Horror Business

Infobox Album |
Name = Horror Business
Type = EP
Artist = The Misfits


Released = June 26, 1979
Recorded = January – February 1979
Genre = Horror punk
Length = 7:28
Label = Plan 9 Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Bullet"
(1978)
This album = "Horror Business"
(1979)
Next album = "Night of the Living Dead"
(1979)

"Horror Business" was the second 7-inch EP, and third release, by the horror punk band The Misfits. It was released on June 26, 1979 by Plan 9 Records, catalog number PL1009.

The cover art for "Horror Business" featured the first appearance of The Crimson Ghost, from the 1946 film serial "The Crimson Ghost", who would become the band's mascot. The title track, "Horror Business", includes the lyrics "Psycho '78" and "I'm warning you, I'll put a knife right in you". These were inspired by the deaths of the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

These songs were recorded between January 26 and February 5 1979, which is contrary to the insert which claimed February 28, at C.I. Recording in New York, NY as part of a planned 5-track "Who Killed Marilyn?" 12" EP. However, after an acetate of that EP was made, frontman Glenn Danzig realized they could not afford a run of them, so they instead released this 3-track 7" EP. The other two tracks from this session were not released until "Legacy of Brutality" was released in 1985.

"Horror Business" and "Teenagers from Mars" were later released on the "Beware" EP (1980) and "Collection I" (1986), "Children in Heat" was later released on "Collection II" (1995) and all three tracks are on the "Box Set" (1996).

Pressing history

* First pressing - 25 copies on black vinyl (have sold for more than $1500 a piece, however one sold for $8,000 - actually at this point black HB's have been seen to go for $12000+ on eBay), were a result of a stamper failure, originally the acetates were cut and mastered by Rich Flores.
* Second pressing - 2000 copies on yellow vinyl (20 of which were inadvertently double A-sided), a re-cut master done at a west coast record pressing plant and mastering facility (unknown)

Track listing

All songs by Glenn Danzig.

ide A

# "Horror Business" – 2:42

ide B

# "Teenagers From Mars" – 2:41
# "Children In Heat" – 2:05

Credits

* Glenn Danzig – vocals, guitar
* Joey Image – drums
* Jerry Only – bass, background vocals
* Bobby Steele – guitar, background vocals
* Dave Achelis – engineering
* Rich Flores - first 25 record pressings disc mastering

References

* [http://www.misfitscentral.com/misfits/sessions.php MisfitsCentral.com - Recording sessions]
* [http://www.misfitscentral.com/misfits/discog.php MisfitsCentral.com - Discography]