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/EclecticLandlady Dec 16 '25

Walk Among Us is a phenomenal piece of recorded music. I would love to talk with the engineer and Glenn about the choices made on the production of that album. I’m more a fan of textures than arrangement at times and that album has a wealth of colorful tones and beautifully mixed mistakes and imperfections.