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Chitter Chatter => General Discussion => Music => Topic started by: zombiehorror on December 25, 2018, 05:10:31 PM

Title: Famous Misfits of Musicland
Post by: zombiehorror on December 25, 2018, 05:10:31 PM
In 1995, Jerry Only hired an artist, Tim Mitchell, to create a "Gogos" inspired piece for a live Misfits album but soon after he discovered that he could actually get Basil to create the piece for him.

I have always assumed that the below piece was the attempt by Tim Mitchell to do a Gogos but the original was recently posted by a collector claiming that it was a Gogos piece.
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49062767_2249446915330242_7956363779820748800_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=3fc3bba205580b7b3e5153478c6606aa&oe=5CD16021)

This is the known "Santa Gogos" piece by Basil.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TIGa9WxDyyk/WbwcecWRO4I/AAAAAAAAJYc/y-zWn7EchWESuykLXSOH6zhdCAC7rb-JwCLcBGAs/s640/basil_santagogs.jpg)

So for Gogos experts out there is there anyway that original piece could be a Gogos?  To my untrained eye, I just can't see it.  There is no fluidity to it, no blending, no technic, no personality.  I also looked up the copyrights for the other work that Gogos did for The Misfits™, the "Santa Gogos" posted above and the album covers for American Psycho and Famous Monsters; all of which have Gogos name attached to the copyrights.  The Famous Misfits of Musicland piece does not include Gogos name, nor does it include Tim Mitchell's
Title: Re: Famous Misfits of Musicland
Post by: Mike Scott on December 25, 2018, 10:21:43 PM
I'm no expert, but it doesn't look like Gogos to me.