- Audio Cassette (5 Oct 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Roadrunner Records
- ASIN: B00001R3N8
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Kong at the Gates |
| 2. Forbidden Zone |
| 3. Lost in Space |
| 4. Dust to Dust |
| 5. Crawling Eye |
| 6. Witch Hunt |
| 7. Scream! |
| 8. Saturday Night |
| 9. Pumpkin Head |
| 10. Scarecrow Man |
| 11. Die Monster Die |
| 12. Living Hell |
| 13. Descending Angel |
| 14. Them |
| 15. Fiend Club |
| 16. Hunting Humans |
| 17. Helena |
| 18. Kong Unleashed |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Considering the late 90s' resurgence in horror films (Scream, The Haunting, The Blair Witch Project), the return of the Misfits makes perfect sense. Formed in 1977 by bassist Jerry Only and vocalist Glenn Danzig, their doom-laden hardcore punk served as an absolutely appropriate backing for an often hilarious and always morbid lyrical fascination with slasher flicks and real-life murder. They split in 1983 to become an enduring (and highly collectible) legend, only to reform 14 years later--without Danzig, who had his own megalomaniacal path to follow. Famous Monsters sees the band back on familiar territory, concerning themselves with such infamous cinematic terrors as King Kong, Pumpkinhead and the rampaging mutant ants from Them! The music veers from punky chant-a-longs through bloody psychobilly to a simplistic and insistent metal, singer Michael Graves slipping from a melodramatic Bruce Dickinson-style rap & wail to consciously sugary melodies recalling cod-tragic 60s' ballads like "Tell Laura I Love Her". A convinced and convincing freak-fest. --Dominic Wills
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album gets alot of bad rap because it's not like Danzig-style Misfits. Well I love the Danzig style (I have the coffin set) but I still adore this album.
The comic book presentation of this album gives an idea that this is going to be quite the "fantasy" album. That it is, the death-obsessed lyrics of the 80s are still there as well as a more mature approach (i.e. Saturday Night) and a classic comic book idea (i.e. Forbidden Zone and Lost in Space).
The album is so much futher than the old (and great) dirty old school punk style and is more like a punk metal album. Heavy riffs, amazing solos, great vocals...a great album. The best Misfits album and one of the best albums ever made.
Best songs include Forbidden Zone, Scream (which they made a good music video for), Saturday Night, Descending Angel and Helena. Get this CD, it's amazing. The 3 extra tracks are a bonus too (even though Helena (2) is near identical to the first one).
Anyway get this album, it's an uplifting and heavy album and sounds nothing like Elvis (unlike Danzig's voice).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Now you listen to me! dont listen to anyone else, this is an album worth buying twice!
Some say its too clean and not like the older stuff, but if it was, that would just be silly. some say its not as agressive as DANZIG, but please, let me enlighten you...
In the song SATURDAY NIGHT, he sings about how he kills all of his girlfriends, in the song SCREAM, he sings about how he wants to hear his victims scream (funny enough) and in the song HUNTING HUMANS, well, you can kinda guess cant you?
So if you can find a song on there that isnt catchy, E mail me, i challenge you!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS I HAVE.THE VOCALS ARE DIFFERENT FROM GLENN DANZIGS AND THE MUSIC IS AS GOOD AS THE OLD STUFF, MR GRAVES DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. A RARE ALBUM YOU DON'T GET ANY MORE WERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO ALL THE SONGS FROM START TO FINISH STRAIGHT AWAY.LISTEN FOR SONGS LIKE 'SCREAM' AND 70'S STYLE 'SATURDAY NIGHT'ALSO THE 'FIEND CLUB' WHICH SOULD GET ANYONE INTO THE MISFITS.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
surprisingly brilliant! buy it now!
When I first heard about this cd, i thought it would be pretty bad considering they were without danzig, but actually the songs sound awesome! Read more
Published 20 months ago by O. J. Mcdonnell
wow!!!
well i have only been a misfits fan for say almost a year now and i originally started with the misfits collection vol.1 and was blown away by that. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2007 by Mr. D. Chandler
masterpiece from possibly greatest band in the world
people predicted the misfits would suffer when they returned with michael graves on voclas instead of glenn danzig,this is proof that was never gonna happen,graves does a fantastic... Read more
Published on 21 April 2006 by sean paul mccann
Even hard-core Fiends should like it...
Okay, so Cpt. Glenn is noticeably missed, and it hasn't got that gravelly, untamed sound to it as Walk Among Us or Earth A. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2004 by "misfit666"
yes, its not Danzig. But that doesn't make it bad
I like this album a lot. Its true, it wont appeal to all fans of Danzig-era Misfits, but this is very different. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2004 by "thesonandtheheir"
horror punk lives, whatever anyone says!!
why does this album get so much stick??? o.k, so maybe it doesn't live up to the danzigesque stylings of "walk among us", but thats cause it's not supposed to. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2003 by "sent-2-kill-s-club"
This is the worst Misfits record committed to disc!
Where do i start? This would have Glenn Danzig spinning in his coffin. This record is a million miles from Danzig era Misfits, it's too clean, way over produced - the gitarz are so... Read more
Published on 23 April 2001
the misfits have the propensity for immensity
Pornography for your ears.This is the best album i have ever heard, the heavy guitars mixed with the sweet vocals is amazing.Buy this album.NOW! Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2001 by general_vanderwacker@yahoo.co.uk
Monsterously Masterful!
As a Metallica fan, I am already familiar with the Misfits in their original guise (e.g. "Die, die, my Darling") - Cliff Burton was totally dedicated to the 'fits - but... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2000 by BJ
This is the most awesome album I have ever heard
I have only recently discovered the misfits, and I only wish that I had discovered them earlier. This album rules, with it's punk/goth music and lyrics producing one of the... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 1999 by peter4781@hotmail.com
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