Static Age
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| Studio album by the Misfits | ||||
| Released | February 27, 1996 (box set) July 15, 1997 (standalone release) |
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| Recorded | January–February 1978 | |||
| Genre | Horror punk, punk rock | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Dave Achelis, Tom Bejgrowicz | |||
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Static Age is an album by the American horror punk band the Misfits. It was recorded in 1978 but was not released in its entirety until 1997.
In August 1977 The Misfits released their debut single "Cough/Cool" on Blank Records, a label operated by singer Glenn Danzig. Several months later Mercury Records issued a Pere Ubu record on their own Blank Records imprint, unaware that Danzig held a trademark on the name. They offered him thirty hours of studio time in exchange for the rights to the Blank Records name, which he accepted. In January and February 1978 the Misfits, then consisting of Danzig, guitarist Franché Coma, bassist Jerry Only, and drummer Mr. Jim, recorded seventeen songs at C.I. Recordings in New York City with engineer and producer Dave Achelis. Because of the time constraints they recorded the songs live in the studio with only a few takes each and very few overdubs. They mixed fourteen of them with Achelis for their proposed first album, to be titled Static Age.
However, the band were unable to find a record label interested in releasing the album, and instead released four of the tracks ("Bullet", "We Are 138", "Attitude", and "Hollywood Babylon") as the "Bullet" single in June 1978 on Danzig's new label Plan 9 Records (the same four tracks, along with a remixed version of "Last Caress", were reissued on the Beware EP in January 1980). While on tour in Canada that October Coma quit the band, followed by Mr. Jim's departure at the end of the tour. The Static Age recordings were shelved as the band recruited new members Bobby Steele and Joey Image and shifted their style in a more horror film-inspired direction. None of the remaining Static Age tracks were released during the early era of the band, though a re-recorded version of "Teenagers from Mars" appeared on the "Horror Business" single in 1979, and a live version of "We Are 138" appeared on the Evilive EP in 1982.
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