Jim Catania
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Jim Catania commonly known as Mr. Jim, replaced Manny Martínez in The Misfits in the fall of 1977 and remained in the band until November 1978. Catania had been in an earlier band called Whodat And Boojang with Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Allen Anzalone; June 23, 1955 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, entrepreneur, and a progenitor of the horror punk subgenre of music. He is a founder of bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig...

. Mr. Jim is featured on the same songs as Franché Coma
Franché Coma
Frank LiCata , known by his stage name Franché Coma, is an American musician. He is best known for being the original guitarist of Misfits...

. 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
Lodi High School (New Jersey)
Lodi High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Lodi, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Lodi Public Schools....

 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
The Undead
The Undead is a horror punk band formed in 1980 in New Milford, New Jersey by Bobby Steele , Chris "Jack" Natz , and Patrick Blanck . Bobby had just been fired from his previous band, The Misfits, when forming The Undead.They released their first EP 9 Toes Later in 1982...

 and the Bad Whoremoans  Jim Catania has also recently joined the Von Frankensteins, according to an article on Blabermouth.net

Discography with The Misfits

  • Bullet (1978) - EP
  • Beware (1980) - EP
  • Static Age
    Static Age
    -The Misfits:*Glenn Danzig - vocals*Franché Coma - guitar*Jerry Only - bass guitar*Mr. Jim - drums-Studio personnel:*Dave Achelis - producer, engineer, and mixer*Alan Douches - mixing of tracks 15-17, mastering...

     (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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