This Music Leaves Stains presents the full story behind the Misfits and their ub
iquitous, haunting skull logo: a story of unique talent, strange timing, clashin
g personalities, and incredible music that helped shape rock as we know it today
. James Greene, Jr. maps this narrative from the band's birth at the tail end of
the original punk movement through their messy dissolve at the dawn of the 1980
s to the legal warring and inexplicable reunions that helped carry the band into
the 21st century. Music junkies of any stripe will surely find themselves engro
ssed in this saga that finally pieces together the full story of the greatest ho
rror punk band that ever existed.
