Marilyn Manson

Formed

1989, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Currently

Members

Marilyn Manson (vocals), Zsa Zsa Speck [Perry Pandrea] (keyboards, 1989-90), Olivia Newton Bundy [Brian Tutunick] (bass, 1989-90), Madonna Wayne Gacy (keyboards, 1989-2007), Daisy Berkowitz (guitar, 1989-96), Gidget Gein (bass, 1990-93), Sara Lee Lucas (drums, percussion, 1991-95), Twiggy Ramirez (bass, guitar, 1993-2002, 2008-17), Ginger Fish (drums, percussion, keyboards, 1995-2011), Zim Zum (guitar, 1996-98), John 5 (guitar, 1998-2004), Tim Skold (bass, guitar, 2002-08), Chris Vrenna (keyboards, percussion, 2004-05, 2007-11), Fred Sablan (bass, 2010-14), Tyler Bates (guitar, 2014-15), Gil Sharone (drums, 2014-19), Brandon Pertzborn (drums, 2019-present)

Related Artists

Jack Off Jill

Also Known As

Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids [1989–92], Mar1lyn Man5on

A profile update has been submitted for this artist and is awaiting approval. Please Vote or Comment on this submission.

Genres

Industrial Rock, Alternative Rock, Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal, Blues Rock, Glam Rock

Follow 11,840 followers

Discography

447

Credits 37 Filmography 2

Album

Showing all (11)

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

+14

3.11

3,688

3,688
82

Portrait of an American Family

1994

+14

3.47

7,337

175

7,337
175

Antichrist Superstar

1996

+23

3.54

6,478

141

6,478
141

Mechanical Animals

1998 • Mar1lyn Man5on

3.47

4,608

4,608
86

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

2000

+10

2.83

3,822

104

3,822
104

The Golden Age of Grotesque

2003

2.67

2,591

2,591
63

Eat Me, Drink Me

2007

+11

2.51

1,916

1,916
37

The High End of Low

2009

2.43

1,667

1,667
23

Born Villain

2012

3.25

2,680

2,680
28

The Pale Emperor

2015

2.79

1,804

1,804
16

Heaven Upside Down

2017

2.93

1,539

1,539
14

We Are Chaos

2020

Live Album

Showing all (3)

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.32

33
2

Live as Hell

1992 • Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids

3.47

1,046

1,046
25

The Last Tour on Earth

1999

4.00

2
-

Dead To the World

2022

EP

Showing all (9)

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

2.95

13
-

The Raw Boned Psalms [promotional demo]

1990 • Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids

2.99

37
1

Lunchbox [promotional demo]

1991 • Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids

3.40

37
-

After School Special [promotional demo]

1991 • Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids

3.48

47
1

The Family Jams [promotional demo]

1992

+10

2.60

2,112

2,112
51

Smells Like Children

1995

2.95

306

306
12

Remix & Repent [live, remixes]

1997

3.70

26
1

Omega and the Mechanical Animals

1998

3.04

36
1

The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix [remixes]

2005

2.84

4
-

Hot Topic Exclusive Download Card [remixes]

2007

Single

Showing 28 of 50 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

+10

3.10

280

280
3

Get Your Gunn

1994

3.23

306

306
5

Lunchbox

1995

3.35

99
-

Antichrist Superstar

1996

3.07

528

528
10

Sweet Dreams

1996

3.46

656

656
11

The Beautiful People

1996

3.48

124

124
-

Man That You Fear

1997

3.61

274

274
2

Tourniquet

1997

3.45

161

161
2

Long Hard Road Out of Hell

1997

3.32

406

406
10

The Dope Show

1998 • Mar1lyn Man5on

3.21

210

210
3

I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) [remixes]

1999 • Mar1lyn Man5on

3.30

239

239
2

Rock Is Dead

1999

3.78

277

277
1

Coma White

1999 • Mar1lyn Man5on

3.26

245

245
2

Disposable Teens

2000

3.26

196

196
2

The Fight Song Pt. 1

2001

3.53

169

169
-

The Nobodies

2001

2.53

412

412
4

Tainted Love [motion picture soundtrack]

2001

3.12

260

260
2

This Is the New *hit

2003

2.98

245

245
2

mOBSCENE

2003

2.68

311

311
2

Personal Jesus

2004

3.12

164

164
4

Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)

2007

2.67

110

110
1

Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin'-Geddon

2009

2.61

120

120
1

No Reflection

2012

3.59

177

177
2

Third Day of a Seven Day Binge

2014

3.37

143

143
3

Deep Six

2014

2.79

125

125
1

WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE

2017

3.05

108

108
-

Cry Little Sister [motion picture soundtrack]

2018

2.95

152

152
-

God's Gonna Cut You Down

2019

2.63

191

191
-

We Are Chaos

2020

Show all 50 Singles

Music video

Showing 3 of 43 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.62

46
-

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

1995

3.80

51
-

The Beautiful People

1996

3.70

29
-

The Dope Show

1998

Show all 43 Music videos

Appears On

Showing 11 of 55 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.80

1,955

1,955
19

Lost Highway [motion picture soundtrack]

1997 • Album • Various Artists

3.18

717

717
20

Spawn: The Album [motion picture soundtrack]

1997 • Album • Various Artists

3.15

342

342
13

We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones

2003 • Album • Various Artists

3.39

68
-

The Day of the Pain

2020 • DJ Mix • Sematary

2.20

762

762
6

Floor Seats II

2020 • Album • A$AP Ferg

2.06

403

403
17

Donda Experience Performance [live]

2022 • Video • Kanye West

4.00

2
-

The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe

2023 • DJ Mix • Adum Brate

-
-

4 Drug Use Only Vol. 2: The Edits (Part 1) [remixes]

2024 • Compilation • DJ Speedsick

3.75

2
-

Transylvanian Regurgitations

1997 • EP • Rasputina

4.13

15
-

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas [motion picture soundtrack]

2006 • Album • Danny Elfman

-
-

Avril Lavigne

2024 • Album • Avril Lavigne

Show all 55 Appearances

Compilation

Showing 3 of 7 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.46

28
-

Refrigerator

1993

3.24

75
3

Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows

2004 • The Spooky Kids

+12

3.63

955

955
34

Lest We Forget: The Best Of

2004

Show all 7 Compilations

V/A Compilation

Showing 3 of 97 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.45

748

748
4

The Matrix: Music From the Motion Picture [motion picture soundtrack]

1999

3.39

265

265
11

Queen of the Damned [motion picture soundtrack]

2002

3.15

362

362
6

The Matrix Reloaded [motion picture soundtrack]

2003

Show all 97 V/A Compilations

Bootleg / Unauthorized

Showing 3 of 86 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.62

99
3

Appears on: As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 1

2002 • 2 Many DJ's

4.19

5
-

Appears on: John Wick [Complete Score]

2014 • Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richard

1
-

Appears on: Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

• Slipknot

Show all 86 Bootlegs / Unauthorized releases

Video

Showing 3 of 13 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

3.87

76
1

Dead to the World [live]

1998

3.80

51
1

God Is in the TV

1999

3.80

149

149
9

Guns, God and Government World Tour [live]

2002

Show all 13 Videos

Additional release

Showing 3 of 7 show all

Issues

AverageAvg.

Ratings

Reviews

Ratings/Rev.

Title

Release Date

2.26

112

112
2

The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat [promotional demo]

1990 • Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids

2.96

36
-

Big Black Bus [promotional demo]

1990 • Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids

2.92

34
-

Grist-o-Line [promotional demo]

1990 • Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids

Show all 7 Additional releases

Antichrist Superstar

jeliusbeanus

"By updating the Gene Simmons/Alice Cooper persona to a 21st-century industrial-shock-rock style, Manson has created himself as a lightning-rod for both disaffected youth and their nervous suburban parents. Equal parts social fun-house mirror, genius, and everything-your-middle-america-whitebread-parents-will-hate, he continues to show that being 'evil' not only sells, but gets you buckets of free advertising. The biggest thrill of his though seems to be turning the tables on the media, when they try to expose his 'freak', but instead expose the dark underbelly of the American society."

RYM Rough Guide for Marilyn Manson

(as suggested by spoonman5150)

(Poll adjudicator: TalkBoxist)

ALL-TIME TOP FIVE:
1) The Beautiful People (from Antichrist Superstar)
2) The Dope Show (from Mechanical Animals)
3) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (from Smells Like Children)
4) The Nobodies (from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death))
5) Rock Is Dead (from Mechanical Animals)

RECOMMENDED ALBUM: ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR

"Marilyn Manson seems to be the joke that no one gets, or, more often, thinks they're too cool to get. Certainly an abrasive personality and working hard to sell an image, Brian Warner has always been upfront about the fiction of his stage persona. An intelligent artist and a great showman, he has revived the work of the favourite artists of his own childhood, and given them a glossy '90s sheen. The conservative right in '90s America went white with shock, pointing fingers at him for the downfall of society and gave him all the free press he could handle, laughing all the way to the bank. You may love to hate him, but he loves it too." - jshopa

"He's the smartest guy in the room, all the way to the bank. If he weren't a rock star, Brian Warner would be successful as a lawyer, reverend, motivational coach, or anything he chose because, above all, he embraces fully the freedom of the creative artist and, by extension, shows us all the freedoms Americans possess. He has huge balls to put it all out, like Bowie, like Cobain, no matter the criticism. If he didn't he wouldn't be doing his job - to provoke, to trailblaze, to lead his flock out of the cages and the slaughterhouses in a very Orwellian world." - elayblooze

"I have a very eerie soft spot for Briano. He gives me no end of entertainment, whenever he sets foot in my homeland, as every conservative with a microphone goes on the rampage. Still screaming louder than ever, I hope Marilyn gets inside the heads of all the kids for as long as I'm alive." - MacDougall

(TARGET AUDIENCE: jshopa, metalbrain, elayblooze, ecjam6, CurtisLoew, Aner77, Xplorer, jeliusbeanus, warpig01, Thrashisawesome, MacDougall, kabouter)

LINK: POLL #162 (November 2007)

Biography

Marilyn Manson, the man, was born on January 5th 1969 as Brian Warner. Throughout his teenage years, he worked as a music journalist, interviewing bands that passed through the Florida area (famously including Red Hot Chili Peppers), and began to take an active political interest.

Marilyn Manson, the band, was the culmination of Warner's interest in censorship laws. He wanted to form a band that would push boundaries, shock people, and most of all, get people thinking. To do this, and to demonstrate how fake he felt showbiz was, he invented a persona, and took the name Marilyn Manson - a combination of Hollywood darling Marilyn Monroe and mass-murderer Charles Manson. Eventually, all of his band (at this point, known as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids - later, early recordings under this name would be released without Warner's permisson) would take similar stage names.

The band hit big after being 'discovered' in 1993 by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails - he offered them both a recording contract and a support slot on his next tour. Unsurprisingly, they courted controversy wherever they went, notably when the press implied that they were somehow connected with Anton LaVey, founder of the Church Of Satan. LaVey, never one to miss an opportunity for publicity, responded by making Manson a Reverend of the church. However, despite popular belief, Manson is not a Satanist.

The band's inevitable mainstream breakthrough came with a cover version of "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics. By now, Warner was (and remains) undoubtedly the focal point of the band, as evidenced by their revolving-door lineup.

Manson continues to be one of the world's most divisive and controversial stars. Recently, he has stayed in the headlines via an illegal sexual conduct charge in 2001, brought by a security guard, and by appearing in Michael Moore's successful documentary Bowling for Columbine.

Marilyn Manson

Discography

Album

Live Album

EP

Single

Music video

Appears On

Compilation

V/A Compilation

Bootleg / Unauthorized

Video

Additional release

Biography

745 Lists

Shows

Contributions