Misfits - American Psycho

ZERO STARS

These guys wouldn't even have a record deal if they hadn't won the use of the Misfits name in court. Awful Awful music which sounds like it was written by a twelve year old instead of a 50 year old has-been. October 24, 2008

Great Metal-Punk Hybrid Horror Music!

American Psycho is a great bridge between "classic" Misfits & the "resurrected" Misfits: all of the energy and none of the profanity.

"American Psycho" has all of the things that made The Misfits great:
-Sing-along choruses
-Horror themed lyrics
-Relentless energy

But what the album really does is improve on the old ideas. Jerry & Doyle can actually play their instruments now and being backed by Dr. Chud's thundering drums and Michale Graves haunting screams really gives the band a great heavy, full sound.

The stand-out songs are: "Speak of the Devil", "Dig Up Her Bones", "Crimson Ghost", "Day of the Dead" and "Don't Open Til Doomsday".
Also, the hidden track "Hell Night" is pretty catchy.

This is a great album in it's entirety, but the "resurrected" Misfits didn't really find their own sound until "Famous Monsters" which is definitely their best.

Buy this album and prepare to shout along. April 25, 2008

Good

Ok, I have been catching hell for years from "real" Misfits fans because of my affinity for this album. I understand that it's not the "real" Misfits, blah, blah, blah. But it's a good album. I agree with the other reviewer who said that really the only flaw was using the name "Misfits". In my opinion, this album is vastly superior to much of the Danzig era Misfits in production quality and musicianship. This lyrically this album is basically the music form of a '50s B horror movie. In fact, most of the songs are lifted directly from them (with the exception of the title track, which is a 90s movie, and "the Hunger" which is an 80s movie). In all, this is probably my favorite Misfits work (or whatever), and, though I own almost all of the others, is certainly the one I listen to most. October 17, 2007

PRETTY DAMN GOOD

I am going to say this about the Misfits. Anyone looking for Dream Theater Type depth you are not going to find it here. That is a good thing. This band especially with Micheal Graves ROCKS. The music is better, the vocals are better. We have the melody with the crunch, the crunch with the slam and lyrics that are more than acceptable. Danzig is one of my favorite artists, but I think Graves deserves some credit. If it were not for him carrying this band throug the god awful scene of the late 90's they would have fallen apart.
Sometimes music needs to be fun, this album is fun and that is an understatement. Buy it and enjoy it for what it is. August 18, 2007

Michael Ruffin was the temptations, Glenn Danzig was the Misfits

It's sad that jerry only continues to destroy the misfits legacy. Making money off of kids must be real easy. It's sad that this album is rated so highly on this website. Are these crack induced ratings? July 16, 2007

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