Michale Graves was born in 1975 in Dumont, New Jersey, and little is known about his early life. At the age of 19, in the fall of 1995, he was recording a demo with his band Mopes when he spotted an advertisement in the newspaper for the Misfits, who were auditioning new singers. He jumped at the chance and officially joined the Misfits on Halloween, 1995.
In 1996, the Misfits released their first album since Danzig left in 1983, titled "American Psycho", where Michale cut his teeth in the music business. The Misfits' next release was "Evil Live II", a compilation of Misfits songs performed live by the new Graves-Era Misfits. October 1999 saw the Misfits record and release their second studio album with Graves, entitled "Famous Monsters", and 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 on to form a new band with Dr. Chud, who had also 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, and Michale was left with a lot of unwritten music. He made friends with the guitar tech for the former "Graves" guitarist and 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, selling over 2000 copies of the demo in just 4 months. They are currently awaiting signing from a record company.
