Founded in 1977, Misfits were an American punk rock band known for their fascination with all things horror, commonly incorporating horror film themes and imagery into their music. It's unsurprising, then, that their band logo a grinning skull shrouded in darkness would exemplify that precedent. The logo was discovered by the band's founder Glenn Danzig, and was first used on their 1979 single Horror Business. Danzig took the image from the 1946 film serial The Crimson Ghost specifically from the face of the titular ghoul. Though Danzig had no idea the logo would become as iconic as it did, it fittingly represents everything that the band stands for, and so was adopted as the band's signature image.
