Famous Monsters

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Misfits

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The new version of the Misfits is quite interesting. The songs on this album are well written and still have that same catchy pop-hook that the MISFITS are known for. The only real difference is that angry attitude that Glenn Danzig had is gone. Michale Graves brings a whole different aura to the band which is happier. Although I prefer the old Misfits, the new Misfits still have plenty to offer. Michale is an excellent vocalist and apparently wrote the majority of the songs. My only complaint is Jerry's bass is TOO LOUD and the production is too clean. The album highlights are: Forbidden Zone, Saturday Night, Die Monster Die, Pumpkinhead & Fiend Club. Each of these songs clearly shows that Michale Graves is a suitable replacement for Glen. If you get past all the crap abut Glenn vs Michale/Jerry and just listen to the album you will be pleasantly surprised. I only wish now that Michale would rejoin the band and make another album since Glenn won't.

American Psycho was an energetic album from start to finish never letting up, delivering classic songs. Graves did a tremendous job exorcising Danzig's ghost. But,on monsters the fits' sound like they're drunk . Graves pushes aside his uptempo scream of a delivery,which was one of the things which made psycho great, for an attempt at a Danzig style croon, and comes off flat! notice the overkill of guitar distortion on the album to make up for the vocals lack of balls! The shame of it all is that the songs are good on the album, just not performed to their full potential. We see a glimpse of the psycho era Graves on " Them ", and "Helena", but for the rest of the time he's too restrained. The Misfits need to figure out whether or not they want a Danzig imposter fronting the band, because Graves has the potential to be his own man,except not on this album.