MARILYN MANSON (ABO #255)

MARILYN MANSON

POSTHUMAN

I won't be long with MM's case aas everyone knows him at least by his name and reputation. One thing I like in Marilyn Manson is that too few people understands him, really. His detractors are simply fanatic christianists who only find in him evil ways. On the other hand, too many of his fans love him for his satanic image. So if there's a war of ideas behind MM, it's just because of the public, not of the artist.
It's a bit sad to resume MM to that identity, because even in that agressive music there's a little bit of tenderness that can only betray the identity behind which he's hiding. Just listen to The Speed Of Pain and find negative waves in it... Marilyn Manson is just a rock'n'roll singer like many others and that's enough to like what he's playing. If you find it insane, it's just that you didn't understand that it's only second-degree.

My MM TOP
1. Mechanical Animals (1998)
2. Smells Like Children (1995)
3. Antichrist Superstar (1996)
4. Portrait Of An American Family (1994)
5. Holy Wood (2000)
6. The High End Of Low (2009)
7. Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
8. The Golden Age Of Grotesque (2003)

(thanks to Ayah who manages to post even when he is away...)