Jim Catania

Jim Catania (born January 5, 1954), commonly known as Mr. Jim, replaced drummer Manny Martínez in The Misfits in the fall of 1977 and remained in the band until November 1978.^[1] Catania had been in an earlier band called Koodot And Boojang with Glenn Danzig. Mr. Jim is featured on the same songs as Franché Coma. Jim left the band soon after Franché did and returned to his other band Continental Crawler. He later played for The Adults and Aces and Eights. Both Jim and Manny graduated from Lodi High School in 1971. After leaving Lodi, Jim moved to Hawthorne with his wife. Mr. Jim and his wife later moved to Hoboken, New Jersey. He opened his own music and DVD store called Mr. Jim's House of Video in Belleville, NJ in December 2008.

As for his playing style, he is known for his frantic 4/4 rock beats, and precision on the hi-hats. His constant use of toms during fills make him a distinguished drummer.

As of August 2010, Mr. Jim is playing in The Exstatics with Paul of the Living Dead, formerly of The Undead and the Bad Whoremoans^[2] Jim Catania has also recently joined the Von Frankensteins, according to an article on Blabermouth.net^[3] Mr. Jim's latest projects include the instrumental surf album entitled "Monkey with a Gun" and a currently untitled punk rock album. Also, In August 2012 recorded a Misfits cover 'Hollywood Babylon' with Robby Bloodshed.

Discography with The Misfits

• Bullet (1978) - Single
• Beware (1980) - EP
• Legacy of Brutality (1985) - Compilation
• Collection I (1986) - Compilation
• Collection II (1996) - Compilation
• The Misfits (1996) - Box set
• Static Age (1997) - Album

Discography with Continental Crawler

• Promotional Pollution (1979) - EP
• "The Anthology 1977-79: Cars, Cards And Questionable Women" (2008) - CD

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