Misfits Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 2002 by Jerry Only

Jerry Only

Jerry Only is an American bassist. He is the current bassist and vocalist for the Misfits. He is credited with creating the infamous hair style known as the devilock.-Life and career:...

 of the Misfits as a division of his publishing company Cyclopian Music, Inc. Founded to release Misfits material after the band's contractual obligations to Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 were fulfilled by 2001's Cuts from the Crypt

Cuts from the Crypt

- Band :* Michale Graves – vocals* Jerry Only – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Monster Mash"* Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein – guitar* Dr. Chud – drums- Additional musicians :* John Cafiero – vocals on "I Wanna Be a NY Ranger"...

, the label's first non-Misfits signing was Japanese horror punk

Horror punk

Horror punk is a music genre that mixes Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery and lyrics, which are often influenced by horror films...

 band Balzac

Balzac (band)

Balzac is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Osaka. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation...

, and its first release was the Misfits/Balzac split single

Split album

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...

 "Day the Earth Caught Fire". Misfits records has since released material by The Nutley Brass, Osaka Popstar

Osaka Popstar

Osaka Popstar is a pop punk supergroup formed in 2006 by New Yorker John Cafiero. Cafiero wanted an outlet to express his music but also incorporate his love for Japanese anime. In 2006, Cafiero teamed up with several well known punk rock artists to create the anime based punk group, Osaka Popstar....

, and Juicehead.

Releases

Year	Artist	Title	Format	Type	Catalog
2002	Misfits / Balzac Balzac (band) Balzac is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Osaka. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation...	"Day the Earth Caught Fire"	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...	MIS-01392
2003	Misfits	Project 1950 Project 1950 -Chart positions:-Bonus DVD:# "This Magic Moment"# "Dream Lover"# "Diana"# "Donna"# "Runaway"*Tracks 1-4, recorded at the Phillips US Open Snowboarding Championships*Track 5, recorded live, at The World in NYCBonus Material...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... /DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....	studio album Studio album A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...	MSF-06432
2003	Balzac	Beyond the Darkness Beyond The Darkness -Track listing:#"Thirteen"#"Day The Earth Caught Fire"#"Wall"#"Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night"#"Black Light Shines In '99"#"Nowhere #13"#"Yami-No Mukou-No Subete-Wo"#"Out Of The Blue II"#"In Your Face"#"The Silence Of Crows"#"Tomorrow"...	CD/DVD	compilation album Compilation album A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...	MSF-06442
2005	The Nutley Brass	Fiend Club Lounge Fiend Club Lounge -Personnel:*Produced, conducted, and engineered by Sam Elwitt*Executive Producers: John Cafiero and Jerry Only*Additional recording and engineering by Mitch Rackin*Vocalizations on "Teenagers from Mars" and "Some Kinda Hate" by Clare McKeen...	CD	studio album	MSF-08052
2005	Balzac	Out of the Grave and into the Dark Out Of The Grave And Into The Dark Out Of The Grave and into the Dark is Balzac's compilation album of their albums, Came Out of the Grave and Dark-Ism.-Track listing:CD#The Grave - Dreizen#Zetsubou-No-Ano-Basyo-E#Season Of The Dead#Inside My Eyes#Shi-Wo-Yubi-Sasu...	CD/DVD	compilation album	MSF-081620
2006	Osaka Popstar Osaka Popstar Osaka Popstar is a pop punk supergroup formed in 2006 by New Yorker John Cafiero. Cafiero wanted an outlet to express his music but also incorporate his love for Japanese anime. In 2006, Cafiero teamed up with several well known punk rock artists to create the anime based punk group, Osaka Popstar....	Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk is the first, and so far only, album released by Osaka Popstar. The title references the fact that the band includes members of legendary punk bands such as The Misfits, Ramones, Black Flag and The Voidoids....	CD/DVD	studio album
2006	Misfits	Psycho in the Wax Museum Psycho in the Wax Museum Psycho in the Wax Museum is an EP by the Misfits. It features two songs that were previously unreleased and were recorded during the American Psycho sessions. The versions included are instrumental, as it has been reported that the vocals were never recorded...	EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...	EP	MP-POP 001
2007	Juicehead	The Devil Made Me Do It	CD	studio album	MRCD 01398
2007	Balzac	Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism -Track listing:#"Death and Confrontation"#"Godless"#"The Scare"#"In Those Days"#"D.A.R.K."#"Horrorock"#"Ziggy Stardust"#"The Gaze"#"rain"#"[Untitled]"#"Deep Blue"#"Japanese Chaos"#"XXXxxx"#"[Untitled]"#"Japanese Trash"#"I Can't Stand It Anymore"...	CD/DVD	studio album	MRCD-01399/MRCD-01400
2007	Balzac	"Deep Blue" / "Alone"	shaped picture disc Picture disc Picture discs are gramophone records that show images on their playing surface, rather than being of plain black or coloured vinyl.-Development:...	single	MRPD-00010
2007	Osaka Popstar	"Shaolin Monkeys"	shaped picture disc	single	MRPD-00020
2009	Osaka Popstar	Rock'Em O-Sock'Em Live!	CD	live album Live album A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...	MRCD 01430
2009	Misfts	"Land of the Dead Land of the Dead (song) "Land of the Dead" is a single by the horror punk band the Misfits, released October 27, 2009 through Misfits Records. It is the first release of new studio material from the band since the 2003 covers album Project 1950, and their first release of new, original material since 1999's Famous Monsters... "	12" 12-inch single The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...	single	MRLP 01450
2011	Juicehead	"Rotting from the Inside"	7"	single	MR45 01460
2011	Balzac	The Birth of Hatred	CD/DVD	compilation album	MRCD-01440
2011	Juicehead	How to Sail a Sinking Ship	CD	studio album	MRCD-01480
2011	Misfits	The Devil's Rain The Devil's Rain (album) The Devil's Rain is the seventh studio album by the horror punk band the Misfits, released October 4, 2011 through their own label Misfits Records. It is the band's first album in eight years, following 2003's covers record Project 1950, and the first of original material since 1999's Famous...	CD	studio album	MRCD-01490
2011	Misfits	"Twilight of the Dead Twilight of the Dead "Twilight of the Dead" is a single by the horror punk band the Misfits. It was released October 4, 2011 through Misfits Records. It features new versions of the songs featured on the band's last single, "Land of the Dead"... "	12"	single