Hell freezes over! Attention friends! The original line-up of the Misfits, featuring vocalist Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only and six-stringer Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, will be performing together as "The Original Misfits" for the first time since 1983 and will host the "Riot Fest" in Denver, April 2-4 September, as well as headlining the Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago, September 16-18. For those who can't believe their eyes now, more information on Riot Fest can be found at riotfest.org, Tickets are also available there in advance. From the Rolling Stone:
The Misfits formed in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey and gave punk a horror edge. Danzig reveled in the macabre on singles like «Bullet,» «Horror Business» and «Night of the Living Dead,» and he'd occasionally dress in a full skeleton costume, while Only painted his eyes to look like he was dead. They'd also pull their hair forward into "devilocks." The bassist's younger brother, Doyle, joined in 1980 and completed the band's front line through its demise.