The Marilyn Manson Band is an outstanding example of gothic rock in recent years. (Originally called Marilyn Manson AndTheSpookyKids when it was formed in 1990, later shortened to Marilyn Manson) The band consists of five members. In addition to vocalist Marilyn Manson, there are guitarist Zim Zum, drummer Ginger Fish and keyboard player Madonna Wayne Gacy, and Bass singer and bassist Twiggy Ramivez. What’s interesting is that each team member’s name is a combination of a beautiful woman and a perverted murderer. The lead singer Marilyn Manson is Marilyn Monroe plus Charles Manson (the super murderer), and the keyboard player Madonna Wayne Gacy , is also a mixture of Madonna and John Wayne Gacy (who killed 3 boys). Marilyn Manson, the soul of the team, only sees Satan and never thinks of himself as an angel. Manson's real name is Brian Warner. He grew up in a broken family in the United States. He was trapped in a dungeon since he was a child, surrounded by piles of debris. His family never cared about him and even treated him as a doll. All kinds of misfortunes made Manson no longer see him. There is a god who sees only trauma, and in his mental journey is only the pain and ugliness of the human world. Therefore, his rock philosophy is deviant and anti-Christ. Marilyn Manson is undergoing a transformation along the path of Galm Rock. The flesh and blood of Gothic rock in the past has disappeared, and it has become glittering. Even he himself admits this. Ever since the release of their three albums "Potrait Of American Family", "Smile Like Children" and "Antichrist Superstar", they have been publicly criticized by defenders. Manson played with the genderless concept of his fourth album "Mechanical Animals", but it was rejected by record stores because it was too ostentatious. Ironically, as soon as the album was released, it topped the US album chart, and the sales figures were even more impressive. Although Marilyn Manson is a demon, fans still support him crazily. In 1998, he released an autobiography called "The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell". In order to get his autograph, many young girls lingered in the bookstore in the cold March and waited for dozens of hours. It can be seen that this band's status in the hearts of music fans is no less high than Nirvana back then!
Marilyn Manson is both the name of a band from Florida and the name of the band's lead singer. This singer from the American Midwest, whose real name is Brian Warner, spent his childhood in Canton, Ohio. He has not lived with his parents since he was a child, and he yearns to one day become a personality hero like Ozzy Osbourne. At the age of 18, he moved to Florida and worked as a music critic in the local Tampa Bay area. In 1989, he adopted the pseudonym Manson and met guitarist Scott Mitchell (real name Scott Putesky). The two hit it off and discovered that their visions of the South Florida music scene were remarkably similar. Inspired by Manson's experience on small talk shows and the combination of two famous nouns in the 1960s, he named Scott Daisy Berkowitz, after Duke Daisy's jazz group and the killer David Berkowitz.
After bassist Gidget Gein and keyboardist Madonna Wayne-Gracy joined, the band named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky kids was officially formed.
At the beginning of their formation, they performed in some paid performances, recorded their own cassettes and created some special sound effects. Soon they found a suitable drummer, Sara Lee Lucas, to replace the original electronic drum machine, and later replaced Sara with Ginger Fish. Their style also gradually shifted from industrial to hardcore. In 1992 they were nominated by local fans for the South Florida Slammie Awards for Best Alternative Hard Rock Band and Band of the Year. The band members felt that the name was too long to be remembered, so they unanimously decided to drop the suffix and call it simply Marilyn Manson. But this didn't confuse their fans. In the summer of 1993, they were nominated for five Slammie Awards and eventually won the prestigious honor of Band of the Year. More importantly, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails recruited Marilyn Manson to sign a contract with his Nothing record label, and reached an agreement to be the opening act for the Nine Inch Nails band in the spring of 1994. The first album "Portrait Of An American Family" was also successfully released in July 1994.
Nine Inch Nails' tour began to give Marilyn Manson enough opportunities to perform. At the same time, Twiggy Ramirez became the new bassist to replace Gidget Gein, who was addicted to drugs. During this tour, the restless Marilyn Manson showed his unscrupulous personality and caused many episodes. In addition to being banned from performing at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Manson was invited to perform on stage by Nine Inch Nails when he tore up a religious book called The Book of Mormon, which resulted in the costume room being closed down. Angry people destroyed it like crazy. In October of the same year, he arranged a meeting with Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, and was given the title 'Honorable'. After Manson returned to Florida from the tour, he was sent to jail for alleged rape charges during a nude performance in Jacksonville. Once he was released on bail, the band went on an independent tour, this time becoming the real headliners. In South Carolina, they were embroiled in the controversy over the 'chicken incident'. It all started when the band decided to throw a chicken from the stage into the audience of fans during their performance, hoping to cause a crazier and more explosive scene. But in fact, instead of being torn to pieces by belligerent fans, the chick was rescued by a fan. However, the final fate of the little animal did not dispel the rumors that Manson used it to make a sacrifice to Satan. As a result, Manson gradually became associated with evilism. In October 1995, the EP album 'Smells Like Children' was released, and the classic work 'Sweet Dreams' attracted the attention of many media including MTV. Suddenly, Marilyn Manson began to be widely reported. However, during the five-month tour, the band not only increased in popularity day by day, but also faced internal conflicts. Among them, the violent Manson actually pushed Berkowitz off the stage in New York.
After they returned to Florida, Berkowitz quit the band.
Although some insiders later claimed that Berkowitz had no involvement in writing Marilyn Manson's 1996 album Antichrist Superstar, his name later appeared on the album's credits, leading to Berkowitz suing Manson for credit. Royalties paid. After the dispute, in order to find a suitable guitarist, the band placed an advertisement in the "Village Voice" magazine, and after screening 150 applicants, Zim Zum was selected. The album was released in October 1996 and quickly reached No. 3 on the Billboard charts and was well received. Compared with their earlier carnival-like effects, these songs have injected deeper and more passion into the lyrics, and also have a more serious effect
Marilyn Manson Band Member Category: Default Column
Leader of the band
Marilyn Manson
Frontman amp; singer
Joined: 1989
Current members
Tim Skold
Bass guitar
Joined: 2002 Ginger Fish
Drums
Joined: 1995 Madonna Wayne Gacy
Keyboards & Height Drums
Joined: 1989
Ginger Fish
Drummer
Joined the team : 1995
Madonna Wayne Gacy
Keyboards amp; height drums
Joined: 1989
Former members
Twiggy Ramirez
Bass guitar
In the team: 1993-2002 Zim Zum
Leader guitar
In the team: 1996 -98 Daisy Berkowitz
Lead guitar
In band: 1989-96
Sara Lee Lucas
Drums
In the band: 1990-1995 Gidget Gein
Base guitar
In the band: 1989-93 no picture Zsa Zsa Speck
Keyboard
In the band: 1989
no picture Olivia Newton Bundy
Bass guitar
In the band: 1989 John 5
Leading Guitar
Joined the team: 1998
Zim Zum
Leading Guitar
Been in the team: 1996-98 Daisy Berkowitz
Leader guitar
In the team: 1989-96
Gidget Gein
Bass guitar
In the team: 1989- 93
John 5
Leader Guitar
Joined: 1998
Daisy Berkowitz
Leader Guitar
p>In the team: 1989-96
Zsa Zsa Speck
Keyboard
In the team: 1989