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“You Must See It To Believe It” by Gorgeous Frankenstein

Artist: Gorgeous Frankenstein
Title: “You Must See It To Believe It”
Label: The End Records
Release Date: 9/28/2010
Genre: Horror Punk
Rating: 2.25/5

Gorgeous Frankenstein is a band that features former Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and his wife Gorgeous George (Frankenstein). Their name is an obvious play on both their identities and the DVD “You Must See It To Believe It” is their first release of this kind. Having seen the band in action before I admit that I was rather intrigued about what would be on it because there is a very interesting “presence” being put out there by Doyle and company. During a show he thunders around the stage like some angry Horror Punk leviathan and all the while smashing and tearing at the strings on his custom Annihilator axe. The show I caught had Argyle Goolsby from Blitzkid on vocals and Dr. Chud (also another former Misfit) on the drums. Gorgeous George’s tasks during the gigs include performance on a stripper pole, backing vocals and other antics to get the crowd more into the show. Like I said, it’s a very interesting evening of entertainment and vastly different from what people see during a Misfits show. That being said I did feel a little let down when the DVD amounted to a lengthy infomercial about the bands backstage preparations and the fun that they have there. Granted it is done with their hearts in the right place, but with only snippets of live performance and no full on tunes outside of the two official videos, the casual fan might feel a little cheated by the release. There is a lot of crowd commentary before the main feature begins and much of this was taken from the B.B. King Blues Club performance of 2008. Since I attend a lot of shows at the venue, I was laughing aloud as I realized that I too see a lot of these crazies while doing my thing. It’s nice to see some of these folks getting a little more moment in the sun (or under the moonlight depending on your preference). From this particular show we see some sound check time and the bands making their grand entrance to the stage but there is absolutely nothing in terms of a full song from this show which was a shame because like I said I was there and it was a blast. I felt that the fans would have eaten this up like zombie’s to fresh brains had they presented more in terms of the live material.
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Gorgeous Frankenstein: Live Photos @ B.B. King Blues Club (9/7/2008)

Gorgeous Frankenstein is the Horror Punk band featuring Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and that show was discussed in full on THIS LINK. Now please enjoy the full photo gallery that was captured during the performance.

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Gorgeous Frankenstein by Ken Pierce (2008)

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Gorgeous Frankenstein by Ken Pierce (2008)

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Gorgeous Frankenstein @ B.B. King Blues Club (9/7/2008)

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Artist: Gorgeous Frankenstein
Venue: B.B. King Blues Club (New York, NY)
Opener: Johnny B. Morbid, Car Bomb, Bella Morte
Date: 9/7/2008
Label: Evilive Records

Tonight’s show was going to find me exhausted long before I even walked in to the venue for it seemed as only a few hours before that I was leaving the show that the legendary Carcass had held over at the nearby Nokia Theater. The band headlined a six band bill and to do the Metal thing properly we were on point for every single band and this show started early and ended late. Since Sunday’s show was to feature another influential musical personality I had to muster my strength and get myself back into action for it. The guitarist who is well known as Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein comes to us originally from The Misfits and while he had appeared at a number of Danzig shows for the brief Misfit set, he had not done that in awhile and was now adventuring out on his own. The band is called Gorgeous Frankenstein and the show would be at our home away from home B.B. King Blues Club and find three other interesting acts in tow. Figuring we saw some special stuff the night before by arriving early we opted to do so again and see what transpired. Here is the way that the night played out.
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