Who Killed Marilyn?

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"Who Killed Marilyn?" is a song about the strange series of events that lead to the death of Marilyn Monroe. It was originally a poem by Glenn Danzig, and he recorded it as his first solo release; it has since been collected with material Danzig recorded with The Misfits. The B-side, "Spook City U.S.A." was also recorded previously with the Misfits during the Night Of The Living Dead session, but that much faster version was not released until the 1996 release of the Misfits Box Set .

There is some dispute as to who else is featured on Danzig's first solo single, and the reasons for recording and releasing it in the first place. Misfitscentral.com lists Glenn Danzig as playing drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and all vocals. Yet Jerry Only claims in Ugly Things #12 that it was Glenn and "the guy across the street from us." Danzig claims that he and Misfits drummer Googy couldn't get Jerry and Doyle to practice and perform more often, and "Who Killed Marilyn?" was Danzig's need to perform and release his songs on a more regular basis. Jerry claims he had no reason not to do the songs and doesn't know why Danzig released a solo single. Whatever the history behind the songs, "Who Killed Marilyn?" continued Danzig's obsession with the darker underside of American pop culture, as seen from the very first single's "She" (about Patty Hearst) to such songs as Violent World and American Nightmare. The song can be found on the album Legacy of Brutality, and Who Killed Marilyn (Single).