Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician and artist known for his outrageous stage persona and image as the lead singer of the eponymous band. His stage name was formed from the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and convicted murderer Charles Manson. In 2004, the band's hit "mOBSCENE" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance".
Graduated GlenOak High School in Plain township
His name comes from com-binding the first name of famed move starlet - Marilyn Monroe - and the last name of infamous cult leader/mass murderer - Charles Manson.
In his free time he paints and writes.
He has a collection of medical prosthetics (artificial limbs, glass eyes, etc.) and vintage metal lunch boxes.
The original name of his rock group was "Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids".
(1998-2001) Engaged to Rose McGowan.
Owns a home in Los Angeles once used as a studio by The Rolling Stones.
Has a contact lense style named after him, "The Marilyn Manson Look."
Was given the title, "Reverend" by Anton Szandor LaVey.
Has displayed (and sold some of) his watercolor paintings at The Los Angeles Contemporary Exihibtions museum. Some of his buyers were Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers , Nicolas Cage and Jack Osbourne.
Dramatically changes music and artist direction with each new album.
The cover of the Mechanical Animals CD was edited in Japan because it showed Mr. Manson with 6 fingers on his left hand and NOT because he was "naked."
The cover of the Mechanical Animals CD caused the album to be banned from many stores because it showed Mr. Manson as a naked alien.
Severely injured his ankle during the "Rock is Dead" tour.
Director David Lynch had a recurring role planned for him, once Mulholland Dr. went into series production. Of course the TV show never happened and Lynch made an award winning big screen film out of the planned pilot episode.
(March 2003) His 1996 album "Antichrist Superstar" came fifth in Classic Rock Magazines list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time.
Was originally approached to do the musical score of the remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" but had to drop out at the last minute due to schedule complications resulting from the release of The Golden Age of Grotesque.
His album, The Golden Age of Grotesque debuted at #1 on the charts in the US and all over Europe. It is his second album to debut at #1. The Album "Mechanical Animals" debuted at # 1 on Billboard in 1998.
In Mexico people joke about his name by calling him "Marilyn Menson" it means "Marilyn The Dumber".
One of five artists to sing on the Queen of the Damned soundtrack, along with Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Disturbed, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and Jay Gordon of Orgy.
His favorite movie is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Engaged to Dita Von Teese
Hes an only child.
He was raised as an Episcopalian.
He attended Heritage Christian School in Canton, Ohio.
His parents are Hugh and Barb Warner.
Video for "(s)AINT" was banned in the USA.
Art film director Alejandro Jodorowsky , a longtime friend of the groom, married Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese in the non-denominational ceremony.
His wedding band is a custom-made platinum ring with onyx inlay from Dana Scheider.
At his wedding with Dita Von Teese , he wore a John Galliano black silk taffeta tuxedo with velvet trim and a Stephen Jones hat.
His wedding ceremony took place at the artist Gottfried Helnweins Castle Gurteen in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Ireland.
He moved to Hollywood in hopes of meeting actress Rose McGowan.
Son of Hugh Warner and wife Barbara (Barb) Wyer.
His maternal grandmother was a fourth cousin of Pat Buchanan.
Lives in Los Angeles.
Speaks Russian.
One of his heroes is Mtley Cre bassist Nikki Sixx.
Good friends with "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" star, Eric Szmanda.
Boyfriend of Evan Rachel Wood.
He is a big fan of Absinthe, and now has his own brand of the drink made in Switzerlan known as Mansinthe. The label on the bottle is one of his own paintings, one that he describes as a self portrait when he is an old man.
(October 2004) Begins his Against All Gods tour.
(January 2008) Has reunited with original band member, Jeordie White (aka "Twiggy Ramirez"). They officially reunited on his "Rape of the World" tour.
(December 2004) Golden Age of Grotesque is finished and he is presently on tour for "Against All Gods" tour. His "Lest We Forget" greatest hits is already on sale.
(April 2003) Promoting his new album, "The Golden Age of Grotesque".
(May 2004) working on a greatest hits album.
(November 2005) Starting work on independent films.
(May 2007) Promoting the bands new album Eat Me, Drink Me, coming out on June 5, 2007, with an European tour starting in May.
He has German and English ancestry. Through his father, he is a fourth cousin, twice removed, of commentator Pat Buchanan. Marilyns great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, Johannes Schoeppner and Katharine Heil, were also Pats great-great-great-grandparents.
Was mentioned by Big & Rich in the song "Comin to your City".
He is mentioned in the New Radicals "You Get What You Give.".
It is a great feeling to write a song, but to be able to perform it, it,takes on a whole different light.
The ability to make small children cry at the grocery store I like,better than the fame.
I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.
The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic.
Music is the strongest form of magic.
My grandfather had been the ugliest, darkest, foulest, most depraved figure of my childhood, more beast than human, and I had grown up to be him, locked in the basement with my secrets as the rest of the family reveled in the petty and ordinary upstairs. Down there, I saw my black, ancient, ineluctable core exposed, like a crab forced out of its shell--dirty, vulnerable, and obscene. For the first time in my life, I was truly alone.
Like LaVey, I had a also discovered what happens when you say something powerful that makes people think. They become afraid of you, and they neutralize your message by giving you a label that is not open to interpretation-- as a fascist, a devil worshipper or an advocate of rape and violence.
The biggest sin in Satanism is not murder, nor is it kindness. It is stupidity.
Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?,If you act like a rock star you will be treated like one.
I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.
The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.
When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.
My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism.
My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.
Jesus is a half-naked guy, hanging, nailed to a cross, and then people wear that around their neck, and then those are the people that are upset about violence in movies.
Watching movies is my one distraction.
Marriage changes everything.
Art gives people a reason to be alive.
I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
