Michale Graves
Overview
 

Michael Emanuel better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, singing for the late 1990s re-incarnation of The Misfits from 1995 to 1998 and again from late 1998 until late 2000. Graves grew up in Dumont, New Jersey
Dumont, New Jersey
Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 17,479 at the 2010 Census.Dumont was formed on July 20, 1894, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping...

. He is known for his work with the Misfits and for his conservative political views.
Graves is a vocal conservative and a co-founder of "Conservative Punk
Conservative Punk
Conservative Punk was a website that promoted conservative views in the punk subculture. It was created by Nick Rizzuto, an employee of a New York City rock radio station, partially in response to the left-liberal group Punkvoter . The Conservative Punk website received significant press coverage...

," a counterpoint to Fat Mike's liberal
Modern American liberalism
Modern American liberalism is a form of liberalism developed from progressive ideals such as Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism, Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. It combines social liberalism and...

 "Punk Voter" organization.
Quotations

Jerry Only is a TERRIBLE singer, come and hear these classic songs sung correctly by a REAL singer.

Michale Graves commented on one of his 2006 performances of Misfits material.

Those guys were my family, they were my best friends in the whole world.

Talking about the Misfits

I would be a dolphin. [laughs] Or a bird. I love the ocean, if I was a dolphin, I would play all day in the waves.

There's so much of Doyle in me just because when I started with that band I was a kid, and I looked up to him.

Jesus Christ inspires me, Lucifer inspires me.

Hmm...I can play the drums. I can play the guitar, I play the bass. I play the piano. I used to be able to play the cello a little bit, but I haven't played in years.

You like my shirt? Coz Jerry Only actually thinks you suck.

On stage wearing a "Jerry Only thinks you're awesome' shirt"

 
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