Walk Among Us by The Misfits

Walk Among Us, the Misfits' first full-length release, came out in March 1982 on Ruby Records, the Slash offshoot, though it was really the third album the Lodi, New Jersey, band had cut: Static Age and 12 Hits from Hell had both been recorded first. The band produced it themselves across several studios between June 1981 and January 1982, with Glenn Danzig howling like a B-movie crooner, Jerry Only thumping the bass and Only's brother Doyle on guitar.

It's horror punk in its purest form, drive-in monster flicks played at hardcore speed, with Danzig sneaking real pop hooks in among the gore. There's a fresh recording of the 1979 single "Night of the Living Dead", and "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?" was captured live at the Ritz in New York City. It became one of the touchstones of early '80s hardcore, and the band's music would later echo through Metallica, Green Day and a whole graveyard of followers.

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