The discography of
Misfits
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, a
horror punk
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band formed in
Lodi, New Jersey
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, in 1977, consists of seven
studio album
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s, three
live album
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s, four
compilation album
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s, four
EPs
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, nineteen
singles
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Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
, one video album, five
music video
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s, one
box set
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Music
Artists ...
, one
demo, and one cancelled album.
The
Misfits
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were formed in 1977 by singer and songwriter
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Allen Anzalone (born June 23, 1955), better known by his stage name Glenn Danzig, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film director and record producer. He is the founder of the rock bands Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. He ...
. The band experienced many lineup changes during their first six years, with Danzig and bassist
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 exce ...
being the only constant fixtures. They released their first single, "
Cough/Cool
"Cough/Cool" is the first single released by the horror punk band the Misfits. It was released in August 1977 on singer Glenn Danzig's label Blank Records. 500 copies were produced on black 7" vinyl. Both songs from the single were re-recorded an ...
", in 1977 on Danzig's own label
Blank Records.
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released ...
offered Danzig thirty hours of free studio time in exchange for the trademark to the Blank Records name, which the band used to record their first album, ''
Static Age
''Static Age'' is the third studio album by the American horror punk band Misfits, recorded in 1978. Although it was the first album the band ever recorded, it was not released in its entirety until 1996.
History
In August 1977 The Misfits r ...
'', in January 1978. However, they were unable to find a record label willing to release it and instead released four of the songs as the "
Bullet
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" single on Danzig's new imprint
Plan 9 Records
Plan 9 Records, originally known as Blank Records, was an independent record label that was founded in 1977 by Glenn Danzig of the horror punk band The Misfits. The label was discontinued in 1995.
In 1977, Danzig founded Blank Records as a mean ...
. ''Static Age'' would not be released in its entirety for another eighteen years. The band released two additional singles in 1979: "
Horror Business
"Horror Business" is the third single released by the American horror punk band Misfits (band), Misfits. It was released on June 26, 1979 through vocalist Glenn Danzig's own label, Plan 9 Records, and is commonly said to have been inspired by the ...
" and "
Night of the Living Dead
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", both on Plan 9.
The band's first EP, ''
Beware'', was released in January 1980. That August they recorded twelve new songs intended for an album, but it was never released. Only's brother
Doyle
Doyle is a surname of Irish origin. The name is a back-formation from O'Doyle, which is an Anglicisation of the Irish (), meaning "descendant of ''Dubhghall''". There is another possible etymology: the Anglo-Norman surname ''D'Oyley'' with aggl ...
then became the band's guitarist and would remain so until 2000. Three of the songs from the album sessions were released as ''
3 Hits from Hell
''3 Hits from Hell'' (stylized as 3 hits from HeLL) is the sixth release by American horror punk band Misfits. The 7" EP was released in April 1981 via Plan 9 Records. While there was no actual insert, some of the first pressing included a M ...
'' in April 1981, and two more were released as the "
Halloween
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" single in October. Throughout 1981 the Misfits recorded songs for their first full-length album ''
Walk Among Us
''Walk Among Us'' is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Misfits, released in March 1982 by Ruby Records and its parent label Slash Records. It was the first full-length album to be released by the band, although it was the th ...
'', which was released in March 1982 through
Ruby Records
Ruby Records is an American record label, founded predominantly as a rock music label subsidiary of Slash Records. The original version of the label released seven albums in 1981 and 1982.
Ruby was distributed through the same independent distri ...
and
Slash Records
Slash Records was an American record label originally specializing in local punk rock bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful independent record labels in alternative music, before its eventual acq ...
. A promotional
music video
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was filmed for the song "Braineaters". That December they released a live EP titled ''
Evilive
''Evilive'' is a live album by the American punk rock band Misfits. It was initially released as a 7-song EP in December 1982 and later added 5 more songs and released as an album in October 1987. It was released on frontman Glenn Danzig's ...
''. The band broke up due to internal tensions on October 29, 1983, just two months before their second album ''
Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood'' was released through Plan 9. Following the band's breakup a posthumous single for "
Die, Die My Darling
"Die, Die My Darling" is a song by the American horror punk band Misfits. It was released in May 1984 on singer Glenn Danzig's label, Plan 9 Records, seven months after the band's breakup. The song is titled after the 1965 horror film '' F ...
" was released in 1984, followed by two
compilation album
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s of out-of-print and previously unreleased material released through
Caroline Records
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: ''
Legacy of Brutality
''Legacy of Brutality'' is a compilation album of early songs by the American punk rock band Misfits, released in September 1985. It contains overdubbed mixes of previously unreleased songs, mainly from the January–February 1978 ''Static Age'' ...
'' (1985) and ''
Misfits
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'' (1986), which later became more commonly referred to as ''Collection I''. ''Evilive'' was also re-released in 1987 as a full album.
After a series of legal battles ending in 1995, Jerry Only and Doyle re-formed the band with a new lineup including singer
Michale Graves
Michael Emanuel (born March 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist for the 1990s re-incarnation of the horror punk band Misfits from 1995 to 2000, leaving briefly ...
and drummer
Dr. Chud
David Calabrese, known professionally as Dr. Chud, is an American horror punk drummer best known for his work with the Misfits (band), Misfits. He has also been a member of Graves (band), Graves, Gorgeous Frankenstein, Doyle (band), Doyle and Bl ...
. Caroline Records released ''
Collection II
''Collection II'', also known as ''Misfits II'', a compilation album of songs by the American punk rock band Misfits. Released on November 14, 1995, it serves as a companion album to the band's previous compilation, '' Collection I''. Both com ...
'' that year, followed in 1996 by a
box set
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Music
Artists ...
titled simply ''
The Misfits'' collecting nearly all of the band's early material, including ''Static Age'' which was released as a separate album in 1997. Also in 1997 the new Misfits lineup released ''
American Psycho
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'' on
Geffen Records
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, supported by music videos for "American Psycho" and the single "
Dig Up Her Bones
"Dig Up Her Bones" is the seventh single by the punk rock band the Misfits. It was the first single released by the re-formed lineup of the band, after the original incarnation broke up in 1983. It was the only single released from their 1997 alb ...
". ''
Evillive II
''Evilive II'' (also known as ''Evillive'') is a 1998 live album by the American punk rock band Misfits. Featuring the "resurrected" Misfits lineup of vocalist Michale Graves, bassist Jerry Only, guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, and ...
'' was released in 1998, followed by ''
Famous Monsters
''Famous Monsters'' is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Misfits, released on October 5, 1999. It is the second in the post- Danzig era of the band, and the last album to feature Michale Graves, Dr. Chud and Doyle Wolfgang ...
'' in 1999 on
Roadrunner Records
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with a single and music video for "
Scream!" Graves, Chud, and Doyle all left the band in 2000, and a compilation of demos and b-sides from this era was released in 2001 as ''
Cuts from the Crypt
''Cuts From the Crypt'' is a collection of demos, formerly unreleased tracks and cover songs by the American horror punk
Horror punk is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and vio ...
''. Caroline Records attempted that year to release the material from the August 1980 sessions as ''
12 Hits from Hell
''12 Hits from Hell: The MSP Sessions'' is a cancelled studio album by American horror punk band the Misfits. It was recorded in 1980 but went unreleased. Caroline Records attempted to release it in 2001, but band members Glenn Danzig and Jerry ...
'', but the album was cancelled at the request of Danzig and Only before it could be released.
As the only remaining member of the Misfits, Jerry Only took over vocal duties and recruited
Dez Cadena
Dez Cadena (born June 2, 1961) is an American punk rock singer and guitarist. He was the third vocalist and later rhythm guitarist for hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1980 to 1983. Cadena played guitar with Misfits from 2001 to 2015, initi ...
and
Marky Ramone
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to fill out the band. This lineup released ''
Project 1950
''Project 1950'' is the sixth studio album by the American horror punk band the Misfits, released in 2003. It consists of cover versions of rock and roll songs from the 1950s and 60's and marks bassist Jerry Only's debut as the Misfits' lead sin ...
'' in 2003, an album of cover versions of
rock and roll
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songs from the 1950s and 1960s, on their own label
Misfits Records
Misfits Records is an independent record label conceived of in 2002 by founders Jerry Only of the Misfits and John Cafiero of Osaka Popstar. Intended to release Misfits material after the band's contractual obligations to Roadrunner Records we ...
. Ramone was replaced by
Robo
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in 2005, and this lineup released the "
Land of the Dead
''Land of the Dead'' (also known as ''George A. Romero's Land of the Dead'') is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six '' Living Dead'' movies, it is preceded by ''Night of the L ...
" single in 2009. The Misfits lineup of Only, Cadena, and drummer Eric Arce released the band's seventh studio album, ''
The Devil's Rain The Devil's Rain may refer to:
* ''The Devil's Rain'' (film), a 1975 horror film directed by Robert Fuest
* ''The Devil's Rain'' (album) or the title song, by the Misfits, 2011
* ''Devil's Rain'', a 1977 musical composition by Thomas Albert
* "D ...
'', in 2011. A live album, ''
Dead Alive!
''Dead Alive!'' is a live album by the Misfits. It was released on February 5, 2013 by Misfits Records. Album artwork was provided by Jason Edmiston.
Track listing
# "The Devil's Rain"
# "Vivid Red"
# "Land of the Dead"
# "Curse of the Mummy's H ...
'', was released in February 2013.
Studio albums
I ''Static Age'' was recorded in 1978 but was not released in its entirety until 1996, as part of the Misfits box set. It was released as a stand-alone album in 1997.
Live albums
I ''Evilive'' was first released as a 7-song EP in 1982. It was re-released as a 12-song album in 1987.
II ''Evillive II'' was released only to members of the Fiend Club.
Compilation albums
I ''Misfits'' is commonly referred to as ''Collection I''.
Box sets
EPs
I ''Evilive'' was first released as a 7-song EP in 1982. It was re-released as a 12-song album in 1987.
Singles
Other appearances
The following Misfits tracks were released on compilation albums. Some songs were later re-released on ''
Cuts from the Crypt
''Cuts From the Crypt'' is a collection of demos, formerly unreleased tracks and cover songs by the American horror punk
Horror punk is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and vio ...
'', as noted below. This is not an exhaustive list: songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.
I Denotes songs that were re-released on ''
Cuts from the Crypt
''Cuts From the Crypt'' is a collection of demos, formerly unreleased tracks and cover songs by the American horror punk
Horror punk is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and vio ...
''.
Video albums
I The DVD was packaged with the ''Project 1950'' album.
Music videos
Demos
I The ''Mars Attacks Demos'' were recorded for the ''American Psycho'' album and a proposed ''Mars Attacks'' EP that was never released. These tracks were re-released on ''Cuts from the Crypt''.
Cancelled albums
I ''12 Hits from Hell'' was cancelled at the request of Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only. Only promotional copies were released, and all copies intended for distribution were destroyed.
Tribute albums
*''
Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits'', released in 1997.
*''
Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits'', released in 2000.
*''
Fiend Club Lounge
''Misfits Meet the Nutley Brass: Fiend Club Lounge'' is a tribute album to the American horror punk band Misfits, recorded by the Nutley Brass (who had previously recorded a tribute record to the Ramones) and released in 2005 by Misfits Records. ...
'', by The Nutley Brass, released in 2005.
References
External links
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Discography
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