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Osaka Popstar is the pop-punk music and art project of singer/producer John Cafiero, long-time Misfits & Ramones collaborator and platinum selling film and video director. The critically acclaimed debut album \u201cOsaka Popstar & the American Legends of Punk\u201d features frontman Cafiero with a revolving lineup of punk-rock legends as guests in his backing band including members of the Misfits, Ramones, Black Flag, the Voidoids and more. Other recent Osaka Popstar releases include members of Superchunk, Bob Mould, The Smithereens, Sparks, Roxy Music, Milk \u2018n\u2019 Cookies, and the Voluptous Horror of Karen Black in the backing band.

Osaka Popstar transcends punk rock, comic books, and anime themes beyond music alone with limited edition vinyl toy releases, collaborations with Topps; having appeared in their Garbage Pail Kids & Wacky Packages series, and animated Osaka Popstar music videos have even debuted on the Nintendo 3DS gaming platform under license to Nintendo.

Cafiero\u2019s long standing collaborations with the Misfits remain consistent two decades deep on both a creative and business level. Among other endeavors Cafiero edited the acclaimed book \u201cCommando: the Autobiography of Johnny Ramone\u201d, Directed the chart topping \u201cRamones Raw\u201d documentary, and modern day cult-classic feature film \u201cBig Money Hustlas\u201d starring the Insane Clown Posse, Rudy Ray Moore (aka \u201cDolemite\u201d), WWE\u2019s Mick Foley, & the Jerky Boys.

In addition to the legendary Misfits (currently headlining arena shows reuniting Original Misfits co-founders Glenn Danzig & Jerry Only), Cafiero also manages the Estate of Dee Dee Ramone (of the world famous Ramones). When the Ramones received a lifetime achievement Grammy Award in 2011, Cafiero had the honor of accepting and speaking on behalf of the late punk icon.

Cafiero has produced music by everyone from punk icons the Misfits, to the late pop icon Ronnie Spector\u2014and the #1 charting album \u201cDr. Demento Covered in Punk\u201d which he produced and conceived of. His band Osaka Popstar\u2019s cover of the \u2018demented\u2019 classic \u201cFish Heads\u201d (from \u201cDr. Demento Covered in Punk\u201d) was ranked in the top 10 most requested songs of 2018 on the Dr. Demento Show and the focus of a fully-animated music video.



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