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Samhain Interview
from Task #01, March, 1985

Q: First off, why did the Misfits split up?

A: I left the Misfits shortly after Robo to do my own band "Samhain" which would be able to tour a lot and play stuff Jerry and Doyle were not able to duplicate live.

Q: What's happening with your new band Samhain?

A: The "Samhain" LP has been done since May and we're just waiting for the cover before we can release it. Eerie Von ex-Rosemary's Babies is on bass and Steve ex-Mourning Noise is on drums. We pick a guitar player this week.

Q: Where do you get the ideas for your lyrics?

A: The lyrics I write come from me, my ideas come from anything that inspires, which is not much. My lyrics start out more often than not as prose. I don't like callingn what most people refer to as poetry... poetry.

Q: What attracts you to horror or "gore" movies? Is it a fascination with blood or fear or the like?

A: I like to see heads blow up, or chests explode, or arms ripped from sockets but I also like comedies which is also how I see some of the gore flicks I see. They are comedy to me.

Q: I head that your room resembles a dungeon, could you elaborate on this?

A: I just have gargoyles and demon cornice-stoes hanging around on tables and from walls. Lots of skulls around and I live in a cellar.

Q: I also heard that you want to have a house next door to a funeral parlor or something liek that, could you tell about this also?

A: I want to have a house next to a cemetary or even be the caretaker at a cemetary and get to live in the house there.

Q: What are some of your hobbies?

A: I collect old comics, skulls, bats, some old horror movie posters and gothic statues.

Q: Which do you like better the more recent "gore" movies or the old horror films?

A: I only like select old and new horror and gore films. I don't like everything of one genre just cause it's in the same classification.

Q: Are you interested in special effects?

A: Yes.

Q: Would you like to do some movie writing or acting?

A: Yes, I will be directing a movie soon that I can't tell you much about now, except that it will be gory.

Q: What do you think of the "ghoul rock" bands like 45 Grave, Christian Death, etc?

A: Some are a joke, some are O.K.

Q: Any other comments about anything?

A: No.