Ever wonder what a bootleg sounds like, but you’re too cheap to
\npay outrageous amounts for a CD from an otherwise unavailable live
\nshow?<\/p>\n
In that case, step to the front of the line and check out
\nEvilive<\/i> from The Misfits, a recording that goes back to the
\ndays when Glenn Danzig was fronting the now-legendary metal\/punk
\nband. One difference, though, between this release and a bootleg:
\nThis one is a legal release that has the absolute worst sound I’ve
\never heard on a live album.<\/p>\n
Granted, shows by The Misfits weren’t exactly technological
\nwonders, relying more on the sheer thunder and energy of the music
\nthan worrying about whether the sound was optimized. But, geez,
\nyou’d think that for a live recording, they’d have fretted a
\nlittle<\/i> bit, especially when there are times that Danzig’s
\nvocals can’t be heard at all.<\/p>\n
Danzig and crew bash out their set in a haphazard manner,
\ncompletely pounding away on their instruments in order to get the
\nmost sound out of them. And, yeah, I guess that does follow the
\npunk rock ethic – but they could have made it sound a little
\ntighter. While the diehard Misfits fan will undoubtedly cream all
\nover themselves due to the maniacal fury that the band presents,
\nthe rest of us heathens will hear this as so much noise.<\/p>\n
What bothers me is that this band was capable of combining the
\nfrenzied playing and a decent mix and turn them into something
\nlistenable. I’ll admit it’s been a long time since I pulled
\nEarth A.D.<\/i> out of the Pierce Memorial Archives, but I recall
\nthat album being much more listenable than this one. In fact, it
\ngets so muddied that if you didn’t hear the name of Henry Rollins
\nbeing screamed from the stage, you’d never know that the former
\nlead throat of Black Flag joined in on the album’s last cut, “We
\nAre 182”.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know the traditional Misfits tunes are here, like “20
\nEyes,” “All Hell Breaks Loose” and “Hatebreeders”. But somehow, I
\nfail to find myself getting wrapped up in the horror film-like
\nstructure of the songs when they’re being played with no regard to
\nmusicianship or balance of volumes. Maybe a rousing rendition of
\n“Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?” would have helped – but
\nthen, they needed something to spice up
\nWalk Among Us<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\nEvilive<\/i> is not the greatest live album in the world – though
\nsome Misfits fans might argue that this release is an accurate
\nportrait of a Misfits concert. May God have mercy on us all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6132],"rating":[11203],"class_list":["post-36457","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-misfits","rating-rating-d-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36457"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36457"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}