{"id":15755,"date":"2026-10-14T16:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/?p=15755"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:43:23","slug":"buttkickin-halloween-songs-astro-zombies-misfits-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/2026\/10\/14\/buttkickin-halloween-songs-astro-zombies-misfits-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Astro Zombies” — Misfits (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With just a touch of my burning hand
I sent my astro zombies to rape this land
Prime directive, exterminate the whole human race
And your face drops in a pile of flesh
And then your heart, heart pounds ’til it pumps to death
Prime directive, exterminate whatever stands left<\/em>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well gosh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look things were getting a little bit esoteric lately, what with ruminations on cosmic unknowns and dystopian futures and what-not. And I love all that mishegas<\/em> but sometimes you just want a shotgun blast to the face of pure rockin’ Halloween monster mayhem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So don’t despair, Hokeyfolks. For our next selection, we showcase Astro Zombies<\/strong> by Misfits. A two-minute and fourteen-second blast of pure punk pomposity, this 1982 punk classic satisfies all our uptempo monster movie meanderings. And with gusto!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as form and function, there’s not too much to delve into here. Taken from the band’s debut album Walk Among Us<\/em>, Astro Zombies<\/strong> pounds hard with thrashing rhythms, boundless kinetic intensity, hyperspatial power chords, and Glenn Danzig’s howling vocals paying homage to 1950s doo-wop melodies. This thing is catchy as hell despite itself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if we’re talking subject matter? Zombies! From Outer Space! Here to destroy the Earth! Jeepers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make any metaphors or ruminate on thematic connective tissue at your own peril. The “Who’d I do this for \/ Hey, me or you?” certainly can lend interpretations to someone going scorched earth — no pun intended — on someone or someones due to some perceived error on their part. And making them culpable for what he has wrought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever. It’s a Buttkickin’ Halloween Song<\/a><\/em>. About space zombies. Which is more than enough to merit inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astro Zombies<\/strong>, man. Dig it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All I wanted to say, and all I gotta do
Who’d I do this for? Hey, me or you?
And all I wanted to say, and all I gotta do
Who’d I do this for? Hey, me or you?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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