Franché Coma (born Frank Licata August 17, 1957), is an American musician. He is the original guitarist of the Misfits. Coma joined The Misfits in the fall of 1977 as the band's first guitarist eight months after singer Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only, and drummer Manny Martinez formed the band. All of his recordings were recorded on the famous Static Age sessions in February 1978 at Mercury Records CI recording studio in NYC. Coma left The Misfits in the fall of 1978 and went on to play for the band Active Ingredients with his longtime friend Ashley Morance. Equipment Coma used a Gibson 1976 reissue Explorer with a DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker pickup, an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff fuzz, an Ampeg V-4 amplifier head and V-2 cabinet, and Fender 8 gauge strings. References External links Official website Biography 1957 births Living people American punk rock guitarists Horror punk musicians People from Lodi, New Jersey Misfits (band) members Guitarists from New Jersey American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists American people of Italian descent American heavy metal guitarists