The Misfits show
By Metalhead Matt
Hey, on October 2nd, me and some buddies drove up to Saint John, New Brunswick(from
Moncton New Brunswick) to see the Misfits show. We didn't go in Moncton because it wasn't an
all ages show, but that didn't stop us from go out back and meeting Jerry Only. What a cool guy! He
signed my misfits patch and we talked about the fact that the show wasn't all ages. We also told him
we'd be seeing him the next night. So here we are, driving to St. John with non-stop misfits songs
playing on the car stereo. We we're pumped up! So we get to the show(2 hours early, may I add)
and then people just started coming after that. Inside the show, a huge guy was sitting selling misfits
shit. I saw that it said Grimm's tip cup. Grimm as in Jonathan Grimm, the one of the biggest Misfits
rodies. Guy Smiley played, they really impressed me.(we had spoke to Derek, the singer the night
before in Moncton). He was a very cool guy. They played awesome and dedicated their last song to
us. He said, this last one is for the boys that came here from Moncton cause it wasn't an all ages
show and gave us a wave. We all went nuts. After that, Grimm told me that Chud was standing over
there. We went over and spoke to him for awhile, telling him how long we had waited for this
moment. He signed my ticket stub and then he left and Michael Graves showed up. My friend Cory
asked if he could go up on stage to sing a song. Mike let him. Then Mike left and we talked to Chud
some more. Then Doyle walked by and someone said, hey Doyle. He looked, frowned and kept on
walking. Then I asked Chud why Doyle wasn't a people person and he said he just keeps to himself.
So on into the show. First the Crimson ghost came out with a torch and walked around then he left,
Chud went on and the Ghost came back pulling Graves by a chain. Graves was on the ground, in
chains and a straight jacket. He got up, in came Doyle and Jerry and they kicked off the show with
Abominable Dr Phibes. The rest of the show was insane. If you thought they only played new stuff,
you're wrong. They played almost all the new songs and the older stuff included: Die Die my Darling,
Come Back, Static Age, TV Casualty, Halloween, Skulls Last Caress, All Hell Breaks Loose,
Hybrid Moments, Mommy, Can I go out and Kill Tonight?, We are 138, Horror Business, London
Dungeon, Teenager from Mars, Night of the Living Dead, Halloween II, Devil's Whorehouse, Some
Kinda Hate, I Turned into a Martian and Return of the Fly. They also played my favorite: Astro
Zombies To finish my buddy Cory sang Halloween and went back stage to meet the band. I got me
and his boxed set signed by Jerry and my buddy Mat got my Jerry portrait shirt signed by Jerry and
Doyle. I'm only missing a Graves autograph. Well, that's all, but if you think the Misfits lost their
touch, think again. They can still put on an awesome show.
For The Madcap's transcript of the show, click
here.