Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson（玛里琳·曼森）是一支造型独特的乐队，哥德式的摇滚，怪异鬼魅的气质，使人们无法忘记他们的存在。从主唱Marilyn Manson身上散布出的邪气，似乎可以把空气冻结起来，凝固成一团团的雾，绕过他的魔性之眼，游离在他眉宇之间。世界上所有跳跃离奇的音符都难以逃离他的左眼，诡异，神秘，色彩纷呈的一支支曲子又都被他的魔戒所吸收，因为Marilyn Manson诞生自潘多拉之盒！          其实Marilyn Manson乐队的音乐风格很难被界定，没有什么能约束他们，自从被Nine Inch Nails的核心Trent Reznor发现以来，Mailyn Manson乐队的肮脏和尸臭就没有一刻停止。乐队魔头主唱玛丽琳·曼森（Marilyn Manson）和小妖们：吉他手泽姆·扎姆（Zim Zum）、鼓手金葛·费什（Ginger Fish）、贝斯手基德盖特·盖恩（Gidget Gein）、键盘手麦当那·韦恩葛雷西（Madonna Wayne-Gracy） 将撒旦看作自己的主人，死尸般脸颊，迷幻、散发着尸臭的音乐，令人不寒而栗、仿佛自己正跟随僵尸前行，他们总是指责人们传统观念中美好的东西。          曼森乐队的成员嘲笑一切主流摇滚形式；他们1996年发行的专辑《Antichrist Superstar》一举杀入了全美专辑排行榜的前三位。专辑《Mechanical Animals》在1998年秋天由Nothing/Interscope唱片公司发行，受到了一浪高过一浪的批评，却创造了榜首歌曲“The Dope Show”。在名为“Rock Is Dead”的巡回演出过程中，乐队爆出了内部火并的新闻，而Marilyn Manson乐队也被普遍的怀疑有预谋制造集体自杀的倾向，巡回演出不得不中止。          2000年Marlyn Manson乐队的新专辑《Holy Wood》发行，巨大的销量背后是一连串的起诉，这张专辑封面是一副仿基督受难的图画，但基督却被死尸般的曼森取代－－这甚至引起了零售商们的“拒受”运动，而专辑的宣传画也不得不重新设计。          曼森名言：“We Hate Love, We Love Hate” by Jason Ankeny Love him or hate him, the self-proclaimed Antichrist Superstar, Marilyn Manson, was indisputably among the most notorious and controversial entertainers of the 1990s. Celebrated by supporters as a crusader for free speech and denounced by detractors as little more than a poor mans Alice Cooper, Manson was the latest in a long line of shock rockers, rising to the top of the charts on a platform of sex, drugs, and Satanism. Though widely dismissed by critics, his brand of metal nevertheless struck a major chord with the youth market — on the strength of a masterfully orchestrated marketing campaign, he became a mainstream anti-hero, much to the chagrin of conservative politicians and concerned parents. Manson was born Brian Warner in Canton, OH; at the age of 18, he relocated to Tampa Bay, FL, working there as a music journalist. In 1989, he became friends with guitarist and fellow outsider Scott Mitchell; they decided to form a band, with Mitchell rechristening himself Daisy Berkowitz and Warner adopting the name Marilyn Manson. With the addition of bassist Gidget Gein and keyboardist Madonna Wayne-Gacy, the group — originally dubbed Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids — began self-releasing cassettes and playing gigs, their gothic stage show notable for Mansons elaborate makeup and homemade special effects. Jettisoning their drum machine in favor of one Sara Lee Lucas, the bands sound began taking on a harder edge, and by 1992 they were among the most popular acts in the south Florida area. In 1993, Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor came calling, offering both a contract with his Nothing Records label as well as the chance to open for NIN the following spring; Manson accepted both offers, and the groups debut LP, Portrait of an American Family, appeared during the summer of 1994. With new bassist Twiggy Ramirez replacing Gein, the groups notoriety began to soar. Most infamously, during an appearance in Salt Lake City, Manson ripped apart a copy of the Book of Mormon while on-stage. The Church of Satans founder, Anton LaVey, also bestowed upon him the title of Reverend. While some onlookers dismissed Mansons behavior as crass audience manipulation, his cult following — comprised almost entirely of disaffected white suburban teens — continued to swell, and with the release of 1995s Smells Like Children EP the band broke into the mainstream, propelled by their hit cover of the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Berkowitz quit a short time later and was replaced by guitarist Zim Zum; their next LP, 1996s Antichrist Superstar, debuted at the number three spot on the pop album charts. As Mansons popularity grew, so did the furor surrounding him. His concerts were regularly picketed by civic groups, and his music was the subject of widespread attacks from the right-wing and religious fronts. Again, however, his quick embrace of the media spotlight called into question the true sincerity of his revolutionary aims. With a cover story in Rolling Stone and a best-selling autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, some onlookers doubted whether Manson had sold his soul to Satan, or just sold his soul, period. The glam-inspired Mechanical Animals followed in 1998, with the resulting tour yielding the live Last Tour on Earth a year later. Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) came out at the end of 2000. The band toured to support the album in 2001, and during a July show in Michigan, Manson was charged with criminal sexual conduct after performing an alleged offensive act on a security guard. December saw Mansons version of Tainted Love appear on the Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack while another security guard filed a civil suit alleging Manson had rubbed his pelvis on the guards head. The July 2001 sexual conduct charges were lowered to a misdemeanor in January 2002 and the civil suit was dropped soon after. May 2003 saw the release of The Golden Age of Grotesque, which spent a week on top of the album charts and ended up on more than a few criti