Born in 1975, in Dumont, New Jersey, little is known about Michale
Graves' early life. When he was 19, in the fall of 1995, he was
recording a demo with his band Mopes. He spotted an advert in a
newspaper, that the Misfits were auditioning new singers. He leapt at
the chance, officially joining the Misfits on Halloween, 1995.
In 1996, The Misfits released their first album since Danzig left in
1983, called "American Psycho" and it was here Michale cut his teeth in
the music business. The Misfits' next release was "Evil Live II" a
compilation of Misfits songs performed live by this new Graves-Era
Misfits. October 1999 saw The Misfits record and release their second
studio album with Graves, entitled "Famous Monsters". That year,
Japan's premier rock publication "Burrn Magazine" voted Michale
"Vocalist of the Year."
Michale appeared alongside the other Misfits in a small number of
films, usually in small roles, as well as a short stint wrestling on
WCW's "Monday Night Nitro" In early 2001, Graves left The Misfits, due
to musical differences with founding member Jerry Only. He went and
formed a new band with Dr Chud, who had left the Misfits at the same
time. This new project was simply called "Graves." They recorded and
independently released an album, "The Web Of Dharma", but it was
unsuccessful due to its independence.
Later on, the band split up, Michale was left with a lot of unwritten
music left around. He made friends with the guitar tech for the, now
former "Graves" guitarist. They began collaborating with two other
players. They called this new band "Gotham Road" and have toured
extensively. In June of 2003, they started working on a 7-song demo and
preparing for their first US tour. Completely self-financed, their tour
was a considerable success, all factor taken in mind. They managed to
sell over 2000 copies of the demo in just 4 months. They are currently
awaiting signing from a record company.
