DJ Cheat Sheet No. 1


Halloween Songs



The most frightening aspect about Halloween is that it signals the arrival of the holiday season. I saw the first Christmas decoration of the year: a tinsel tin soldier with flashing lights on the window of a lonely porno shop in North Beach.

American Halloween may not resemble those pagan harvest festivals of yore, but monster songs are GO!

  1. ADRENALIN O.D. -- A.O.D. vs. Godzilla
  2. AFGHAN WHIGS -- Big Top Halloween (Thanks George Everett!)
  3. ALEXANDER, WILLIE -- Zombie Strut
  4. ALICE DONUT -- Halloween
  5. ANGRY SAMOANS -- The Todd Killings
  6. ARVEDON, DAVID -- Till the Stroke of Dawn
  7. BAD MANNERS -- Monster Mash
  8. BALLARD, RUSS -- Halloween (Thanks George Everett!)
  9. BARNES & BARNES -- Cemetery Girls
  10. BAXTER, LES -- (Dunwich Horror soundtrack)
  11. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT -- Godzilla/ Nosferatu
  12. BONGWATER -- Talent is a Vampire
  13. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART -- When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy/Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee
  14. CASSIDY, TED -- The Lurch
  15. CHANEY, JR., LON -- Spider Baby
  16. CHURCH OF BETTY -- Electric Crematorium
  17. CLARK, ROY -- Spooky Movies
  18. COCTAILS -- Down in the Crypt
  19. COOPER, ALICE -- I Love the Dead
  20. CRACKERBASH -- Halloween Candy (Thanks George Everett!)
  21. CRAMPS -- (several)
  22. CRISWELL -- Someone Walked Over My Grave
  23. CROSS, JIMMY -- I Want My Baby Back
  24. DA TOMMY BOY -- Halloween (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  25. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND -- Halloween (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  26. DAWSON, RONNIE -- Rockin' in the Cemetery
  27. DEAD KENNEDYS -- Halloween
  28. DEADLY ONES -- Monster Surfin' Time/ (several)
  29. DIDDLEY, BO -- Bo Meets the Monster
  30. DREAM SYNDICATE -- Halloween
  31. EDMUNDS, DAVE -- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Thanks Michael Memmo!)
  32. EMMA PEEL -- Hero in a Purple Dress
  33. ERIKSON, ROKY -- I Walked with a Zombie
  34. EVERCLEAR -- Halloween Americana (Thanks George Everett!)
  35. EYELINER -- Do the Zombie
  36. FAIRPORT CONVENTION -- After Halloween (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  37. FAST, THE -- B Movies
  38. FIEND MASTERFREAK -- Evil Dead
  39. FIVE BLOBS -- The Blob
  40. FLAMING LIPS -- Godzilla Flicks/ Halloween On the Barbary Coast
  41. FLESHTONES -- Return of the Haunted House
  42. FORTUNE & MALTESE -- Vampyra
  43. FUZZTONES -- (several)
  44. GAYNOR, JOEY -- The Addams Family
  45. GHASTLY ONES -- Spook Master
  46. GROOVIE GHOULIES -- (several)
  47. GOBLIN -- (Dawn of the Dead and other soundtracks)
  48. HALF-JAPANESE -- (several)
  49. HAUNTED GARAGE -- (several)
  50. HAWAIIAN PUPS -- Spook Opera
  51. HAWKINS, SCREAMING JAY -- Whistling Past the Graveyard
  52. HAYDOCK, RON, & THE BOPPERS -- Halloween
  53. HEAT, REVEREND HORTON -- The Halloween Dance (Thanks George Everett!)
  54. HELLBILLYS -- Bucket o' Blood
  55. HELLOWEEN -- Halloween
  56. HIGHTOWER, DEAN -- The Purple Monster
  57. HITCHCOCK, ALFRED (with JEFF ALEXANDER) -- Music to Be Murdered By
  58. HOPKINS, KENYON -- The Tell-Tale Heart/Red-Eyed Rats/Monster Meet
  59. HUBBARD, L. RON -- March of the Psychlos
  60. HUBLER, MANFRED (with SIEGFRIED SCHWAB) -- (Vampyros Lesbos soundtrack)
  61. HUDSON & LANDRY -- Bruiser LaRue Meets Count Dracula
  62. JOHNSTON, DANIEL -- Casper the Friendly Ghost (Kids soundtrack)/A Ghostly Story
  63. KING DIAMOND -- Halloween
  64. KOMEDA, CHRISTOPHER -- (Rosemary's Baby soundtrack)
  65. LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS -- Halloween Spooks
  66. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS -- Hellowe'en
  67. LONEY, RON, & THE PHANTOM MOVERS -- Rockin' in the Graveyard
  68. MacCOLL, KRISTY -- Halloween
  69. MANSON FAMILY -- (any)
  70. MARSHMALLOW OVERCOAT -- 13 Ghosts
  71. McFADDEN, BOB, & DOR -- The Mummy
  72. ME FIRST -- Scary Monster
  73. MEKONS -- Big Zombie
  74. METEORS -- (several) (Thanks John Dillinger!)
  75. METHOD ACTORS -- Halloween (Thanks George Everett!)
  76. MINISTRY -- Halloween
  77. MISFITS -- Halloween
  78. MORRICONE, ENNIO -- (Bird with the Crystal Plumage soundtrack)
  79. MORROW, BUDDY -- Ullulame
  80. MSR SINGERS -– Monster Man (MSR Madness 4 comp.)
  81. MUDHONEY -- Halloween (Thanks George Everett!)
  82. MUMMIES (a.k.a. PLEASURE SEEKERS) What a Way to Die (Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls soundtrack)
  83. MX-80 SOUND -- Halloween
  84. NEKROMANTIC -- Trick or Treat
  85. NORMAN, NEIL -- One Step Beyond
  86. PRESSURE BOYS -- Hallows Eve
  87. OPHELIAS -- The Night of Halloween (Thanks George Everett!)
  88. PETER THOMAS SOUND -- Monster (Playgirl soundtrack)
  89. PHANTOM ROCKERS -– Halloween Night/Vampire Love
  90. PHANTOM SURFERS -- Horror Beach
  91. PICKETT, BOBBY "BORIS" -- (Thanks Sherman Wilson of WIZS-AM!)
  92. REED, LOU -- Halloween Parade
  93. SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS -- Little Red Riding Hood (Thanks Sherman Wilson of WIZS-AM!)/ The Phantom
  94. SCREAMING LORD SUTCH LOONEY PARTY-- Murder in the Graveyard
  95. SHAGGS -- It's Halloween
  96. SHERMAN, ALLAN -- My Son the Vampire
  97. SIOUSXIE & THE BANSHEES -- Halloween
  98. SLICKEE BOYS -- The Brain That Refused to Die/ The Crawling Hand
  99. SOCIAL DISTORTION -- Mommy's Little Monster
  100. SONIC YOUTH -- Halloween
  101. STARR, JACK -- Godzilla We Love You
  102. STRANGE, BILLY -- Theme from The Munsters
  103. SWAMP ZOMBIES -- Love Zombie
  104. 3-D INVISIBLES /ZOMBI SURFERS -- (several)
  105. THROW THAT BEAT IN THE GARBAGE CAN -- Mummy Mummy
  106. TOO MUCH JOY -- Pride of Frankenstein
  107. TRACY & THE HINDENBURG -- Dug Up Mother
  108. TUBES -- Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman
  109. VENOM -- Halloween
  110. WHODINI -- Haunted House of Rock
  111. WESLEY WILLIS -- Vampyre Bird
  112. WHO -- Boris the Spider (Thanks D.F. Reynoso!)
  113. WOGGLES -- (several)
  114. WOLFMAN JACK & THE WOLF PACK -- Wolfman Boogie, part 2
  115. WRAY, LINK -- Hillbilly Wolf
  116. YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS -- Halloween 247 (Thanks George Everett!)
  117. ZACHERLE, JOHN -- Dinner at Dracs/ Igor
  118. ZEVON, WARREN -- Werewolves of London (Thanks Sherman Wilson of WIZS-AM!)


Songs about Serial Killers


Many of the bands above show up in the following list of serial killer songs. Saucy Jack tops out as best loved psycho with thirteen entries!

(Thanks to Ben Waugh for several contributions!)

  1. ABDUCTED -- Judy is a Serial Killer
  2. AC/DC -- Night Prowler (Thanks Brash Fink!)
  3. ADVERTS -- Gary Gillmore's Eyes
  4. BALL, OTIS -- Charles Manson’s Birthday
  5. BATTIATO, FRANCO -- Serial Killer
  6. BIG BOYS -- Psycho
  7. BLIND MELON -- Skinned (Ed Gein) (Thanks Alexis Pate!)
  8. BLUES TRAVELER -- Psycho Joe (Goes to the Electric Chair) (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  9. BOLAND & BOLAND -- It's a Wonderful Knife (A Life in the Day of a Serial Killer) (Thanks Henrik Barkman!)
  10. CANNIBAL CORPSE -- The Pick-Axe Murders
  11. CAVE, NICK -- Jack the Ripper
  12. CHEAP TRICK -- Ballad of TV Violence (Thanks Michael Memmo!)
  13. CHAD MITCHELL TRIO -- Lizzie Borden
  14. CHILD MOLESTERS -- I Am the Hillside Strangler
  15. CONSUMERS -- Ballad to the Son of Sam
  16. COPPER -- Serial Killer
  17. CORPUS DELECTI -- Psycho on Saturday
  18. DANZIG -- Stalker Song (Thanks Brash Fink!)
  19. DAVID J -- Serial Killer Blues
  20. DEAD BOYS -- Son of Sam (Thanks Daniel Foy!)
  21. DEATH IN VEGAS -- Aisha (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  22. DIESEL QUEENS -- Manson Family Feud
  23. DONNAS -- I Wanna Be a Unabomber
  24. ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB -- Mr. 44 (Thanks Daniel Foy!)
  25. ELIAS, HANIN -- Girl Serial Killer
  26. FANTOMAS -- Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (Thanks Daniel Foy!)
  27. FIBONACCIS -- Old Mean Ed Gein
  28. FLAMING LIPS -- Charlie Manson Blues
  29. FRIEDMAN, KINKY -- Ballad of Charles Whitman (Thanks Erich Ploechl!)
  30. FRONT 242 -- Serial Killers Don’t Kill
  31. FUZZTONES -- Jack the Ripper
  32. GOREFEST -- Confessions of a Serial Killer
  33. GRUESOMES -- Jack the Ripper
  34. HAIRY PATT BAND -- Richard Ramirez
  35. HEADBOYS -- The Ripper (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  36. HORRORS -- Jack the Ripper
  37. JANE'S ADDICTION -- Ted, Just Admit It (Thanks Petty!)
  38. JUDAS PRIEST -- Jack the Ripper
  39. KINGSTON TRIO -- Tom Dooley (Thanks Brash Fink!)
  40. KLAATU -- Mister Manson
  41. LA MUERTE -- Serial Killer
  42. LAIKA & THE COSMONAUTS -- Psyko/Vertigo
  43. LYDON, JOHN -- Psychopath
  44. MACABRE -- Serial Killer/ Apartment 213 (Jeffrey Dahmer)/ Fritz Haarman (Thanks Alexis Pate!)
  45. McCRACKINS -- Mickey & Mallory
  46. MORRISSEY -- Jack the Ripper
  47. MUDVAYNE -- Nothing to Gein (Thanks Daniel Foy!)
  48. NEITHER/NEITHERWORLD -- Son of Sam
  49. NIXON, MOJO -- Richard Speck (Thanks Lou Brutus of XM Satellite Radio!)
  50. NOACK, EDDIE -- Psycho
  51. ONE WAY STREETS -- Jack the Ripper
  52. OSBOURNE, OZZY -- Bloodbath in Paradise (Thanks Brash Fink!)
  53. P -- Michael Stipe (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  54. PIG -- Serial Killer Thriller
  55. PINK FILTH -- Psycho/Psycho
  56. PLAINFIELD -- Winter of 1942
  57. POLICE -- Mother (Thanks Chuck Maddox!)/ Murder By Numbers (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  58. RADIOHEAD -- Clim Up the Walls (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  59. RAY, LINK -- Jack the Ripper
  60. RED RIVER DAVE -- Californina Hippie Murders
  61. RIGHTEOUS PIGS -- Manson Klan
  62. RITTER, TEX -- (several)
  63. ROLLING STONES -- Midnight Rambler (Thanks Brash Fink!)
  64. RUGBURNS -- Hitchhiker Joe (Thanks Sarah the Splendid!)
  65. SATELLITERS -- Jack the Ripper
  66. SCREAMING LORD SUTCH -- Jack the Ripper
  67. SLAYER -- Dead Skin Mask (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  68. SMITH, ELLIOTT -- Son of Sam
  69. SMITHS -- Jack the Ripper (Thanks Brash Fink!)/ Suffer Little Children (Moors Murderers) (Thanks Petty!)
  70. SONS OF KRYPTON -- Jack the Ripper
  71. SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE -- Nebraska (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  72. STEVENS, SUFJAN -- John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  73. SUN CITY GIRLS -- Jack the Ripper
  74. SWAMP ZOMBIES -- Ballad of Ed Gein
  75. TALKING HEADS -- Psycho Killer
  76. THROBBING GRISTLE -- Very Friendly (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  77. ULTRAVIOLET EYE -- SST Superstar Charles Manson (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  78. VILETONES -- Richard Speck (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  79. VIOLENT FEMMES -- Dahmer is Dead (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  80. WILLIS, WESLEY -- Richard Speck
  81. YOUNG, NEIL -- Revolution Blues (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)
  82. ZEVON, WARREN -- Excitable Boy (Thanks Frédérique Longrée!)


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