London Dungeon

The Misfits invented horror punk — Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle combining the melodic aggression of hardcore with the iconography of 1950s B-movies to create something simultaneously terrifying, absurd, and completely compelling. Walk Among Us (1982) is their defining record.

London Dungeon is among the most immediately striking tracks in the Misfits catalog: a melody so hooky it sounds like a novelty record, delivered with the urgency of hardcore, the horror-film imagery deployed with the band's characteristic poker face. Danzig's baritone is at its most theatrical.

The Misfits' legacy spans their original run, subsequent iterations, reunion shows, and a merchandise empire that has put their skull logo on more T-shirts than almost any band in history.