Misfits - 12 Hits From Hell (2001)
In a never-ending quest of always trying to find material recorded with Glenn Danzig on vocals, they found and decided to put out this unreleased album from back in the day, but then it got scrapped again, and I have no idea how the hell it's out there now. Anyway, this is essentially the demo for "Walk Among Us" with other classic Misfits songs thrown in, and the production quality is pretty different than everything else from the Glenn Danzig era. This, to my knowledge, is the ONLY Misfits album with TWO guitarists, because Bobby Steele recorded the original riffs and then upon leaving the band, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein recorded over them, so on occasion you get some cool sounding shit you wouldn't have heard in the original versions.
The production sounds very... Warm compared to other releases by the band. The bass is, at times, very prominent, which is cool, because even though Jerry Only kinda sucks at vocals, he can play some simple basslines pretty well, which I guess isn't saying much, but when you get shat on as much as Jerry Only does, it's a compliment, right?! Ah, come on, he was a cool bass player!! Just a listen of the album "Static Age" will tell you that shit, you plebes. Anyhow, while these songs are demos, they're STILL classics and kick ass, but I can't help but prefer the originals of nearly all of these songs (except "Where Eagles Dare" because this version really nails home that Danzig ain't no Goddamn son of a bitch), they're still good, and it's a nice little album to own for what it is, and you can never have enough Misfits.. As long as we're talking about the Danzig era.
I probably wouldn't recommend this be your first Misfits album, but if you're a big fan of the Misfits like I am, then why the fuck shouldn't you have this?! What're you, a luddite incapable of searching the internet for this collection of ROCKIN' TUNES?! Is that it, you fucking LUDDITE?! "Oh no, get this glowing DEVIL-BOX out of my face!!" you scream as you stare at the computer. "Devil-Box?! Hold a sec, lemme write a riff.." Jerry Only thinks to himself from the darkness.
7/10 ________________________________________________________
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