In a recent podcast interview about narcissistic abuse, Evan Rachel Wood said that Marilyn Manson described in his autobiography how the Brian Warner part of him was dead and whatever he had become was now his true self. Her purpose was to show that Manson completely abandoned his humanity and truly came to embody a disassociated narcissistic monster. But is this what his autobiography actually said or even implied? No, of course not. He says something along those lines, but she completely twists it to make a point that fits her narrative rather than the actual facts. What Manson actually describes in his autobiography is that he went through a personal apocalypse. He writes: "When I first conceived of Antichrist Superstar , I set out to create an apocalypse. But I didn’t realize it was going to be a personal one. As a child, I had been a weakling, a worm, a follower, a small shadow trying to find a place in an infinite world of light. In the end, in order to find that place...
Marilyn Manson and his wife Lindsay Warner attended the final show of The Savior's Tour at Petco Park in San Diego on September 28th, with Green Day as the headliner supported by The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas.
Manson's friendship and collaboration with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins goes back many years, and this marks their first public meeting since the allegations against Manson in 2021. And of course James Iha, the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins, is the brother-in-law of Manson, being married to Lindsay's twin sister Ashley.
Green Day has been sampling and covering Manson's "The Beautiful People" since at least 1998 (listen here), but on their The Savior's Tour throughout the summer of 2024 their Intro has been a cool mix of "The Beautiful People" with "The Imperial March" from Star Wars. This has not gone unnoticed by Manson, so while attending their show from the side stage in San Diego, Lindsay made sure to grab a video of Manson and Billie Joe Armstrong meeting while the Intro played in the stadium.
Manson's friendship and collaboration with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins goes back many years, and this marks their first public meeting since the allegations against Manson in 2021. And of course James Iha, the guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins, is the brother-in-law of Manson, being married to Lindsay's twin sister Ashley.
Green Day has been sampling and covering Manson's "The Beautiful People" since at least 1998 (listen here), but on their The Savior's Tour throughout the summer of 2024 their Intro has been a cool mix of "The Beautiful People" with "The Imperial March" from Star Wars. This has not gone unnoticed by Manson, so while attending their show from the side stage in San Diego, Lindsay made sure to grab a video of Manson and Billie Joe Armstrong meeting while the Intro played in the stadium.
