Editing Walk Among Us (section)

==Recording==
Prior to ''Walk Among Us'', the Misfits had recorded and shelved two full-length albums: ''[[Static Age]]'', which was recorded in 1978 but would remain unreleased in its entirety until 1996, and ''[[12 Hits from Hell]]'', which was recorded in 1980 and has never received an official wide release.<ref name=misfitsdisc>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfits.com/info/discography.html|title=Official Misfits Discography|publisher=Misfits.com|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> The recording sessions for ''Walk Among Us'' took place at multiple studios. The majority of the songs were recorded at Mix-O-Lydian Studio in [[Boonton, New Jersey]] no later than August 1981,{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=126}} and these sessions also produced the recordings for the group's single "[[Halloween (Misfits song)|Halloween]]".<ref name=misfitsdisc />

The album's sixth track, "Hate Breeders", was recorded at Newfound Sound in [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey]] in June 1981.{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=126}} The seventh and only live track on the album, "[[Mommy, Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight]]", was recorded on December 17, 1981, at [[The Ritz (rock club)|the Ritz]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=misfitsdisc />{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=126}} As the track fades out, the band can be heard beginning to play the song "[[London Dungeon (song)|London Dungeon]]", which was not included on the album in its entirety.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} In January 1982, [[overdubbing]] took place at Quad Teck in [[Los Angeles, California]],{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=126}} where Misfits vocalist [[Glenn Danzig]] would also mix the tracks with both [[Chris Desjardins]] of [[the Flesh Eaters]] and Pat Burnette.<ref name=matera>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/the_classic_albums_the_misfitss_walk_among_us.html|title=The Classic Albums: The Misfits's 'Walk Among Us'|last=Matera|first=Joe|author-link=Joe Matera|date=June 24, 2009|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref>

The track "Astro Zombies" takes its name from the title of the 1968 film ''[[The Astro-Zombies]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2017/10/listen-to-the-greatest-songs-about-aliens-wiping-us-out.html|title=Slate's Definitive Ranking of Songs in Which Aliens Exterminate All Life on Earth|last=Dessem|first=Matthew|date=October 26, 2017|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/misfits-band-movies-inspiration-horror-halloween/|title=10 Movies That Inspired The Misfits|last=Downey|first=Ryan J.|date=October 29, 2018|website=[[MovieWeb]]|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Additionally, the album title was inspired by the 1956 film ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_glenn_danzig|title=An Essential Guide to Glenn Danzig|last=Lindsay|first=Cam|date=August 30, 2016|work=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref>