He and Danzig remained the only consistent members of the Misfits until the group disbanded in 1983. Caiafa was accepted despite having only practiced his instrument for two months. Martínez recommended his friend Jerry Caiafa as a replacement, as Caiafa had recently received a bass guitar as a Christmas gift. Battle and DiPiazza left the band after a month of practices. Naming the band after actress Marilyn Monroe's final film The Misfits (1961), Danzig recruited guitarist Jimmy Battle, bassist Diane DiPiazza, and drummer Manny Martínez to fill out the lineup while Danzig sang and played the electric piano.
Misfits were formed in January 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by Glenn Danzig, who had previous experience performing in local bands.
Misfits' current lineup of Only, Cadena, and drummer Eric "Chupacabra" Arce released a new album titled The Devil's Rain in October 2011. This lineup released a single titled "Land of the Dead" in 2009. In 2005 Ramone was replaced by Robo, who had played with Black Flag in the early 1980s and had also previously been Misfits' drummer from 1982 to 1983. This lineup released an album of cover songs entitled Project 1950 and toured for several years. Jerry Only then took over lead vocals and recruited former Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena and former Ramones drummer Marky Ramone for a Misfits 25th Anniversary tour. This incarnation of Misfits had a sound much more rooted in heavy metal, and released the albums American Psycho (1997) and Famous Monsters (1999) before dissolving in 2000. They formed a new version of the band in 1995 with singer Michale Graves and drummer Dr. After a series of legal battles with Danzig, Only and Doyle regained the rights to record and perform as the Misfits. Several albums of reissued and previously unreleased material were issued after the group's dissolution, and their music became influential to punk rock, heavy metal, and alternative rock music of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Misfits disbanded in 1983 and Danzig went on to form Samhain and then the eponymous Danzig. During this time they released several EPs and singles, and with Only's brother Doyle as guitarist, the albums Walk Among Us (1982) and Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood (1983), both considered touchstones of the early-1980s hardcore punk movement. Founded in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig, the group had a fluctuating lineup during its first six years with Danzig and bassist Jerry Only as the only consistent members.
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