The music and antisocial rhetoric of rock musician Marilyn Manson—the stage name of Brian Warner—have apparently resonated with nearly every teenage killer.!
Marilyn Manson, born Brian Hugh Warner on 5 January , is an American shock-rocker whose boundary-crossing performances redefined rebellion against the.Manson, Marilyn (originally, Warner, Brian)
Manson, Marilyn (originally, Warner, Brian), one of the great (and most controversial) rock showmen of the 1990s; b. Canton, Ohio, Jan. 5,1969. The son of a nurse and a Vietnam-veteran-turned-furniture-salesman, ex-Catholic schoolboy Brian Warner moved to Fla.
in his late teens and started working as a music critic. In 1989, he formed a band with his friend Scott Putesky.
When Brian Warner steps inside the Marilyn Manson persona,.
Warner called himself “Marilyn Manson,” Putesky became “Daisy Berkowitz,” their stage names blending the mystique of Hollywood stardom with a fascination with serial killers (Marilyn [Monroe]/ [Charles] Manson). Adding bassist Gidget Gein, keyboard player Madonna Wayne Gacy, and drummer Sara Lee Lucas, they started playing around Fla.
and selling self-produced tapes. Their show featured elaborate but homemade special effects and Gothic overtones, heavily emphasizing a nihilistic message. Their theatrics and heavy rock earned them a huge following in Fla.
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