MICK WORKS ON NEW MISFITS NEW ALBUM

Misfits Announce New Album, ‘The Devil’s Rain’

The band will release the full-length in November through Megaforce Records.

Misfits have announced a new album: ‘The Devil’s Rain’.The band will release the full-length on 7th November through Megaforce Records; it follows on from 2003’s ‘Misfits Project 1950’.Produced by Ed Stasium, the album features a two-panel front / back cover painting of the rebirth of the band’s Fiend mascot. Designed to emulate a CD sized gatefold LP, it also features new Misfits portraits shot by the Mick Rock.

Founding member Jerry Only says: “It’s been over 30 years and 30 years from now, people will still be playing our albums because we will never water down what we do. Our goal is to keep perspective on who we are and always stay true to ourselves.

“The new album will only reinforce how potent the band has become with time. We plan to continue as always, to eclipse the past, block the sun and drag humanity by the throat into a world of darkness filled with ghouls, goblins and creatures of the night, where we are king.”

As posted on DIY

For my sins in a former life, I’ve been forced to spend an inordinate amount of time with musicians in this life. Of course, I love them.

A camera is a wonderful ally. It requires minimal maintenance and provides entry to a world of endless imagery.

My ambition was not to be a great photographer (though that certainly would have been a worthy stance). It was a lust to embrace anything that startled or energized me.

I am not in the business of documenting or revealing personalities. I am in the business of freezing shadows and bottling auras.

Without the rock ‘n rollers, I would not have developed as an image man.

You want to shock people with a bit of mystery and beauty. That’s my favorite kind of shocking.

I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking!

There’s an art to looking back - how to celebrate the past without being entrapped by it. Photographs provide the great physical link.

My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn’t owned by a magazine or a record label.

I smell pictures more than I see them and I hear pictures more than I can smell them. It’s very habit forming.