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| 1969 | This song, written by Ron Asheton, Dave Alexander, James Osterberg, andScott Asheton (collectively credited asThe Stooges), originally appeared onThe Stooges' 1969 album,The Stooges. It was recorded in 1997 byJoey Ramone (with Jerry Only on bass, Dr. Chud on drums, andRamones/Misfits producer Daniel Rey on guitar) forWe Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute. |
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| Abominable Dr. Phibes | Recorded in 1996, this song was based on the horror movie of the samename. Please see "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" for more information. |
| American Psycho | This song is based on the similarly named book by Brett EastonEllis. |
| Animal Room | This movie was filmed in November 1995 and featuredThe Misfitsperforming live in one scene. Although not released until 2000, it wasshown at film festivals in Europe during the spring of 1997. |
| Big Fat Lady | This joke song was written on the tour bus in September 1998 andperformed live several times. |
| Blitzkrieg Bop | ThisRamones song was covered live in 1997 whenThe Misfits toured withMarky Ramone. |
| Crawling Eye | This song was originally known as "It." The lyrics are based on the 1958movie "The Trollenberg Terror," also titled "The Crawling Eye" in the UnitedStates. |
| Creepy Church | This instrumental music, written and recorded by Dr. Chud, was played asintroductory music during the 1998 tour. It features part of the music to"Blue Skin," another song by Dr. Chud. |
| Crimson Ghost | Inspired by the 12-part series from 1946,The Misfits used the CrimsonGhost on most of their albums and flyers, and even recorded a song with thistitle forAmerican Psycho. "The Crimson Ghost" series was released as a blackand white 2-video set, as well as a single video edited movie called"Cyclotrode X." It was also released as a colorized movie called "The CrimsonGhost" in 1990. |
| Cyclopian Music | All songs released byThe Misfits after 1995 were published by CyclopianMusic, Inc. |
| Descending Angel | This 1999 song features parts of the Kryst The Conqueror song,"Spellbound." |
| Dr. Chud | Dr. Chud took his name from the 1984 horror movie "C.H.U.D." aboutcannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers. Dr. Chud, the cannibalistichumanoid underground drummer, joined the band in 1995. |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Based on the 1972 horror movies of the same name, this song wasoriginally recorded byKryst The Conqueror for their full length LP. It waslater performed byThe Misfits during several soundchecks and recorded in thestudio in May 1996. AKryst The Conqueror demo version of this song,featuring The Murp on drums and Jeff Scott Soto on vocals, was used in ascene of the movie "Animal Room" with Michale Graves lip-synching the lyrics.The Misfits also filmed a video for this song for their horror movie seriesusing an instrumentalKryst The Conqueror demo version, with a new MichaleGraves vocal track.The Misfits re-recorded the beginning of this song andnamed it "Abominable Dr. Phibes" in 1996. |
| Evil Live II | In 1998, The Misfits releasedEvil Live II, the follow-up release to1982'sEvilive. |
| Hate The Living, Love The Dead | This 1996 song is based on the 1935 horror movie "The Bride Of Frankenstein." |
| Helena | This 1999 song is based on the 1994 movie "Boxing Helena." |
| I Got A Right | "I Got A Right" was written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson and recordedin July 1972 byIggy And The Stooges during theRaw Power recordingsession. Although the recording was not released until 1977, the bandperformed the song live many times during the 1970s.The Misfits alsoperformed the song live in the late 1970s, and supposedly recorded a studioversion during theEarth A.D. recording sessions. The recording is firstmentioned in an issue of "Thrasher" from 1986. According to Jerry Only,however, they didn't record ths song until 1997, when it appeared onWe Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute. For unknown reasons, James Williamson and SiameseMusic publishing were credited on the original recording, but not the tributealbum. |
| I Wanna Be A NY Ranger | This song was written by John Cafiero during the summer of 1998 andrecorded by the band, with Cafiero on vocals instead of Michale Graves, for aNY Ranger hockey commercial. This version is available on theI Wanna Be A NY Ranger promotional CD single. The track was later re-recorded with MichaleGraves as "NY Ranger" for theShort Music For Short People compilation. |
| Kong At The Gates | This instrumental was originally the beginning section of the song "KrystThe Conqueror" byKryst The Conqueror. "Kong Unleashed" is a truncatedversion of "Kong At The Gates." In Fall 1999, "Kong At The Gates" was used byWCW wrestler Vampiro as his entrance music; Jerry Only later became Vampiro'stag-team partner. |
| Lost In Space | The lyrics to this 1999 song were inspired by the 1998 movie version of"Lost In Space." |
| Mars Attacks | This 1996 song is based on the "Mars Attacks" trading cards distributedby Topps. Upon hearing that "Mars Attacks" was being made into a movie, JerryOnly wrote this song and sent a copy to Tim Burton (the movie's producer/director) to be usedon the soundtrack. Burton received the song too late into the production ofthe movie to use the song. |
| Monster Mash | Written by Bobby Pickett and Leonard Capizzi, and performed byBobby"Boris" Pickett And The Crypt Kickers in 1973, this Halloween favorite wasrecorded (but never released) byThe Misfits in 1996, and performed liveseveral times. A live version was later released as an Internet-only single, followed by theMonster Mash 7". |
| NY Ranger | Please see "I Wanna Be A NY Ranger" entry. |
| Pumpkin Head | Based on the 1988 horror movie "Pumpkinhead," this song appeared onFamous Monsters. |
| Scream! | "Scream!" was written soon afterThe Misfits learned of plans to releasethe movie "Scream II." Like "Mars Attacks," it was submitted to the producersof the movie for inclusion on the soundtrack, but not used. |
| Shining | This 1996 song is based on the "Poltergeist" horror movie series. |
| This Island Earth | The name of this 1996 song was taken from the 1954 science fiction movieof the same name. The movie was also known as "War Of The Planets." |
| Them | Based on the 1954 monster movie classic "Them!," this song appeared onFamous Monsters. |
| Walk Among Us | The title of thisAmerican Psycho song may have come from the 1956 horrormovie "The Creature Walks Among Us." |
| Other Song Titles | During 1996,The Misfits wrote and/or recorded demos for a large numberof songs that will never be released. They include "Talons Of Steel" and "TheCreeps" written by Doyle, "Till It's Gone," "Ghost Riders," "No Guts, NoGlory," "Black Moon Risin'," "Army Of The Dead," and "The Dead Lie Of Air"written by Jerry, "The Enemy" and "Hellraiser" written by Michale and Jerry,"Blue Skin" and "Spider Baby" (also known as "Angel Baby") written by Dr.Chud, "Pledge Of Vengeance" written by Dr. Chud and Doyle, and "The Path IWalk Is Thorny." |
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