"The reason that didn't come out was that was not a real CD," he said. In a 2004 interview with Circus magazine, Danzig detailed his reasons for keeping the most powerful music in MISFITS history from reaching his fans. The decision to cease the album's legitimate release subsequently led to an open feud between Steele and his former bandmates. Considered by many fans to be sonically superior to "Walk Among Us", "12 Hits From Hell" remains a popular bootleg item. However, it was quickly recalled at the request of MISFITS bassist Jerry Only and founding member Glenn Danzig. A remixed collection of the original "12 Hits" tracks, featuring both Steele and Doyle on guitar, was originally released by Caroline Records in October 2001. Halfway through the sessions, Steele was fired from the band and replaced by Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, and many of these tracks were later re-recorded for 1982's legendary "Walk Among Us" album. Steele's version of the album can be heard on the "streaming player" on his band THE UNDEAD's official web site, The most controversial album in the MISFITS' tumultuous history, "12 Hits From Hell" was a collection of recordings made by the band in the fall of 1980. 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records Īcoustic A.D.Former MISFITS guitarist Bobby Steele, who played in the band from 1978 through the fall of 1980, has recorded his own version of the infamous "lost" MISFITS album, "12 Hits From Hell".Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits."Skulls" (as part of a medley in "With or Without U2") Supreme Engorgement of Exquisite Disembowelment Back on the Streets: Japanese/American Punk Unity Īcoustic A.D.: An Acoustic Tribute to the Misfits."Astro Zombies" (also as "Fastro Zombies") Underworld: Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.The Computers covered seven Misfits songs for a Halloween/Black Friday release, including a cover of Scream, a post-Danzig era Misfits song. The single was released under the title " Day the Earth Caught Fire" in North America and as "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" in Japan. 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". They covered "The Haunting" and "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday", both songs by the 1990s incarnation of the Misfits which included singer Michale Graves. Balzac are one of two bands 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. 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. 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.
Another band to record albums of instrumental Misfits covers are The Crimson Ghosts, who released surf rock-style covers on Some Kinda Hits (2005) and Earth E.P. In 2005 The Nutley Brass released Fiend Club Lounge, an album of Misfits songs performed in an instrumental lounge and space age pop style. In 2008 Acoustic Fury released Acoustic A.D.: An Acoustic Tribute to The Misfits. Hell on Earth was released in 2000 by Cleopatra Records and featured industrial rock, death metal, and garage punk acts. In 1997 Caroline Records released Violent World, featuring primarily punk rock bands. In 2007 a sequel was released, Louisville Babylon 2. Louisville Babylon (1994) featured bands from Louisville, Kentucky and was released by the Analog Distillery label. įive compilation tribute albums to the Misfits have been released over the years, made up of various artists covering Misfits songs. Live recordings of all three songs, as well as of "Death Comes Ripping" and "London Dungeon", were released on Live '85–'86 in 2001. These included " Horror Business", re-recorded as "Horror Biz" for Initium (1984), "All Hell Breaks Loose", re-recorded as "All Hell" for Unholy Passion (1985), and "Halloween II" which was re-recorded for November-Coming-Fire (1986). 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.Īfter the band's initial breakup in 1983 singer Glenn Danzig formed Samhain, re-recording several songs he had written and performed with the Misfits. 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.
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