Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson born Brian Hugh Warner in Canton, Ohio, to Hugh and Barbara Warner on January 5, 1969. His father is a carpet salesman who fought in the Vietnam War and had been heavily exposed to Agent Orange, known for its severe adverse mental and physical effects. Manson recalls from a special
event and programs for children with birth defects from Agent Orange that he was the only normal child there without any mental or physical problems. He attended Heritage Christian School but felt alienated by the fear and hypocrisy that is so common in these types of schools. Eventually
this alienation led him to act out to try to get expelled only to find that because his parents paid for him to go to the private school, and that the
school was funded mostly on payments from other parents unlike public schools, Heritage would not expel him because it was in need of the money. Some of things that got him into trouble where simple petty things such as selling candy at school at jacked prices, boot leg cassette tapes, MAD magazine parody, etc. The school was Episcopalian which is described in "The Long Hard Out Of Hell" as the diet version of Catholic. One of his early interests, roller skating, let him to meet with a skating partner named "Lisa". She was a sickly, congested and partially deaf girl with a famous fraudulent preacher father. Some of his other hobbies included exploring the basement of his grandfathers house with his cousin Chad. Part of the excitement of exploring this basement was the collection of pornographic paraphernalia that his grandfather kept down there along with his model trains. He attended and graduated from Glen Oak High School where he joined the band hoping to play bass or drums but ended up playing the triangle. After his graduation he and his family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida when he studied Journalism and Theater at Broward
Community College. He was then hired to be a Staff Writer at Fort Lauderdale's 25th Parallel Magazine. He started to form his own band Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, which consisted of John5 (John Lowery - guitar) 1998 to 2004, Twiggy Ramirez (Jeordie White - bass) 1993 to 2002, Daisy Berkovitz (Scott Putesky - guitar) 1989 to 1996, Gidget Gein (Brad Stewart - bass) 1990 to 1993, Zim/Sara Lee/Olivia/Zsa Zsa/Zim Zum (Timothy Michael Linton - 1996 to 1998), Sara Lee Lucas (Freddie Streithorst) 1990 to 1995, Olivia Newton Bundy (Brian Tutunick - 1990) Zsa Zsa Speck (Perry Pandrea - 1990).

The more current line-up consists of Marilyn Manson- the singer and the protagonist, Pogo Madonna (Wayne Gacy - keyboards), Ginger Fish - (drums) and Tim Skold on bass guitar. Some of his musical influences are The Beatles, KISS, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Iggy Pop, Black Sabbath, David Bowie and Gary Numan. His persona name represents the beauty and the evil that he sees in himself. His profane acts on stage are an attempt to get society to think and to realize what it has become and the hypocrisy that shown on a regular basis. He has directed and been involved in movies such as pornographic actor in David Lynch's Lost Highway, Jawbreaker, supporting role in 2003's Party Monster. He makes an appearance in Bowling for Columbine speaking on the effect his music may have had on the perpetrators. He is also featured in "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" and "Living Neon Dreams". He was engaged and briefly dated Rose McGowan, then dated and married on December 3, 2005 to a burlesque dancer and adult model Dita Von Teese. He has a collection of Water Color Paintings art movement (named Celebritarian Corporation) and is currently working on a new album and movie PHANTASMAGORIA: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll.