Scoff if you must. Call the new Misfits a cover band, or aging has-beens. And feel free to call me a poseur for even wanting to see them live. But I went to the Misfits show at DNA a couple weeks ago and I liked it.
So what if Danzig wasn’t there? So what if the sound was so bad that you wouldn’t have been able to tell if he were? There were huge skulls on the stage, and fancy lights, and dudes with devil locks (presumably at least one was an original member of the Misfits, though too-young-to-have-seen-them-in-their-heydey me wouldn’t know which), and really fucking loud music, and the best mosh pit I’ve been pushed into since I lost my favorite flannel at an illegal show in a windowless venue in high school.
And most importantly, I made my favorite new discovery: The Nutley Brass, a band whose album "Fiend Club Lounge" the DJ spun between sets. Think Disneyland’s Electric Light Parade meets the Manhattan Transfer, and you have some idea of the way this band covers Misfits tunes. In fact, if The Misfits opened a hotel, this is the Muzak that would be playing in its elevators.
Of course, I am the novelty rock queen, which means the Nutley Brass may be a thousand times more delightful for me than, well, anyone else. I acknowledge that. But still. How can anyone fail to find joy in a world where someone devoted that much time, effort, energy, and musical talent into something so damn silly? It’s impossible.
And just in case that isn’t enough for you, check out Beatallica, who have managed to sing Beatles songs in Metallica style, and Metallica songs in Beatles style, with results of varying quality (but consistently ridiculously awesome).
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