Great Moments in WFMU History #18

The Misfits Take On Terrorists - by Mike Lupica

“This one goes out to Pat Duncan! It’s called ‘Dig up her Bones!!’”

Eternal bearers of teenage sleaze culture, the re-activated Misfits performed on Pat Duncan's show just weeks after 9/11. The band's lineup read like a roll call of intergalactic superheroes, with genuine Misfits Jerry Only and Robo donning leather trousers and devil locks, teaming up with drummer Marky Bell (whom one FMU staffer mistakenly called “Tommy” -- earning blank stared non-recognition from the erstwhile Ramone) and Black Flag's Dez Cadena. The oldies revival set list comprised a bevy of Ramones and Black Flag covers, plus all the expected Misfits tunes into one skateboard-wielding teenager’s aural wet dream.

During the on-air interview with Pat, things took an unexpected turn for the surreal when in regard to the 9/11 attacks, the affable but fast talking Jerry Only brought calm to our wounded spirits by reasoning that America, with help from the Misfits, would hunt down those responsible. And kill them. October 4, 2001.

Listen to the Misfits, as they admonish terrorists and perform a great live set (real audio).

Illustration by Diego Medina

Comments

[Smith]

Awesome, they should play NL, we need them here, esp. in my neighborhood!

[KR]

Jerry stopped peddling lunchboxes and earrings and Converse shoes long enough to actually worry about music?