This band is a twist of Iggy Pop, KISS, and Alice Coopper. Starting in South Florida as a small industrial Goth band, Marilyn Manson has changed the mainstream music of today. They have come to be a leader and paved the way for other shock-rock bands. Just coming out with his fifth album this week, he will continue reaching out to rebellious teenagers that need some support. Marilyn Manson has been hitting charts because of their songs and lyrics, show performances, and public attention.
             One of the reasons why Marilyn Manson is famous today is because of their undefined musically talents. They are a five piece band which includes singer Marilyn Manson, lead guitarist Twiggy Ramirez, bassist John5, drummer Ginger Fish, and on keyboards M.W. Gacy. Each member has been playing music since childhood. Putting these musician's talents and creative minds together, they have accomplished more than most bands around. Unlike many artists today Manson with help from Ramarize writes and produces all songs that go onto their albums. Their lyrics are very skillfully written so that they will attract public attention and listeners. Manson gets lyrics from his personal thoughts and tragedies that happen to him. On their bands fourth album, he wrote about his girlfriends drug addiction in a song called Coma White, "A pill to make you numb, A pill to make you dumb, A pill to make you anybody else, But all the drugs in this world won't save her from herself." In this new album called Holywood, Manson was inspired by the violence he sees in entertainment and how it is affecting children and the world.
             Touring the world, visiting countries across the globe, and selling out concerts have been the role of Marilyn Manson since they became popular with the public in the mid-nineties. The band works hard to entertain their fans with new and outrageous performances. Most of their earnings from touring and album sales go into the performances and live sh...