He gained notoriety for his stage antics, having once thrown a severed pig's head into the audience.
Two years later, he and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara formed the acoustic trio M.J.Q, whose motto is "unplugged punk".
One entitled Romantist – The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album, which features bands such as Buck-Tick, Dir En Grey, Group Tamashii and Jun Togawa covering The Stalin and Endo's solo songs.
Endo was still active on the live scene in the 2010s, as a solo performer, playing in M.J.Q, or with the occasional The Stalin concert.
Michiro Endo died in a Tokyo hospital while battling pancreatic cancer on April 25, 2019, aged 68.