Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, singer, rapper, author, composer and former music journalist. He is known for his controversial stage personality and image as the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson, which he co-founded with Daisy Berkowitz and of which he remains the only constant member. His stage name was formed by juxtaposing the names of two opposing American pop cultural icons; actress Marilyn Monroe and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 January 1969
CityCanton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And, at the same time I think I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.
The idea of Marilyn Manson has been brewing in my head, one form or another, since I was about 12 years old at a Christian high school in Canton, Ohio.
Gradually, I began to resent Christian school and doubt everything I was told. It became clear that the suffering they were praying to be released from was a suffering they had imposed on themselves—and now us. The beast they lived in fear of was really themselves: It was man, not some mythological demon, that was going to destroy man in the end. And this beast had been created out of their fear.
What I know is my music gets blamed for school shootings.
I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And at the same time, I think, I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.
if I hadn't gone to a private Christian school, I'd never have built up enough animosity to want to have started a band. And now that I have one, the fact that they are giving me such resistance and publicity, they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to have become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced me the most.
I'm my most creative between 3 and 5 a.m. That's the way I've always been.
I like Kylie Minogue sometimes - I like a lot of unusual stuff... I don't know - I like Justin Timberlake over Lady Gaga, just musically.
There was a saying that I saw on a packet of sugar and I think anyone can apply it to their life: 'Don't bother telling the truth to a friend because he already knows it, and don't bother telling the truth to an enemy because he won't believe it'.
I'm in the final stages with one of the major companies,
It wasn't anything spectacular or acrobatic. It was something I'd do a million times a show.
Those who move beyond the album's title and the most blatent aspect of what I do will then understand what I am trying to say.
We are a positive band and people aren't used to seeing the extreme negativity that we represent. I hope this record will have a positive effect on people. It's my personal study of looking at life. I came close to death and found my way back again. Our fans will understand.
After Jennifer was sent home safely with a designated driver, she later got behind the wheel of her own car for reasons known only to her.