Misfits

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Misfits are an American punk rock band known for pioneering horror punk through their fusion of aggressive music and horror film-inspired imagery.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Misfits canonical 3
The Misfits 2
The Misfits – Famous Monsters 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
punk rock band ⓘ
associatedAct Agnostic Front ⓘ
Balzac ⓘ
Black Flag ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
Graves ⓘ
Kryst the Conqueror ⓘ
Ramones ⓘ
All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
surface form: Samhain

The Damned ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
disbanded 1983 ⓘ
foundedBy Glenn Danzig ⓘ
Jerry Only ⓘ
Manny Martínez ⓘ
genre alternative metal ⓘ
crossover thrash ⓘ
deathrock ⓘ
gothic rock ⓘ
hardcore punk ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
horror punk ⓘ
horror punk pioneers ⓘ
metalcore ⓘ
psychobilly ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasDiscographyItem American Psycho ⓘ
Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood ⓘ
Famous Monsters ⓘ
Project 1950 ⓘ
Static Age ⓘ
The Devil’s Rain ⓘ
Walk Among Us ⓘ
hasFanbase cult following worldwide ⓘ
hasLogo Crimson Ghost skull ⓘ
hasMerchandise iconic band T-shirts featuring Crimson Ghost logo ⓘ
hasSubgroup Misfits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Original Misfits
inception 1977 ⓘ
influencedArtist AFI ⓘ
Alkaline Trio ⓘ
Cradle of Filth ⓘ
Green Day ⓘ
Marilyn Manson ⓘ
Metallica ⓘ
NOFX ⓘ
The Offspring ⓘ
influencedGenre gothic punk ⓘ
hardcore punk ⓘ
horror punk ⓘ
legalDispute name and merchandising rights dispute between Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only ⓘ
locationOfFormation Lodi, New Jersey ⓘ
notableMember Arthur Googy ⓘ
Bobby Steele ⓘ
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein ⓘ
Dr. Chud ⓘ
Glenn Danzig ⓘ
Jerry Only ⓘ
Joey Image ⓘ
Michale Graves ⓘ
Robo ⓘ
notableSong Astro Zombies ⓘ
Die, Die My Darling ⓘ
Dig Up Her Bones ⓘ
Halloween ⓘ
Hybrid Moments ⓘ
Last Caress ⓘ
Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight? ⓘ
Scream! ⓘ
Skulls ⓘ
We Are 138 ⓘ
Where Eagles Dare ⓘ
notableTour reunion shows as The Original Misfits ⓘ
recordLabel Caroline Records ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
Misfits Records ⓘ
Plan 9 Records ⓘ
Roadrunner Records ⓘ
reformed 1995 ⓘ
2016 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic aggressive, fast-paced music ⓘ
melodic, chant-like choruses ⓘ
theatrical stage presence ⓘ
use of horror film-inspired imagery ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramones → associatedAct → Misfits ⓘ
Marky Ramone → associatedAct → Misfits ⓘ
Marky Ramone and the Intruders → tourWith → Misfits ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Misfits
Misfits → hasSubgroup → Misfits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Original Misfits
Marc Steven Bell → memberOf → Misfits ⓘ
Ed Stasium → associatedAct → Misfits ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Misfits
Ed Stasium → workedOn → Misfits ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Misfits – Famous Monsters
Janis Sarkisian → memberOf → Misfits ⓘ
this entity surface form: the misfits