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GRIM REAPER’S HALLOWEEN HORROR

RESEDA, CA—They walked onstage, two with pig-masks and the drummer brandishing a three-pronged kitchen knife. The singer, handed an otter from a stagehand garbed in black, grabbed the animal by its tail and proceeded to lick its snout more than a half-dozen times; then down on his knees he butchered its throat and grabbed a drumstick to gouge the eyeballs.

March 1, 1985
Gregg Turner

GRIM REAPER’S HALLOWEEN HORROR

The Beat Goes on

RESEDA, CA—They walked onstage, two with pig-masks and the drummer brandishing a three-pronged kitchen knife. The singer, handed an otter from a stagehand garbed in black, grabbed the animal by its tail and proceeded to lick its snout more than a half-dozen times; then down on his knees he butchered its throat and grabbed a drumstick to gouge the eyeballs. These were then devoured in the name of Stan (er, Satan, but Stan will do): “Oh Lucifer (Stan), master of spirit and soul, sucketh I the thick black vitriol from within the creature’s tiny orbs. And YES, I proudly accept the bag of maggots symbolic of my servitude and time-infinite subservience.” He accepted the bag of maggots and promised to swallow the contents drenched in otter-blood. He did this and then vomited the concoction of the face of the kid with the Twisted Sister T-shirt—the crowd erupted with approval...

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