Marilyn Manson's Masks Of Human Skin
I knew that Marilyn Manson was demented, but I thought that was just part of his stage act. Boy, was I wrong. Sky News is reporting that Manson has purchased masks made of human skin (an Ed Gein wannabee?) and a child's skeleton. Not only that, he's been accused of using the band's money to buy them, and not his personal stash of cash.
Says Sky, "Keyboardist Stephen 'Pogo' Bier filed a breach of contract lawsuit in August in which he accused Manson of taking cash belonging to the rest of the band to pay for the "sick and disturbing" purchases."
"He is also accused of using band funds to pay for a collection of Nazi memorabilia. Swastika wall tiles with matching custom rugs and Nazi government coat hangers owned by Adolf Hitler are allegedly on display in Manson's Californian mansion, according to legal papers."
Manson says he hasn't treated anyone unfairly. Bier says he wants his fair share. Me, I want a tour of the mansion. Um, I'll skip the Nazi stuff, thanks.
I really do think his parents and their "We want him to be happy" view on parenting is to blame. That, and after he left his wife for a younger woman, I really don't care for him.
Actually Joanna, she left him. I knew Brian back in the day (late 90's) and we had hung out a few times. At first he tried to scare me and put on the whole monster show off the stage but after I explained to him that I got it, he was pretty cool with me. I think this is just an extension of the act. Brian really is a very intellegent man and I think he's having trouble finding where he fits into the new world. He needs to re-invent himself and get out of the monster show. How else do you explain how everyone around him has disappeared. He is clinging to an age that is over for him, I hate to say it, but like the rest of us he just needs to grow up and move on. I just don't think he's the bad guy in this totally, just lost right now searching for where he fits in. His persona was too big for him and he could never make it last ala Trent Reznor or Al Jourgenson or even for that matter Alice Cooper or Rob Zombie.
I heard that if you stare at the pixels making this picture up long enough you'll see that he's wearing a straight jacket.
Seriously, I hope this gives him less credibility with any of yesterday's/today's youth he has influenced and have always viewed him as a very disturbed, troubled person. May his spirit find renewal. Think he's been searching, but is being drawn to things that aren't mentally, spiritually healthy.