Update: June 03rd, 2020 10:14 AM:
The official Misfits Twitter account has since confirmed Image‘s passing:
RIP Joey Image, March 5, 1957 – June 1, 2020. Misfits drummer 78 – 79. Appears on the Misfits classic “Horror Business” & “Night of the Living Dead” 7-inches. Seen here on drums with the Misfits live at Irving Plaza Halloween night 1979 in NYC. #themisfits #ripjoeyimage pic.twitter.com/vePIqANzsZ
— The Misfits (@themisfits) June 2, 2020
Original Story:
According to the The New York Hardcore Chronicles Page, ex-Misfits drummer Joey Image (born Joey Poole) has passed away at the age of 63 following a battle with liver cancer. Image performed on the band’s “Horror Business” EP and “Night Of The Living Dead” single before departing the band at the end of 1979. He would later go on to play with a number of bands, including his Joey Image Trio. He last shared the stage with the Misfits back in 2000.
Image had been battling the aforementioned disease across the past several years, as was chronicled on his GoFundMe.
