METAL MONDAY: Horror Business by The Misfits - Now many will protest loudly that this is not metal. Please folks, get over yourselves. It is true that the Misfits came out of the punk underground. They are the very genesis and essence of the horror punk movement, a movement that was hugely influential to a number of metal bands. After their heyday in the late 70’s and early 80’s, their music went on to greater commercial popularity as bands like Metallica and Guns N’ Roses covered their material as well as Glenn Danzig’s own solo efforts post-Misfits.
It is hard to pick just one song, but Horror Business is one of my favorites. It was one of their earlier single releases and the skull image on the album cover became the inspiration for their mascot. The song’s story is the stuff of some of the most incredible rumors and legends. The real story is much more mundane though. Danzig is a movie buff (thus the name of the band which was Marilyn Monroe’s last film) and the song is simply about the movie Psycho.
And as for our music of New Jersey theme this week, the Misfits were founded in Lodi, NJ in 1977, the town Danzig was born.
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