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

If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.

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

We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on.

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.

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.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.