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Original Misfits Glenn Danzig/Jerry Only/Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein To Reunite At Riot Fest

Logo - The Misfits

There are times when you are reading the morning email broadcasts and think to yourself that perhaps you need a stronger bit of coffee based on it being hard to believe what is being looked at on your screen. This was the exact head that I found myself in a short time ago as the news opened up in my site email announcing “THE ORIGINAL MISFITS REUNITE” – Clearly I didn’t get enough sleep, or was immersed in some sort of fluid Horror Punk dream but alas this news was true and Original Members – Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only along with long-time guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein were reuniting and set to perform together on stage for the first time since 1983. Check out the poster and the press copy then I’ll return with some additional thoughts.

Poster - Misfits Reunion - 2016

The Press Release:
The Original Misfits Headline Riot Fest in Denver and Chicago

And they said it would never happen. Never!!

However, this September, Original Singer/Songwriter Glenn Danzig, Original Bassist Jerry Only and long-time Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein – for the “First Time in Over 30-Years” – will be stepping onto stage together as “The Original MISFITS” to headline Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver, CO (September 2-4, 2016) and Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago, IL (September 16-18, 2016).

From the time of their first gig in 1977, the MISFITS and their iconic imagery went on to become one of the most crucially influential, genre-defying bands to ever emerge from North America, the MISFITS significance extends well beyond the narrowed path of punk rock & hardcore. Although not cognizant of how significant they would become, what the MISFITS achieved in their initial six-year window deconstructed and redefined rock music.
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