The Biography of: The Band,and the members...
The first signs of Marilyn Manson was in 1989 in Southern Florida, when Manson, then a Ohio-born photojournalism major, and Daisy, then a guitarist who had been through five bands, came together and formed a band. Their names were changed to Marilyn Manson and Daisy Berkowitz. The names would come from different tabloid TV shit.
By 1990, Marilyn Manson became Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids. Manson was singer, Daisy the lead guitar, Gidget Gein as bass, Madonna Wayne Gacy on the keyboards (he replaced the original keyboardist: Zsa Zsa Speck), and a drum machine. They opened for NIN, and Trent was very impressed with them and would help them in the future in many different ways.
In 1991, SARA LEE LUCAS Lucas replaced the old drum machine, and in 1992, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids became just Marilyn Manson. By then, they had gathered fame all over the locals. They even won two straight Band of Year honors at a local music award thing. Singles such as "Dope Hat", "Lunchbox", "My Monkey" had already won the support of the people.
1993 was a very busy year. They got a contract from Trent Reznor's new own label Nothing and got a spot on NIN's 94 tour. The making of their first album, "Portrait of an American Family", was underway. Trent Reznor was the producer of the album.
At the end of 93, Gidget Gein, bass, was no more a part of the band. His is drug problems had apparently gone out of hand. Twiggy Ramirez, from Amboog-A-Lard, became the new bassist.
1994 was the major breakthrough for the Manson family. National tours with NIN gained them fame and other things. In Salt Lake City, they were banned for the first time in Manson history. Manson got to meet Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey. He is the founder of the Church of Satan. Dr. LaVey named Manson as a priest of the Church of Satan. Hence the title Reverend was given to Manson. It seems now "Reverend Manson" is the preferred name for Manson.
During the tour with other bands, Sara Lee Lucas, drummer, was kicked off the Manson family. Relations between him and Manson had been very bad throughout the tour. Ginger Fish was the chosen replacement for Sara.
Then Daisy, one of the original Mansons quit in 1996. His replacement was chosen as ZimZum. And during 1996, Marilyn Manson released probably his best record, Antichrist Superstar. It was dark and heavy. He achieved a lot of attention, mostly negative, in public. Several kids committed suicide supposedly because of the song, The Reflecting God.
After 2 years in the band, ZimZum left on July 18 of 1998. Publicly, the departure was a friendly one. ZimZum felt it was just time for him to move on and he said that he and Marilyn got along just fine. He was replaced by John Lowery or John 5. Lowery was guitarist for David Lee Roths "DLR Band", and the number two member of Rob Halfords band "Two", before that.
Shortly after ZimZum left, the band released their 4th LP, Mechanical Animals. There was a stark contrast between the new Manson and old. He appeared to be much happier and more glam.
The band also closed a long-time court case a few weeks after the release of Mechanical Animals. Daisy, who had been suing the band for money because he thought he deserved more credit, settled out of court. TWIGGY:Twiggy Ramirez. He is the bassist that replaced Gidget Gein at the end of 93. His real name is Jeordie White, and he's from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Before joining the band, he was the bassist for Amboog-A-Lard, a band that toured with Manson a long time ago. The 2 bands became very bitter after Twiggy left for Manson. He's basically the right-hand man of Marilyn. GINGER-FISH: Ginger Fish is the drummer that replaced Sara Lee Lucas as the new drummer in 94 or something. His real name is Kenny Wilson. Sara Lee Lucas originally replaced a drum machine. Sara was kicked off the band. Ginger is originally from Las Vegas. POGO:Madonna Wayne Gacy is the keyboard guy. His real name is Stephen Bier. His birthday is March 6. He's also known as Pogo. He replaced the original keyboardist Zsa Zsa Speck. Before that, he majored in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. JOHN-5:His real name is John Lowery, he was born on July 30, 1971. He has played guitar since age 6, and from 1989 to recently he has been a studio guitarist, and has worked with bands such as Red Square Black, foSTted, Ryan Downe, Wilson Phillips, Night Rangers, Two, Ozzy Osbourne, Raven Payne, One Way, Salt 'n' Peppa, kd lang, Pepperland, Lita Ford, Leah Andreone, David Lee Roth, and now Marilyn Manson. He also started the band "Red Square Black" with Randy Castillo, who was a long time Ozzy drummer. He would probably still be playing with them if he hadn't of been chosen over 2000 other guitarists to do the KD Lang 1996 world tour. The guitar he uses is an Ibanez GAX Series, AMP is a Laney VH100R heads.
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