Few paperwork are extra fastidiously studied than the annual Coachella lineup poster asserting the handfuls of artists booked to play the Indio, California competition every April. So this yr, it didn’t take eagle-eyed followers lengthy to note a uncommon typographical change to the usually standardized playbill: A band title printed in one thing apart from the poster’s traditional Eurostile LT font.
As a substitute, the title of that band — legendary punk rock outfit The Misfits — was printed within the timeless “fancy horror” font it’s grow to be identified for, with outsized M’s, F’s and T’s dominating the opposite letters.
It’s a delicate but substantial change to some of the recognizable lineup posters in music, made to honor Goldenvoice’s lengthy ties to The Misfits — listed as “The Unique Misfits” to underline that the model of the band that’s set to seem at Coachella shall be composed of the traditional lineup of authentic singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig, authentic bassist Jerry Solely and longtime guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. The font change is a nod to The Misfits’ profound affect on dwell music, Goldenvoice officers say, in addition to a celebration of the lengthy historical past between the band and Goldenvoice, whose roots with the goth-punk outfit predate Coachella itself.
“The Misfits are one of many first bands we promoted,” says Paul Tollett, president of Goldenvoice, which has been producing the annual music competition since 1999 and whose roots in L.A.’s punk rock scene return to the early Nineteen Eighties. Again then, Goldenvoice was a small live performance promotion firm run by Gary Tovar, a street-savvy supporter of LA’s rising punk motion who was identified for selling underground bands like Black Flag and T.S.O.L. that the majority venues wouldn’t contact.
In 1983, Tovar managed to safe The Misfits a Jan. 21. headlining gig with the Circle Jerks at a neighborhood heart in Goleta, Calif. — a small seaside city 100 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The band’s energetic and blitzing efficiency, supporting their lately launched document Earth A.D., was captured by a number of video cameras and a half-dozen 35mm toting photographers — with its most memorable line coming from a younger Danzig on the finish of “All Hell Breaks Unfastened” when he matter-of-factly declared, “We f—ed that one up.”
Bootleg recordings from the gig would solidify its cult standing amongst followers, and Goldenvoice would promote not less than one Misfits present by having the band open for Black Flag on the Santa Monica Civic Heart on June 11, 1983. However by yr’s finish The Misfits had damaged up, and finally, Tovar’s run would come to an finish as nicely: In 1991, he was arrested on federal drug trafficking expenses and later sentenced to jail, handing the corporate off to Tollett and others to handle.
Quick ahead 4 many years to early 2024, when the companions at Goldenvoice discovered themselves with the uncommon alternative to work with The Misfits as soon as extra by staging a one-of-a-kind traditional punk competition on the LA Fairplex with a supporting lineup that included Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Unhealthy Faith and The Vandals. The competition, dubbed No Values, offered out greater than 40,000 tickets instantly after happening sale.
The Misfits are scheduled to headline Coachella’s Outside Stage on each weekends (April 12 and April 19), marking their first look on the competition. Tickets are actually on sale at coachella.com.
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