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The Misfits are an American rock band often recognized as the progenitors of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk rock and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery. Since the band's formation in 1977 numerous cover versions of their songs have been recorded and released by artists who cite the Misfits as an influence.
After the band's initial breakup in 1983 singer Glenn Danzig formed Samhain, re-recording several songs he had written and performed with the Misfits. These included "Horror Business", re-recorded as "Horror Biz" for Initium (1984),[1] "All Hell Breaks Loose", re-recorded as "All Hell" for Unholy Passion (1985),[2] and "Halloween II" which was re-recorded for November-Coming-Fire (1986).[3] Live recordings of all three songs, as well as of "Death Comes Ripping" and "London Dungeon", were released on Live '85–'86 in 2001.[4]
Four compilation tribute albums to the Misfits have been released over the years, made up of various artists covering Misfits songs. Louisville Babylon (1994) featured bands from Louisville, Kentucky and was released by the Analog Distillery label.[5] In 1997 Caroline Records released Violent World, featuring primarily punk rock bands.[6] Hell on Earth, was released in 2000 by Cleopatra Records and featured industrial rock, death metal, and garage punk acts.[7] In 2007 Louisville Babylon was re-released by the Louisville is for Lovers label along with a sequel, Louisville Babylon 2.[8]
In 2005 The Nutley Brass released Fiend Club Lounge, an album of Misfits songs performed in an instrumental lounge and space age pop style.[9] Another band to record albums of instrumetal Misfits covers are The Crimson Ghosts, who released surf rock-style covers on Some Kinda Hits (2005) and Earth E.P. (2008).[10]
In 2007 former Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele recorded covers of all of the songs from the unreleased Misfits album 12 Hits from Hell with his band The Undead and posted them as streaming audio through the band's website on Halloween.[11]
Nearly all of the Misfits covers that have been officially released have been versions of songs written by Glenn Danzig and recorded during his tenure with the band from 1977-1983. Balzac is the only band to have released cover versions of songs from the later eras of the band's career, as they signed to Misfits bassist/singer Jerry Only's Misfits Records label in 2002. They covered "The Haunting" and "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday", both songs by the 1990s incarnation of the Misfits which included singer Michale Graves. These were released on a split single with the Misfits (who by then consisted of Jerry Only, Dez Cadena, and Marky Ramone) on which the Misfits covered Balzac's "The Day the Earth Caught Fire". The single was released under the title "Day the Earth Caught Fire" in North America and as "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" in Japan.[12]
The following is a list of artists who have released recorded cover versions of Misfits songs. Artists are listed alphabetically, and the songs they have covered are listed chronologically in order of release.
0–9
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
The 69 Eyes | "Return of the Fly" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
84 Lumber | "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
88 Fingers Louie | "Night of the Living Dead" | Behind Bars • Hopelessly Devoted to You[13] |
108 | "Death Comes Ripping" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
A
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
AFI | "Last Caress" | Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes |
"Demonomania" | A Fire Inside EP[14] | |
"Halloween" | All Hallow's E.P.[15] | |
Aiden | "Die, Die My Darling" | Kerrang! High Voltage • Rain in Hell[16] |
Alkaline Trio | "Halloween" | "Halloween" |
"Children in Heat" | ||
The Amazing Crowns | "American Nightmare" | Payback Live[17] |
The Ataris | "Astro Zombies" | Live at the Metro[18] |
Austrian Death Machine | "I Turned Into a Martian" | Double Brutal[19] |
B
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Backyard Babies | "Teenagers from Mars" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Balzac | "Devil's Whorehouse" | |
"The Haunting" / "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" | "Day the Earth Caught Fire"[12] | |
Black Kerouac | "Night of the Living Dead" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
The Bouncing Souls | "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] • The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print[20] |
Buck-O-Nine | "Teenagers from Mars" | Barfly[21] |
C
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Chemic | "Return of the Fly" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Cherub Scourge | "Nike-A-Go-Go" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Content Zero | "Last Caress" | |
The Cooters | "Static Age" | Chaos or Bust[22] |
"TV Casualty" | ||
Cradle of Filth | "Death Comes Ripping" | From the Cradle to Enslave[23] |
"Halloween II" (as "HW2") | Underworld: Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[24] • Thornography[25] | |
Crain | "Teenagers from Mars" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
The Crimson Ghosts | "Attitude" | Some Kinda Hits[10] |
"Hybrid Moments" | ||
"Astro Zombies" (also as "Fastro Zombies") | ||
"I Turned into a Martian" | ||
"American Nightmare" | ||
"Halloween" | ||
"Some Kinda Hate" | ||
"Hollywood Babylon" | ||
"Ghouls Night Out" | ||
"Skulls" | ||
"Where Eagles Dare" | ||
"Angelfuck" | ||
"She" | ||
"Last Caress" | ||
"London Dungeon" | Earth E.P. | |
"Return of the Fly" | ||
"Horror Hotel" | ||
"Teenagers from Mars" | ||
"Children in Heat" | ||
"20 Eyes" | ||
"Night of the Living Dead" | ||
"Vampira" | ||
"Die, Die My Darling" | ||
Crunchy Cereal | "London Dungeon" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
D
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Da Yodelin' Taxidermist | "Skulls" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Deadguy | "Horror Business" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Deadline | "Teenagers from Mars" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Tamara Dearing | "Hybrid Moments" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Demons | "She" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Deranged | "Green Hell" | |
Drag the River | "Hybrid Moments" | Live at the Starlight[26] |
Dropkick Murphys | "Halloween" | Back on the Streets: Japanese/American Punk Unity[27] • Singles Collection, Volume 2[28] |
E
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Earth Crisis | "Earth A.D." | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Electric Hellfire Club | "Devil's Whorehouse" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Endpoint | "Attitude" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Entombed | "Hollywood Babylon" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
F
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Falling Forward | "She" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Farside | "Return of the Fly" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
G
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Gaj Mustafa Cell | "We Bite" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
The Gallery Singers | "Cough/Cool" | |
Gehennah | "Ghouls Night Out" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Genocide SS | "Demonomania" | |
Goldfinger | "Ghouls Night Out" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Graveblind | "Devilock" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Guns N' Roses | "Attitude" | The Spaghetti Incident?[29] |
Gyotaku | "Horror Hotel" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
H
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Hatebreed | "Hate Breeders" | For the Lions[30] |
Hedge | "Halloween" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
The Hellacopters | "Bullet" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Brodie Foster Hubbard | "Astro Zombies" | Don't Screw Up Like I Did |
Hula Hoop | "20 Eyes" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
I
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Inhuman Dissiliency | "I Turned into a Martian" | Supreme Engorgement of Exquisite Disembowelment[31] |
J
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Jawbreaker | "Skulls" (as part of a medley in "With or Without U2") | Make the Collector Nerd Sweat • Etc.[32] |
L
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Leafpile | "20 Eyes" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
The Lemonheads | "Skulls" | Favourite Spanish Dishes[33] |
LG&E | "Some Kinda Hate" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Lower Class Brats | "Bullet" | Loud and Out of Tune[34] |
M
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Ronnie Mack | "Horror Hotel" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Metallica | "Last Caress" / "Green Hell" | The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited[35] • Garage, Inc.[36] |
"Die, Die My Darling" | Garage, Inc.[36] | |
Molotov | "I Turned into a Martian" (as "Marciano") | Con Todo Respeto[37] |
Munsen | "Braineaters" / "Teenagers from Mars" (as "Braineaters from Mars") | Louisville Babylon[5] |
My Chemical Romance | "Astro Zombies" | Tony Hawk's American Wasteland[38] |
My Morning Jacket | "Hollywood Babylon" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
N
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
The Network | "Teenagers from Mars" | Money Money 2020[39] |
NOFX | "Last Caress" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] • 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records[40] |
No Use for a Name | "I Turned into a Martian" | Live in a Dive[41] |
"Hybrid Moments" | The Return of the Read Menace[42] | |
The Nutley Brass | "Last Caress" | Fiend Club Lounge[9] |
"Astro Zombies" | ||
"Where Eagles Dare" | ||
"Some Kinda Hate" | ||
"Hybrid Moments" | ||
"Hatebreeders" | ||
"Teenagers from Mars" | ||
"Attitude" | ||
"Angelfuck" | ||
"Skulls" | ||
"Die, Die My Darling" |
O
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
One Small Step | "20 Eyes" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
P
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Dave Pajo | "Angelfuck" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Pennywise | "Astro Zombies" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Plunge | "Death Comes Ripping" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Pont'ys Camper | "Astro Zombies" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Prong | "London Dungeon" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
R
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
The Robots | "Night of the Living Dead" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Rodan | "Who Killed Marilyn?" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
S
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Samhain | "Horror Business" (as "Horror Biz") | Initium[1] • Live 85-86[4] |
"All Hell Breaks Loose" (as "All Hell) | Unholy Passion[2] • Final Descent • Live 85-86[4] | |
"Halloween II" | November-Coming-Fire[3] • Live 85-86[4] | |
"Death Comes Ripping" | Live 85-86[4] | |
"London Dungeon" | ||
Shades Apart | "20 Eyes" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Sick of It All | "All Hell Breaks Loose" | |
Slate | "Die, Die My Darling" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
Slo-pok | "Night of the Living Dead" | |
The Slow Break | "Attitude" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Snapcase | "She" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Sum 41 | "Attitude" | streaming media[43] |
Sunspring | "Where Eagles Dare" | Louisville Babylon[5] |
T
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Tanner | "TV Casualty" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Tenebre | "Halloween II" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
Therapy? | "Where Eagles Dare" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[6] |
Throwdown | "London Dungeon" | Trustkill Takeover Volume II[44][45] |
Tiger Army | "American Nightmare" | Early Years EP[46] |
Troublemakers | "Where Eagles Dare" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
U
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Ultra Pulverize | "Where Eagles Dare" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
The Undead | "Halloween" | streaming media[11] |
"Vampira" | ||
"I Turned into a Martian" | ||
"Skulls" | ||
"London Dungeon" | ||
"Night of the Living Dead" | ||
"Horror Hotel" | ||
"Ghouls Night Out" | ||
"Astro Zombies" | ||
"Where Eagles Dare" | ||
"Violent World" | ||
"Halloween II" |
W
Artist | Song | Release(s) |
---|---|---|
Wax Fang | "Halloween" | Louisville Babylon 2[8] |
Winds of Plague | "Halloween" | The Great Stone War |
Wolfpack | "Death Comes Ripping" | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits[7] |
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