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, one video album, five

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s, one box set, one

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, and one cancelled album. The

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were formed in 1977 by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig. 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. Biog ...

being the only constant fixtures. They released their first single, " Cough/Cool", in 1977 on Danzig's own label Blank Records.

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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'', 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" single on Danzig's new imprint

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. ''Static Age'' would not be released in its entirety for another eighteen years. The band released two additional singles in 1979: "

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" and "

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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

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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'' in April 1981, and two more were released as the " Halloween" single in October. Throughout 1981 the Misfits recorded songs for their first full-length album ''

Walk Among Us ''Walk Among Us'' is the debut 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 third to ...

'', which was released in March 1982 through

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and

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. A promotional

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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 "

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" was released in 1984, followed by two compilation albums of out-of-print and previously unreleased material released through

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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 ''

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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

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and drummer

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. Caroline Records released ''

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'' that year, followed in 1996 by a box set 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'' on

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, supported by music videos for "American Psycho" and the single "

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". ''

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 d ...

'' 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 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Michale Grave ...

'' in 1999 on Roadrunner Records 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 band Misfits. All the album's tracks were recorded by the band in the years following their reformation without original sin ...

''. Caroline Records attempted that year to release the material from the August 1980 sessions as ''

12 Hits from Hell ''12 Hits from Hell'' 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 Only called off ...

'', 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

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and

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to fill out the band. This lineup released ''

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'' in 2003, an album of cover versions of

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songs from the 1950s and 1960s, on their own label

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. Ramone was replaced by

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in 2005, and this lineup released the "

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" single in 2009. The Misfits lineup of Only, Cadena, and drummer Eric Arce released the band's seventh studio album, '' The Devil's Rain'', in 2011. A live album, ''

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'', 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''.

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

Video albums

I The DVD was packaged with the ''Project 1950'' album.

Music videos

Box sets

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''.

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 band Misfits. All the album's tracks were recorded by the band in the years following their reformation without original sin ...

'', 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 band Misfits. All the album's tracks were recorded by the band in the years following their reformation without original sin ...

''.

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'', by The Nutley Brass, released in 2005.

References

External links

* {{Misfits Punk rock group discographies Discographies of American artists

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