Jerry:  “Night Of The Living Dead.”

Eric: “The Exorcist” “Dawn Of The Dead.”

Dez: There are a lot of them.  Don’t know if it’s my favorite but when first say “Evil Dead” I got scared shitless. It still scares me.   I like the B-Movie.  Stuff like “Without Warning” which is more sci-fi.  “Plan 9 From Outer Space” because of the wonderful cheesiness of it.

Rocker: What were the first Halloween costumes you ever wore?

Jerry: Dracula.  Age four.

Dez: The Mummy.

Eric: I was Gene Simmons pretty early.  I think I was seven.

Rocker: What is Halloween like in your homes?

Jerry: Its’ the busiest time of the year for the band.

Eric: So we’re usually on the road.

Jerry: There was a time when we were in litigation (with former Misfits singer Glenn Danzig) and we weren’t able to play.

Those years I used to throw a square dance.  We lived up in the country and my dad had horses.  We took one of the barns, threw down some hay bales and hired a caller.  The guy would come in and do a square dance for all the kids in town.  My kids would bring all their friends and families and have a good time.  Once we got the band’s name back though, we were always playing.

What scares you?

Dez: In reality?

Eric: For me not being able to play music.  Anything that compromises that. Injuries scare me.

Dez: That could scare me too. Sometimes getting off the top bunk in our Winnebago scares me. (Laughs)

Jerry:  That can be scary. To me, ignorance and greed are the things that bother me and that I fear the most.  People don’t understand that they have the power within themselves to make the world a better place.  They have insecurities that they lay on other people.  Greed has always bothered me.  I saw it in the wrestling world when we were there.  I saw it in the music industry.  I see people with real talent struggle while others suck their blood.  The thing to me is that there is enough to go around.  That’s why The Misfits stand for a lot of things.  We do it ourselves. We have our own label, our own studio,…we make our own everything.  We use the resources at our disposal, and now with the music business imploding we need it.

Rocker:  What is it about the band that continues to capture a new audience? 

Jerry: I think it’s the purity and basic instinct to the band.  We have a very primal kind of sound and energy.  The band is based on 1950’s rock and roll – which is your basic format for all music that is rock.  I think that the subject matter of science fiction is timeless. The lyrics are kind of stark.  I listened to one of our albums “Static Age” after not hearing it for eighteen years.  I made it when I was seventeen.  It still sounded amazing. Just as fresh as when we made it.

Are your fans as intense as they seem?

Eric: People travel great distances to see us.  When we’re in Europe people come from other countries thirty hours away just to see our show.

Jerry: We had some folks recently fly here from Australia to see us play.

Dez: We’ll be in Italy and there are fans there from Venezuela.

Jerry:  A guy from Peru was at one of our shows the other day.  We’re very personable, after the show we will meet all the kids and sign all their stuff, see what’s up.  If someone makes the journey we want to meet them.

Rocker: Are you guys The Misfits twenty four hours a day?

Jerry: No when we’re off I’m Eva’s dad.  I got a little five year old girl at home which is great for me.  I also have my son with us.  He worked on our new album.  He’s twenty six and does our tour managing and front of the house sound.  My older daughter twenty nine who just got married.

Rocker: With all due respect to Dez and Eric, Jerry any chance you’d ever do a reunion with the original lineup of Danzig and Doyle?

Jerry: People say to me all the time why don’t you do reunions and big shows?  My loyalty lies to the fans and the people who support us.  I want that positive image and positive energy.  I want The Misfits to be something that inspires people to do great things.  It’s not about greed.  It’s not about making money and reliving something that happened years and years ago.  It’s about moving forward and that’s where we’re at.

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