Michale Graves

Michael Emanuel (born March 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer.

The four played a set of "classic" Misfits songs from the 1977–1983 era of the band.

He is best known as the lead vocalist for the 1990s re-incarnation of the horror punk band Misfits from 1995 to 2000, leaving briefly in 1998.

He has also released several albums as a solo artist.

Graves was born and raised in Dumont, New Jersey.

He was recording a demo with his band the Mopes in Lodi, New Jersey, when their engineer, Bob Alecca, mentioned that the Misfits were reforming and holding auditions for a new singer.

Graves bought the Collection I and Walk Among Us albums to familiarize himself with the band and became an official member about a year after trying out.

While on stage, the band (along with Graves on vocals) played four late-1990s-era Misfits songs ("Helena", "Lost in Space", "Scarecrow Man" and "Shining"), but they were cut short from playing "Dig Up Her Bones" due to time.

The second show was the same music played as the first show, only this time the lineup consisted of Graves on vocals and electric guitar (he used Misfits guitarist Doyle's old Ibanez Iceman which was given to Graves as a gift upon joining the Misfits back in 1995), Dr. Chud on drums, and "J-Sin Trioxin" (Mister Monster) on bass.

Later on as an encore set, J.V. Bastard (of Mister Monster, Gotham Road, Darrow Chemical Company, and Blitzkid) took the stage joining the band to play guitar as Graves sang.

Graves' singing can be found on American Psycho, Famous Monsters, backup vocals on the 1999 single "Monster Mash", and "Cuts from the Crypt".

He also wrote original songs for the band such as "Dig Up Her Bones", "American Psycho", "Scream!", "Saturday Night", "This Island Earth", "Fiend without a Face", "Shining", "The Haunting","Devil Doll", "Witch Hunt", and "Fiend Club".

During a break in touring in 2000, Graves and Dr. Chud formed a band called The Lost Boys.

They played two shows before the Misfits regrouped to embark on another tour, which was their last tour with this lineup.

The first Lost Boys show consisted of Graves on an acoustic guitar and vocals while Dr. Chud played drums.

They played Misfits songs they had written as well as songs later used for the band Graves which Graves wrote.

After Graves and Dr. Chud's split with the Misfits on October 25, 2000, they formed the band Graves which made one album called Web of Dharma.

Before the band finished writing songs, recording, touring and even solidifying a lineup, Graves rejoined the Misfits, but only as a guest vocalist for a month during the M25 kickoff tour.

He would perform Misfits songs written during the time of his tenure with the band to raise money for his new project, Graves.

During a two-day break on their Web of Dharma 2 tour, the band recorded what was to be new material for a second album in Ripsnorter Studios, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The studio is owned by members of the Minneapolis horror rock band Ripsnorter, who offered the band free studio time.

The recordings were never finished due to disagreements between the mixing of the songs and have never officially been released.

After two successful US tours and the verge of a breakout record contract, Graves dissolved due to differences between Graves and Dr. Chud, after only releasing one album.

Graves formed Gotham Rd shortly after with Loki, J.V. Bastard and Paul Lifeless.

Under the assumed name of Graves they recorded a five-song demo of RedOne Graves songs, three which were released on Web of Dharma and two other songs which had been written and demoed with the original Graves lineup but not officially released.

Around this time is also when Graves announced via his website that he would begin producing other bands albums on his off time.

They went on two successful tours: 2003's Seasons of the Witch tour and 2004's Mourning Lights tour.

Before their Mourning Lights tour, the band entered a studio to record three new songs they had written after their first tour.

Out of the three songs, only one ("My Way") had been mixed.

The only way it was available for listening was by requesting it on Seton Hall University's WSOU, Pirate Radio.

Before going on indefinite hiatus they would play one-off shows in New Jersey when home from the Punk Rock Is Dead, Graves solo tour.

His last show ever was to be on December 31, 2004.

Their second-to-last show to date was held at the now defunct Connections in Clifton, New Jersey, in March 2005.

The band announced The Nightmare Rides Are Back all over the net and played a one-time-only reunion show in Belmar, New Jersey, at the Goodwill Fire Hall with Cryptovyrus, The Zombie Mafia, Morbid Visions, and Johnny B. Morbid.

They played a mix of material from Graves' solo works, Graves re-records, and Gotham Road, as well as some Misfits songs written by Graves.

One such band is Stressbomb from Connecticut who recorded their first album, Self Medicate, with Graves as producer and his drummer Quincy as engineer during January 2006.

After a few months of the band practicing, they decided to change the band's name to Gotham Rd.

They released one album before going on hiatus so Graves could join the U.S. marines.

In September 2008, Graves confirmed that he would return to the Misfits if asked: "Jerry and I do not have a dysfunctional working relationship. Him and I both know and I know he knows that I am on board. It is a phone call away. I won't step back into what I walked away from, but the problem isn't with Jerry and I. The problem is with Doyle and with Chud."

On December 26, 2009, Graves appeared on stage with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Dr. Chud's band Gorgeous Frankenstein at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, who was opening for Danzig.