Glenn Danzig Sues Former Misfits Bandmate Over Iconic 'Fiend Skull' (Report) — billboard.com

The Misfits' unnecessarily plentiful merchandise could be taken as the ultimate symbol of capitalism's shameless commodification of punk rock, but it's also worth a lot of money -- money founding singer Glenn Danzig is suing former bassist Gerald Caiafa, a.k.a. Jerry Only, for taking. Re-Tox broke the news that Danzig filed a lawsuit against Caiafa to a California district court a little over a month ago, on April 3. He claims that since 2000, when the Misfits broke up for good after singer Michael Graves and drummer Dr. Chud walked offstage during a performance at Chicago's House of Blues, Caiafa has been violating the band's 1994 merchandising contract by telling retailers he was the sole owner of the band's trademark logo.

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