I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.