How Does Marilyn Manson Feel About Working With John 5 Again Musically for Helter Skelter
"It's written in the good book, in Revelation, all about the four angels programming the holocaust…the 4 angels looking for the fifth angel to lead the people into the pit of burn down…correct out to Decease Valley. Yeah, it's all been written down, so we might besides submit to it. It'south all in Revelation…Revelation is at present! The Beatles are now! It'southward all in black and white, in The White Album—white, so there ain't mistakin' the color—it's all in the words and music. So heed and pay attending." - Charles Manson
Charles Manson spent hours quoting and interpreting the book of Revelation to the Manson Family unit. He was particularly infatuated with verses from Revelation 9, and utilized this chapter in particular in his interpretation of the White Anthology to form his "Helter Skelter" prophecy.
"The iv angels were the Beatles, whom Charlie considered prophets for what was coming down. The fifth affections was Charlie. "The 3rd function of men," was the white race, those who would die in Helter Skelter. The passage "And he opened the abysmal pit…And there came out of the fume locusts upon the world; and unto them was given equally the scorpions of the earth accept ability" was not just a reference to the Beatles (locusts) only unsaid that the power of scorpion (Charlie was a Scorpio) would prevail. In describing the locusts (Beatles), Revelation said, "their faces were as the faces of men," yet "they had the hair every bit the hair of women," and "wore breastplates of fire," which Charlie said were their electric guitars." - My Life With Charles Manson, (Ch 13.)
As farther discussed in Paul Watkins novel, My Life with Charles Manson, Charles Manson made a straight connexion between the Book of Revelation and the Beatles' highly controversial song "Revolution ix" off of the White Anthology.
The Beatles, "Revolution 9.″
"Revolution ix″ is a highly experimental soundscape featured on disc two of the White Album. The rail consists of a number of loops, pedals, distorted vocals, and audio furnishings to create an avant garde sound collage centered effectually the number 9. Charles Manson found a heavy corporeality of symbolism in the track in relation specifically to Revelation ix in the Bible. Manson believed that the song was a rallying cry for his "Helter Skelter" revolution, and believed that Lennon'south shouts of 'Right!' in "Revolution nine″ were a phone call to 'rise' upward in revolt. This idea of rising in revolt is seen in the LaBianca crime scene where "Rise" was written on the wall in blood.
"Ascension" written in Leno LaBianca's blood at the LaBianca crime scene. Photograph credit to Cielo Drive.
"Revolution 9" was also direct referenced by Marilyn Manson with the runway "Revelation #9" off of the band's Get Your Gunn CD unmarried released on July 12, 1994.
Marilyn Manson "Revelation #9″ off of the Get Your Gunn CD single.
The spoken discussion track features Manson repeating a number of phrases, including multiple lyrics that would later exist used on songs from subsequent albums. The phrase, "Manson probably killed the pigs without the gang" , in the song is a direct reference to the Manson family and the LaBianca Tate murders. The Beatles' track "Revolution 9" inspired Charles Manson to rise up and "kill the pigs", aka the establishment of order. "Killing the pigs" on Marilyn Manson's song "Revelation #9" is a directly reference to this, and can farther be seen as a reference to the Tate law-breaking scene where "Pig" was written on the front door in Sharon Tate's blood, besides equally to the LaBianca law-breaking scene where "Death to Pigs" was written on the wall in Leno LaBianca'south blood.
"Sus scrofa" written in Sharon Tate's claret at the Tate criminal offense scene. Manson family member Susan Atkins was reported to have written "Squealer" at Charles Manson'due south order to "leave something witchy" at the crime scene. "Pig" is as well a nod to the Beatles song "Piggies" off of the White Album, which Charles Manson interpreted every bit a bulletin to kill the establishment.
"Death to Pigs" written in Leno LaBianca's claret at the LaBianca crime scene.
Interestingly enough, Manson recently referenced the Beatles "Revolution 9" again on the runway "Revelation #12" on his latest anthologyHeaven Upside Downwardly. In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Manson said that "Revelation #12″ is a nod to the Beatles' "Revolution 9″, and that the vocal is a combination between Revelations and revolution. The reference to "Revolution 9″ on both "Revelation #ix″ and "Revelation #12″ creates an interesting connection between the two songs and the two albums that further mirrors the theme of Manson going back to his roots on Heaven Upside Down.
Marilyn Manson, "Revelation #12″ off of Heaven Upside Downwardly.
The references to the Book of Revelation in Manson's work are numerous, and will be explored in a carve up commodity that is coming soon. However, it is worth noting, that the song "Little Horn" off of Antichrist Superstar was based off of Revelation ix, and that equally discussed on The Nachtkabarett, the Book of Revelation, specifically Revelation 9, was referenced in the music video for "Get Your Gunn."
From the "Get Your Gunn" music video. Discovery and photo credit to The Nachtkabarett.
On a side note, it is interesting to annotation that the Get Your Gunn CD single was released on July 12, 1994. Manson's cover of "Helter Skelter" with Rob Zombie was released on July 11, 2018, the beginning date of the Twins of Evil the 2nd Coming Tour, and i day shy of the 24th anniversary of the release of the Become Your Gunn CD single.
The references to The Beatles and Charles Manson in Marilyn Manson's work are besides seen throughout the band'due south debut albumPortrait of an American Family.
Album encompass of Portrait of an American Family. Note the bobbleheads of the Beatles on the side table to the right of the lamp.
Close upwardly of the Beatles bobbleheads on the anthology embrace of Portrait of an American Family.
Portrait of an American Family was originally going to be called The Manson Family Album. A play on Charles Manson and the Manson family unit, this first version of the album was recorded over the period of a few months starting in July 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami with producer Roli Mosimann. Still, the band was unhappy with the results of Mosimann'southward work, and relocated to Los Angeles to re-record the anthology with Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder, Sean Beavan. The sessions took place at Trent Reznor'south now defunct recording studio Le Sus scrofa, which was located at 10050 Cielo Drive, Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski'southward former home, and the site of Tate murders in 1969.
Trent Reznor'south studio "Le Hog" at 10050 Cielo Drive. Reznor named the studio as a nod to "Pig" being written on the front door of the firm in Sharon Tate'south blood during the Tate murders.
In March of 1969, Charles Manson invited musician and record producer Terry Melcher to Barker Ranch to listen to the album that he believed would ignite "Helter Skelter." However, Melcher never showed to the coming together, leading Manson to bear witness upward at his abode at 10050 Cielo Bulldoze in Los Angeles a few weeks later. Manson discovered Melcher no longer lived at the address, and that Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski were the new inhabitants, and the seeds of the LaBianca Tate murders were planted.
10050 Cielo Drive in 1969. Photo credit to Cielo Drive.
While Tate and Polanski had nada to do with Manson's rejection by Melcher, the house at 10050 Cielo Drive had come to stand for Hollywood and the establishment that Manson was waging war against in his revolution. On August 8, 1969, Manson told his followers, "At present is the time for Helter Skelter." (Watson) Soon after midnight on August 9th, Family members Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Tex Watson arrived at 10050 Cielo Drive with instructions from Manson to impale everyone in that location. Upon inflow, Watson cut the main power line to the firm to prevent the telephone from being used. He then murdered 18 year sometime student Steven Parent who was driving abroad from the house afterward visiting the property's caretaker William Gaterson. Atkins, Krenwinkel, and Watson then entered the premises and proceeded to tie upwardly and murder extra Sharon Tate, (who was eight and a half months pregnant at the time), Tate's friend hairstylist Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and heiress Abigail Folger.
Tate crime scene. Photograph credit toCielo Bulldoze.
Manson discussed working in the Tate house in his autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, citing a foreign occurrence that took place during the mixing of Portrait of an American Family unit.
"One strange thing that happened was we were mixing the song "Wrapped in Plastic". […] We were using a figurer because we had a lot of samples and sequencing. While we were working on that song the Charles Manson samples from "My Monkey" started appearing in the mix. All all of a sudden we'd hear in the song, 'Why does a child reach up and kill his mom and dad?' And we couldn't figure what was going on. The chorus of "Wrapped in Plastic" is, 'Come into our dwelling house/Won't you lot stay?' And we're in the Sharon Tate firm, only me and Sean Beavan [the record's assistant producer]. We totally got scared and we're similar, 'We are washed for the dark.' We came back the adjacent solar day and it was fine. The Charles Manson samples weren't fifty-fifty on the tape anymore. There's no existent logical or technological explanation for why they appeared. It was a truly supernatural moment that freaked me out." — Marilyn Manson discussing paranormal behavior during Portrait of an American Family's production. Long Hard Route Out of Hell, (pg 147.)
Marilyn Manson'south references to Charles Manson and The Beatles are also seen in the Portrait of an American Familysongs "My Monkey" and "Block and Sodomy."
Studio version of "My Monkey" from Portrait of an American Family.
The primeval formulation of "My Monkey" was released in 1990 on Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids' first cassette tape, The Beaver Meat Cleaver Crush. The song appeared in various incarnations on numerous releases by the Spooky Kids, including the Big Black Bus cassette tape in 1990, and the 1991 Lunchbox cassette record. Yet, Charles Manson was not credited on the track until the Chilling Kids' 1992 cassette record Alive as Hell. In the liner notes of the tape, Manson credited portions of "My Monkey" to The Beatles and Charles Manson stating, "All lyrics written by Marilyn Manson except "My Monkey" (portions stolen from The Beatles and Charles Manson)."
Liner notes from Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids' Live as Hell cassette tape. Photo credit to Discogs.
The lyrics, "I had a little monkey, I sent him to the country and I fed him on Gingerbread. Along came a choo-choo and knocked my monkey coo coo, and at present my monkey's dead", in "My Monkey", are originally from Charles Manson's song "Mechanical Human" off of his anthology LIE: The Love and Terror Cult released in 1970.
Charles Manson: "Mechanical Man." (Mind to the song at the click through link.)
Album comprehend of Lie: The Love and Terror Cult. Note that the cover is a parody of Charles Manson's infamous 1969 LIFE Mag cover.
Additionally, as discussed on The Nachtkabarett, "My Monkey" contains numerous samples of unlike quotes, (listed below), from Charles Manson'south 1985 interview with KALX.
"Why are the children doing what they're doing? Why does a child reach up and kill his mom and dad and murder his two fiddling sisters and then cut his pharynx?" @ 0:09
Raise upwardly children, kill your moms and dads?" @ 1:22 & 3:32
"(And they take you to Strawberry Fields) where nothing is real but the medication and the and then they cut their wrists and write 'I love you lot God' all over the walls and hang themselves on the ventilators." @ 4:nineteen
"Sanity is a niggling box."
"…make yous." @ 1:54
"…suspension you." @ i:v
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"Strawberry Fields" was likewise referenced during the Portrait of an American Family Tour. Manson introduced "My Monkey" with the lines "Let me take you down, 'cause I'one thousand going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, cypher to go hung nigh. Strawberry Fields forever." The intro is a further reference to The Beatles, as information technology was taken from the first of their vocal "Strawberry Fields Forever", off of their 1967 album Magical Mystery Bout. (Song sound bachelor at the above click through link.)
Cover artwork for the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour anthology.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" is likewise referenced in the lyrics of "My Monkey." The sample at the 4:19 mark of the song features Charles Manson maxim, "And they take y'all to Strawberry Fields, where nothing is real only the medication, and and so they cut their wrists and write 'I love you God' all over the walls and hang themselves on the ventilators." As previously discussed the sample is from Charles Manson'southward 1985 interview with KALX. Charles Manson'due south reference to "Strawberry Fields" is a clear nod to the Beatles. The Magical Mystery Tour album was seen by Manson and the Family unit as a prologue to the White Album and was part of Manson'due south "Helter Skelter" scenario. The inclusion of this sample in "My Monkey" is a further nod to Charles Manson and is a direct reference to "Helter Skelter."
Cover fine art for "Strawberry Fields Forever" unmarried released in 1967.
On a side note, it is also worth mentioning that the beginning of Marilyn Manson's vocal "The Beautiful People" comes from the song "Baby You lot're A Rich Human being" that is likewise on the Beatles'Magical Mystery Tour album. The song's refrain goes, "How does it feel to exist one of the beautiful people?", a phrase that is extremely familiar to Marilyn Manson fans and anyone else that has listened to Manson's song "The Beautiful People."
The Beatles' "Baby Yous're A Rich Human being" from The Magical Mystery Tour.
(Listen to the vocal at the click through link higher up.)
Encompass of the Beatles' "Baby Y'all're a Rich Man" single, (paired with the band'due south smash hit "All You Need Is Dearest), released in July 1967.
"Cake and Sodomy" also references Charles Manson. As discussed in Ed Sanders' 1989 novel The Family, Charles Manson called himself the "God of Fuck."
"A young redhead named Lynette Fromme joined Mary Brunner as addition number two to the inner circumvolve of ladies. She was picked up near the beach in Venice, California where Charlie coaxed her off a curbside every bit she was sitting, crying. Fable has it that she had just been thrown out of her father's pad in Redondo Beach post-obit a quarrel. She was initiated. "I am the god of fuck," she afterwards claimed he said afterward they beginning made out.'" -The Family, (pg 21)
"I am the god of fuck" is one of Marilyn Manson'due south most recognizable lines, and has been used countless times in the band'southward live performances, photograph shoots, and merchandise.
Forepart and back of Marilyn Manson's infamous "I am the god of Fuck" t-shirt from 1994. Photo credit to Grailed.
"Helter Skelter" was in the iconography of Marilyn Manson during the Portrait of an American Family era, as seen in the concert affiche below.
Concert poster featuring Sharon Tate with Charles Manson'due south optics from his 1969 LIFE Magazine cover. The express edition concert poster is from the September 24, 1994 show of Ix Inch Nails' Cocky Destruct Bout in Seattle, Washington by famed American graphic artist Frank Kozik. As discussed previously, Reznor and Manson recorded Portrait of an American family at 10050 Cielo Bulldoze, the location of the Tate murders.
Manson'due south nods to "Helter Skelter" and the LaBianca Tate murders are besides seen in the Antichrist Superstar era in limited edition posters from the Expressionless to the Earth tour.
Sharon Tate concert poster from December 3, 1996 bear witness of Dead to the Globe tour in Hamburg, Germany. Note that the Sigil of Baphomet is besides featured on the affiche, a farther connectedness to the Manson Family because Susan Atkins' involvement with the Church building of Satan. Poster designed by American graphic artist Frank Kozik
Charles Manson featured on the express edition concert affiche from the June 6, 1997 show of the Dead to the Globe tour in Dusseldorf, Germany. Affiche designed by American graphic creative person Frank Kozik.
The references to Charles Manson and "Helter Skelter" in Marilyn Manson's piece of work are also seen prominently in the anthologyHoly Forest (In the Shadow of the Valley of Decease.)
Uncensored album cover ofHoly Wood. Photograph past BAU.DA.
"Holy Wood is kinda our industrial White Album… The White Anthology had a lot of very subversive letters on it. Ones they intended and ones that may have been misinterpreted by Charles Manson. To my knowledge, information technology's the kickoff rock north' roll record that's been blamed and linked to violence. When y'all've got 'Helter Skelter' written in blood on someone's wall, it's a trivial more than damning than anything I've been blamed for. Holy Forest is a tribute to what that record did in history. It's very inspirational for me." - Marilyn Manson, NME, (2000)*
* It is worth noting that this interview was conducted on Baronial 8, 2000, the 31st anniversary of Tate murders.
The references to Charles Manson and The Beatles in Marilyn Manson's work are seen heavily throughout Holy Wood. Manson has discussed the connections between the end of 1969 with the LaBianca Tate murders, and the end of 1999 with the Columbine school shooting for which he was wrongfully blamed. The parallels between these two events, and the interwoven idea of music and art beingness blamed for violence that connects them is a main thematic influence throughout the record. The album's full championship, Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), can be seen in role a reference to Charles Manson and the Manson Family. Charles Manson and his followers' had a base at Barker Ranch in Goler Wash, near Death Valley, CA. As discussed in part i of this analysis, Barker Ranch is where the thought of "Helter Skelter" was born and came into total fruition. The inclusion of the "Valley of Decease" in the album's title can be seen as a nod to this, too equally being a reference to the process of recording Holy Woods, part of which took place in the desert of Death Valley.
Manson in the studio during the recording of Holy Forest. Photo credit to EQ Magazine.
Equally discovered on The Nachtkabarett, a map of Decease Valley was also featured on thelambofgod.com, the sis site to Manson's official website.
"The third image, a map of Death Valley was found linked from the Lamb's right eye… This section of the site acts to represent one of the most prevalent elements in Holy Wood, the theme of the end of the Sixties mirrored the plough of the Millennium; from Columbine paralleling the Manson Murders and the respective media witchhunts that ensued afterwards both. Just every bit the papers ran the headlines, "Nixon Says Manson Is Guilty" in 1970, the papers ran the same "Manson Is Guilty" headline in 1999 and 2000, if not literally information technology was at least an undoubted insinuation, in regards to another Manson. The Death Valley theme and imagery stems from in part identifying with the plight of Charles Manson and his Family, who were 'going to WAR' against Hollywood and the world they felt was evil, the actions of which, whether or not they were right or wrong, parallels in many respects with some other Manson'due south struggle confronting the America that has attempted both the muzzle and destroy them… In theory and in theme Marilyn Manson became the Manson Family unit and waged their WAR confronting the earth that had beaten them down after the media witch chase after Columbine, but instead of using the futility of murder to wage their WAR Manson put the scathing counteraction into the imagery and music to fight back…" - The Nachtkabarett.
Manson also referenced the LaBianca crime scene in his iconography during Holy Woods. As originally discussed on The Nachtkabarett, Manson paid homage to the LaBianca crime scene in his advent in Eminem's music video for "The Way I Am." Released post-Columbine, Eminem defended Manson from the media onslaught in the vocal with the lyrics, "When a dude'south gettin bullied and shoots up his school and they blame information technology on Marilyn (on Marilyn).. and the heroin Where were the parents at? And look where it's at Center America, at present information technology's a tragedy…" Marilyn Manson's reference to the LaBianca crime scene in the music video is a representation of the parallels between Helter Skelter/the Manson Family murders and the media onslaught following Columbine that he went to war confronting, a theme that he discussed prevalently throughout theHoly Forest era.
Leno LaBianca'southward body at the LaBianca criminal offense scene.
Marilyn Manson with Eminem on ready of the music video of "The Manner I Am" in 2000.
Manson also covered Charles Manson'south song "Sick City" during the Holy Wood era. The cover, released on February 14, 2000, was posted on Manson's official website equally a Valentine'southward Day gift to fans. Charles Manson's song "Ill City" was released on the album LIE: The Love and Terror Cult on March half dozen, 1970. Coincidentally, that engagement as well marked a pivotal moment in the LaBianca Tate trial, every bit it was the twenty-four hour period that the decision to allow Charles Manson to defend himself in the LaBianca Tate trial was revoked by the court.
Marilyn Manson'due south encompass of "Sick City."
While Marilyn Manson'due south cover of "Sick City" never received an official release, the song recently fabricated a resurgence in November 2017. Following the passing of Charles Manson on November 19, 2017, Marilyn Manson tweeted a link to a YouTube video of his comprehend of "Sick City", with a image parodying the cover of Charles Manson'due south album Prevarication: The Honey and Terror Cultthat the original song is on.
Marilyn Manson's Twitter post following Charles Manson's passing on November 19, 2017.
When asked why he had posted the vocal past an interviewer in December 2017, Manson stated, "It was a reminder that he also was a musician in the starting time, and I liked the song. Past no way was information technology me trying to say that I'chiliad either happy or sad. Now I'm just the only Manson left…" - Marilyn Manson, (Channel iv interview), December 2017.
Marilyn Manson'due south nod to Charles Manson's career as a musician can be seen as a reflection of the roots of the creation of Marilyn Manson. The thought of the combination of extreme opposites and dichotomies, and the beingness of both good and evil in everything is a theme that has been nowadays in Manson's work since the start. This theme is besides seen explicitly in Manson's "DEATH" magazine comprehend during the Celebritarian era.
"It goes back to the idea of why I created the name of Marilyn Manson, "You put them on the same level, Marilyn Monroe on the encompass of LIFE Magazine, Charles Manson on the embrace of LIFE Mag. I call back that has non changed at all in American culture. " - Marilyn Manson, Channel 4 Interview, December 2017.
Equally discussed on The Nachtkabarett, Marilyn Manson referenced Charles Manson, (and Marilyn Monroe's) infamous LIFE Magazine covers with his "DEATH" magazine cover during the Celebritarian era.
Manson's "DEATH Mag" cover from his "Phantasmagoric" site intro circa 2006. Discovery, original assay, and photo credit toThe Nachtkabarett. Original photo by Perou.
Charles Manson's infamous 1969 LIFE Magazine cover. As discussed throughout this article, the cover has been referenced extensively throughout Marilyn Manson's career.
Charles Manson's LIFE Magazine cover came out on December 19 1969, shortly afterwards the apprehension of Family members Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian for the LaBianca Tate murders. The encompass marked one of the pivotal moments of media attention and sensationalism that consecrated Charles Manson as a "celebrity." As discussed on The Nachtkabarett, Celebritarianism is a reflection of this media sensationalism and of the cultural mural that places a effigy like Charles Manson on the same level as someone like Marilyn Monroe.
"The concept of Celebritarianism is directly applicable (to LIFE Magazine), as all three (Charles Manson, John F Kennedy, and Marilyn Monroe), were turned into martyrs of sorts. Monroe and Manson represented ii of the largest icons of the 1960'south, and in the example of Monroe and JFK, their fame was widely increased and perpetuated by the circumstances of their death (while Manson'southward was perpetuated past the expiry he caused to others). Thus the initial concept of Celebritarianism was born: the devouring of celebrities, the juxtaposition of popularity and recognition onto death, and conversely, being unknown or 'nobodies' while alive. The dead, regardless of their LIFE, are recognized, idolized, and worshiped upon their Death, and are after (and humorously) martyred and placed onto magazine covers such as LIFE. " - The Nachtkabarett.
Equally first discussed on The Nachtkabarett,The Celebritarian logo besides references Charles Manson and "Helter Skelter." The placement of the Star of Babalon in the middle of Manson's forehead is a nod to Charles Manson and the swastika tattoo he had in the same location. Charles Manson'south tattoo originally started every bit an "X" that he carved into his caput daily during the LaBianca Tate trials to stand for how he had been "10'd" out of society. In vein with the thought of rising confronting the institution through "Helter Skelter", Manson's tattoo was meant to be a sign of rebellion against the "Pigs" who were prosecuting him.
The original Celebritarian logo. Original analysis and photo credit toThe Nachtkabarett.
References to Charles Manson and "Helter Skelter" in the imagery of Marilyn Manson are as well seen in the iconography from the Eat Me Drinkable Me era. A handful of the limited edition show posters for the 2008 Rape Of The Globe Tour featured imagery of Sharon Tate and of Charles Manson.
Sharon Tate on the express edition affiche for the January 24, 2008 bear witness of the Rape of the Earth Bout in Baltimore, Maryland. Note that Sharon Tate was built-in on January 24, 1943, and would have historic her 65th birthday the day of the bear witness. Discovery and photo credit to The Nachtkabarett.
Charles Manson on the express edition poster for the February 12, 2008 bear witness of the Rape of the Globe Tour in Denver, Colorado. Note that Denver, Colorado is near where the Columbine High School shootings happened, creating a farther connection between Charles Manson going to war with the establishment in 1969, and Marilyn Manson going to war with the media after Columbine. Discovery and photograph credit to The Nachtkabarett.
Sharon Tate on the limited edition poster for the Feb 22, 2008 testify of the Rape of the Earth Tour in Los Angeles, CA. The testify occurred at the Wiltern Theatre, a venue that is non far from the restaurant El Coyote that Sharon Tate had dinner at the nighttime that she was murdered. Discovery and photo credit to The Nachtkabarett.
Charles Manson on the limited edition poster for the Feb 23, 2008 show of the Rape of the World Tour in Los Angeles, CA. Discovery and photo credit to The Nachtkabarett.
Charles Manson is also seen in the iconography of Marilyn Manson during The High End of Low era. Manson'southward 2009 website loading screen utilized an image of Marilyn Monroe eyes above those of Charles Manson. The paradigm is an accommodation of Marilyn Manson's first logo, (the Eyes logo), from the days of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids.
Loading screen on Marilyn Manson's official website during The Loftier End of Low Era circa 2009. The image is reminiscent of the first official logo of the band, the infamous "Eyes" logo. Discovery, original assay, and photograph credit to The Nachtkabarett.
The conceptual framework of Built-in Villain also relates to Charles Manson and "Helter Skelter." In his March 2012 interview with Revolver, Marilyn Manson stated that the album "goes dorsum to Charles Manson and Marilyn Monroe."Born Villain relates to the concept of nature vs. nurture with the idea of someone beingness born a villain (nature), vs. villains being created by society (nurture.) While some believe that Charles Manson was simply built-in evil, it can easily be argued that he was a product of the institutions of mass incarceration that he grew up in, thus serving as a perfect representation of the question that Born Villain presents.
"Interviewer: Where did the title Born Villain come up from?
Marilyn Manson: Built-in Villain was non my original idea for the title… Born Villain started with me saying to someone, "Admirer adopt blondes… but I'm a villain." And villains take always been, for me, the most interesting and captivating and exciting - my favorite characters in any book or film.
Interviewer: What near existent-life villains?
Marilyn Manson: Non necessarily in existent life, although at the same time information technology does go back to Charles Manson and Marilyn Monroe, people that live on the edge, people that are dangerous, people who are outlaws…" - Revolver, March 2013
On a side note, it is also worth mentioning that Charles Manson actually wrote Marilyn Manson a letter from prison that came to the media's attention during the Born Villain era. Discovered in September of 2012, the alphabetic character has never been publicly acknowledged by Marilyn Manson, nor has the actual appointment it was sent ever been released.
Alphabetic character Charles Manson sent Marilyn Manson from prison. Photo credit to The Hollywood Reporter.
Charles Manson also made an appearance in the iconography of Marilyn Manson duringThe Pale Emperor erain the concert poster seen below.
Charles Manson morphed with Marilyn Monroe on the limited edition concert affiche from the January 21, 2015 show of the The Hell Not Hallelujah tour at The Fillmore in Silvery Spring, Maryland. The imagery of Monroe and Manson as 1 is a farther representation of the theme of extreme opposites and dichotomies that the idea of "Marilyn Manson" is comprised from.
The references to Charles Manson in Marilyn Manson's work tin also be seen currently in the Heaven Upside Downward era. In addition to "Revelation 12″, and Manson's recent re-sharing of his "Sick City" comprehend, Manson'southward 2017 Killstar wearable collection has brought back the previously discussed "Eyes" logo and the use of the phrase "I am the god of Fuck" from the early days of the band.
Killstar X Marilyn Manson Collection "Obey Me" pillowcases. Note the return of the "Eyes" logo between the two pillowcases.
Killstar 10 Marilyn Manson Collection "This is Your World" Long Sleeve t-shirt. Note the return of the "Eyes" logo as utilized in the band's early "Acid is Corking/Kill the Pigs" t-shirt.
Killstar X Marilyn Manson Collection "Look into My Eyes" tunic. Note the return of the "Eyes" logo equally utilized in the band'southward early "Acrid is Groovy/Kill the Pigs" t-shirt.
Killstar 10 Marilyn Manson Drove "American Conspiracy" raglan top. Note the return of the "Eyes" logo as utilized in the band'south early "Acid is Groovy/Kill the Pigs" t-shirt.
Killstar X Marilyn Manson Drove "Beware of God" bralette top. Note the return of "I am the god of Fuck", equally utilized in the ring'due south early "God of Fuck" t-shirt.
Killstar X Marilyn Manson Collection "God of Fuck" panty. Note the return of "I am the god of Fuck", as utilized in the band'south early "God of Fuck" t-shirt.
Killstar X Marilyn Manson collection "God of Fuck" boxers. Note the return of "I am the god of Fuck" on the waistband, equally utilized in the band's early "God of Fuck" t-shirt.
The re-emergence of the "Eyes" logo and the "I am the god of Fuck" design in Manson's 2017 Killstar collection is another case of Manson returning to his roots that is seen even farther with his cover of "Helter Skelter." Marilyn Manson has referenced Charles Manson throughout the entirety of his work, and his "Helter Skelter" cover is another illustration of the references, themes, and allusions that he has utilized and hearkened back to since the beginning of his career. Manson has continued his exploration and commentary on American civilisation and order since the conception of the idea of "Marilyn Manson", and his "Helter Skelter" comprehend is a total circumvolve moment that reflects the interconnectedness that is found in the macrocosm of his artistry.
"I want to make a point of saying that many Charles Manson references are our references to his strange-yet-genius gray matter. I'm bringing his strange thinking into the existent earth. And sometimes it's neither a tribute nor a criticism; it's only putting it dorsum where it belongs."- Marilyn Manson (Art That Kills, Nov 2007)
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Function 1 of Our Two Part Assay of Manson'southward Cover of "Helter Skelter":
Parts 1, 2, & three of Our 3 Part Analysis on Manson's June 2018 Kerrang!Cover:
Manson's June 2018 Kerrang! Encompass Analysis Office i:
Manson'southward June 2018 Kerrang! Cover Analysis Part 2:
Manson's June 2018 Kerrang! Cover Analysis Part iii:
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