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.

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

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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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