Misfits Album: “Cuts From the Crypt”

This was the finale to the Graves area and overall is a fitting goodbye.

"Dead Kings Rise" is one of their best songs ever and why it wasn't issued on an album is a completely beyond me,it grabs you with it's skeletal hands around your neck and refuses to let go for the duration of the song.

The "Mars Attacks" demo is a bit more punkier than the"American Psycho" version and you can easily imagine the Ramones in the studio background drinking a few beers whilst"I wanna be a NY Ranger" was being recorded,it has a stamp of New York punk rock authenticity all over it.

"Monster Mash" was destined to be recorded by the Misfits and illustrates how the band had a great sense of humour about things as opposed to a lot of Black/Death metal types who take themselves very,very seriously indeed.

"One Million Years B.C." baffles me because like "Dead Kings Rise" it's another awesomely powerful piece of music that really packed a punch and showed The Misfits were very much back from the dead.

Why neither of these tracks went straight onto the "Famous Monsters" album will confuse me untill my dying day or at least untill I meet either Jerry or Doyle or Graves.

When we come to "No More Moments" this is the reason why I gave it four stars and not five also intially I wasn't that bothered about "Devil Doll" ," Fiend without a Face" and "Bruiser" but I have to admit that over time(and with a significant lack of any new Misfits material emerging from Misfits records) these songs have grown on me.

We read in the CD booklet how Graves had been listening to a lot of Jim Morrison at the time of recording"No More Moments" and it shows thankfully there were no more moments like that!!.

Was that the direction Graves was going to take the Misfits in

for a third studio album? we'll never know although in a final irony the last track is Black Flag's "Rise Above" an absouletly awesome punk anthem that any old punkers like myself will feel a rush of adrenaline when you hear the opening chords.

Whilst "No More Moments" was the funeral march of the Graves era of the band with Dez and Robo in the band and rumours of a new studio album (unfortunatly Jerry is notorious for mentioning ideas that never seem to happen or take a considerable amount of time before they do) full time now "Rise Above" may very well be a glimpse of the future

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

HALLOWEEN IS UPON US AND I WAS AT MY MOST GHOULISH AND NEEDED A MISFITS FIX AND CUTS FROM THE CRYPT DID THE TRICK! ANOTHER DEVILISH DELIGHT THAT ROCKS!

This album is great for "fiends" who don't want to shell out big $$$ for imports and special singles, it's got some great stuff.

"Cuts From The Crypt" is definitely a must have for Misfits completists and although it's hit and miss on quality/necessity it's very enjoyable.

The Good:

-"Dead Kings Rise": My only complaint is that it's not the album version from the "American Psycho" LP, I was really hoping to get a polished version of the song on CD.

-"Dr. Phibes Rises Again": Is a solid song, but again, the Michale Graves vocals version would have been preferred.

-"I Wanna Be A New York Ranger"/"Monster Mash": Just fun stuff.

-"1,000,000 Years B.C.": A super-fast and frantic song that like Jerry says in the liner notes, should have been on the album.

-"Devil Doll": Great heavy rocker, that along with the previous song features a great vocal performance by Michale Graves.

-"Fiend Without a Face"/"Bruiser": Although a little slower than their album tracks, these songs have a great haunting atmosphere to them.

The Lame:

-"The Mars Attacks Demos" aren't that different from the album versions and just kind of fill space.

-"I Got A Right": An Iggy Pope cover song that's not their style.

-"Scream Demo": Is really annoying, the timing is very off.

-"Helena 2": Unecessary.

-"No More Moments": very obvious that it was written in 15 minutes.

-"Rise Above": An OK song, but not Misfits, so why is it here?

The good tracks definitely outweigh the "Lame", so buy today!

Over and Over i listen to this CD and the only question i have is that why wasnt "Dead Kings Rise" ever released onto the American Psycho CD.It is such a great Misfits song and its a song i cant stop listening to.This CD is padcked with a whole bunch of classics and even new songs soon to be classics such as "Monster Mash","I Wanna Be A NY Ranger" and "1,000,000 B.C.".If you dont have this CD yet then buy it right now!!!!!!!!

Cuts from the cyrpt like the 'fits previous works; American Psycho and famous monsters is just another example why this killa band rivals today's so-called; metal/alternative rock. after hearing the first track, dead kings arise, followed by the demo versions of blacklight, the hunger, mars attacks. and Dr. philbes. i was in for another misfits masterpiece, although a few of the songs were cheesy (I wanna be a new york ranger, 10000 years B.C. and monster mash) i couldn't help but bop to the the tunes/lyrics.Bruiser and devil doll was a awesome surprise!!

i'm also saddend that Michale graves, who to me filled Danzig's shoes perfectly.left the band along with chud. it just doesn't add up, and

the jury is still out on ROBO & DEZ. oh wellz, here's hopin that that doyle and only can work things out with glenn,(Danizg) for the misfits aniversary tour.

You can have ur (...) bands like Staid,Nickelback. or senseless metal I.E. TOOL,But make mine,; THE MISFITS.

my slice of advice to all fiends and fans; BUY THIS CD!!!