Dean's strings hold up and maintain their original intensity through the severe beating we give them far better than any others we've played. Overall we like to use just a little bigger gauges. That way we get a tighter, fatter sound.

We don't want to put extra tension on the neck that it doesn't need. Our approach is… bigger string, louder and a heavier sound. That's what we're about.

We exclusively use Dean Markley strings on a custom Misfits Annihilator guitar that we designed and built ourselves. It goes through a Bass amp head because it goes to a level of 90. It’s got more power and gives a lot more bottom end—which helps define our sound… especially live.