The year was 1982 & one of the most hated bands on the West Coast was the New Jersey Ghouls, the MISFITS. Some shit went down in San Francisco on their tour that gave them a bad name in Cali, but good thing they had the Midwest heavy weights, NECROS, & Cali’s Black Flag waving their banner of radness. So by ’83 or ’84, things started to look up for them on the West Coast – this is around the time my homie Mike put me up on them heavy, because he had been collecting their music for years. I was lucky to get to see them perform two or three songs opening for the Black Flag all-star gig at the Santa Monica Civic; I’ve got to give it to them, they ripped it. Mike made me a bunch of tapes, & I was hooked, no matter what had taken place the years before. I did trip out when I moved to San Francisco in ’84 & saw Cliff Burton around town rocking his MISFIT tee – I thought it was rad that one of my favorite metal bands liked punk. Back then, no one in the underground community knew what would happen to the MISFITS legacy. Today CVLT Nation wants to take you back to a simpler time, when the MISFITS were a real band & not a Hot Topic t-shirt graphic. So we have unearthed some of their sickest shows from the early 80’s, when the band worked as a unit, striking fear into the hearts of the masses. After the jump, step into the devil’s whorehouse & peep some vintage horror punk live!
Melinda Deyhle
February 17, 2014 at 11:29 am
thank you.
Christopher Glenn Epolt
February 17, 2014 at 12:48 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZBFQHj0dA
M S le Despencer
February 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm
so, what happened in San Fran??!?!?
Joe Derus
March 13, 2013 at 12:09 pm
As always..thanks for sharing! Could watch Misfits videos for days (and have) haha. BTW..are those Siamese twins hopping around up front in the first video? In the blue? hah
María Isabel
August 24, 2011 at 8:48 pm
They played in Ecuador, 2008. I love the Misfits although Jerry can’t sing -It was a hell of a nite. Seein’ my idols playing in front of me was priceless. Actually, it was the last great concert I went to. I have my 1996 Misfits box set signed by the Misfits. YEAH.
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chris
August 22, 2011 at 1:08 am
Saw them last year in Jakarta, one of my fav band ever. Althought Jerry is the only founding member, that night was one of the raddest moment in my life!