Posts by KevinG

Halloween Day 27: Mister Monster

This band used to be higher up on my list but over the years has sort of fallen down the ladder. Mostly due to their inactivity but their first album got played heavily. What they brought to the horror punk genre was a bit of Doo Wop which The Misfits dabbled with on Saturday Night. But the main reason they

Halloween Day 26: Bubba Ho-Tep

This one is tricky because on the surface it seems like it would be a great Halloween movie. I mean it is a great movie but is it a horror movie? Is it a comedy? There are definitely elements of both but it is also very dramatic. As dramatic as a movie about Elvis in a retirement home fighting a

Halloween Day 25: Re-Animator

Oh Herbert West you rascally devil. Re-Animator is a classic gore fest comedy romp with scientist Herbert West determined to bring the dead back to life it is based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft the horror master. Re-Animator was a big influence on TLZ in that the look of the film was almost like a haunted house put on

Halloween Day 24: Those Poor Bastards

If you have ever wanted to hear the darkest, weirdest, twisted, gothic country music Those Poor Bastards are the band for you. I often imagine a world where all country music is like this and what that world would be like. A sick sort of old timey revival tent music where instead of stirring the holy spirit Satan is the

Halloween Day 23: Calabrese

Calabrese are very much in line with the horror rock that The Misfits play. They have a very distinct look and design to the music and personas and have started to branch it into comics. What I like about Calabrese is they have an older more classic approach to horror in their music and their look. They kind of resemble