saying it's very much like metal and has elements of it.
7. Project 1950
6. The Devils Rain
5. Famous Monsters
4. Earth A.D.
3. American Psycho
2. Static Age
1. Walk Among Us
Nice Rank dude
Walk Among Us, From Hell They Came and Speak of the Devil are awesome songs IMO. Haunting, Shinning, Dig Up Her Bones and American Psycho makes this album a solid 10/10. It's not the old Mifits, but is a great pop punk album.
The misfits resurrection reunion would be 10x more popular than the Danzig one
Lol
good ranking, i totally agree.. the songs from static age are the best, but i also like saturday night a lot for some reason
No argument with your list... I am in agreement. I saw them in Chicago (Riot Fest) when they reunited with Dave Lombardo... It was one of the best concerts, especially since they went past their allotted time and Glenn didn't give a damn and kept going.
I totally agree with you, except the ranking between American Psycho and Famous Monsters. I would switch them, but that are no Misfits albums to me, so... Anyway! 😅
Somehow Graves being counter culture makes him a bootlicker, but the Bad Religion shirt is real rebellion...
I never claimed to be a rebel and aligning yourself with fascists is about as counter culture putting on a KKK hood and burning crosses.
@@ScoopedMids "never claimed to be a rebel" is "never claimed to be a fascist" but anything you don't like politically is suddenly "bootlicking" 🤣
It was a good video till you injected basic bitch politics
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Did that loser just call graves counter culture??
Hahahaha wow
Giving Famous Monsters its props was the way here.
I know Michael Graves is someone a lot of people in the punk community want to distance themselves from (understandably so), but I love his work with the Misfits. So much so, I kind of wish things were different so he could've been on the reunion tour with Danzig, Jerry and co. Maybe they could've recorded a new album where it's half Danzig songs and half Graves songs. Oh well. Woulda coulda shoulda.
Egos would never allow it. I would have paid the prices for the stadium shows if Graves was there. Danzig started the Misfits and made some of their hits but they didn't become iconic until Graves got involved. Also no I don't agree with his politics but from a musical perspective it's undeniable to me
@@sXe_Wolverine Absolutely, man. The whole situation is really kind of a shame.
“Graves political opinions are bad!”
-Someone who knows nothing about Danzig’s political opinions.
@@michaelgilman7930 nice what about-ism
@@CustodianVirgil Correct. If you hate Graves for his political opinions, what about Glenn Danzig’s equally right wing opinions? I believe I heard him call the Obama administration the worst horror movie in American history.
Sub question: What does any of that have to do with their music?
EARTH A.D.
It comes in hard, pummels the listener, and that's it. Done.
I had a version with We Bite on it.
And then I think I had one without.
I have to look into that.
brilliant last my man, I dig it 🤘
Okay, so I listened to The Devil's Rain. It's not bad in any sense. But nothing stood out to me either.
Also took time to listen to some of Doyle's solo stuff. It is wicked!
I'd personally switch Famous Monsters and Earth AD. And then switch Walk Among Us with Static Age. Famous Monsters is a fantastic album with great riffs, actually deep lyrics, and amazing vocal performances by Graves. It plays like a greatest hits album. Soaring above Earth AD. And I believe Walk Among Us is the quintessential Misfits album. Song after song of iconic misfits. As many great songs as Static Age has, Walk Among Us takes the cake for me. Just my opinion.
But why does he think the demand for him would be higher than Danzig era Danzig literally has a cult following
For me: from worst to first. Not sure if these are the same ones you are ranking (I'm a minute into it right now), but, anyways.
8. Devil's Rain (this may belong above 1950, but the truth is I listened to that one more)
7. Project 1950 (they're not great, but I like 50s tunes, saw them live around this time a few times, and I enjoy it).
6. American Psycho (bones, doomsday are favorites)
5. Earth AD (this is awesome, but again, I listen to it less than FM probably... it's less fun than most Misfits)
4. Famous Monsters (forbidden zone, saturday night, scream, among other good ones)
3. Walk Among Us (I know that this is the most legendary, but that's in part b/c this was the only 'Fits LP until 1982, whereas I first heard the band on Collection I... I prefer some of those versions to some of these)
2. 12 Hits From Hell (Bobby Steele is favorite Misfits guitarist)
1. Static Age (If this was released in '78 like it was supposed to, it would be one of the all time first wave classic punk records, easy).
12 hits from hell has both bobby steele and doyle guitar lines, said by the man himself mrs rollins
@@fedrigonow That's true. First Bobby played on it, then Doyle recorded over it after he replaced Bobby. Bobby re-recorded it with his band the Undead!
@@LetsGoMetsGo33 re recorded? Didn't knew that
@@fedrigonow This playlist has the Undead's versions: th-cam.com/video/j13iixF4KZA/w-d-xo.html
@@LetsGoMetsGo33 thanks for sharing it mate, never heard it before, really good stuff
Top 6:
1. Walk Among Us
2. Static Age
3. Earth A.D.
4. November-Coming-Fire
5. Initium
6. Final Descent
My albums ranked.
#1 FEAR
#2 Cro Mags Age of Quarrel
#3 Plasmatics New Hope
#4 Misfits Static
#5 Circle Jerks Wild
boot licker or not, it’s sad that people can’t look past different political opinions and still be fans. Exactly what is separating everyone, the not excepting peoples differences
Michael Graves is super underrated. Famous Monsters and American Psycho are two of my favorite Misfits albums. I really dont like Earth A.D. as it's not melodic enough for me as I'm more into Skacore than "Hardcore" punk anyway. Graves era misfits made some banger tracks like - The Shining, Scream, Don't Open Till Doomsday, Resurrection and Them. Just completely underappreciated. Don't get me wrong Danzig was great and made some amazing songs as well. Hell, Horror Business is probably my favorite Misfits song of all time, but i still really enjoy Graves.
I would flip American psycho and famous monsters, and as far as the top three I think they're interchangeable, depending on the mood I'm in...but you described them perfectly! But I gotta admit, I absolutely love Earth AD/wolfs blood! It rips so fukin hard! Ive seen the misfits twice, once in 98 with graves, they were on tour with earth crisis cause they had both just signed with roadrunner, so I guess the label thought putting the new kings of hardcore and the OGs out in the road together would be a good idea(which it was!) And then I saw them again 2018 w/ Danzig in Newark NJ where it all started. I gotta say, it was great to see the "original" Misfits on their home turf! They ripped so fukin hard, Jerry was a monster! I really had to give him his props! All in all, one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, sans Jerry on lead vocals. I don't even acknowledge that, you're a better man than me! I gotta say, though...had they called themselves something else and didn't try and emulate 80s misfits, I would have been interested. As I absolutely love black flag and the misfits, also it would have opened them up to more subject material and experimenting! 💀
I’ll be honest, as a newer Misfits fan I don’t get the hate on the Graves era. I actually thought they were pretty exceptional on a couple songs off of famous monsters, not to mention the band having an iconic sound outside of just Danzig’s voice. I get the all the problems they had with eachother and the controversy and stuff, but if we’re just talking music it’s pretty good shit.
Earth AD is my "cleaning the house" record. It gets me so pumped. I honestly can't really get into Static Age. The songs are good, but the production just makes it a hard listen for me. I don't mind "shitty" production on punk records, but something about that one just jars me in a bad way.
@@swampcrypt maybe I got a weird version of it, then. I dunno. I bought it on CD a long time ago and it was almost unlistenable.
what are U tthink about Michaels acoustic versions of songs from Pscyho and Monsters? love them more than oroginal
Used to be good the first couple years. Now he seems to no longer be able to sing or play them as they were written.
They're ok I guess.
I agree with graves politics
I'm sorry to hear that
Enjoyed your video
100% agree with your rankings there.
Metalheads for Graves.
For reals thanks for standing up for devils reign, i couldnt agree more, it wasnt great but it had some good songs
11:50 couldn't agree more.
earth ad fucking slaps and its the best misfits album, even though it took a while to get into it
I grew up with only knowing Famous Monsters (and their bigger hits of course). It holds up really well and I still revisit it to this day. For years I thought it was made by the OG Misfits. But I literally just found out what Graves has been up to over the past few years from his Wikipedia. Wow.
My Top 3 from Glenn Danzig
1. Horror biz (samhain)
2. Ghouls night out (misfits)
3. Hybrid moments (misfits)
(I don't really like Graves era but Helena is a good track)
I can agree on all that, I also thought Helena was a rocking song.... but come on, where's the love for wolf's blood??? Lol
@@joedont9307 wolf's blood is defenitely in my top 10
Walk among us?????????
Respects for putting Static Age on first place.
Hollywood Babylon, Attitude, She, this album is too good for me to pick a favorite track.
Famous Monsters would be my second place, it's just too fun to listen, i really like Graves voice, specially in the choruses of Pumpkinhead, and also the lyrics of Saturday Night, there's something about it i just really love.
Earth A.D. is my third place. I love hardcore a lot, my favorite tracks are Devilock, Mommy Can i go Out and Kill Tonight, and obviously Die die my darling.
*Static Age
*Earth A.D
*Famous Monsters
*American Psycho
Only ones that really matters besides ep’s. But live Graves definitely is better than Danzig
I remember getting into Misfits during my 70s-80s punk phase as a college freshman, especially because I knew how much they influenced My Chemical Romance, my favorite band ever, (they loved the band so much Astro Zombies was one of 4 cover songs the band ever did in their 10 years), and I cant help but feel the Misfits Helena had at least some influence on MCR's song of the same name, even if they are very different in sound and writing and only share the name. I remember listening to American Psycho and thinking the album and band were good but not fantastic or great. It wasnt until I found out about the different lineups and that Glenn Danzig (who I knew from being a Danzig fan) was the original vocalist that I fell in love with the band and it ironically gave me more appreciation for the Michael Graves era, which I think is underrated, but still not as great as the 80s Misfits. They're still one of my favorite bands and probably my favorite punk band. Good video, but I disagree, American Psycho and Speak of the Devil are some of the stronger tracks off that album
I always liked the 2 collection albums because its got jams from all their albums with danzig . I do like static age too and I would have to agree that famous monsters is the best non danzig album without a doubt . its their strongest and heaviest album and the songs are put together really good and I like it better than american psyco . but I'm down with all the misfits albums with danzig and they're great classics
Graves doesn’t get anywhere near the respect he deserves. If you made a top ten Misfits songs list, at least 3 of his are on there.
There's no such thing as the Misfits without Danzig.
I don’t mind The Devil’s Rain. It’s pretty forgettable, but I think it is the best of the non Danzig record. That’d be my number 4. You’re top 3 is spotless. The rest I never consider, so they can whatever spots.
Top ten in descending order, also, top ten from newest to oldest.
Agree but I’d switch the 2 Graves records.
My top 3: Walk among us, famous monsters, and static age.
Glenn put the cabash on anyone else performing as The Misfits without him. So unless he dies a reunion with Michale will have to be called "Them" as Jerry once considered if he couldn't get the rights to the name.