Misfits Records

Misfits Records is an independent record label conceived of in 2002 by founders Jerry Only of the Misfits and John Cafiero of Osaka Popstar . Intended to release Misfits material after the band's contractual obligations to Roadrunner Records were fulfilled by 2001's Cuts from the Crypt , the label's first non-Misfits signing was Japanese horror punk band Balzac , and its first release was the Misfits/Balzac split single " Day the Earth Caught Fire ". In 2003 the label became a formal company and launched worldwide with its first full-length releases.