THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CLASSIC PUNK ROCK ALBUMS EVER RECORDED.STATIC AGE WAS RECORDED IN 1978 AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MISFITS' DEBUT ALBUM. THE RECORD LABEL WITH WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED CHOSE NOT TO RELEASE IT. MISFITS,LIKE MOST EARLY PUNK ROCK BANDS, HAD TO START THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL TO PUT OUT THEIR MUSIC. IT HAS AN EARLY PUNK ROCK SOUND,BUT IT'S MELODIC, EXPERIMENTAL, AND UNLIKE A LOT OF PUNK, GLENN DANZIG ACTUALLY SINGS NOTES .THE ALBUM STATIC AGE DEMONSTRATES WHY MISFITS ARE AS POPULAR NOW AS 30 YEARS AGO.
TRACK 1,HAMMER SMASHED FACE, IS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST DEATH METAL SONG EVER RECORDED.IT IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING THE SONG CANNIBAL CORPSE IS SHOWN PLAYING IN THE FILM ACE VENTURA:PET DETECTIVE, WHICH STARRED JIM CARREY.CANNIBAL CORPSE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DEATH METAL BANDS.TOMB OF THE MUTILATED FEATURES THEIR ORIGINAL SINGER,CHRIS BARNES.HE LEFT IN THE 90S AND FORMED THE BAND SIX FEET UNDER.CANNIBAL CORPSE STILL PERFORMS AND RECORDS WITH GEORGE FISHER ON VOCALS,BUT THE MUSIC AND VOCALS WERE BEST WITH BARNES.
What's great about it: TRACK 1:HAMMER SMASHED FACE
What's not so great: NO OTHER SONG AS GOOD AS FIRST TRACK