Joey Poole (March 5, 1957 – June 1, 2020), known professionally as Joey Image, was an American punk rock

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. He joined the Misfits in November 1978. He was the drummer for both the " Horror Business" and "

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" sessions of 1979. In December 1979, after the band's ill-fated tour of

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with the Damned, he left the band. After the Misfits, he was the drummer for the Whorelords. His most recent bands were

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, Psycho Daisies, the Mary Tyler Whores, the Strap-Ons, the Bell Ringers, Evil Doers, the Hooples, Jersey Trash, the Hollywood 77's, and between 2000 and 2002 he was the drummer for

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. He also played for the Misfits on October 26, 2000, at Culture Room,

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, one day after Dr. Chud had left the band along with

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. As the band had no drummer and was playing in the same area as Joey,

Jerry Only Gerald Caiafa Jr. (born April 21, 1959), better known by his stage name Jerry Only, is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the Misfits and later the vocalist as well. He is the only member to appear in every Misfits lineup. Bio ...

decided to call him to play some songs such as "Horror Business", " We Are 138", "

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", "Teenagers From Mars", "Hollywood Babylon", " London Dungeon", and "Where Eagles Dare". Eric Arce from Murphy's Law played the rest of the setlist songs.

Personal life

Image spent most of his life in

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, and later in

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. Some time after his 1979 departure from the Misfits, Image married actress and model Patty Mullen and in 2003, he moved to

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. As of 2007, he had relocated to

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. In 2016, he was diagnosed with liver cancer and died on June 1, 2020.

Misfits discography

* " Horror Business" (1979) - EP * "

" (1979) - single * '' Legacy of Brutality'' Tracks 9 and 10 * '' Misfits'' Tracks 4 through 8 * '' Collection II'' Tracks 6 and 7 * '' Beware (EP)'' Tracks 5 and 6 * '' The Misfits'' Disc 1-Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 25 / Disc 2-Tracks 9 and 10 / Disc 3-Tracks 3 through 14

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Image, Joey Misfits (band) members American punk rock drummers American male drummers Horror punk musicians People from Weehawken, New Jersey Musicians from New Jersey 1957 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American drummers Deaths from liver cancer

Personal life

Misfits discography

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