Chords for Marilyn Manson Biography: Life and Career of the Antichrist Superstar

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ Welcome to [N] WatchMojo.com and today we're taking a look at the life and career of Marilyn Manson.
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ Brian [C] Hugh Warner was born [Gbm] January 5th, [E] 1969 in Canton, Ohio.
[C] His difficult youth was [E]
impacted by the disconnection he felt from his family's religious background
and [A] the unusual sexual [N] fetishes his grandfather observed.
After his high school graduation, Warner's family relocated to Florida
where he studied journalism at a community college and wrote music pieces for a local magazine.
During this time, Warner assumed the moniker Marilyn Manson
by combining the name of starlet Marilyn Monroe with that of murderer Charles [Bm] Manson.
He also [A] formed the band Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids with several musicians. _ _
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_ _ They made a [A] name for themselves in their hometown
[Gbm] thanks to local radio support and shocking theatrical stage shows.
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[C] The band soon [E] signed to the label of Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor
[Gb] with whom they later went on the road.
[C] Their alternative [B] metal debut, [Gb] Portrait of an [Db] American Family,
[Ebm] dropped in _ 1994 [Gb] under the name [E] Marilyn Manson. _
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_ _ _ _ The ensuing tour attracted much attention.
[G] Manson received the title of Reverend from the Church of Satan
[D] while the band's music and performances [Em] ignited criticism from religious organizations.
Marilyn [E] Manson's popularity exploded in [G] 1995.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] The remix [G] EP Smells Like [Cm] Children charted within the Billboard 200 Top 40
[Ab] and the music video for [Gm] their Eurythmics cover [Cm] became an MTV staple. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ However, [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ the band achieved even more [G] success with the first of [C] their concept album trilogy,
_ _ [Ab] 1996's Antichrist [Eb] Superstars.
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_ [Eb] Despite violent lyrics [Bb] and imagery,
[G] the rock opera reached Billboard's third position thanks [Eb] to The Beautiful _ _ [Abm] People. _ _ _
[Dm] _ The band brought the moody record to life
with explicit theatrics via the [G] widely protested Dead [D] to the World tour.
Manson and his band continued experimenting through the 90s by using [Eb] drugs
and by testing costumes and musical styles.
As [A] their popularity grew, so [F] did the controversy [Ab] surrounding them.
Manson capitalized on this [Dm] attention by gracing the cover [Ab] of Rolling [Dm] Stone
[Abm] and by releasing an [Am] autobiography
which included [N] details about the band's many lineup changes.
[A] Following an appearance in Lost Highway,
Manson came out with the glam rock Mechanical [Gb] Animals. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [B] _ [Gb] That concept album bested its predecessor's performance by [B] topping Billboard
[A] and by spawning a [E] Grammy-nominated single. _ _
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[C] _ _ Despite the band's mainstream [E] success,
the subsequent tour was interrupted by [G] the Columbine High School shootings in 1999.
[D] The media blamed aggressive songs for this [C] tragedy
and specifically singled out Manson for [Em] his influence.
Manson responded to the charges multiple times.
In [C] 2000, he attacked media and American culture on [B] Hollywood
in the shadow of the Valley of Death.
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[B] _ injustice
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_ [D] _ so _ [B] bad _
_ _ [A] _ they'll scar your [E]
mind
[G] Though that [A] industrial metal effort sold much slower than the other discs in his three-part series.
Two years later, he [Gb] addressed [E] the issue again in Michael Moore's [A] Bowling for Columbines.
If you were to talk [Fm] directly to the kids at Columbine
and the people in that community, what would [Gb] you say to them if they were here right [G] now?
I wouldn't say a single word to them.
[D] I would [Bb] listen to what they have to say, and that's what [E] no one did.
His efforts did little to dissuade critics,
and his reportedly inappropriate behavior also got his name in the news.
Musically, he was back at the top of the charts with _ 2003's The Golden Age of Grotesque.
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_ _ _ [A] _ [E] The [Dm] industrial disc was [E] followed by the Top 10 Greatest Hits compilation,
[D] Lest We Forget, [G] The Best Of.
[A] In 2007, the gothic rock album Eat Me Drink Me reached the [C] Billboard Top 10,
and its first [A] single was accompanied by a sexually [C] charged music [Am] video. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [Am] Two years later, the band went back to glam rock on the Top 5 record The High [G] End of Low.
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[A] In _ _ [G] _ 2012, [Gb] Born Villain was unveiled via [B] Cooking Vinyl Records and Manson's label Hell Etc.
[E] Records. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] The album was promoted by a tour, and was preceded by the [G] release of a Shia LaBeouf-directed short film.
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Aside from his own music, Manson has collaborated with several artists, both as a musician and as a producer.
He also [G] contributed to several [Gb] soundtracks and made numerous movie [E] appearances.
Manson's romantic relationships have also received attention,
including his links to Rose McGowan, Dita Von Teese, and Evan Rachel Wood.
Thanks to his dark lyrics, graphic performances, [G] and outspoken nature,
Marilyn [Gb] Manson's career has been steeped [B] in controversy.
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[G] However, _ [Gb] the artist has also achieved success by [E] pushing political, religious, and social boundaries.
[G] While he may or may not be the Antichrist [Gb] superstar, Manson's music has proved [E] to be hauntingly relevant. _
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_ They were the two most memorable people from the 60s.
I thought it was interesting that things like talk shows put them on the same kind of celebrity status.
And I thought that _ dichotomy of positive and negative, putting those two names together, _
_ represented what I had to say and what I was about.
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