Year/Genre/City: 1982, Hard Rock, Lodi, NJ
Matrix #: AG 0023
Condition: EX, sounds great; looks good; some very light marks

Cultural Facts:

Label Control: Glenn Danzig ran the band’s Plan 9 operation like a self-contained pipeline—records, ads, mailorder, and imagery handled in-house so the band could function outside normal industry gates.

Breakup Pivot: This era sits right before the 1983 split, when Danzig abruptly moved on to form Samhain—turning the Misfits into a “stopped mid-story” band for years.

Name Lawsuit: After the breakup, the Misfits name and branding became a long legal fight; the 1990s settlement is often described as the moment Jerry Only and Doyle regained the right to use the band name and iconic imagery while Danzig kept a stake.

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