[EMA]

Manson , Marilyn . boldly creative ; brutally powerful . a range of creative expression continue to communicate important messages in irresistably memorable ways , simultaneously speaking to those who understand him , and railing against those who never will .


[what a pimp , with the teeth and all]

in a nutshell ..

marilyn manson , aka brian warner was born in canton , ohio on january 5th , 1969 . the pseudonym is an amalgamation of the names of two of the most well-known figures in recent history , actress and model marilyn monroe , and serial killer charles manson . he is married to burlesque performer dita von teese , and enjoys collecting lunchboxes .


[marilyn + the wife]


[performing with eminem (seriously .)]


[modelling for vivienne westwood]

marilyn manson the band is : marilyn manson (VOCALS) since 1989 ; m.w. gacy (KEYBOARD) since 1989 ; tim skold (BASS) since 2002 ; ginger fish (DRUMS) since 1995

major label discography
* Portrait of an American Family (1994)
* Smells Like Children (1995)
* Antichrist Superstar (1996)
* Remix and Repent (1997)
* Mechanical Animals (1998)
* The Last Tour on Earth (Live) (1999)
* Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
* The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
* Lest We Forget (The Best Of) (2004) [not a "final album" , although he now intends to put more work into film making "In July 2005, Manson told Rolling Stone Magazine that he was shifting his focus from music to filmmaking - "I just don't think the world is worth putting music into right now. I no longer want to make art that other people--particularly record companies--are turning into a product. I just want to make art." ]

filmography
* Lost Highway (Acting, 1997)
* Jawbreaker (Acting, 1999)
* From Hell (Score, 2001)
* Resident Evil (Score, 2002)
* Bowling for Columbine (Guest Appearance, 2002)
* The Hire: Beat The Devil (Acting, 2003)
* Party Monster (Acting, 2003)
* Doppelherz (Director, 2003)
* The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Acting, 2004)
* Living Neon Dreams (Acting, 2006)
* Rise (Acting, 2006)
* PHANTASMAGORIA: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll (Acting, Directing, Writing, Score, 2006)
* Abelcain (Acting, TBA)
* Up To The Ground (Acting, TBA)

he has also written an autobiography long hard road out of hell , and his novel holy wood is soon to be released

credits : you love , i love , everyone loves http://www.mansonusa.com from whence i stole all information above [and you can read parts of both of his novels , among a trillion other things] + wikipedia , as always , for the disc- and filmography

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everyone has an opinion on marilyn manson , and i want to know what yours is .

personally i've always found him fascinating , but i'm too scared to find creepy references or weird images in his videos that i've never got into his music . i love "the nobodies" , but that's all O_O;

i'm sure someone must be a fan , and someone must know something about him .

all i know is that i think his style is amazing . i started thinking about him again recently when i got sent a giant postcard-type thing from vivienne westwood with him modelling for "vivienne westwood man" . gorgeous . his videos (the few i've seen ) all make him look so beautiful , too .

definitely interesting . i wanted to see his tour but was a bit too scared .


so , marilyn manson - what do you think ?

[Oresama]

omg i LOVE him !!

his like the cooliest in my opinion <33

his styles are mad

i love his glass eye !! *fans self*

peace out

[vividified]

well his unique ay..

:| i dont really have much of an opinion of him, he comes off freaky to me

his music is okay..

[idyllic]

he's awesome. went to one of his tours. awesome.

guns, god, and government dvd is awesome with a live tour, porn in the backstage, and everything. viva la duff.

[Rosencrantz]

Personally, he scares the sh.it outta me.

[girl armageddon]

i dislike him with a PASSION.

his writing is subpar in all honesty. the only song i even like by him is (s)AINT .

all the things he's done are getting old. there's nothing shocking at all about him. he's turning monotonous. he's egotistical. he wrote a column in spin about the bar across the eyes that many artists have been wearing(gerard way, karen o., michael stipe(?)) and how he "created" it whereas he just drew from several influences. you didn't create it if someone else did it before you did. god.

i just dislike him a lot. i can't say i hate the man since he is bearable.

[putasmileon]

Personally, he scares the sh.it outta me.

[xosandy]

i've always thought he was creepy. err.. i've never really liked his music.

[cyberfruit]

I don't lurve him but I do like his music and he's a very intellegent man so that's also appealing about him.

He and his wife, Dita Von Teese, will make the palest children EVER.

[azn_seraph]

Well his musics okay, He looks really unique too.
Guess thats why hes a model for Vivienne Westwood

[RockStar17]

I'm not much of a fan, I like only a few songs by him

[seraphic.shot]

i like his music. he's like one of the few artists/bands, that i can recognize by face. all the other people all look the same to me.

[ooo_it's_mE]

I don't like him.
the only thing I've ever liked from him was mOBSCENE and that's only cause I love the dancing in the video.

[empress727]

He and his wife, Dita Von Teese, will make the palest children EVER.

^LOL so true though!!!

he..........scares me. ive seen only seen his mobscene video and listened for like 2 of his songs. i'm still scared.

...i find him very intelligent though. interesting little fella. oh, and he looks so harmless without any makeup.

[desertseatingoceans]

I enjoy some of his songs but I don't know about love. I LOVE Gackt. I think he's very intelligent individual.

[EMA]

oh, and he looks so harmless without any makeup.

do you think so ?

this guy looks pretty creepy to me


i wouldn't sit next to him on the bus xP

i'm really excited about the film marilyn is going to direct / star in with lily cole , but i'll be too frightened to see it .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHANTASMAGORI...Lewis_Carroll#3

ps is this really him , do we think ? he looks so cheerful .



pps youtube has some good interviews (none very high quality) . check out the one w letterman . aslkhafa letterman is so pretentious .

[xiaoba0bao]

^-- lol he looks like a wannabe hide

[bonbons]

^ XD hahah he does

marilyn is kinda odd...lol i guess that is why he's so great XD

[tasty]

his pictures are what makes me intrigued by him

i've only heard one song, and that was in year eight music class where we were forced to, hahaha

i've always found him interesting but i finally decided to do some 'research' (wikipedia, handy. lol). omg, i didn't know his name/and band/whatever was a 'portmanteau of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson'

[EMA]

^ yeah i thought that was really interesting , too . i think it's something about trying to combine influential aspects of positive and negative pop and counter cultures , respectively , and that's what he feels he embodies ?

^-- lol he looks like a wannabe hide

ahaha he does x] i just saw a little doco of him in japan actually (4-parts on youtube if anyone's interested) , and he seems to love the people there - maybe hide inspired him or not , but he does look very hide-esque

side note , apparently he was blamed for columbine ? does anyone know more about that ?