The original lineup(clockwise from Manson, Madonna Wayne Gacy(Pogo),Daisy Berkowitz,Sara Lee Lucas,Gidget Gein)
Marilyn Manson is a five piece band formed in Florida in the early 90s, the original name was Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids which was later shortened to just Marilyn Manson.
It all began when a music journalist by the name of Brian Warner decided to form a band.One of the first people that Brian became good friends with in Florida was Jeordie White, who was later dubbed Twiggy Ramirez. Jeordie was already in a band at the time but would soon become one of the most important parts of Marilyn Manson.
When the band was first put together there was Daisy on guitars, Gidget Gein on bass, Sara Lee Lucas on drums, and Pogo on keyboards...although in the very beginning Pogo did not even own a keyboard!
The band got their break through Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. Manson met Trent while working as a journalist. The two became friends and Trent was impressed by the band enough to sign them to his label. Nothing Records. The band soon began work on what would become their first album "Portrait Of An American Family".It was during this time that the band reached their first hardship. Gidget Gein had become addicted to heroin and it was when he overdosed that Manson felt that he cannot be in the band. This is when Twiggy Ramirez comes in.
After the completion of their debut album Portrait of an American Family in 1994. The band soon toured, opening up for Nine Inch Nails. They also made videos for "Get Your Gunn", "Lunchbox",and "Dope Hat". The touring did get the band a following of Nine Inch Nails fans and they did have a reputation in Florida but, they failed to really break onto the scene and Portrait didnt really go anywhere. The videos also found little room in MTV rotation.Manson himself wanted to work on another album which would become Antichrist Superstar but the label wanted to focus on Portrait and release an album full of remixes and extra tracks. This would be called "Smells Like Children" and would feature Marilyn Mansons first hit. "Sweet Dreams(are made of this)", a cover of the Eurythmics classic with a Marilyn Manson twist.The video received rotation on MTV and also got buzzworthy status.Suddenly there was a demand for a new album and now the band would begin work on the first album of the tryptich "Antichrist Superstar".
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