Static Age is the third studio album by the American horror punk band Misfits, recorded in 1978. Although it was the first album the band ever recorded, it was not released in its entirety until 1996.
History
In August 1977 the Misfits released their debut single "Cough/Cool" on Blank Records, a label operated by the band's lead vocalist 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. The parties came to a settlement, with Danzig accepting thirty hours of studio time for his band in exchange for the rights to the Blank Records name. "Bullet" references the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, with sexually explicit lyrics directed at his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: "Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead/Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head/Texas is the reason that the President's dead/You gotta suck, suck, Jackie, suck". produced a 1988 comics magazine called Angelfuck, which was named after the song on this album.
The indie rock band Texas Is the Reason later derived their name from the lyrics of "Bullet".
Track listing
Personnel
The Misfits
- Glenn Danzig – vocals
- Franché Coma – guitars
- Jerry Only – bass
- Mr. Jim – drums
Studio personnel
- Dave Achelis – producer, engineer, and mixer
- Alan Douches – mixing of tracks 15–17, mastering
- Tom Bejgrowicz – mixing of tracks 15–17, production and coordination of reissue
- Pete Ciccone – art and design