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“Addams Family” metal cover by Violet Orlandi

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky /Mysterious and spooky…”

The theme for the 1964 TV series The Addams Family gets a heavy metal remake by Violet Orlandi and friends. The track was written and arranged by longtime Hollywood film and television composer Vic Mizzy.

“The Addams Family” (METAL VERSION) by Violet Orlandi ft Jake Munro

Mizzy’s original theme was popular enough to be released as a single—but it failed to chart. The producers of the show asked Vic to also direct the show’s main title sequence, including coordinating their finger-snaps to match the theme.

The theme has been used (or riffed on) repeatedly for other versions of the The Addams Family. For the 1991 film, producers called on hip-hop artist Hammer to come up with a new version. “Addams Groove” plays during the closing credits of the film.

This cover version of the Addams Family theme comes from Violet Orlandi, a great singer and guitarist from Brazil who makes lots of cool cover versions of songs and posts them online. We previously featured her playing TWO versions of Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman.” (Check them out here!)

About the Addams Family

The Addams Family is an unconventional household that is fond of the morbid and grotesque, but don't realize that people find them scary. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938, they started out as a series of one-panel cartoons, published in The New Yorker over a 50-year period. They have since been adapted to other media, including more than one television series, numerous films, video games, a stage musical, and more. Find more Monster Complex articles featuring the Addams Family HERE.


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