Known for his outrageous outfits and on-stage antics, Marilyn Manson is an American goth-rock performer who has been protested and boycotted because of his perceived 'dark' views.
Born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969, in Canton, Ohio, Marilyn Manson combined the names of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson for his stage name.
Discovered by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band created such goth albums as Antichrist Superstar and Smells Like Children, rejoicing the existence of the rabid and problematic young people.
Brian Warner endured a tough childhood, as he was molested several times by a neighbor. The trauma put the young boy on a path of rebellion as he tried to reconcile the incidents with
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This gave him the opportunity to interview several famous musicians, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. During this time as a journalist, Warner formed his own band called Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids.
Manson has stated that he got the name for his alter ego by combining Marilyn Monroe's first name with Charles Manson's last. Later, the band would change the name simply to Marilyn Manson.
Marilyn Manson's first album was titled Portrait of an American Family.
Marilyn Manson achieved his greatest success in 1998 with the release of Mechanical Animals. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts and helped propel ticket sales to his Last Tour on Earth, which kicked off a year later. For the album and tour, Manson adopted an alter-ego glam rocker persona named Omega, who was an androgynous space alien.
Throughout Manson's career, he has been accused and vilified for being a Satan worshipper, and for following the Church of Satan, of which he is a "reverend." His shows have been protested, boycotted and subsequently canceled because of his perceived "dark" views and stage antics.
If I Was Your Vampire is the first track on the album Eat Me, Drink Me. Marilyn Manson wrote the son on Christmas Day in 2006 and was officially released on June 5, 2007 on the