Skulls (Misfits song)

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"Skulls"
Song by the Misfits
from the album Walk Among Us
ReleasedMarch 1982
RecordedJune–August 1981
Genre
Length2:01
Label Ruby, Slash
Songwriter(s) Glenn Danzig

"Skulls" is a song by the American punk rock band Misfits from the band's 1982 album Walk Among Us . The song was written by frontman and vocalist Glenn Danzig, and was later included on the 1986 compilation album Misfits (also known as Collection I), which itself was included as part of the 1996 boxed set The Misfits .

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Recording and release

"Skulls" was recorded at Mix-O-Lydian Studio in Boonton, New Jersey no later than August 1981. [3] It was released on the Misfits' debut album Walk Among Us , which was first released in March 1982 through Ruby Records, an imprint of Slash Records. [4] [5] The song was later included on the 1986 compilation album Misfits (also known as Collection I). [6] Every track on Collection I would later be included in the 1996 boxed set The Misfits . [6]

Critical reception

Aaron Lariviere of Stereogum ranked the track No. 3 on his list of the 10 best Misfits songs, writing that "It's essentially a wistful, yearning love song for your severed head", adding that "This is my favorite Misfits tune without question". [7] In his book This Music Leaves Stains: The Complete Story of the Misfits, author James Greene, Jr. called the song a "thrashing delight" and "a twisted love letter", writing: "Danzig imbues so much passion into this performance [...] that one tends to forget the startling reality of his words". [8] In his book The Complete Misfits Discography, author Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter called it a "joyous ode to decapitation, and the perp's collection of the gruesome remnant, kind of like a punk-rock Predator." [1] Andy Biersack, lead vocalist for the rock band Black Veil Brides, listed "Skulls" as being among his favorite Misfits songs. [9]

Covers

The Lemonheads recorded a "sensitive, folky" [10] acoustic cover of the song on Favorite Spanish Dishes .

Duster recorded a slower version of the song, although it never saw release on a studio album. [11]

Personnel

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Cotter 2019, p. 27.
  2. ↑ Exposito, Suzy; Galil, Leor (May 12, 2016). "15 Great Misfits Covers". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Greene 2013, p. 126.
  4. 1 2 Christopher, Michael (March 31, 2017). "35 Years Ago: Misfits Take Over Horror-Punk With Their Debut LP 'Walk Among Us'". Diffuser.fm . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Cotter 2019, p. 25.
  6. 1 2 Greene 2013, p. 133–134.
  7. ↑ Lariviere, Aaron (October 31, 2012). "The 10 Best Misfits Songs". Stereogum . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Greene 2013, p. 43.
  9. ↑ Biersack, Andy (March 8, 2016). "The 10 best Misfits songs according to Andy Biersack". Louder. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ "15 Great Misfits Covers". Rolling Stone . May 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Duster - Skulls".
  12. ↑ Greene 2013, p. 44.
  13. ↑ Greene 2013, p. 36, 44.

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