Jim Catania (born January 5, 1954), commonly known as Mr. Jim, is an American musician, who replaced drummer Manny Martínez in the Misfits in the fall of 1977 and remained in the band until November 1978. Catania had been in an earlier band called Koodot And Boojang with

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 ...

. Mr. Jim is featured on the same songs as

Franché Coma Franché Coma (born Frank Licata August 17, 1957), is an American musician. He is one of the original guitarists of the Misfits, and the first to record in studio with them. Coma joined The Misfits in the fall of 1977 as the band's first guitarist ...

. Jim left the band soon after Franché and returned to his other band Continental Crawler. He later played for the Adults and Aces and Eights. Both Jim and Manny were from

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and graduated from Lodi High School in 1971. After leaving Lodi, Jim moved to

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with his wife. Mr. Jim and his wife later moved to

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. He opened his own music and DVD store called Mr. Jim's House of Video in

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in December 2008. As for his playing style, he is known for his frantic 4/4 rock beats, ghoulish cymbals and extremely fast footwork on the bass drum and 16th-note precision on the hi-hat. As of August 2010, Mr. Jim was playing in the Exstatics with Paul of the Living Dead, formerly of

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and the Bad Whoremoans. Jim Catania also joined the Von Frankensteins according to an article from Blabbermouth.net. Mr. Jim's latest projects include the instrumental surf album entitled "Monkey with a Gun" and a currently untitled punk rock album. In August 2012 he recorded a Misfits cover of "Hollywood Babylon" with Robby Bloodshed. Jim most recently recorded drums for the single "Red Ice" with Robby Bloodshed for the full length ''Running Out Of Time''.

Discography with The Misfits

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(1978) - Single * Beware (1980) - EP *

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) - Compilation * Collection I (1986) - Compilation *

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 ...

(1996) - Compilation * The Misfits (1996) - Box set *

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 ...

(1997) - Album

Discography with Continental Crawler

*Promotional Pollution (1979) - EP *"The Anthology 1977-79: Cars, Cards And Questionable Women" (2008) - CD

References

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