Not sure how many got the reference here - but we can watch 2 versions of their most popular tune which dovetails nicely with our brief topic of best covers of tunes. So who did it better. Cant answer neither!

Starland vocal band



Or Ron Burgundy and Friends




Also @ DOn I am aware of we built this city - but I took a littel liberty as it was an opportunity for me to hate on Styx. Unfortunately for me growing up many people in my age range listened to this and the emotional scars run quite deep. Thank you for understanding

You just reminded me one of my brothers has high five figures collection of rare and mint condition comic books he refuses to move in me despite being in constant financial stress and needing help. Super frustrating!

To be fair, thanks to Starland Vocal Band, we were able to get this:

Misfits 1 or Misfits 2, there is a large difference imo.

Is misfits 1 Danzig and Misfits 2 the other guy? If so, Misfits 1.

Though, I recently stumbled on some youtubes of the other guy doing acoustic sets and he is pretty darn good.

I'm not an expert but this is the path as I understand it.

Late 70s/early 80s. Punk band forms. Achieves minor succuess with in a scene that was very tiny. Breaks up.

Mid 80s. Danzig is doing Samhain. I wasn't there, but I think the Misfits stuck a little within the punk scene.

Late 80s/90s. Punk is bigger, and this is when I was into it. The Misfits were a classic punk band like DK or whatever. Also, Danzig the band was pretty popular. Also, James Hetfield was always wearing Misfits shirts.

Somewhere in here, we have Metalica, one of the biggest bands in the world covering Misfits songs. The Misfits reform with the other guy.

What's interesing to me is that The Misfits were now pretty popular. Millions of rock fands were exposed to them, yet they didn't become huge. But...

Late 2010s... NOW the band absolutely catches fire. You see mainstream teenage girls wearing Misfits clothing. They reunite with Danzig and play basketball arenas. You hear them on places like NPR.

As I said, I can't think of any case like it.

Not a song to be sung by and an Uncle and his niece

OS - I completely forgot about that version...clearly the best of all 3 imo

I didn’t know anything about them before reading this. That’s super interesting!


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Penhas trashed at least two songs featured on The Simpsons..

People in here dissing 70s music smh

Classic imo



Pretty sure the budget for this video was about $7k and $6900 of that was spent on cocaine and hallucinogens.

Wait...we also don't like Mr. Roboto? GTFO!

Best Christmas song imo

Just came back from the Mart they have a small cd section still. I saw that Van Hale and Poison as I passed by. I don't think you've mentioned them at all. Sign you're old as both were superstars for the kids back then. I had to pretend to like them.

If not taken seriously then Styx can be a lot of fun

Not surprisingly if you drunkenly say Domo arigato Mr roboto to people in Japan they don't catch the reference

PS skip you shared the same video twice and both times I don't think it was what you meant to share, which was obviously this

The Misfits had more and better pop melodies just about anyone, but live stuff doesn't sound good if you don't know the songs already.

It's a really good choice, but n00bs need to hear it clean.



It's funny how low key Danzig is in the live vid. "I don't know why you're here, but I'm here to go out of my effing mind." Sounds like he's ordering a pizza.

Watched a bit of a live show from 82 just for comparison. You could hear each individual fan clapping or cheering. Front row is about 4 people deep.

I found the clip of Michael "the other guy" Graves. I never listened to The Misfits with him. A lot of jibber jabber in the beginning. But I was impressed by this starting about 1:10.

I'm very curious how Depeche Mode qualifies.

I love them, but I haven't a clue what makes them rock and roll.

This should just be renamed the your dad's favorite radio station hall of fame.

You can see your own cards, and that gives you an unfair advantage over the field

Soundgarden was quite generous. Thanks to Wikipedia I see they were there with Nirvana from the start.

Alabama takes offense to this statement.

i dont get all the hate for music. just listen to what you want to. who cares about other stuff. i used to get all pissed off about my mom and country music (granted, she continually tried to compare Brooks & Dunn to Metallica, because they're obv the same) but i stopped being an ***** ass teenager and realized i dont give a **** what she listens to because it doesnt change what i listen to.

I think the definition of what constitutes the Rock and Roll part of the Hall has been liberalized over the years. Now a lot of what would otherwise be considered decidedly not R&R seems to be eligible.

It is a silly thing but somehow I'm always interested in the results.

Go home you're drunk

Ok can't disagree

I hate this song in any form, including the Clash's version, and they may be one of my top 5 all time bands.

Picture this: you're (still) tripping balls as the second set of the Grateful Dead show you've waited 6 months for comes to a close. You anticipate some awesome cover for an encore, like Baba O'Reilly -> Tomorrow Never Knows or some trippy ass **** like that, but instead, they phone in a 2 minute version of I Fought The Law, leaving you hanging, and a bit disappointed (even though the experience as a whole was A+). That is my own circle of Hell, and I fully expect to suffer thru it for eternity.

YouTube was drunk imo.

Skip - helluva find mang. Def would like to party with them!!