Osaka Popstar Team Up With Topps To Include Limited Edition Osaka Popstar 'Wacky Packages' Bonus Sticker By Artist John Pound In Specially Marked CD Packages

ANNOUNCE OFFER FROM MISFITS RECORDS FOR AN EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED-EDITION MISFITS VINYL 45

Punk super-group OSAKA POPSTAR--fronted by JOHN CAFIERO and featuring the legendary MARKY RAMONE (THE RAMONES), JERRY ONLY (MISFITS), DEZ CADENA (BLACK FLAG) and IVAN JULIAN (RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS)-have made pop culture history by teaming with the world famous Topps trading card company to add a limited-edition and highly collectible Osaka Popstar "Wacky Packages" bonus sticker available exclusively in specially-marked packages in the first run of CDs. John Williams from Topps Company, Inc. had this to say about the collaboration:

"Wacky Packages and Osaka Popstar share some of the same basic ingredients--a playful mix of fun, humor and good-natured rebellion. In the 70s, Wacky Packages achieved pop icon status after spawning a feverish collecting craze among kids. Now Wacky Packages are back to tickle the funny-bone of a whole new generation. John Pound has produced yet another Wacky masterpiece for the Osaka Popstar CD."

Artist John Pound--the artistic genius behind countless Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids stickers--designed the sticker that renders OSAKA POPSTAR as the first rock band to be immortalized as a "Wacky Pack," the art form created during Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Art Spiegelman's tenure at Topps. Fans can also expect to find an OSAKA POPSTAR proof-of-purchase seal inside the CD package that, when combined with proof-of-purchase from prior Misfits Records releases, can be redeemed for an exclusive, unreleased, limited-edition Misfits vinyl 45. Visit misfitsrecords.com for more details.

OSAKA POPSTAR's first single "Wicked World"--written by renowned indie music icon Daniel Johnston--is garnering a steady grassroots following on Modern Rock, Alternative and Specialty Radio as well as Internet and Satellite Radio. Daniel Johnston also contributes vocals on a revved-up, cow-punk version of the traditional bluegrass classic "Man of Constant Sorrow." Other highlights include "I Live Off You," "Astro Boy," "Monsters," "Love Comes In Spurts" and "Shaolin Monkeys."

For more information on OSAKA POPSTAR, visit: osakapopstar.com and myspace.com/osakapopstar. For more information on Wacky Packages, check out wackypackages.com.

Click on misfitsrecords.com/ecards/osakapopstar to view the OSAKA POPSTAR E-Card where you can preview three songs from the upcoming CD in their entirety and view clips from the two animated music videos featured on the CDs bonus DVD.