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Marilyn Manson INSTRUMENT: Vocals, occasional guitar. BIRTHDAY: January 5, 1969. REAL NAME: Brian Warner. NAMED AFTER: `60s sex goddess Marilyn monroe and late `60s murderer Charles Manson. NEIGHBORHOOD: His home base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but is currently living in Los Angeles with Twiggy. SCHOOL: Heritage Christian School in Ohio as a kid, Broward Community College in Florida. FAMILY: His father, Hugh, Was a Helicopter Mechanic. FIRST CONCERT HE ATTENDED: Kiss in 1979. FIRST RECORD HE BAUGHT: KISS Alive2 FORMER JOBS: Jurnalist at 25'th parallel (a musiczine in Florida). MUSICAL INFLUENCES: David Bowie, KISS, Alice cooper, Ronnie James Dio. FAVORITE CARTOONS: Scooby Doo FAVORITE ALL-TIME ALBUMS: David Bowie's Dimond dog, Beatles' White Album, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's Sloppy Seconds. FAVORITE TV CHARACTERS: Scooby Doo, Grinch, The cat in the hat, Willy Wanka of "charlie and the chocolate factory". MAJOR COLLABORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE YEARS (BUT YET TO HAPPEN):Snoop dogg, KoRn, Billy Corgan, Tricky. DID YOU KNOW THAT?: Eagle-eyed Manson fans knew the titular singer's real name before anybody else: all they needed to do was check out the song-writing credits for "Get your gunn", their contridutions to the "S.F.W." soundtrack in 1994, which by the way also had then guitarest Daisy Berkowitz's and then bassist Gidget Gein's real name. TWIGGY RAMIREZ NAMED AFTER: Skinny `60s blond model Twiggy and "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez. INSTRUMENT: Bass, Guitar. BIRTHDAY: June 18th REAL NAME: Jeordie White NEIHBORHOOD: His home base is Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but is currently living in Los Angeles with Marilyn. FAMILY: His mother was a go-go dancer at Mountain and Kinks concerts in the `70s. MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Dr. Hook and the Medicine show. INFLUENCES: Motly crue, Twisted sister, Iron Maden. FORMER BANDS:Amboogalard (adeath metal band), Joke side projects with Marilyn Mansonlike Mr. Scabtree and satan on fire) FORMER JOBS: Clerk at a record store in a local mall. HOW THEY BECAME ACCEPTED INTO THE MANSON FAMILY: Twiggy met marilyn at a local mall. Since then,the two were close companions. Marilyn always wanted Twiggy to join his band. SOLO OFFICIAL RECORDING: His first was his joke duet with legendary model Twiggy(and his namesake)on "Ionly wanted to be with you" For the dead man on campus soundtrack. DID YOU KNOW: According to Manson's book, Twiggy had a fling with Courtney Love while the band was turing with Nine Inch Nails. | ||||||||||||||||
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MADONNA WAYN GACY INSTRUMENT: Keybords, Programing NAMED AFTER: Singer Madonna and multiple murderer John Wayne Gacy. REAL NAME: Stephen (Last name not officially known) NEIGHBORHOOD: His home base is Fort Lauderdale, florida, but is currently living in Los Angeles with Twiggy. INFLUENCES:Kabalah HOW THEY BECAME ACCEPTED INTO THE MANSON FAMILY: He was a roadie when he joined the band to replace Olivia Newton Bundy. DID YOU KNOW THAT: Marilyn Manson was very close to singing up with Maverick Records:however, the lable's owner, Madonna, wanted the other Madonna to change his pseudonym. GINGER FISH NAMED AFTER: Movie star Ginger Rogers, and Albert Fish, the executed cannibalistic child killer. INSTRUMENT: Drums REAL NAME: Kenny Wilson BIRTHPLACE:Framingham, Massachusetts NEIGHBORHOOD: His home base is Las Vegas. FAMILY: His father is a crooner who socialized with Frank Sinatra and Paul Anka; His mom was a tap dancer who had a contract with Warner Brothers when she was three years old. HOW HE BECAME ACCEPTED INTO THE MANSON FAMILY: To sob for an absent Sara Lee Lucas (even before he was fired), Ginger Fish's first public appearance was playing on Jon Stewart Show (when they ignited the set, much to a bemused titular host) in 1994. CONTROVERSIES: His head was bashed by a mic stand Marilyn flung at a warm-up show in sept.1996 at Irving Plaza in New York. Earlier this summer, the band cancelled a series of European festival gigs because Ginger caught a bout of mononucleosis. DID YOU KNMOW THAT: Ginger was chosen because of his ability to bang on an acustic kit and his dexterity to program drum machines. JOHN 5 INSTRUMENT: Guitar REAL NAME: John Lowery FORMER GIGS: Guitarest for two and David Lee Roth | ||||||||||||||||
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SOUND: Electric mix of Goth/industrial/glam rock FORMED:1989 WHERE: Fort Lauderdale, FL HOW THEY STARTED: Manson was a struggling poet in Fort Lauderdale and decided that the best way to be taken seriously was to compose music to accompany his work. THEIR BREAKING POINT TO SUPERSTARDOM: Their cover of "Sweet dreams" is played on rock stations nation-wide and the video on MTV COVERS: "Justify My Love" (Madonna), "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath) "Golden years" (David Bowie), "Rock And Roll Nigger" (Patti Smith), "Put A Spell On You" (Screemin' Jay Hawkins), "Sweet Dreams" (Eurythmics), "Dehumanizer" (Black Sabbath). SOME MARILYN MANSON AND THE SPOOKY KIDS UNRELEASED ORIGINALS: "Suicide Snowman", "Choklit Factory", "thingmaker", "White Knuckles", "Dune Buggy '91", "Learning To Swim". FIRST SHOW: Churchill's Hideaway BANDS THEY OPENED FOR: Nine Inch Nails. BANDS THAT OPENED FOR MARILYN MANSON: Monster Voodoo Machine, Rasputina, NY Loose, Clutch KoRn, Helmet. | ||||||||||||||||
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