Marilyn Manson

Brian Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known as Marilyn Manson, is the lead singer of a Rock & Roll (but actually kind of industrial rock) band with the same name.

The members of the band dress up in bizarre and unconventional costuming, and have developed a devoted fan base by following and sometimes extending typical publicity/shock methodologies used by earlier shock groups like KISS and Alice Cooper. The band began in 1990, and, with the exception of Marilyn himself and keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy (also known as Pogo), has changed members several times since then. The names of the original band members were derived from the first name of a female pop culture icon and the last of a serial killer, though all members have been men. Marilyn's name refers to Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson.

As a band, Marilyn Manson started in Tampa Bay, Florida under the name Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. Marilyn Manson's early presentation had a more comic-book, Scooby Doo-style than the dark, brooding feeling of the band's later output. The band didn't receive significant attention outside of Florida until after being noticed by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. Marilyn Manson's first CD, Portrait of an American Family was released under Reznor's Nothing Records label.

Manson is dating/sharing his home with Dita von Teese (2002-)

Discography (LP's):

• Portrait of an American Family (1994)
• Smells Like Children (1995)
• Antichrist Superstar {1996)
• Mechanical Animals (1998)
• The Last Tour On Earth (1999)
• Holy Wood (2000)
• The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)

• Marilyn Manson - vocal
• John5 - Lead Guitar
• Ginger Fish - Drums
• Madonna Wayne Gacy a.k.a Pogo - Keyboards & Alt. Drums
• Tim Skold - Bass Guitar

• Official: "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell"
• Unauthorised: "Marilyn Manson Disecting", (and more)

• "Dead to the World Tour" (VHS)
• "God Is In the TV" (VHS)
• "Guns, God & Government World Tour" (DVD & VHS)
• "Doppelherz" (DVD, only with limited edition of The Golden Age of Grotesque)

• "Get Your Gun"
• "Lunchbox"
• "Dope Hat"
• "Sweet Dreams"
• "The Beautiful People"
• "Tourniquet"
• "Cryptorchid"
• "The Man That You Fear"
• "The Dope Show"
• "I Don't Like the Drugs, but the drugs like me"
• "Coma White*
• "Rock Is Dead"
• "The Fight Song"
• "Disposable Teens"
• "The Nobodies"
• "Tainted Love"
• "mOBSCENE"
• "This Is the New Shit"

• "Lunchbox"
• "Sweet Dreams"
• "Beautiful People"
• "Antichrist Superstar"
• "Rock Is Dead"
• "Disposable Teens"
• "mObscene"
• "This Is The New Shit"

• Official web site
• MansonUsa
• Marilyn Manson Dot Net
• review by Jon Wiederhorn