Diane DiPiazza

Diane DiPiazza was the first bass player for The Misfits, although she does not appear on any album. She left the band, vacating the spot that was quickly filled by Jerry Only. Her name is often incorrectly spelled Diane DiPiaza. Growing up in Lodi, New Jersey, she was a friend of Glenn Danzig, the founder of the Misfits.
The first lineup consisted of Danzig on vocals and electric piano, Diane on bass guitar, Jimmy Battle on guitar and Manny Martínez on drums. On the Cough/Cool single, The Misfits' first release, she is the Diane thanked on the sleeve.
Diane DiPiazza is an artist. She is a type designer who designs and distributes free fonts and vintage black and white line art at dinc! She is art director at mystifyinglyGLADdesign, who designs for print, internet, clothing, and packaging. She designs hand screened gig posters and many other forms of pop culture design, new media, retro art, modern art. A collector of vintage design elements, her style has been called retro/modern. Diane also creates one-off pieces of "vintage" jewelry using precious metals.
She is in the process of recording a demo LP with the working title Last Year's Fab Rave, on which she plays all the instruments, including bass.
Diane is working on her first novel entitled Hello, Hey Joe.

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