Time & Perspective Quote by Jerry Only

You can hear the restless honesty of a band member staring down his own legacy and deciding it’s not enough to simply exist as “the Misfits” on a flyer. Jerry Only’s repetition of “really” isn’t elegant, but it’s telling: it’s the language of someone trying to talk himself into action after a stretch where the brand may have been louder than the songs. In punk, authenticity isn’t a vibe; it’s currency. “Really writing” signals a return to the work, not just the iconography.

The key phrase is “in the vein of the original Misfits.” That’s not just a musical direction, it’s a political statement inside a fandom that treats eras like sacred texts. He’s acknowledging the gravitational pull of the early catalog - the raw, hooky horror-pop that became a template - and admitting that later iterations can feel like footnotes if they don’t tap the same nerve. The subtext is defensive and aspirational at once: yes, we know what you think “counts” as Misfits, and yes, we’re aiming for that.

Calling it “the first step” frames the project as rehabilitation rather than reinvention. It suggests a band aware of the gap between nostalgia and relevance, and willing to meet listeners on the terrain of origin myths: tighter songs, clearer identity, fewer detours. It’s also a quiet bid for authorship. Instead of being custodian of a logo, Only is positioning himself as an active builder of the next chapter - if he can make new material feel like it belongs in the same haunted house.