- Famous Monsters
Infobox Album
Name = Famous Monsters
Artist = Misfits
Type = studio
Released = October1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre =Horror punk
Hardcore punk
Length = 44:42 (US)
53:32 (UK)
Label = Roadrunner
Producer =Daniel Rey and Misfits
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfuxqlkld6e link]
Last album = "Evillive II "
(1998)
This album = "Famous Monsters"
(1999)
Next album = "Cuts from the Crypt "
(1999)"Famous Monsters" is a 1999 album by the Misfits.
It is the second in the "post-Danzig era" of the band; it's also the last album of new material with new
frontman Michale Graves who would quit the band in 2000.The song "Scream!" was turned into a music video directed by
George A. Romero . In addition, the band appeared in Romero's film "Bruiser". Kong at the Gates was the theme music for WCW alumnusVampiro .Reception
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CMJ " (10/18/99, p.36) - "...treads familiar Misfits territory....this classic band shows why it's one of the most revered names in punk rock..."Track listing
# "Kong at the Gates" – 1:22 (Jerry Only/Doyle)
# "The Forbidden Zone" – 2:23 (lyrics-Michale Graves/music-Doyle)
# "Lost in Space" – 2:27 (Dr. Chud)
# "Dust to Dust" – 2:43 (Jerry Only/Daniel Rey)
# "Crawling Eye" – 2:22 (Doyle)
# "Witch Hunt" – 1:31 (Michale Graves)
# "Scream!" – 2:33 (Michale Graves)
# "Saturday Night" – 3:28 (Michale Graves)
# "Pumpkin Head" – 2:16 (Doyle)
# "Scarecrow Man" – 3:10 (Doyle)
# "Die Monster Die" – 2:00 (Michale Graves/Dr. Chud)
# "Living Hell" – 2:54 (Jerry Only/Daniel Rey)
# "Descending Angel" – 3:46 (Jerry Only/Daniel Rey)
# "Them" – 2:43 (Jerry Only)
# "Fiend Club" – 2:52 (Michale Graves)
# "Hunting Humans" – 2:06 (Jerry Only/Daniel Rey)
# "Helena" – 3:20 (Michale Graves)
# "Kong Unleashed" – 0:47 (Jerry Only/Doyle)
# "Devil Doll" (exclusive UK/Japan bonus track)(Michale Graves)
# "1,000,000 Years B.C." (exclusive UK bonus track)(Jerry Only)
# "Helena 2" (exclusive UK bonus track)(Michale Graves)Credits
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Michale Graves - vocals
*Jerry Only - bass
* Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein - guitar
*Dr. Chud - drums
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