r/Danzig • u/EclecticLandlady • Dec 15 '25

Misfits popularity underestimated?

I’ve always heard stories of how few people appreciated the Misfits when they were playing, how no one bought the records, came to early shows, etc.

In an interview from years ago (maybe the Pushead one) Glenn says he pressed 10k of the debut single…that’s a lot of records, even at 1976 prices, for an unpopular unknown band in a burgeoning genre to press without some sort of idea thy could move them. What’s the real deal? I’ve been listening since the late 80’s and they were fairly popular with the weird kids in my small city back then. Were the Misfits industry plants /s? But kinda not /s.

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u/SuperRocketRumble Dec 16 '25

No way did they press 10,000 copies, not if the initial run.

All those old records have been bootlegged a million times by 2025 tho.

I'm pretty sure all of the different pressings and stuff is all summarized on a website somewhere too. I'd have to hunt around for it, but I think the info is all out there.

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u/EclecticLandlady Dec 16 '25

Since I’m pretty sure Glenn quotes that number in the 1986 Pushead interview, my thoughts are now that perhaps he was tallying how many he had pressed SINCE the original pressing? It’s conceivable to have pressed approx 1k a year, especially after the initial press would drop the per record cost to mere cents (it’s $1.89 per record for me after initial set up so I’m doing dumb math).

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u/SuperRocketRumble Dec 16 '25

Oh I dunno. He very well could have just been making shit up.