Misfits - Famous Monsters

General Information

Original Author: The Uncreator

Artist: Misfits

Album: Famous Monsters

Genre: Punk/ Horror Punk

Tracklist

01. Kong at the Gates
02. The Forbidden Zone 03. Lost in Space 04. Dust to Dust 05. Crawling Eye 06. Witch Hunt 07. Scream! 08. Saturday Night 09. 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

Sounds: 8 Yes, you figured it out! Ive been listening to a lot of Misfits the past few days, dont worry, this is my final Misfits review....For Now. Anyway, like on there previous albums, The sound is nice and thick, but i think its a bit beefier, the riffs are more daring, and heavier, which create another extraordinary album!

Guitar: 8 The guitars on this album i believe are some of Misfits best, the riffs are thicker, heavier and better. Still retaining the concept of simplicity is best, the riffs are as catchy as ever. Some songs prove to be some of there heaviest such as "Scarecrow Man", which has one of the coolest riffs ever. Even if you dont like the punk bands that use pretty much Power chords, the riffs make up for that, there are super cool, There is even a Solo on here (not too many of those), like on the tracks "Descending Angel" and "Scarecrow Man" and its good, nice melodic with a dirty punk sound, you wouldnt know it from first glance, but Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein has some good phrasing. The use of feedback on this album is a Doyle signature, which you can hear in the intro riff to Scream, see end of post for link

Bass: 8 Jerry Only never dissapoints with his tone and furious beat the hell out of my strings approach and ever relentless riffs. His combination with Brother Doyle prove to add an element to this band where the sound becomes heavier, and more haunting.

Drums: 8 Dr. Chud does some great work on this album, his drumming is tighter, faster, and his sound is awesome. The killer grooves that are ever present on Misfits album are of course, everywhere on this album. Like on every misfits album, the drumming gets you tapping your foot and bangin' your head.

Vocals: 10 With the best vocal melodies of all the misfits albums, Michael Graves' melodic and haunting voice soars across this album with beautiful execution. Graves is a truly underrated musician, and his vocal performance is amazing. His phrasing, Vibrato, choice of Pronunciation, all of it is Phenomenal, especially on slower, Melancholy tracks such as "Descending Angel" and "Fiend Club" send shivers up my spine.

Lyrics: 10 Ok, so the album is called "Famous Monsters", so what do you think most of the songs are about?.....Thats right. Famous Monsters!!!

From "Scream" A chill runs up your spine And crawls into your brain A freezing touch of fear It's driving me insane Although you try to fight Dragged from the silence Where you hide

'Til you scream 'Til you scream

A chill runs up your spine And crawls into your brain A freezing touch of fear It's driving me insane Although you try to fight Dragged from the silence Where you hide

'Til you scream 'Til you scream Scream

I can't wait to hear you scream It's driving me insane Although you try to fight Dragged from the silence Where you hide

'Til you scream Scream

Ican't wait to hear you I can't wait to hear you Scream I can't wait to hear you I can't wait to hear you Scream, scream, scream

From "Scarecrow Man" How about a little fire, scarecrow?

Hangin' in a field, you'll never know I'm out here I'm telling you people, best beware I creep into town, I'm hunting my prey Back on my post by the crack of day

Lock your doors Watch your back It's true

Turn around How do you do I'm the scarecrow man I'm the scarecrow man

People dying every night Mutilation's a terrible sight Look 'round the victims really hard Scarecrow's death straw calling card And I'm coming And killing It's true

Turn around How do you do I'm the scarecrow man I'm the scarecrow man

Scarecrow man Scarecrow man

I'm the scarecrow man I'm the scarecrow man

Hangin' in a field, you'll never know I'm out here I'm telling you people best beware I creep into town, I'm hunting my prey Back on my post by the crack of day

I've come to kill you, I will I'm gonna get you, be still

I'm the scarecrow man I'm the scarecrow man I'm the scarecrow man

From "Fiend Club" We won't pretend that this is the end We're not losers all of the time We mosh and we fall, we're one and for all It's just evil all of the time All of the time

We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club Not you, not you

You dress so messed up, your hair is too long But I'm changing it all of the time We mosh and we fall, we're one and for all It's just evil all of the time All of the time Evil all the time

We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club Not you, not you

Evil all the time

We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club Not you, not you

We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club We are the Fiend Club Not you, not you Not you, not you

We are the Fiend Club

From "Descending Angel" Torn from the heavens They fall from the sky And walk the streets Among mortal men They hide in shadows Keepers of the night Mortal life is weak Can't hold back the demons The blood pours as rain And soon you'll be alone

Descending angel Stand by my side We'll face the night Descending angel

Guard the gates of Hell Just one more night For in the morning We'll bring the light Born or created In the image of a god The heavens fall No saviour has been sent No one to guide us Alone we face the night Mortal life is brief For the rebel angels They make their final stand And soon you'll be alone

Descending angel Stand by my side We'll face the night Descending angel

Guard the gates of Hell Just one more night Forever ends tonight

Descending angel Descending angel

Descending angel Stand by my side We'll face the night Descending angel

Guard the gates of Hell Just one more night Forever ends tonight

Descending angel Little rebel angel Little rebel angel Little rebel angel Descending angel

Overall Impression: 10 One of my all time favorites, covered in Misfits classics, Catchy melodies, awesome heavy riffs, Lyrics that are just too cool to ignore, and a singer with a unique, clean, melodic voice to sing all the lyrics with the perfect amount of every emotion. Like all the previous Misfits reviews i will say this, FUN AS HELL!!

Misfits - Scream