The 150,000-copy national bestselling autobiography of Marilyn Manson, America's most controversial celebrity icon, is offered with a bonus chapter not included in the hardcover. 'By turns moving, funny, appalling, disturbing.
There has never been anything like it'.-'Rolling Stone'. 80 b&w photos. 16-page color insert.
In his twenty-nine years, rock idol Manson h The 150,000-copy national bestselling autobiography of Marilyn Manson, America's most controversial celebrity icon, is offered with a bonus chapter not included in the hardcover. 'By turns moving, funny, appalling, disturbing. There has never been anything like it'.-'Rolling Stone'.
When this best-selling autobiography was originally released, readers were shocked: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell was the darkest, funniest, most controversial, and best-selling rock book of its time—and it became the template, both visually and narratively, for almost every rock book since. Marilyn Manson is not just a.
80 b&w photos. 16-page color insert. In his twenty-nine years, rock idol Manson has experienced more than most people have (or would want to) in a lifetime.
Now, in his shocking and candid memoir, he takes readers from backstage to gaol cells, from recording studios to emergency rooms, from the pit of despair to the top of the charts, and recounts his metamorphosis from a frightened Christian schoolboy into the most feared and revered music superstar in the country. I'm mostly done with this book and honestly, most would take it as a little entertaining.
To me, what Manson talks about speaks a lot about what I'm mostly done with this book and honestly, most would take it as a little entertaining. To me, what Manson talks about speaks a lot about what Generation X has felt for years. The only difference is that Manson acts it out in his music and shows. Wanting to understand life and sometimes getting the shit kicked out of you and lucky to be alive.
Except Manson accepts what happened to him and what he has become. Others like him would have become drunks or the lower rung of society. Manson has turned it upside down and become what most fear.
The book can be a good nice quick read and a look into someone who learned to adapt. I have a fascination with Marilyn Manson which has been stirred up by recent news about his deformed skeleton collection and nazi tiles in his library. Although I couldn't put the book down, it was actually much more disturbing than I could have imagined.
He is a total misogynist and all-around creep who gets his kicks abusing vulnerable people. His philosophy of satanism/elitism makes him think he is much more intelligent than everyone else, but his writing (even with a 'co-author') suggests ot I have a fascination with Marilyn Manson which has been stirred up by recent news about his deformed skeleton collection and nazi tiles in his library. Although I couldn't put the book down, it was actually much more disturbing than I could have imagined.
He is a total misogynist and all-around creep who gets his kicks abusing vulnerable people. His philosophy of satanism/elitism makes him think he is much more intelligent than everyone else, but his writing (even with a 'co-author') suggests otherwise. The lyrics, poems, and stories remind me of the crap I wrote in 8th grade. Essentially, his auto-biography is about what happens when you never mature past 15 but suddenly get rich and famous. Over the years, Manson has said some intelligent things, and every now and then I think he's probably a pretty cool guy.
But, whenever I start thinking that, I flashback to the scene in this book where the whole band is gangbanging a deaf groupie who is covered in lunch meat-No, really. Lunch meat.-while screaming insults at her.
I mean, really. If you're going to shag a lunch-meat covered groupie while insulting her, have the balls to do it to a girl who can HEAR you. I really don't care about Over the years, Manson has said some intelligent things, and every now and then I think he's probably a pretty cool guy. But, whenever I start thinking that, I flashback to the scene in this book where the whole band is gangbanging a deaf groupie who is covered in lunch meat-No, really. Lunch meat.-while screaming insults at her. I mean, really. If you're going to shag a lunch-meat covered groupie while insulting her, have the balls to do it to a girl who can HEAR you.
I really don't care about his honorary priesthood in the church of satan. To an atheist, that's about as scary as if he told me he was the Koopa Kid in charge of Bowser's Castle in World 6. It's stupid and/or meaningless.
I guess that, as readable and bizarre as this book was when I read it in high school, the problem is that Manson just tries so very hard to be shocking. Dude, doing weird shit to groupies was already done by the Go-Go's.
Ozzy bit the head off a live bat. Keith Richards snorted his dad's ashes.
Bill Hicks was fake-assassinated on stage. You've just got more makeup than the average Cure fan, and a healthy appreciation of recreational drugs.
You're really not that special. This book was epic. Every single part of it. Marilyn manson is definitely the most interesting character that has ever existed on the face of this green planet.
This book was stocked full of the crazy things he's experienced and done throughout his life. It was amazing. But this book is not for the people who are weak of heart or weak to their stomach. There's plenty of sad and heart sinking moments but also grotesque, wacky parts that could scar the most fragile of minds. This book was banned from my home for about ten years.I picked it up mostly to remember a time I held dear and to remember the icon that was before all the bullshit self-indulgency.
It's built like a fan book of sorts, with candid and professional photos, interviews, early writings of Brian Warner sprinkled in and out of his personal narrative. I didn't treat as much of an insight into the man as opposed to the being he created. His style of writing doesn't flow, but I apreciate his voice. I fou This book was banned from my home for about ten years.I picked it up mostly to remember a time I held dear and to remember the icon that was before all the bullshit self-indulgency.
It's built like a fan book of sorts, with candid and professional photos, interviews, early writings of Brian Warner sprinkled in and out of his personal narrative. I didn't treat as much of an insight into the man as opposed to the being he created. His style of writing doesn't flow, but I apreciate his voice. I found myself laughing at his cynical quips and antics. It made me yearn for 1997.I was too young to really apreciate it and now that time is long gone. Reznor's moved on to things I have little to no interest in, and Manson's committed himself to making albums around his catastrophic breakups. It's sad, actually.
His backlash against middle America and an obnoxious, media-driven culture was almost prophetic, and now it's come too true to be worth complaining about. I am a huge fan, really enjoyed reading about the man before the star. I would have rated 5 stars, however, I feel the timeline was too soon. As other reviewers have pointed out all the really interesting stuff from MM came after this book was published. This book is about him, his journey, not so much about being a rockstar. He is not a typical rockstar. Similar, yes, and he is an entertainer, but he is not the garden variety rocker that is all about sex and drugs and booze, etc.
At least in the I am a huge fan, really enjoyed reading about the man before the star. I would have rated 5 stars, however, I feel the timeline was too soon.
As other reviewers have pointed out all the really interesting stuff from MM came after this book was published. This book is about him, his journey, not so much about being a rockstar.
He is not a typical rockstar. Similar, yes, and he is an entertainer, but he is not the garden variety rocker that is all about sex and drugs and booze, etc. At least in the beginning when this book came out that was the show, but his message is what mattered. I have met him and had an interesting and amusing conversation with him back when this book came out, and believe it or not he is very shy.
What Marilyn Manson is all about is challenging us to look at what is happening around us, question authority, shake things up, etc. Things we should do w/o the need of an artist/rock star to tell us to do. He knew what needed to be done to get to where he is and he predicted what would happen along the way. He is not just Marilyn Manson the rock star like Alice Cooper or KISS are shock-rockers. There is more to it than that.
He became this thing because we needed it to happen. Almost like a superhero comes along because society needs him to.
He is there to be a scapegoat much like the president or god/jesus/satan. It is not just for the shock of it and show of it like KISS and Alice admit to and joke about it being an act for money.
Make no mistake HE IS A TRUE ARTIST. One of the very few in the music business. He has concept albums that tell stories, Antichrist Superstar is a story from start to finish of a rock star like him. For example, the lyric 'world spreads it's legs for another star, world shows it's face for another scar.'
People who criticize him and just don't get it are the ones he targets with the shock rock part, however, there is much more to it, to him, than that. That is just the surface. There are layers to his work, all the albums have a theme and have depth and various art and imagery from those eras mixed in and often times hidden. Why would the guy go to the lengths he does if he doesn't care?
Why would he almost quit the business and become a recluse when it all goes a bit too far, like being blamed and berated for columbine to the point he can't take it? Why wouldn't he just say it is an act and be done with it all? That would be the easy thing to do and what someone that doesn't care would do.
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But he didn't, he endured it and he is still around and he learned from it and grew up a little. As far as the religion aspect, I am not going to get into that too much. But I will say he has a message, not a religion. Satanism is not about the devil, but is all about self-preservation. Christianity is all about control, telling people they are not good enough on their own. They need god's strength, blah-blah-blah.
Manson is challenging that. More people should question it and think about it and they are. That is why Manson is what he is. This is why he attracted the attention of his mentor and friend Trent Reznor, another great artist (more in terms of music/prouction) that would not have supported Manson all those years if he wasn't an amazing talented artist. Excel 2013 web services toolkit.
Manson was on Trent's label and Trent made sure he had more freedom to do what he wanted w/o the record label messing it up. They have all this drama around them now, and it is too bad Trent didn't try harder to help his friend that struggled with the same issues Trent himself and damn near all stars go through. More recently Manson got sucked into it all and started with the drugs and becoming more and more like a plain old rockstar. I hope he can break out of that. We need artists like him around. We need more books telling their story. Once upon a time, I dated a goth boy.
And that goth boy had an unhealthy obsession with Marilyn Manson. I was constantly subjected to his CDs and creepy videos and even had to deal when the goth boy started wearing smudged eyeliner and dying his hair black. Of course, he bought this book the day it came out and since I had a bit of a morbid interest in the guy my boyfriend fell in love with, I gave it a read. The two things I got from this book: 1.
Brian Warner is an intelligent man. Brian Warn Once upon a time, I dated a goth boy.
And that goth boy had an unhealthy obsession with Marilyn Manson. I was constantly subjected to his CDs and creepy videos and even had to deal when the goth boy started wearing smudged eyeliner and dying his hair black. Of course, he bought this book the day it came out and since I had a bit of a morbid interest in the guy my boyfriend fell in love with, I gave it a read. The two things I got from this book: 1.
Brian Warner is an intelligent man. Brian Warner is a total dick. He has the potential to be a pretty cool guy, but somewhere along the way he sold out. He's very proud of his image of being one fucked up dude, and he tries way too hard to shock. Lame-I can think of a half a dozen other rockstars that have done more effed up stuff than him.
The book is entertaining and it was interesting finding out about Brian as a child and how he came to be who he is. But seriously, he needs to get his head out. Really interesting portrait of a dysfunctional youth growing up to become America's most hated rock n roll star.
Not only a fun book if you are fan of Manson or rock n roll in general. But the book connects the pyschological dots in such a way that even in 2007. The man, or more so, the character of Marilyn Manson is less of an idea, but an accumalation of events, traumas, and incredibly evil encounters.
My only complaint was this book was written at the end of Marilyn Manson's 'Anti Chri really interesting portrait of a dysfunctional youth growing up to become America's most hated rock n roll star. Not only a fun book if you are fan of Manson or rock n roll in general.
But the book connects the pyschological dots in such a way that even in 2007. The man, or more so, the character of Marilyn Manson is less of an idea, but an accumalation of events, traumas, and incredibly evil encounters. My only complaint was this book was written at the end of Marilyn Manson's 'Anti Christ Superstar' phase, and some of his most interesting work/stories actually came after. Hopefully there is a sequel in him. From the gender bending work of 'Mechanical Animals' that some how married cocaine, aliens, and man boobs. To Manson taking the blame for Columbine.
Even to his marriage w. Dita Von Teese. It seemed like the 'Long Road Out OF Hell' could have gone on for quite some time.