Legacy of Brutality

Infobox Album
Name = Legacy of Brutality
Artist = Misfits
Type = Compilation

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Released = September 1985
Recorded = January-February 1978
August 1980
June 1981
1985
Genre = Horror punk, Punk rock
Length =
Label = Caroline, Plan 9
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fuxqw5ldhe link]
Last album = "Die, Die My Darling"
(1984)
This album = "Legacy of Brutality"
(1985)
Next album = "Collection I"
(1986)

"Legacy of Brutality" is a compilation album of early songs by the New Jersey punk rock band Misfits. The album contains overdubbed mixes of previously unreleased tracks, mainly from the January-February 1978 "Static Age" sessions. Besides the "Box Set", this is the only album to contain the songs "American Nightmare" and "Who Killed Marilyn?".

Tracks 1-8, 11 later released on the proper album "Static Age". Tracks 9, 10, 12, 13 later released on "Box Set".

This compilation was one of the first (aside from bootlegs) to release many of the "Static Age" tracks to the common public. Glenn Danzig, having mixed and produced it, overdubbed many of the album's material without consulting any of the former band member's attention, claiming that he would not have to pay them royalties for "any success the album would have made". Many fans cite the album's "poor" mixing status, resulting from the common amateur's extended use of reverb on just one mixing session.

It is often hard to confuse the Who Killed Marilyn track with that of the one version found on Danzig's solo record of the same name, which are two completely different versions. This version was first recorded in 1979, whilst the Danzig version, consisting of himself on each and every instrument, was recorded later, in '81.

Track listing

#"Static Age" - 1:47
#"TV Casualty" - 2:34
#"Hybrid Moments" - 1:39
#"Spinal Remains" - 1:24
#"Come Back" - 5:00
#"Some Kinda Hate" - 2:08
#"Theme for a Jackal" - 2:37
#"Angelfuck" - 1:34
#"Who Killed Marilyn?" - 1:56
#"Where Eagles Dare" - 1:58
#"She" - 1:22
#"Halloween" - 1:46
#"American Nightmare" - 1:42

Credits

* Glenn Danzig - vocals, guitar and bass on tracks 9, 10, and 13, overdubbed guitar and bass on tracks 1-8, and 11, clapping on track 13
* Franché Coma - original guitar for tracks 1-8, and 11
* Bobby Steele - original guitar for tracks 9, 10 and 12
* Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein - original guitar on track 12, clapping on track 13
* Jerry Only - bass, clapping on track 13
* Mr. Jim - drums on tracks 1-8, and 11
* Joey Image - drums on tracks 9 and 10
* Arthur Googy - drums on tracks 12 and 13
* Rocky Caiafa - clapping on track 13