Ron Whaley in SMA – Freedom of Choice (1992)

Ron Whaley keeps it strictly BPSW in the SMA video Freedom of Choice, with Danzig’s ‘Twist of Cain’ soundtracking a selection of lanky-steezed late flips and obscure tech variations.

Josh Kasper in Scarecrow Wheels – Disturb Not The Sleep of Death (1997)

Josh Kasper always seemed like an anomaly on the Scarecrow Wheels video Disturb Not the Sleep of Death, and chucking benihana’s over handrails for the Kasperholics to the Misfits’ ‘She’ compounded the surreality of this section. You can’t fuck with the 360 flip ender though…

Various skaters in 411VM (1997)

Back before the internet we had 411 Video Magazine, who in 1997 decided to raid the recently released Misfits box set for all it was worth. This was a productive meeting of cultures which saw Jim Greco slappy grinding to ‘I Turned Into a Martian’, Adrian Lopez hitting handrails to an early recording of ‘She’ (the one with the vocals and bass pushed to the top of the mix) and Justin Reynolds enjoying Vic Reeves singing in the club singer style. Micah Matson keeps it the most topical to this post, skating to ‘Halloween’ and throwing himself off a frankly terrifying drop to close.

Brian Sumner, Ali Cairns and Jeff Lenoce in Birdhouse – The End (1998)

Probably one of the highest budget videos on the list, the ams section in The End saw Brits Ali Cairns and Brian Sumner alongside Jeff Lenoce skating to ‘Night of the Living Dead’. I struggled over whether to include it, though, due to the dubbed in skate sounds which plague the whole video and make for a strangely distracting watch.

Chris Cole in Transworld – In Bloom (2002)

Looking back this is a pretty Zero-heavy list, with two of the most iconic skull logos in their respective cultures making for a solid combination. Here Chris Cole puts together his usual mind blowing selection of technical tricks on gnarly obstacles to ‘Die, Die My Darling’ – however, after the intro voice-over discussing his music tastes, I would definitely like to see this section remixed to Pat Benitar.

Erik Ellington in Emerica – This Is Skateboarding (2003)

Danzig II: Lucifuge was in my opinion the Evil Elvis’ post-Misfits high point; the band was tighter and more focused than on the first record or previous outfit Samhain’s output, with a solid groove running through a freight-train-heavy blues rock sound which is perfectly encapsulated in the song ‘777’. The moment when the menacingly melodic intro hits its crescendo and, after a momentary pause, the slide guitar kicks in, is probably one of the best moments in guitar based music ever. While Danzig may have struggled to reach this musical peak with later releases, Ellington is still just as gnarly as he was when Emerica released ‘This is Skateboarding’.

Down Right Evil – Halloween 2015

As we discussed this article the other day, we happened by circumstance upon this new section from Downright Evil jumping the gun on Halloween. Their eagerness worked well for us, because it meant we could close this article with Grant Taylor, Justin Brock and a load more heads shredding to Danzig’s ‘Possession’. Happy Halloween…