This Music Leaves Stains
This Music Leaves Stains
The Complete Story of the Misfits
ISBN: 9781589798922Few bands in the past three decades have proven as affecting or exciting as the Misfits, the ferocious horror punk outfit that lurked in the shadows of suburban New Jersey and released a handful of pivotal underground recordings during their brief, tumultuous time together. Led by Glenn Danzig, a singer possessed of vision and blessed with an incredible baritone, the Misfits pioneered a death rock sound that would reverberate through the various musical subgenres that sprung up in their wake.
This Music Leaves Stains now presents the full story behind the Misfits and their ubiquitous, haunting skull logo, a story of unique talent, strange timing, clashing personalities, and incredible music that helped shape rock as we know it today. James Greene, Jr., maps this narrative from the bands birth at the tail end of the original punk movement through their messy dissolve at the dawn of the 1980s right on through the legal warring and inexplicable reunions that helped carry the band into the 21st century.
Music junkies of any stripe will surely find themselves engrossed in this saga that finally pieces together the full story of the greatest horror punk band that ever existed, though Misfits fans will truly marvel at the thorough and detailed approach James Greene, Jr. has taken in outlining the rise, fall, resurrection, and influence of New Jerseys most frightening musical assembly.
By James Greene Jr.
Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 208
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James Greene, Jr. is a freelance writer who has contributed to Crawdaddy!, New York Press, Splitsider, PopMatters, and Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BA in organizational communication and lives in Troy, New York. Greene also runs a Misfits image blog at thismusicleavesstains.tumblr.com.