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Jerry Only played a modified SB4001 in the early days of The Misfits...

if ya know it, show it

we are 138....

If you're gonna scream, scream with me..........

WELL.......I got something to SAY.....


One of my old favorite bands. Just pure awesome.

I love the Misfits. The songs, the sound, the 50's horror/sci fi/true crime subject matter, the album art... all just perfect. Danzig's voice, his personality, and his raw musical talent(on all instruments)... dang. Just a monster. Real American Horror.

I can't help but feel they're totally underrated... I was recently in a bookstore and picked up a huge "History of Punk" tome, which included all these new wave acts like Blondie as punk bands. On the Misfits page(just one page, verses maybe 16 for the Ramones), there was just a single photo. Of Michael Graves. WTH?? It just makes you feel really bad for all the wayward teens reading about punk from a big book!

Blondie as Punk band...????

WTH!!!!

egosheep wrote:
I can't help but feel they're totally underrated... I was recently in a bookstore and picked up a huge "History of Punk" tome, which included all these new wave acts like Blondie as punk bands. On the Misfits page(just one page, verses maybe 16 for the Ramones), there was just a single photo. Of Michael Graves. WTH?? It just makes you feel really bad for all the wayward teens reading about punk from a big book!

BIG +1 there.

Ya know...even if kids learn about the Misfits from a book, with pics of Michael Graves....they are unlikely to ever hear MG on vocals, all the classics are Danzig and always will be.

Just a phenomenal band with a great image and theme that really worked. Proved that you could play hardcore with extremely catchy sing-along lyrics and still be just....HARD.


(it's also one of those bands that my co-workers would never think I listen to....but know every lyric in their discography. Same with Black Flag and Minor Threat)

some how I don't think we're discussing the arch rivals of Jem and the holograms here

Lefty4001 wrote:

if ya know it, show it

we are 138....

that pic can't be too old, look at the backdrop ... there was no such thing as .COM when the Misfits started

I don't think that's on the backdrop. It's been added to the picture like a watermark.

cjj wrote:I don't think that's on the backdrop. It's been added to the picture like a watermark.

Wouldn't that make it a Mismark or a Waterfit?

cjj wrote:I don't think that's on the backdrop. It's been added to the picture like a watermark.

yeah, come to think of it, Jerry has put on about 100 lbs of solid muscle since that picture was taken.

I have a friend who belongs to the same beach club in Jersey as Jerry...just sayin

The Misfits website said the picture was halloween 1979.