COLUMBIA HOUSE MAILER, 1997
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UNSUNG HEROES - MISFITS

OF ALL THE ORIGINAL PUNK/HARDCORE BANDS - THE RAMONES, SEX PISTOLS, 
MINOR THREAT, BAD BRAINS - THE MISFITS WERE BY FAR, THE MOST DEMENTED.  
INSPIRED BY '50s-'60s B-HORROR MOVIES, GLENN DANZIG, SIBLINGS JERRY ONLY AND 
DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN (VOCALS, BASS AND GUITAR, RESPECTIVELY) 
CRAWLED OUT OF LODI, N.J. WITH AN UGLY NOISE OF BUZZ-SAW GUITARS AND SONGS 
OF THE UNDEAD, SPACE ALIENS AND BLOOD LUST.  THE MISFITS SOON GAINED A RABID 
FOLLOWING THAT WAS DUE AS MUCH TO ITS HELL-SPAWN IMAGE - DANZIG'S CONAN-
LIKE BUFFNESS, JERRY AND DOYLE'S CADAVERS-WITH-DEVIL'S PEAK HAIRDOS - AS ITS 
GNARLY MUSIC.  BREAKING UP AFTER A HALLOWEEN GIG IN '83, GLENN WENT ON TO 
FAME AND GLORY WITH HIS BAND DANZIG WHILE THE BROTHERS RETREATED TO THE 
SWAMPS OF JERSEY.

LIKE THEIR HERO DRACULA, THE MISFITS - AUGMENTED BY VOCALIST MICHAEL 
GRAVES AND DR.  CHUD ON DRUMS - HAVE RISEN FROM THE DEAD IN '97 WITH THEIR 
GEFFEN DEBUT, "AMERICAN PSYCHO."  BRINGING AN UNHOLY NOISE OF CRUNCHY 
GUITARS, OPERATICALLY DERANGED VOCALS AND HEAVY DRUMBEATS, "AMERICAN 
PSYCHO" DELIVERS 17 TRACKS OF BRILLIANTLY STOOPID HORRORCORE—AND A FREE 
POSTER!  FROM THE OMINOUS DREAD OF ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES AND DAY OF THE 
DEAD'S ELVIS VIBE TO THE PILE-DRIVING MADNESS OF FROM HELL THEY CAME, WE'RE 
SCARED TO SAY THAT THE MISFITS ARE BETTER THAN EVER.

(pictures w/article:  promo shot of DOYLE, MICHALE, CHUD & JERRY; small pic of 
"AMERICAN PSYCHO" CD cover)