Crass Course: Horror Punk & Deathrock

[@evelynscasketofficial7161]

Thanks so much for including us and promoting the show Jack!

[@GhostBastardsband]

Love you guys

[@dustinblackesthart359]

Saw you guys at the tower in San Diego can’t wait for you to come back

[@evelynscasketofficial7161]

@@dustinblackesthart359 we'll be back at Tower Bar this month on March 25th!

[@BobcatOneManBand]

How could a one-man band be part of this festival next year? I do some psychobilly, as well as instrumental surf-punk misfits covers, originals and so much more

[@BobcatOneManBand]

​@GhostBastardsband same here!

[@liborbajza3357]

Great video. I really recommend The Karnsteins from Slovakia. Very fast and melodic music. Sometimes words as a tribute to films and literature, sometimes stories they wrote, sometimes urban legends of their country and sometimes very morbid and dark humor.

[@kabukimanindahouse]

this horror punk band once opened for rancid in japan. lars literally said "GIVE IT UP FOR BALLSACK!" they were called balzac lol

[@dewilew2137]

This channel is so much better than The Punk Rock MBA.

[@ddanford1]

Really appreciate all the love for AFIs horror punk years

[@dewilew2137]

I was a huge fan of Black Sails in the Sunset Long before i even knew who Misfits were, which sounds crazy now, but because of my age, it just happened that way. I still love that album.

[@BobcatOneManBand]

Glad to see the shout out to AFI! This band has some killer melodies

[@LloydWilenchik]

In the pub last week, I put Green Hell by the Misfits on the jukebox. The lady behind the bar turned it up.

[@5CentFreakshow]

What an incredible, in depth video!! We appreciate all the time and effort put in to making this possible! Massive thank you for the shout out, and for flying the Freak Flag!!! We May Be Freaks But We Are Not Alone!!! 🤡💀🧟‍♂️

[@CharlieFergMcLean]

Small world. I never expected to see some hometown buds on this channel. 5 cent is a great band and a great group of ghouls!

[@liamtuohy7355]

Samhain is essential listening for any fan of Glenn Danzig. It’s the perfect bridge between Misfits and Danzig- not only chronologically but also in terms of seeing the metamorphosis of Glenn Danzig as an artist.

[@chrisdeutsch4669]

Excellent! I can attest that the Groovie Ghoulies were very important for punk in Sacramento and the larger, non-Bay Area, Nor Cal scenes. Particularly Kepi was always supporting bands and getting shows together and in general helping keep the music alive (or was it...undead).

[@RobertRichardson-u9j]

I'd definitely agree , I can't tell you how many times I seen the ghoulies in sac at the boardwalk or club retro or local clubs around the area

[@nahuilegorreta6572]

The Cramps actually started in Sacramento...they relocated to NYC

[@sebp400]

The first Christian Death is amazing. Rikk Agnew! His style, the OC style like The Adolescents, D.I. influenced a lot of so cal bands of later years.

[@dewilew2137]

RIP Rozz Williams 🖤

[@spencerb9998]

One of the greatest Death-Rock albums to get anyone into the genre is this compilation called, Killed By Deathrock. Think they've made a few of those comps, but the first one is pure gold.

[@Chill-mm4pn]

I love the first and second volumes they've put out. 😊 Solid bands!🙂🖤🖤

[@latenovembersdream]

Psychobilly, esp zombie ghost train is my jam

[@prex4373]

Alien Sex Fiend for earlier UK stuff, Skinny Puppy for blatant industrial gore, GWAR is important, and the nerdiness of Ink & Dagger for 90's vampire hardcore. For recent sounds, Blu Anxxiety are fantastic! And Final Gasp are great for a recent Samhain kick as well. Otherwise, great vid there sir!

[@MihkaelFournier]

So glad someone was thinking about Alien Sex Fiend while watching this. I was waiting for the name drop, too.

[@TheCrimsonGhosts]

Thats a cool report! Thanks for bringing us in! STAY UNDEAD!

[@JM_Smith1]

I skated to A.F.I especially Fall Children along with every Misfits songs

[@crustydread]

DUDE! i fucking forgot about Murderdolls! That song about being in love with Reagan from the Exorcist was my shit as a teenager lol 🤣 (also i had a GIANT poster of Reagan all green and fucked up looking in my room)

[@FireTheFaith95]

Fun fact. Nerve Agents were really close friends with AFI and they at one point lived in the same abandoned UC Berkeley frathouse-turned-squat

[@thepunkhistorian6397]

That kinda makes sense given timing and proximity. I think the drummer ended up in the distillers too if I’m not mistaken

[@ZATStube]

Aw, thanks for the acknowledgement Mr Punk Historian! Great video! Happy Halloween! 🦇🦇🦇

[@gqfiend]

Love the first clip of some entity of blitzkid. Much love to you. 0:07

[@xsinisterrougex]

Mister monster were among the best bands of the early 2000s era. Rest easy, J~Sin Trioxin

[@soysaucefool]

Check out the Casket Creatures guys, horrorpunk for the Metro Atlanta area

[@chriswilder1336]

Talked to you at Fest last night after D4!! Turns out I had watched this video as well as 3 others of yours. Crazy coincidence man!! Quality content, got my sub.

[@SirThomasDrake]

That was weird and cool to hear bands that I’d played in (Raw Dogs) and with (Evelyn’s Casket) in the intro.

[@dirtypatwalsh]

But The Necros! Lol…great video man. I’m an old punk rocker and had all that early stuff and death rock like 45 grave. I’d love to see you do a doc on DC band Scream lol but that’s a tall order. Keep up the great work boss! 😎👍

[@joaopossani3109]

Koffin Kats mention! Hell yeah!

[@Arcanum_Letalis]

I've needed this video for soooo long! I am glad KZbin put it my way. I've been a fan of Wednesday 13 for a while already, and I have wanted ever since to check on more Horror Punk, but besides Misfits, never knew what direction to take (metalhead here). This is not only documental, but very pedagogical. Thank you so much! I'll be checking more of your content.

[@thesvc2006]

yo this is my first video of yours and this was DOPE! been a huge horror punk fan since high school, so a good 16-17 years now!

[@satellitescreenprintinginc3404]

Awesome! Looking forward to the Psychobilly video!

[@BobcatOneManBand]

I love horror punk. It gets very melodic with The Misfits, and some of the better bands they inspired. I would love to collaborate with you on a psychobilly crash course. It is definitely part of the punk rock lexicon that many people here would enjoy

[@NestedVideoProductions]

Hour Of The Wolf is great too. Highly recommended horror garage punk

[@b94823]

Love them

[@MrDoomGuy93]

Sidenote, RIP Jason Trioxin. The horror scene isn't the same without him.

[@xtransxcorex]

there's a band called Creeper from the UK, and they really got me going into horror punk. they started off as an AFIcore band, got kinda experimental with their second album, and really embraced goth and heavy metal on their new album Menzingers video when

[@fearatomic]

Take a listen of my music. I think you might like it.

[@willquigg8265]

I am glad you at least put 45 Grave in there. Mary has a great voice. Not to mention their drummer was Don who was the drummer for the Germs.

[@philyeary8809]

Thanks for including Sloppy Seconds. Their drummer has been a friend since Karma Records in Greenwood Indiana. Steve, where are you?

[@seanB81]

Glenn Danzig reigns supreme when it comes to horror punk and I think this video proves it. Two of his bands are on this list not to mention offshoot bands like Son of Sam and other bands from Misfits members. Nobody does it better imo

[@johngillespie3409]

Deadbolt 👹

[@z6nestudio]

I loved to see The VIndictives get a mention. They were a very underrated band! A video on them would be sick! There are a lot of people that haven't heard them.

[@Rikkrtreat]

Hell yeah! Long live the horror!

[@CODwontons]

Been watching your vids for about a year now - i think they’re great and i realized how much i like your consistent narrating style. Also my gf is from washington so we recognized the names of the towns in the PNW sponsor. Anyways thanks from a fan!

[@gqfiend]

I really love your work, guy. This video, like many others on the channel...are so easy to take in and drink up.

[@xboxnation2854]

I did not expect to hear about bremerton Washington during this video lol. That place was my childhood

[@GabrielleSwieza]

Thank you for the video :))

[@blackhistoryofrocknroll]

Honorable mentions Horrorcore ( punk rock ) started by misfits earth ad Bands like Ydi , Septic Death and Negative Gain come to mind they were extremely fast amd abrasive

[@TheObscureCurio]

The Cancerslug nod., nice. You're the best to ever do it, great video

[@stiffmiddlefingers]

Too bad Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 didnt make the cut, but I'm so glad Murderdolls and Wednesday 13 were on here. Theyre my personal favorites. Horror punk preceeded horror movies for me, too. The initial attraction, for me, stemmed from the extremely dark sense of humor I've inherited from my father, mixed with an adoration for Halloween specials (Garfield, Halloweentown, stuff like that) in childhood. It was like, the obvious next step after I found Tripp pants and black hair dye lol. My introduction to HP was actually Murderdolls' Beyond the Valley album. That album is my "changed my life" album and I want to be buried with mine in my hands, in my casket because I love it so much. After Murderdolls comes the discovery of Wednesday, of course, but also Calabrese. It was this point in time I was also introduced to Misfits. I was already aware of Gravesfits, so I got to really familirize myself with them as well as finding my way to Danzigfits. These bands had such a deep influence on not only me, but my brother too. He has been in a handful of horror punk bands throughout his teens and 20s, and is the frontman for Cleveland-based If I Fall Asleep. Aside from the horror punk themes, they also have a bit of a pop punk sound mixed with metal and hard rock. They honestly have a really unique sound compared to most bands in the genre and are worth a listen if you're curious. open.spotify.com/artist/0QDq78rQ9PpKaxYoIG0Xe8?si=kyTbTBGKR2-mXvEqtNTgwA

[@pyromaestro]

Graves was my favorite era of the Misfits 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DEVOn.A.Skertic]

A + in regards to your research for the T.S.O.L / 45 Grave Era. I was there for that and eventually gravitated to more gloom doom bands. Which led to following "industrial dance" , and as time carried me forward , eventually led me to Drum & Bass / Jungle. The constant search for HARDER and Faster beats.

[@timpowell6901]

Personally I think that another connection between Punk and Horror Movies is the DIY attitude and aesthetic. Most of the great hormones of the time weren’t big studio productions.

[@stevensmith2667]

The Rosedales for the win !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@soreearcollective5421]

thank you for being on the right side of the “THATS NOT HOW YOU SAY SAH-WIN” argument

[@GhostBastardsband]

Waiting on that psychobilly special! Thanks for this video!🎃🎃🎃👻👻👻

[@Rikkrtreat]

So glad you included 5 cent and Evelyn’s Casket in this video! Those are the kings of our current wave! I play in a band called The Writhers and you might dig us as well. We mix cramps horror punk with dead kennedys CA punk

[@pryingeyes1551]

I'm more into gothic rock, darkwave and industrial, but I love the Misfits. If you're going to mention the Jasons "Get Sued", you need to check out the biggest Misfits cover/parody band, The Misfats. They were literally the biggest. Their vocalist sounded a lot like Danzig, but the lyrics were changed to focus on the band's obesity. There was "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Grill Tonight", "20 Pies", "Butter" (Danzig's Mother), "Hungry Moments", "Diet, Diet, Diet, My Darling", etc. Some of their stuff is still on YT, but they will never get back together. They also won't restock merch, which is a shame, because their logo was a fat Crimson Ghost skull. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp60dGh6ptN0aNEfeature=shared

[@quentinpaulson7626]

love Tiger Army

[@taylorbible]

Calabrese, Nim Vind! Rosedales, Blitzkid!

[@Humbucker75]

Graves era Misfits is great when not comparing it to the Danzig era for sure

[@AxlDecay]

What an excellent job, very complete 🍷🩸 suscribed

[@jeremyt4292]

Yaaasss please do a PsychoBilly episode!

[@gameboi20]

Happy early Halloween

[@floridapunkarchivist]

Groove Ghoulies rule and reverend Horton hear might be the best live band I’ve ever seen

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

Bitch I Want my 4 Hundred dollars!!!!

[@Murderbot2000]

You say that you’re “under qualified”. Yet I think your posts are pretty good. Well done, dog.

[@AtZero138]

Jack G, from TSOL called us DeathRockers.. never a Goth,, goth was goth,, Bauhaus, Southern Death Cult, Sisters of Mercy etc . I'm ancient now at 50, still find Solid Post Punk,, my playlist will prove this.. Cheers from Huntington Beach CA 🇺🇸

[@gqfiend]

Grave Robber, you all.

[@NeroBaelside13]

Insanely good video, encompassing everything there is about horror punk. I regularly listen to Allow Hallows EP and The Art of Drowning together. Also Wednesday 13, Murderdolls, Blitzkid and Calabrese and Argyle Goolsby from Blitzkid. The Son of Sam album with Davey Havok is also killer. I work at walmart and that sucks, but I'm in the back so I can wear one ear bud. All day I just bust my ass and listen to music the entire time.

[@aaronhickman192]

I went to highschool with Goolsby.

[@willquigg8265]

Tsol was not a horror punk band. Jack the singer started his band vicious circle and that every party or show they played there was violence and cops were called so he started the true sounds of Liberty as a punk rock band. Jack likes to experiment with music. That is why his first album and his second album have a different feel but they are not a horror punk rock band. They are a punk rock band. I grew up with them, Ron and Jack are good friends of mine. Some of that live coverage of TSOL was taken at the Cuckoo's Nest. You can immediately know that by the clouds painted on the walls behind them playing. The back door is right there also.

[@JesseSprague-cc3sy]

TSOL are Sissies. Hail the Mighty Men of Meat!!

[@teleskopossomnium]

misfits famous monsters is not just one of the best misfits albums but one of the best horror punk albums of all time

[@Idisappear_]

Blitzkid five cellar below is better in my opinion

[@damiencross7334]

The misfits will always be considered the top of the horror punk genre. I think blitzkid is up there, too. They have put out some really good albums.

[@KawiMusician]

Hey man, Im new to your channel, LOVE IT. Subbed. Anyways, Im from the Bay Area, Cali, grew up there with Billy Joe and Mike (and John the OG drummer) in Rodeo, Ca. Theyre 5 yrs older, they were good friends with my older brother and I used to go watch em practice in their early days as they practiced like 3 mins from my house as a kid. Anyways, thats not why Im writing here, lol, I grew up a metal head as a little kid in the 80's, and then my aunt was a OG punk in the early 80's and was in a punk band called Tractorface (which I stole the name out of honoring her band and call my side project that RN thats skate punk basically, think 88, Good Riddance, old AFI) and I started going to the Gilman after I joined a punk band with my childhood friends that were die hard punks in HS, and was then turned onto 88 Fingers Louie, NOFX, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Heckle, Dillinger 4, etc and I ended up just totally falling in love with the punk scene, and ended up being at most the Gilman shows from 1995 to about late 1997 approx and seen SO MANY AMAZING SHOWS at the Gilman there. I was considered a Berkeley street punk, sleeping on the streets of Berkeley and Oakland and damn near living at the Gilman, etc,. and I was BRIEFLY in one of the biggest Gilman /n Bay area punk bands of the 90s, Subincision. Rob Halford from Judas Priest even flew out to see us one night, a night I infamously got kicked out of that band for getting way too drunk and I dont even know what happened,well i dont remember SOME of it, but i was booted out the band next day,lol. Ive been a musician for 30 yrs, done some touring, and moved to Maryland in 2010 and ended up in the biggest, out here at the time, horror punk band around then, Pain! ..I was in that band 2x, recorded one record of theirs with em (I was "Morbid Pain" BTW lol) we played a fuckton of shows while I was in the band. I HAD TO get sober 6 yrs ago and it was just NOT good for me at the time to be in a band and playing places with alcohol etc. and people doing blow in front of me outside venues,lol. *I wanted to message u here to let you know, I was in like 10+ various punk bands (also a # of metal bands as guitarist, bassist, or drummer)from the Bay Area to Maryland, and I was deep in the scene in the Gilman for yrs, and horror punk scene out here and have friends from a TON of bands u mentioned here like Bobby and Diane Steele, played with The Undead a # of times, and Blitzkid, etc. If you ever want someone to talk to on a podcast or interveiw, Id be happy for all these memories and hundreds of shows I played to not just die with me in my memory banks,lol. Would be happy to discuss times like when I almost got into a fist fight with AFI in 1996 in front of the old Berkeley Guitar Center,lol. That was a funny moment. I ended up with a Art Of Drowning tat i got in 2000 a few yrs later, sio obviously all was ok and no hard feelings. But I have stories of like when Rob Halford showed up and surprised the shit out of me, and seeing all the 90s Gilman and Bay Area bands like Tiger Army, Link 80 I was super tight with friend wise, seen bands like Heckle, Wet Nap, Falling Sickness, Dillinger 4, Propagandhi, Good Riddance,played shows with 88, etc. Would be happy to discuss anything I lived through, including growing up in the Bay Area 80s thrash scene and punk scene out there etc. I will check to see if you respond here next few days, and if u want me to contact you directly to talk more, leave your contact info here if u can. If you dont need me for anything, NP at all, just offering. Loved the vid. And BTW, my fav AFI record for like 20 yrs was Shut Your Mouth, the ferocity on that record is insane. but Art Of Drowning I eventually just had to accept for me is a better all around record depth and songwriting wise. Its the perfect punk record FOR ME as far as style and depth. Black Sails is epic, but I just like Art a bit more, but most would agree with u I think,lol.

[@diejom8232]

Do one about crack rocksteady!!! Great vid btw

[@Cazlab]

Good video man! Also I think the 2 compilation albums This is Horrorpunk from Fiend Force Records is defiantly worth mentioning. They played a huge part of the scene at the time, opening up the ears for many fans of the genrre to lots of great bands!

[@DanPantzig]

The story of Kepi and Groovie Ghoulies would indeed be a fine tale for the people.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Great video! Love this stuff. Saw Blitzkid last month. I wrote that band’s Wilipedia article, and also Mr. Monster’s and Cryptkeeper Five’s. Love the Groovie Ghoulies, ever since their 1991 cover of Pet Sematary. I got to see them back in the day, and they honored my request to play “punk part 2”, dedicated to the Ramones. One FANTASTIC artist that didn’t happen to be mentioned in the video is Nim Vind. Check him out if you don’t know. “Killing Saturday night”, “that girl” (fan video w/horror clips), “jack knife”, and “death defier” are great videos for an introduction. His stuff with Mr. Underhill (underground) and the Vincent Black Shadow (mainstream) also worth checking out.

[@itjustgetsworseproductions]

Forgot to add graves several solo projects after leaving the Misfits with chud. Also another great band that has that 90s misfits influence is silent horror.

[@Black25284]

Happy Halloween jack 🎃👻

[@I-Ren-Zero]

good overview of the genre.... just a few things.... The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack is a pretty good road map of late 70s/early 80s Horror Punk with The Flesheaters representing the the 70s LA Punk scene, The Tallboys (an off shoot of The Meteors) giving listeners a taste of Psychobilly, Roky Erickson who brought the 60s Psych Rock to Punk fans... and the Jet Black Berries who started off as New Math and had an EP and LP of more 70s/Bowie/ Post Punk Horror sounds... The Forbidden Dimension from Calgary Canada have pretty much been the best Horror Garage Punk band since around 1991..... 90s/ early 2000s Horror Punk bands that I think deserve more attention include..... Riot Squad/The Staggers from Texas, Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, The Coffinshakers, and Ghoultown... the last 2 of these are more Roots Rock/Country Horror Punk, but have enough punk in them to be listenable to Horror Punk fans. I would be remiss if I didn't point out that often Horror Punk from TSOL, to The Groovie Ghoulies and even The Misifits have used Horror Punk to comment on social ills, mental illness and especially being an outsider in your local culture...

[@morechuchoggaming4800]

Awesome!!! You should check out the Venice skate-crossover!😎

[@astro_1380]

Hell yeah, this was the video I've been waiting for. Great work!

[@chazworm3]

When my band, Earth, Worm, &, Fire, morphed into a bar band in our 20's we still slipped in TSOL songs. I'm proud to say everybody thought they were originals because I delivered them so good. Nothing For You and Flowers By The Door were always in our setlist. I NEVER said we wrote these masterpieces but they became kind of our own. THANK YOU TSOL. I've made karaoke tracks to them I think.....

[@mikeythezero]

Nice shouts to the Ghoulies. As a punk fan and a Sac music fan I always loved them

[@mohollywood]

Please do a deep dive on Psycho'!!!!! Thanks and Happy Halloween!

[@darioblue2860]

One of my favourite deathrock band is Violet Stigmata, not the most famous band ever, but it really deserves more attention from fans of the genre. Acid guitars, grim voice singing both in French and English, hypnotic fills drumming, I particularly recommend the album Dyskronik Circus ! Deathrock is way too much underrated imo...

[@russthompson8050]

Dance with Me is the best album in the genre and mostly responsible for it too

[@welcometowendigoranch]

Some more bands worth checking out: Saturday Nite Shockers (my friend's old band!) Dark Ride Ghoultown Tomb of Nick Cage The Immortalz Order of The Fly Nimvind Blood Sucking Zombies From Outer Space The Big Bad

[@brettkihlmire573]

Ghoultown is amazing

[@welcometowendigoranch]

​@brettkihlmire573 got to see them last year open up for 45 Grave. Amazing show got the setlist and Lyle Blackburn's guitar pick that night!

[@lithron]

SNFU reference spotted!

[@conor495]

Dude I notice u mention Avail, Off With Their Heads, and D4. You should do a video on Orgcore, definitely one of the best Punk Subgenres.

[@midwaymonster4471]

I would definitely recommend Rock City Morgue, Sean Yseult from white zombie plays bass for them. Great stuff from New Orleans

[@Bartholomule01]

There is a local favorite for me called MURF. They are a pretty heavy and fun Harcore Punk band and their album Video Nasties is a great take on Horror Punk.

[@gqfiend]

Darrow Chemical Company...not HP per se, but punk from HP members.

[@spencerb9998]

Dude, I love how your work has paid off. Still doing KZbin videos AND playing in Diesel Boy. Fuckin' A, Jack, Fuckin' A!

[@gqfiend]

This video is the best. Seeing the tsol and offspring connection is spot on. Plus their AFI links are in it.

[@repomanband]

Did you ever do that video on psychobilly? Can't find it if you did.

[@thepunkhistorian6397]

Not yet. It’ll happen though. probably next year or something this fall

[@davesleyer9393]

Good to see you posting again. You must be busy w diesel boy!

[@stephenlyons8589]

Every generation had their own groups of horror punk , the cramps to alkaline trio , and with any luck it will keep going.

[@david138merrill]

Killer video Jack!

[@willquigg8265]

Hopefully you will be bringing up Christian Death from Orange County California with Rozz.

[@Punk_On_Demand]

I’m the lead singer of The Amatorculists which is a horror punk band. You can find some of our tracks here on KZbin.

[@ape72patch1]

I think in linear history splatter platters come first or at least before The Cramps and Mistfits of which the latter is a very similar construct .

[@brettkihlmire573]

A couple of my friends had a horror punk/metalcore band called Archiver. They've since reformed as Haunter blending their early horror punk sound with darkwave. pretty cool stuff.

[@larrylambert2727]

Honorable mention to Rezurex.