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Halloween (Misfits song)
"Halloween" tracks were mixed in September, but in October Steele
was ejected from the band in favor of Doyle and the
planned album was scrapped. Five of the songs were re-
leased as the 3 Hits from Hell EP, while "Halloween" and
"Halloween II" were released as a single. In 2001 Caroline
Records announced attempted to release the complete
sessions as 12 Hits From Hell, but production was called off
after Danzig and Only expressed concerns with the al-
bum’s layout, packaging, liner notes, mixing, and master-
ing.
The lyrics to "Halloween II" are in nonstandard Latin,
translating to
Ancient formulas of exorcisms and excommunica-
tions
The single’s cover photograph shows the band’s lineup at That witches and those made wolves believe
the time of its release. Left to right: Jerry Only, Arthur
I maim now the demon clothed in wolfskin
Googy, Glenn Danzig, and Doyle.
Having to hide in the hollow of a tree
Single by the Misfits I say werewolves can change shapes[1]
A-side "Halloween"
B-side "Halloween II" Re-releases and other versions
Released October 31, 1981 Following the band’s breakup in 1983, "Halloween" was
reissued on the 1985 compilation album Legacy of Brutality
Format 7" vinyl with overdubbed guitar and bass tracks recorded by
Recorded 1981 Danzig. The original versions of both songs were re-re-
leased on Collection II in 1995, and all of the versions were
Genre Horror punk
included in The Misfits box set in 1996, along with the
Length 4:06 original studio recording of "Halloween II".
Label Plan 9
Writer(s) Glenn Danzig
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Glenn Danzig.
Misfits singles chronology
Side A
"Night of the Living "Halloween" "Die, Die My No. Title Length
Dead" (1981) Darling"
(1979) (1984) 1. "Halloween" 1:53
Side B
Halloween"
"Halloween is the fifth single by the horror punk band No. Title Length
the Misfits. It was released on October 31, 1981 on singer
1. "Halloween II" 2:13
Glenn Danzig’s label Plan 9 Records. 5,000 copies of the
single were pressed on black 7" vinyl, some of which in- Total length: 4:06
cluded a lyrics sheet.[1][2]
The "Halloween" single was the last Misfits release
to include guitarist Bobby Steele. Both songs on the sin-
Personnel
gle had been recorded in August 1980 for a planned al- • Glenn Danzig - vocals
bum. During the sessions bassist Jerry Only was grooming • Bobby Steele - guitar
his younger brother Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein to • Jerry Only - bass guitar
join the band, and Doyle recorded his own guitar tracks • Arthur Googy - drums
and overdubs separately in addition to Steele’s. The • Doyle - guitar
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Cover versions "Hell Yes" "Halloween" "We’ve Had Enough"
(2001) (2002) (2003)
Mudhoney included a sample of "Halloween" in their
1988 cover of Sonic Youth’s song of the same title on
the "Touch Me I’m Sick"/"Halloween" split single. "Hal- Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio recorded a
loween" has been covered by several other bands in sub- cover version of "Halloween" in August 2002 while on
sequent years: AFI covered the song for their All Hallow’s tour. Their version was released as a single through Asian
EP (1999), and Dropkick Murphys recorded a version for Man Records, with a cover of "Children in Heat" (from
the compilation Back on the Streets: Japanese/American Punk "Horror Business") as the B-side, and given away exclu-
Unity (2000) which was later re-released on Singles Col- sively to attendees at their performance on October 31,
lection, Volume 2 (2005). The american death metal band 2002 at the Metro Chicago. This performance was filmed
Winds of Plague recorded a cover of the song that they and released on DVD in 2003 as Halloween at the Metro, the
included as an iTunes bonus track on their 2009 album fourth installment in Kung Fu Films’ The Show Must Go Off!
The Great Stone War. series. In 2004 the band re-released the single as a digi-
Danzig re-recorded "Halloween II" with his post-Mis- tal download exclusively to members of their fan club the
fits project Samhain. This version appeared on November- Blood Pact, adding a cover of The Damned’s "Wait for the
Coming-Fire (1986) and Live 85-86 (2001). "Halloween II" Blackout" recorded in 2003 at the BBC’s Maida Vale Stu-
has also been covered by Tenebre on the tribute album dios.[3]
Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits (2000) and by Cradle
Track listing
of Filth on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack and
Thornography (2006), though Cradle of Filth’s cover is All songs written and composed by Glenn Danzig, except
based on the Samhain version. where noted.
Side A
Alkaline Trio version No. Title Length
"Halloween" 1. "Halloween"
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Children in Heat"
Personnel
• Matt Skiba – guitar, vocals
• Dan Andriano – bass guitar, vocals
• Derek Grant – drums
See also
• Misfits discography
Single by Alkaline Trio References
A-side "Halloween" [1] ^ Von, Eerie (1996). Album notes for The Misfits box
B-side "Children in Heat" set by The Misfits [Box set liner notes]. New York
City: Caroline Records (CAR 7529-2).
Released October 31, 2002 [2] "Misfits discography". Misfits.com.
Format 7" http://www.misfits.com/. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
[3] "Blood Pact: Deadly Downloads (membership
Recorded August 2002
required)". Alkaline Trio.
Genre Punk rock http://heartandskull.com/deadly/index.html.
Retrieved 2009-11-12.
Label Asian Man (AM-097)
Writer(s) Glenn Danzig
Alkaline Trio singles chronology
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