This lineup released an album of cover songs titled 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 more of a heavy metal sound, 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 later became influential to punk rock, heavy metal, and alternative rock. The Misfits disbanded in 1983, and Glenn Danzig went on to form Samhain and then Danzig. The band has gone through many lineup changes over the years, with bassist Jerry Only being the only constant member in the group. During this time period, 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. Over the next six years, membership would change frequently with Danzig and Only being the two consistent members. Jerry Only joined on bass guitar shortly after. The group was founded in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey, by vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Glenn Danzig, and drummer Manny Martínez. The Misfits are an American punk rock band often recognized as the progenitors of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery.

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