How was it that you got to know MM Music?

[HardBoy359]

My story is kinda ridiculous actually, but it tough me to never say never.

So I was a little kid in 5th grade (it was like 2001/2002 I think) ad this wierdo of my class liked marilyn manson but he also believed that MM killed his guitarist on stage and that he had an eye removed and all of that crap, I liked the idea behind that MM lol and I was just a little kid with a big mind inside my tiny body, victim of booling and blablablabla

Then in my 6th grade summer vacation in my grandmother's house I saw Personal Jesus on TV! That was, I can't quite describe it, it was a rush you know, in that moment I knew that someone in this world could in fact understand me and that I could be what I am cause if he can then I can 2, but I wasn't really that wise in that time so, it kinda gone away with my parents always moving from house to house and booling again etc.

But 3 years ago, 2007, I began liking System of a Down, and then I saw myself become different, becoming who I really was, I was still discriminated but now I made a stand and I stopped trying to fit in, then came korn, I saw the unplugged and it became like a drug, that was when music really became a big part of my life and who I am, and I said "Ok, I can like alternative music but I wont listen to Marilyn Manson that's when I stop" WTF WAS I THINKING??? I was afraid, cause I didn't knew who I was, I was afraid of myself, in that time I didn't really live with myself t always felt like I'm a stranger to myself, but then the discrimination got worse and a lot of personal issues and love and hate and decisions that I regretted and guilt and then I saw the cover of "Eat me, Drink me" and I read the title of the album and I just arrived home, went to youtube, saw personal jesus again, then sweet dreams, beautiful people, and I saw man that you fear, I cried when I saw that music video... that was when it all began! Marilyn Manson became my drug, after a while I start cutting myself (not related to MM music I'll explain), and then I just listen to Antichrist Superstar album, all of it, and I began to accept myself and a lot of other things and I can't quite comprehend, I began to listen to all of his albuns andeverything, what I know is that if MM music didn't exist and korn and slipknot, I would have killed myself, so here I would like to thank marilyn manson cause his music saved my life. I still don't really know who I am or who I'm not but I'm not freaking out and cutting myself and I don't want to die anymore, I want to live forever so I can figure this out

What's your story?

[Joker]

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[ShelfLife]

This is a good thread, but might i suggest to the Mods that it be moved to the General Manson Discussion board? :)

For my part, I was at regular weekly ice-skating (our school program had various off-campus sports, and I always picked ice-skating), and two girls who were friends-who-made-my-life-hell called me over and shoved a headphone in my ear. It was "This is the New Shit," and I loved it. I was listening to Linkin Park a lot those days, and I had an idea of who Manson was, but I loved the industrial sound of this song, this chant of words and the speed of it.

I went home to download the mp3, and instead I downloaded the videoclip, so I had no chance to scare myself away from seeing videos of him. I was enchanted by the way he moved on stage, this intensely powerful demon of a man with legs that looked too long and lips too big, and this cool confidence about him. I downloaded the first few songs I could find, ("Beautiful People", "Sweet Dreams", and others I can't remember) and listened to them alongside my Linkin Park and popular music I was trying to convince myself to like.

Eventually, all my friends and I got into Manson, and he became our patron saint. We exchanged mix-CD's that were mostly his songs, we gave each other posters of him for birthday presents, and I fell in love with a boy in the group who had Manson's autobiography and flirted with wearing make-up and modelled himself on Manson.

To this day, no matter how many friends and habits I've out-grown, Manson is my first love and always will be. I was about 14 at the time I first heard the song, desperate for a way to assert myself, and Manson was it. I realise now that everything about me sex-related stems from Manson and his music. Most of all, as much as I would love to have Manson for my own, more than that, I want to be Manson. I want to be too tall and wear boots that make me taller, I want to wear make-up and piss people off with it, I want to spit on people and have them beg for more, I want to be aggressive and afraid of nothing.

Instead, I am a little girl (who might still be too tall) who is rarely aggressive and not particularly good at making myself stand out from the crowd (I'd rather slip through the crowd unnoticed). But I still listen to Manson and I still imagine I could be him. :)

[HardBoy359]

portugal is a sad country I must be like the only one who likes manson in a 30 kilometer radius, so I'm the wierdo, people claim that I stole 10 euros from a kid cause he went to the supermarket with me once and he lost 10 euros, I didn't even knew he had money on him, they do this just cause I dress black, cause they don't know me, if they knew I bet they would hate me more lol cause I think gay marriege is cool and other things

I hate portugal and his people and that's why I'm going to london lol

[The Empirical Guy]

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[Cringeon]

I lived in South Florida - he was everywhere by the time they got signed. I didn't really become a fan though until a friend at the church my family use to attend, made me a cassette copy of Smells Like Children. It was all down hill from there hahaha. Can't believe it's been 15yrs already.

[Norsefire]

After a small clip of the mobscene video I watched these two performances on TV, and that was it, completely hooked.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSWgCPpS9g


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OFaT2_6Axk

[Sputnik]

My mum, 7 am, This is the new shit full blast on the radio, using it as an alarm clock.
I was around 11, and that was the first time I've found out about the excistence of Marilyn Manson.
Aaaaand... I fucking Hated it.
The following few days passed with the CD playing in the car over and over, and on about the 3rd day I got used to the voice and fairly enjoyed it, but that was the last time I heard it as the cd mysteriously dissappeared, only to be found in a closet years later. We had no computer at home, so I never got to find out more about the mysteriouse band and singer.
Then around the time during the EMDM tours, I somehow stumbled across The dope show on youtube, and clicked it recognising the familiar band... That's when I found the CD, got hooked, bought Mechanical Animals and my liking for the band is strong till this day. :]

[Dronepool]

While I already liked Dope Show and I remember seeing the band at the VMA's and being interested in seeing his videos because they're interesting. And I liked his part on that one DMX song. I wasn't a "fan" until 2000. I remember reading about Holy Wood in some magazine in the summer of 2000. I'm sure I had some mp3's by then thanks to 28K modems and Napster. Then my old friend showed me and let me borrow God Is On The TV and then Mechanical Animals around late September and the rest is history. During that time, I traded 2 albums for PoaAF and SLC.

I actually remember having a CHANCE to go see them live during the Holy Wood tour, but I epically failed and didn't because I had no money/I was ignorant of concert atmospheres. So that same month I bought a bootleg Holy Wood for 5 bucks about a week after it came out. I watched the band live on MTV during NYE. A couple of months later when I got a job, I eventually bought all the other albums... ect

[Jakob Synn]

My brother, he got ACS when it came out and played it so much that I was around it so much that I heard it so well. Even though I had already liked him and listened to the bands music here and there it was seeing them perform at the VMA's that cemented me as a fan. And I haven't looked b ack since.

And Drone, let me say that even if you know nobody who's a fan you should still go. I didn't know anyone who wanted to go to see Manson when he came for the GGG tour in January in 2001 but I went by myself and it's one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I mean, I know you probably know you probably know this now with age, but I realized years ago it's not worth it to worry about if people can come with you to a concert you should just go because A.) it'll be awesome seeing a band you love and B.) You'll meet people who are into the band.

[M Tragedy666]

I came from a strict christian upbringing where music other than gospel, John Denver, The Carpentars, and Peter Paul and Mary was basically forbidden. It was weird, and I rebelled. Although as a side note i'd like to just through in there that I never really considered myself rebelling. I really have always been this way and had a fascination with the darker side of things all my life. From picking out the ugliest monster action figure as a kid, to trying to watch any scary horror movie...I really was just drawn to it.

The day came when a friend introduced me to Rob Zombie and I fell in love with it. As crazy as it may seem, I didnt know music could do this and sound like this. Try to put yourself in that perspective...not knowing any music that wasnt religious...oh yeah, and then whatever you heard at school because all the kids listened to rap. And then finding Hellbilly Deluxe? I was in heaven!...eh.er...Hell.

Anyway, I knew I needed to find more shit like this and I asked some of the kids at school who hated me, but seemed to know shit about the media and pop culture. (I never had cable or any real way of finding out about anything) And this one guy who always made fun of me just told me that Rob Zombie was bad enough, but if I ever started listening to Ozzy or Marilyn Manson, I would be a real "weirdo" ..which was his quote. Intrigued, I asked why? His response: Ozzy bit the head off a bat and Manson actually had his own ribs taken out so he could suck his own dick. I was sold. I went to the store...later that evening I think...And bought Antichrist Superstar, Holywood, Bark at the Moon, Diary of a Madman, and The Ultimate Sin. To this day, in no particular order, my top 3 bands still remain: Manson, Zombie, Ozzy.

After maturity and intelligence set in, I found many things in common with Manson and started appreciating the music on a deeper level. I started analyzing his lyrics and it really improved my life drastically. I can honestly say that Manson was probably my best teacher ever.

[Dronepool]

And Drone, let me say that even if you know nobody who's a fan you should still go. I didn't know anyone who wanted to go to see Manson when he came for the GGG tour in January in 2001 but I went by myself and it's one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I mean, I know you probably know you probably know this now with age, but I realized years ago it's not worth it to worry about if people can come with you to a concert you should just go because A.) it'll be awesome seeing a band you love and B.) You'll meet people who are into the band.

Well yeah, if it's not far I'd go alone- but I was younger (16) and thought the whole place would be a crazy moshpit (my first concert was 2 years later when I got free Korn tickets) without any "safespots" and I had no money at all around the time. I use to make 5 bucks last me a week when I went to high school. But yeah, as long as it it's in my city, I'd go to a show alone- but probably not out of state.

[Jakob Synn]

Well yeah, if it's not far I'd go alone- but I was younger (16) and thought the whole place would be a crazy moshpit (my first concert was 2 years later when I got free Korn tickets) without any "safespots" and I had no money at all around the time. I use to make 5 bucks last me a week when I went to high school. But yeah, as long as it it's in my city, I'd go to a show alone- but probably not out of state.

I'm sure if it was a certain band only playing somewhere out of state you'd probably go alone, but anyways I totally understand what you're saying. I remember waiting in line for an autograph signing by Garbage and nobody I knew liked them so I went alone and met some great people in line. You always meet great people standing in line for a concert or at a concert.

I remember the first 5 or so big shows I attended I met some really hot chicks and cool people. I mean, you've all got something in common so there's something to start with.

By the by, are you going to Rammstein or at least trying?

[Dronepool]

I think the only band I'd travel for is Manson. But then again depending on a bus while going to a show sucks because they usually drop you off at a bus stop and getting to the actual place is a pain in the ass without a car. Not to mention making it to the bus in time so you don't get stranded.

And about Rammstein- I was thinking about going if my friend goes but he might be away, he said he'll see. And maybe he can get us in for free because this girl he's recording her album and she knows people like that, but I'm also not a big Rammstein fan- I like the first 3 albums but I was never crazy about the band. I do sort of want to go but with Comic Con next week and needing new boots and a wanting a few videogames in October- I'm sorta tight on cash to spend 80 bucks on them- plus they can't use pyro in MSG :-\

[Jakob Synn]

I think the only band I'd travel for is Manson. But then again depending on a bus while going to a show sucks because they usually drop you off at a bus stop and getting to the actual place is a pain in the ass without a car. Not to mention making it to the bus in time so you don't get stranded.

And about Rammstein- I was thinking about going if my friend goes but he might be away, he said he'll see. And maybe he can get us in for free because this girl he's recording her album and she knows people like that, but I'm also not a big Rammstein fan- I like the first 3 albums but I was never crazy about the band. I do sort of want to go but with Comic Con next week and needing new boots and a wanting a few videogames in October- I'm sorta tight on cash to spend 80 bucks on them- plus they can't use pyro in MSG :-\

I travelled for Manson for the last time I saw him and it was a bummer. The show was great, but the people at the show where lame and then my best friend ditched me so I just ended up going back to my hotel and drinking while the bar I was suppose to go to with my "best friend" was the same bar that Twiggy, Vrenna and Andy went to. Twiggy also did karaoke but I was depressed because my good friend ditched me for her new lesbo lover. I'll never forgive her for that, though I did meet Care from Die Mannequin that night, so it wasn't a total loss.

I'm advising you, even though you don't really like Rammstein to just go because this might be the only time they play North America in a long time and it will be a great experiene. They put on a great show no matter if you're a fan or not. And I'm hoping to go to Comic-Con in San Diego next year but I don't think it will happen now. I think single day tickets go on sale soon and I'm sure they'll sell out soon, but if they don't, I might by some tickets in November.

I was tempted to go see Rammstein in Montreal earlier this year but it was a festival but I don't want to see them at a festival because their show is limited so hopefully this show at MSG goes well to warrant them a full North American tour because I will travel for these guys no matter what.

Manson needs to tour with Rammstein. That would be the ultimate gig.

[Mexicanfiend]

I met the band at age 11, when I saw the Sweet Dreams video and Antichrist Superstar was about to come out. I got hooked ever since.

[Doppelgänger]

easy, all the other bands on the radio sucked ten years back, MM had some attitude.

[Emma]

I was 20 (in 1997) and at a Low - my own High End of Low I suppose. Everything else around me was srewing up, I was spiralling downwards and in the middle of this hot summer, when I was at a darker point, a voice came from the airwaves and that voice was Manson's. The Beautiful People was the first song I heard and I knew at that moment I had found an artist that for the first time in a long time, out of the vapidness of pop and weak artists and bands, that was special.

Over time and over the years, my relationship with Manson's music has evolved ever as much as he has. I am a very different person in many ways from the person I was 13 years ago, but at the same time, Manson's music never fails to have a voice for my mood so to speak.

He is not just an artist I like because I like the sound, he is interesting, fascinating, intellectually a turn on and like an ever expanding box - I get him and he still surprises us.

I admit I don;t always agree with him as a person, but I have never felt as a fan I have to - I am sure he doesn't want a lap dog or blind devotion, but at the same time even when I hven;t agreed, I have never thought of stepping away - after all, his voice and music were there for me at a time when I needed that rebellion and violent middle finger, and I will not step away myself. Seeing him, hearing him - that tingle at the back of the neck as a curtain rises - still gets me. His vulnerability as a human being, his fallability also make him whole imo - so for all I may not agree with him on - and it's not much to be fair - for the things he has done in his life, those are the things that make him Manson - and it is that, that open wound he often shows that draws me to him too. How many others wear their heart so clearly on their sleeves?!

[love_lolita]

In 3rd grade, i found an unopened copy of ACSS in my garage. Wasn't sure whose it was, so i kept it in my pillowcase, so that no one knew that i "stole" it, or had something so "scary". I listened to it whenever i was home alone, after school, whenever i could. And it just kinda grew from there. I met friends who burnt me other cds, until high school when i met James. He helped me get ahold of DVD's, bootleg concerts, and completed my album collection. He made me go from being a fan to being obsessed. WE always talked about Manson, and Manson kinda fueled our relationship. And I saw Manson for the first time during Mayhem Fest 09, which was our first date! Now i'm obviously still obsessed with Manson and what he has done.


The End.

[cyborg assassin]

I slowly became a big fan of NIN after hearing the soundtrack Trent did for the Quake video game in 1997 (12 at the time), and because of the links between Reznor and Manson, became interested in Manson's music. I didn't know what to make of the band's image and notoriety at the time, but the music was energetic and aggressive, so I liked it.

[Jdrive]

About 15, only just heard some alternative stuff hidden in the top 50 (Prodigy - Breathe, 2Pac California Love etc), borrowed the Crow soundtrack off someone didn't think much of it at the time (if only I knew then what I know now huh!) friend gave me a cassette to tape the crow onto. Tape had a mix of ACS and POAFF on it. I listened to it first, never gave it back. Taped over some other shit I had lying around. I asked who it was and was told Marilyn Manson, I had no idea who he was or what he looked like etc at the time and though wow that chick has a wierd voice! (I was a tad naive at the time lol), even after seeing POAFF artwork I had to go uhh, thats a dude right? Right?

The tracklist on the cd was written in a way so that I thought the first song was called Irresponsible Hate, and The Beautiful People was called The Marilyn Manson Anthem. Which sounded right, it was pretty anthemy lol. Figured it out eventually after a few more listens and confused looks from my friend who gave me the tape to begin with. Was a big collecter for a few years back when it was actually hard to obtain stuff haha, I had a wicked collection at the time. Now I can just d/l it all, well I had fun at the time. Still have some rarely traded VHS stuff that I haven't found online. I haven't really listened to THEOL unfortunately, although I did think EMDM was alright (Big fan of Golden Age/MA). I used to love my shirt with the shock symbol on the back and manson holding the slammie on the front. I feel a bit silly wearing it now though (25 and a parent, ahhh where does the time go heh) I think Mrs. Jdrive snuck it into a donate/garbage pile recently.

All my friends that used to be huge MM fans aren't fans anymore actually, not sure if EMDM and THEOL "speak" to the younger generation of today, but I guess we're all just attuned to the POAFF-Holy Wood period. The last time I saw MM live (to previous posters, go alone, I flew interstate to go to a music festival alone once when I was 16 or something, totally worth it) I went with aforementioned friends, and they came out really disappointed.. I was expecting a "hits" package because thats all he ever plays now days, but I guess they were hoping for more alternative songs.

Enough ranting from me - peace.

[ThreeEyedGod]

My friends big brother had a copy of the Lunchbox single I believe it was: the one where he is nude in the booklet with cunt written on his chest. That always fascinated when I went in his room. One day he played the Portrait album and it grew and grew from there. This guy is also the only person I know that received the original Manson Family newsletter.

[RevManz]

I was into dark/gothic stuff back then.

I first saw him on Celebrity Deathmatch, and thought he looked cool enough in 2006, wondering who he was. Bizarre, however. I then looked up him on Wikipedia, and liked the spookiness of the whole band and its lead singer, sometime in early November 2007. However, I still thought the band was extremely satanic (even remember the time when my dad said to my brother, Manson was a Satanist in Winter 2006). Then a bit later on, I saw this music video on the now defunct Dish Network TV channel, IMF:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHtbQth474&ob=av3e

I was hooked since then. <3

[Method Man]

2001 I think it was. My friends sister was really in to him which rubbed off on my friend and me. First song I heard was probably Beautiful People.

[spaceSuicide]

Video games, commercials, radio and internet.

His autiobiography was what really got me into the swing of things.

Random, typical sources. Nothing in particular.

[adamchabbi6]

I didnt know Manson until I was about 13, which was back in 2005 and I saw one guy that used to be in my high school with some manson patches. I was curious to find out who Manson was, I later started seeing his Tainted Love music video on MTV a couple of times, which I really liked. Afterwards, I started loving the sound in his music and the imagery in how he creatively changes, when I kept watching loads more of his music videos, e.g. the beautiful people and sweet dreams, that later made me become a fan of his.

[AppleMan]

2004, a kid wore a Marilyn Manson shirt in P.E. I didnt know who it w3as so i looked him up on google. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooothen thought it was pretty dcool. so i downloaded the slipknot remix of fight song, and that was so different to anything I had listen to ever before.I still remember very well my reaction to the song was. I became obsessed, I was the marilyn Manson expert at my school:P got alot of crap and teasing for it but ohwell ha.

[Cassandra]

And I saw Manson for the first time during Mayhem Fest 09, which was our first date!

What a great first date!

I discovered Manson when I went to Ozzfest in 2003. Before the concert I didn't really know anything about him or his music. After the concert I was a fan.

[keyboards]

I believe I saw bits and pieces of the Long Hard Road Out of Hell video on the Beavis and Butthead show... you know, that one part where they sit down to watch tv and begin talking shit about anything that comes up. Then I remember listening to the beautiful people on the radio in the late 90s and thinking of an industrial place, of an empty warehouse and leaking pipes. Yup, that ran through my head when I first heard it. Finally, I was completely sold when MM made his appearance on MTV VMA performing The Dope Show, with John 5 making his first sighting. I sold myself to Manson forever.

[S.Hal0mega.B]

I was hooked in a manner alike how i've always been attracted to bowie since my dad played a bit of him, and especially in ikea when i was 9-10ish there was a kid room there where they'd play Labyrinth all day for some reason. And for some reason bowie freaked me out in that but i couldnt take my mind and curiousity of him. I then encounted within 1998 promos of mechanical animals on the tv, which for some reason reminded me of bowie - the splices from the dope show and i dont like the drugs videos. It took a few years later before i mustered an intellect to investigate past those 90's rumours and listen to Holywood, it scared the hell out of me, but the lyrics were just too great. So naturally i turned to mechanical animals, read his bio and i was hooked. Saw him first in 2003, regret not knowing of the big day out MA tour. I would have snuck in even if i was 13. Been going to every concert and here... since.

[rocknrolljunkie989]

My story comes in a series of events that has excelled quite recently.

The first time I ever heard a song by Manson, I was most likely a newborn (1996-1997). My dad owned a copy of one of The Beautiful People singles, and it was just one those songs he played in the car. Needless to say, that's the only] song he likes. But it was early exposure for me.
I never really thought anything of him until my interest was sparked by a music video that was being played on VH1C when I was 9 or 10. The video happened to for Tourniquet, and all I remember about seeing it was my morbid fascination with people eating bug and Manson shaving himself. I was into him for a little while longer, but it was only a matter of looking up pictures on the Internet and including him in a slideshow of my favorite bands. I still remember my teacher asking, "And whos' the gentleman in the lipstick?"
Then, when I was 13, I was spending the night at a friend's house when we came across Nardwuar's interview with Manson while watching the Panic at the Disco interview. My friend thought it would be funny to watch, and we witnessed that video together. This, once again, sparked my interest, and I decided to watch the music video for Tainted Love whe I came across it on On Demand. I developed a slight celebrity-crush on the man who took over the DJ's equipment.
Sometime within that next week, I came across a comment on one of Manson's MySpace statuses (I'd added him the summer before after watching the video for I Don't Like The Drugs) that claimed Manson's earlier work was his best. I went right to his earliest album and began listening to POAAF.
Still, I wasn't that into him until I read his autobiography. Right then and there, I knew I had found a band that I could relate to, despite the protests from my friends, who disliked Manson after some sort of 'fight' he had with My Chemical Romance. And Ive been an avid listener to this day (although it's only been about 8 months).