With Hollywood success, his legend as a formidable rapper during hip-hop's golden age is largely forgotten to the lay public. You could hardly blame anyone these days for not knowing (or remembering) his past life. Ice Cube was once among rap music's most-feared rhymers.
This legwork was important undergirding and when Danzig and Only made common cause in 2016 to get the original group together, the reunited band could headline festival stages. But the Misfits' efforts and enduring presence on the road kept the band's name out there. The latter-day Misfits' output wasn't always like this. Led by moaning bassist Jerry Only - the last remaining original member - and featuring crunching riffs from ex-Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena and a clean sonic field of view courtesy of former Ramones producer Ed Stasium, "Ghost" is a 2-minute piece of candy for those who wish they could trick-or-treat year-round. More metal than punk, "Ghost" is a war cry set to energize the band's army of dark-side outcasts and grim basement dwellers. Featured on the 2011 album, "The Devil's Rain," the cut is a Motorhead-influenced full-frontal assault. "Ghost of Frankenstein" is proof that the Misfits aren't only a nostalgia act. Their logo has an enduring ubiquity, they're still namechecked by metal's elite and the modern-day band's shifting lineups has at various times included former members of both the Ramones and Black Flag. After all these years, the Misfits' legacy still stalks popular culture. Praising a song by the post-Glenn Danzig version of the Misfits might be an easy way to elicit a slasher-flick scream.īut even without their brooding, muscle-bound frontman at the helm, the Misfits have continued to fly the flag that celebrates the group's unique blend of punk and metal with an overdose of Universal horror-movie imagery. Today, Cooper continues to tour on the oldies circuit and hosts a radio show, a fate that any young entertainer might have nightmares about. The onset of the grunge era and Cooper's anemic new material scared away many fans, particularly new ones, permanently. Unfortunately for him, Cooper's career revival was short lived. All these years later, Cooper's appearance is an artifact of the age's misplaced perspectives. On top of this came Cooper's well-received cameo in Mike Myers' "Wayne's World," which gave the singer some momentary relevance again. The song, a cover of a British hard-rock ditty, was an attempt to give Cooper's sluggish career a jolt of electricity. No longer popularly seen as the made-up deviant corrupting the young with salacious heavy rock songs and scandalous onstage antics, Cooper was well on the road to being a hard-rock elder statesman. "Feed My Frankenstein" came in the middle period of his career and at a point where his cultural cache was on the wane.
When released and slotted in a radio DJ's playlist next to Motley Crue or Aerosmith, "Feed My Frankenstein" perfectly keeps to format.įor Cooper, this was the plan. The chugging riffs, squiggly guitar effects and note-splaying solo align with "Headbangers Ball" best practices. Polished and cleanly produced, "Feed My Frankenstein" is a well-designed sample of early '90s heavy metal. What a shock! Pop music's original shock rocker surprised audiences in 1992 with a paint-by-numbers musical favorite. So, here’s my list - if you’re not too scared to look - in no particular order:
So although music has more than its fair share of songs dedicated to those villainous nosferatu, there are still many excellent and largely overlooked tunes dedicated to Frankenstein or what the monster has come to represent for pop audiences.Īs a favor for those horror aficionados out there, here are a few Frankenstein-inspired songs that are worth adding to your playlist in time for the costume parties and trick-or-treating to come. And while there's many more movies and leading roles for all those photogenic vampires, some performers have gravitated to the monster's role because of the pathos it allows. (Even in those team-up movies or cartoons, Dracula is usually the leader of the troupe and Frankenstein is the enforcer.)īut let's not forget how Boris Karloff's star-making performance in the 1931 film outshone Bela Lugoisi's version of the count.
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Sure, seducing and sucking blood in a sexy cape or sporting hair, claws and fangs when the Moon is full give you a little more to do than hulking around as a mindless brute. Author Mary Shelley's gothic creation long ago became a classic - in literature and film - and along with Dracula, werewolves and ghosts, has become a spokesmodel for the Halloween season.Īnd yet, the Frankenstein monster has largely been eclipsed in popular culture by other more alluring, expressive characters among the legions of the undead.
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