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Rock band Marilyn Manson known for shocking and defiant speeches, often inspiring fear and awe, especially among the religious part of the population. During their shows, the group does not hesitate to make statements on religious and political topics, burn the Bible right from the stage, and all this is accompanied by the highest quality industrial rock.
Manson will perform in the Ukrainian capital in support of his new album with the working title Say10, which is scheduled for release on Valentine's Day - February 14, 2017.
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Manson himself talks about the upcoming album like this:
People who hear the new songs note the influence and sound of my old works: Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals. Also, there is enough violence in it, but it is completely different from all my previous works.
We offer you 10 incredible facts about the outrageous rock musician:
- Manson's real name is Brian Hugh Warner. Brian's father was a furniture dealer and his mother was a nurse. Already while studying at a Christian school, the boy began to hate religion, and his protest resulted in a passion for Nietzsche and Darwin. At 18, Brian moved to Florida and began working as a journalist. However, later, having founded his own rock band, Brian took the pseudonym Marilyn Manson, combining the name of the actress Marilyn Monroe and the surname of the maniac Charles Manson. By this he emphasized that he has both a light and a dark side.
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- Manson says he does not accept any alcohol except absinthe. He especially fell in love with the drink after a memorable meeting of the new millennium with Johnny Depp: “We were waiting for the apocalypse, but it never came, which upset us very much. We got drunk and then went to set off fireworks.” Manson even produces his own brand of absinthe called "Mansinthe".
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- Marilyn Manson has an unusual hobby: he has been collecting prosthetics for many years. In total, the singer’s collection already contains more than two hundred exhibits. Manson's favorite thing is dentures. The rocker himself explains his strange hobby as follows. As a child, he spent a lot of time in hospitals, undergoing all kinds of examinations. The point is that the father future star fought in Vietnam and was exposed to the chemical drug Orange, which was used against partisans. Many who at one time inhaled this gas later had children with serious defects. After the war, the hospitals were full of combat veterans, many of whom had arms or legs amputated. This is what made an indelible impression on Manson.
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- In addition to music, the artist enjoys painting. He began painting in 1995, and sold his first works to drug dealers. He made his debut as a sandal artist in 2002. At the exhibition of his own paintings, “The Golden Century of the Grotesque,” one of the works, which shows Hitler the hermaphrodite, was valued at 55 thousand dollars. Now more than 150 of his paintings are known, which have received flattering reviews from art critics.
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- Manson spent his entire career flirting with the image of a Satanist and devil worshiper. It is not surprising that when the founder and high priest of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey, invited the musician to join his organization, he could not refuse. According to Marilyn Manson himself, he is an atheist, but LaVey listened and was ordained an honorary member of the Church of Satan, which, by the way, he is not at all proud of now.
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- In the “Heart Shaped Glasses” video, Manson makes love to his girlfriend, actress Evan Rachel Wood, in the bloody rain. The musician insists that the act performed on the set was not staged, but real. Manson admits that he had to have a drink and a heart-to-heart talk with Evan's parents beforehand. The girl herself, without embarrassment, calls what happened one of the most romantic moments in her life.
- The lyrics of Manson's song "Nobodies" refer to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who committed the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Following the school shooting, the media largely reported that listening to Marilyn Manson's music was one of the factors that provoked the boys to commit murder, although in fact neither Harris nor Klebold were fans of the man. Later, an acoustic version of the composition was included in documentary Michael Moore about the tragic events - "Bowling for Columbine." In the film, when asked what Manson would say to the Columbine children, the performer himself replied: “I wouldn’t say a word to them. I would listen to what they themselves had to say, which no one else did.”
- Manson is very close friends with director David Lynch. In 2011, they published a joint book catalog of their works. The musician also periodically performs with Johnny Depp, who is a very good guitarist. So in 2014, at one of their concerts, Marilyn Manson, along with Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Steven Tyler, sang a cover of The Beatles “Come Together”.
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The work of Marilyn Manson sometimes amazes the imagination. Over the years, the musician has not lost his relevance; his image is still as shocking as it was 20 years ago. His personal life turned out to be very eventful. The musician has a very impressive track record. Despite this, Manson still has no children. In his autobiography, he mentioned that at a young age he had experience with men, but this did not in any way affect his future orientation. Let's remember the artist's successes in the love field.
Melissa Romero
Melissa Romero (better known as Missy Romero) was the first girl with whom Manson had a serious relationship. The romance lasted from 1992 to 1997. They met in 1992 at a Beastie Boys concert, after which Manson persuaded her to go to his band's upcoming concert. At that time, Romero was already familiar with Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez, so the beginning of her relationship with Manson was only a matter of time. In his autobiography, Manson wrote that Missy was pregnant with his child, but eventually had an abortion.
Rose McGowan
The musician's next chosen one was American actress Rose McGowan. Manson began his relationship with her at the end of 1997. When she and her boyfriend appeared at public events, she often wore revealing outfits, which successfully attracted attention.
It even got to the point of engagement, but she did not manage to become Manson’s wife. In January 2001, the relationship ended. The reasons were not made public for about 14 years, and only in 2015, when invited to the Watch What Happens Live program, she admitted that the breakup was due to the rocker’s addiction to cocaine. During the relationship, she managed to star in several of the musician’s videos and even took part in recording songs as a backing vocalist.
Dita Von Teese
American model, singer and actress Dita von Teese became Manson's first wife. By the way, her real name is Heather Renee Sweet. Manson was a fan of hers for a long time, but they only met when the musician asked her to appear in a video. Their relationship began on Manson's 32nd birthday (in 2002).
The wedding took place three years later, on December 3, 2005. The wedding ceremony took place at Gurteen Castle, located in the Irish village of Kilsheelan.
However, married life was short-lived. Dita Von Teese filed for divorce on December 25, 2006. She cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason, but in an interview with the Daily Telegraph she said that in fact the marriage was destroyed by Manson’s affair with 19-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood.
I couldn't stand his relationship with another girl. “I didn’t want to take part in this as much as I loved him,” Dita said in an interview.
Evan Rachel Wood
Manson began his relationship with Evan while he was married to Dita Von Teese. They were the reason for the divorce. The public learned about the musician's new romance in January 2007. It was Wood who inspired Manson's album "Eat Me, Drink Me" and even starred in the video for the lead single "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)." On November 5, 2008, the end of their relationship was announced. According to the rocker, he proposed to her, but Evan refused.
In March 2009, Manson entered into a relationship with porn actress Stoya, which lasted until November of that year. The reason for the breakup was the concert schedule of the great and the terrible.
After ending his relationship with Stoya, Manson returns to Even Rachel Wood.
He proposes to her again and this time gets her consent. But in August 2010, the relationship between Wood and Manson came to an end. The engagement was called off due to domestic violence, but disagreements were cited as the reason for a long time.
Who is he dating now?
After the breakup with Wood, the musician’s personal life is no longer so eventful. He was credited with various novels, even with Lana Del Rey, but he was not seen in a long-term relationship. The last novel Manson was with photographer Lindsay Yusich (first seen with her in the summer of 2010).
In February 2015, the musician announced that he was no longer in a relationship. Since then, nothing has been known about his personal life.
As one cool VJ on MTV once said, if Marilyn Manson scares you in some way, just remember that his real name is Brian. Even if you don’t like his music, you’ll probably agree: the character is interesting! His statements, beliefs, and choices among women never cease to amaze and intrigue the public. We don't know much about him, let's delve a little into his past - here are 19 things we find interesting. He was accused of everything possible: from drug distribution to torturing animals on stage. At the same time, Manson was nominated four times for the prestigious Grammy music award. He organized more than ten exhibitions of his paintings around the world and opened his own gallery. In the 1990s, Manson was known as a maniac and a workaholic who went out of his way to hurt someone's feelings. In 1994, he became a priest of the Church of Satan, which he was very flattered by. That same year he proclaimed himself the God of Fuck, and two years later - the Antichrist. Is he really that terrible? Or is it just shocking, and his mask has long grown on.
1. Marilyn Manson's real name is Brian Hugh Warner.
Brian Hugh Warner was born in Canton, USA. He was the only child of furniture merchant Hugh Warner and nurse Barbara Warner, and is of German and English descent. 2. Despite the fact that Marilyn claims to be an ardent atheist, he actually attended Catholic school for most of his childhood.
As a child, Marilyn's parents sent her to a Christian school for boys. Manson himself writes about it in his autobiography: “At school, I couldn’t give it my all. This place was based on laws and conformity. Everyone was as if from an incubator and there could be no talk of any individuality. Beginning at the age of twelve, I began a protracted campaign to expel myself from school.” 3. Marilyn didn't always dream of becoming a rock star. He originally planned a career in music journalism!
After Brian graduated from high school in Florida, he found a job at a local music magazine, 25th Parallel. He served as a reporter and music critic, free time writing poetry. 4. In 1989, Brian, along with guitarist Scott Puteski, created his own rock band, Marilyn Manson and the Scary Kids.
The group was very popular in Florida! In 1992, the group began to be called simply "Marilyn Manson". The name is a combination of the iconic names of actress Marilyn Monroe and the infamous serial killer Charles Manson. 5. Despite the fact that Marilyn was engaged three times (Rose McGowan, Dita Von Teese, and Evan Rachel Wood), she only got married once - with Dita Von Teese (her photo in the center). They married in 2005 and divorced a year later.
6. Marilyn received serious acting roles several times. He played Ron Tully in the final season of Sons of Anarchy.
He said the hardest part of the role was growing a goatee. 7. Marilyn also appeared on one of her favorite television shows, Eastbound and Down
I wonder if there is something he can't do? 
8. Marilyn only uses certain brands of products for her signature hellish makeup.
The singer uses Christian Dior foundation, blue eyeshadow from Aquacolor, and a combination of products from several brands for black eyeliner. 9. Marilyn owns a number of strange objects that she collects.
He collects antique metal lunch boxes, medical prosthetics and glass eyeballs. 10. Marilyn is friends with Johnny Depp! The two even performed together.
On January 25, 2014, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Steven Tyler and a number of other musicians jointly performed the song “The Beatles” Come Together. 
- What do you hide your eyes from, what do you avoid: daylight or the sun? - Of people. 11. Marilyn's favorite movie is "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" from 1971.
In fact, the singer was quite interested in landing the role of Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake from director Tim Burton. But the role was given to his good friend, Johnny Depp, who makes no secret of the fact that he used Marilyn as part of his inspiration for the character. 12. The singer suffers from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
The main manifestation of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is arrhythmia. 13. In addition to her musical talents, Marilyn is also an artist.
He has held many successful exhibitions throughout recent years in galleries throughout the United States and Europe. He also owns a gallery visual arts in Los Angeles under the name Celebritarian Corporation. 
14. Marilyn is an extremely generous donor and greatly helps several charities.
In particular, he helps the Music for Life and Little Kids Rock foundations, which are aimed at promoting music education and providing musical instruments to children from families with low level income. He also works with an organization called Project Nightlight, which helps children and teenagers who have been abused. 15. In 1997, Marilyn released an autobiography entitled "Long Way Out of Hell", co-written by famous rock journalist Neil Strauss.
16. Marilyn was nominated for Grammys in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2013.
He will definitely receive his Grammy, his fans have no doubt. 
17. Loves dogs (he has three)
18. He said that as a child he suffered from a strange “allergy” that went away with age.
He discovered that these "allergies" were actually Munchausen syndrome. More precisely, his mother had delegated Munchausen syndrome. In this state, the mother invents or actually causes disease syndromes in her child. That is, his mother is to blame for his childhood illnesses. “I learned about Munchausen syndrome quite late, and I don’t know if she always had it,” he says. “But it’s obvious that my mental disorders are hereditary.” 19. Marilyn takes her Nintendo DS with her when she travels. He loves to play Mario Kart.
Marilyn Manson is a man, a myth, a legend. He was often imitated, but never duplicated. Of all the scandalous celebrities, it was around Marilyn Manson that the greatest number myths and the most scandalous fame. Today he turns 47 years old, and in all these years he has never betrayed himself. The legend is already much more than a man, especially now that we can say with confidence what Manson has achieved and what he has not.
MYTH: HIS MUSIC PROVOKED A MASS MURDER
This is perhaps the loudest myth. Marilyn Manson's music has been wrongly blamed as a factor in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. After the tragedy, many drew attention to the violence in the lyrics and the fact that the two shooters were apparently listening to Manson. And they named music as one of the reasons that influenced their decision. As everyone knows, people who do things like this are influenced by something much more complex than just a love of heavy music. But the musician’s shocking image seriously frightened the residents of the small town, who actively began to blame his “satanic music” for the tragedy.
MYTH: HE INJECTED HEROIN INTO EYEBALLS
One of the brand names Marilyn Manson- these are his eyes of different colors. Of course, there were many explanations for why he looked this way, and the most common one was that Manson injected heroin directly into his eyeball. But this never happened. There was also a rumor that he removed pigment to see the world in black and white, but this is also fiction.
Fact: Although Manson admitted to drug use, his unusual eyes are just lenses.
MYTH: HE REMOVED RIBS
Well, Manson is not the first celebrity about whom such rumors have circulated. And many sincerely believed that the musician was so crazy that he removed at least three of his ribs in order to perform oral sex on himself. But this never happened either. Moreover, Manson was dating Rose McGowan at the time, and he did not need to make such “sacrifices.”
Fact: Marilyn Manson indeed resorted to surgical intervention, but in order to tighten the stretched earlobes.
Marilyn Manson and Rose McGowan
MYTH: HE WAS THE STAR OF AN 80'S TV SERIES
Because of the thick makeup, many did not know how to Marilyn Manson looks really. That's why there was a rumor that he was Paul Pfeiffer in The Wonder Years. It was actually actor Josh Saviano. He was then credited for playing Kevin Owens in Mr. Belvedere, but it was Rob Stone.
Fact: Marilyn Manson actually appeared in films several times. He made his debut in David Lynch's 1997 film Lost Highway. And since then he has appeared regularly in different projects. He recently played a neo-Nazi named Ron Tully on Sons of Anarchy.
Marilyn Manson without makeup in the TV series "Sons of Anarchy"
MYTH: HE KILLED INNOCENT ANIMALS
Over a long career Marilyn Manson has been accused of crazy things many times, but this story is much more horrifying than the others. It was rumored that Manson once threw a puppy into an exhausted crowd, which then tore the poor thing to pieces. They also said that at one of the concerts he bit off the head of a live chicken in the style of Ozzy Ozbourne.
Fact: Marilyn Manson has three dogs at home that are still alive and well. And a chicken was actually on stage in Dallas in 1995, and it was actually thrown into the crowd, but no one bit off its head, and the animal managed to escape alive.
Marilyn Manson in his home
Who once said that if something scared you Marilyn Manson, just remember his real name is Brian. Now you know for sure that many of the crazy things that are said about the musician have not always turned out to be true. But even despite this, the personality of Marilyn Manson remains one of the most extraordinary in the music world.
Marilyn Manson was born Brian Hugh Warner in Canton, Ohio on January 5, 1969. His father sold furniture, and his mother was a nurse. There are many stories about how Brian grew up, most of which he himself told in his autobiographical book. However, you cannot believe everything that the outrageous rock musician wrote, but if you read between the lines, you can understand how he became what he became - a Satanist in the eyes of the church, a maniac in the eyes of mothers worried about their teenage children and a destroyer of morality in the eyes of American society.
Brian's childhood was spent in a typical American family and was unremarkable, except for a few "buts". According to the musician, his grandfather was a sexual pervert and often locked himself in the basement, where he did all sorts of “dirty things.” His father, who apparently inherited his quirks, often annoyed Brian. For example, he constantly threatened to take him to a prostitute, citing the fact that it was time for him to lose his virginity.
There was also an unhealthy environment at the Christian school where Warner attended. He hated the Law of God and considered religion a fairy tale for fools. His protest resulted in a fascination with Nietzsche and Darwin, and when he read LaVey's Satanic Bible, he looked at many things differently. According to Manson, he really liked the idea of the symbiosis of the Devil and God in man. And although he never professed Satanism in the future, this idea became fundamental in the image and work of the musician.
At age 18, Brian moved to Florida, where he began working as a journalist and music critic for a local publication. He wrote articles during the day and hung out in rock clubs at night. In one of them he met musician George White, whom he persuaded to create a rock band.
First of all, Brian took the pseudonym Marilyn Manson, combining the name of the actress Marilyn Monroe and the surname of the maniac Charles Manson. By this he emphasized that he has both a light and a dark side. All members of the group also took on such pseudonyms.
In 1989, due to disagreements in the team, Manson left Satan on Fire and formed the group Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids with Scott Puteske. After some time, several musicians changed in the group, and it began to be called simply “Marilyn Manson”. The production of the newly formed group was taken up by the main ideologist and founder of Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, a man no less “crazy” than Manson himself.
In 1994, after long disputes with producers, the album "Portrait Of An American Family" was released, which was a serious success. Marilyn Manson acquired not only a large army of fans, but also a huge number of enemies in the form of clergy and authorities. The musician said that he expected such a stir, since his album is a real bomb. He destroyed the American illusion of "fairness" and the false sense of hope that everything would be okay.
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After working on the album, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails went on their first tour, leaving a trail of blood throughout the United States. Trent Reznor, who mentored the young group, said that he wanted a lot of fire and blood, naked female breasts and other obscurantism. Manson's show shocked even the most radical fans of Macabre. However, the number of fans grew by leaps and bounds.
In 1995, the group went on an independent tour, and a year later they released a cover version of the song "Sweet Dreams", which became a hit and acquired platinum status. Manson decided to record his new album in New Orleans, “the murder capital of America.” The hype around the album began long before its release, and when it was released, it put the whole world on ears.
Antichrist Superstar (1996) was Manson's first concept album. Its plot revolves around three cycles that tell about the metamorphoses of the Bible Worm. Initially, there is a confrontation between the external and internal world of this creature. Then his reincarnation as an Angel. And finally, the return of the Angel back to heaven. According to Manson, the main idea of the record is the assertion that the cause of all troubles lies in Christianity. People must trust their own reason, then they will be free.
"Antichrist Superstar" made Marilyn Manson incredibly popular. Music critics talked about him, he was idolized by fans and hated by the church. The ominous rumors that began to spread throughout the country only fueled interest in the musician. For example, they said that during their performances, group members ate bugs, took drugs, raped teenagers of both sexes, and performed oral acts. Manson was constantly subjected to repression by the authorities, his concerts were banned, the church bought all the tickets to prevent young people from attending them. The outrageous rocker was philosophical about this and said that they made him into the same sensation that they once made out of Jesus Christ.
In 1998, the disc “Mechanical Animals” was released, and in 2000, “Holy Wood” was released, completing the conceptual trilogy about the Messiah. They sold millions of copies all over the world and became the best in Manson's work. His next works did not have great success, except perhaps “The Golden Age of Grotesque” (2003), created under the influence of the musician’s friend Dita von Teese.
By the way, the personal life of the outrageous musician has always been under close public attention. At the beginning of his career, Manson dated actress Rose McGowan, then was married to famous dancer Dita von Teese. They divorced in 2006, and two years later Marilyn announced that he was dating Evan Rachel Wood. The star couple was going to sign a marriage contract, but in 2010 they unexpectedly broke up. The musician is currently dating Lindsay Yuzich, a professional photographer.
Marilyn Manson continues to shock the public by changing her image, image and outfits. In addition to music, he paints and acts in films. Thanks to these activities, he met another eccentric - director and artist David Lynch. In 2011, they published a joint book catalog of their works. But even earlier, the autobiographical book “The Long Hard Road Out of Hell” (1998) appeared on bookstore shelves. It is not only a sarcastic textbook on show business, but also a painful and poignant confession of a true artist.
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Pael 02.08.2014 02:29:10
It’s amazing how appearances can be deceiving; behind his whimsical informality lies a deep truth that reflects the world in his eyes in a way that none of us do.
