The collection of musicians calling themselves the Misfits put on a spirited show at Bogart's Friday, blazing through a set of nearly 40 punk-rock classics and underground aces in 75 minutes.

        But the show's billing as a 25th anniversary Misfits celebration was a bit of a stretch, for many reasons. Granted, the Misfits' horror-core punk-rock franchise began a quarter century ago, but the band took off about half that time in the '80s and '90s. And when they started in the '70s, long-departed singer Glenn Danzig was at the helm. The sole remaining original member is bassist Jerry Only, who handled most all of the vocals.

        Also, you'd think a band worthy of celebrating 25 years would exclusively fill a mere 75 minutes with its own material. But with a couple Black Flag guys and a Ramone in the band, the show was more a celebration of three bands than one.

        Marky Ramone, longtime Ramones drummer, took over drum duties halfway through the show from Robo, the Black Flag drummer who did a brief stint with the Misfits in the early '80s. With Mr. Ramone in place, the trio — rounded out by Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena — ran through “Havana Affair,” “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” “I Wanna Be Sedated” (“the greatest punk rock song ever,” opined Mr. Only), “I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” and several other Ramones titles.

        Before the Ramones segment of the show, with Robo at the drums, the band did a much shorter Black Flag block that included “Rise Above” and “Six Pack,” with Mr. Cadena on vocals.

        The non-Misfits portions of the program may have frustrated some crowd members, but the Ramones and Black Flag selections — all fast and loud — meshed perfectly with the Misfits sound.

        In fact, the band's similarities with their fellow New Yorkers the Ramones is striking when their tunes are presented together. Both bands play melody-infused two-minute punk tunes, and dysfunction-as-comedy/horror is each band's great theme. The Misfits' just take the horror part a little further as evidenced Friday in such songs as “Die, Die My Darling,” “Last Caress,” “Some Kinda Hate,” “Angel****,” “Skulls,” and “Halloween.”

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