EXTRA BAND INFO

GINGER FISH Is the current drummer.
REAL NAME: Frank Kenny Wilson.
DATE OF BIRTH: September 28 1966, in Framingham Massachusetts, near Boston.
FATHER: A singer who associated with Frank Sinatra and Paul Anka.
MOTHER: Tap dancer for Warner Bros.
IDOLS: As a boy he idolized Black Sabbath, Rush and Neil Pert.
CAREER: Started playing drums in second and third grades. After moving to Las Vegas he played at the University of Nevada, and the Nevada All-State Big Band. He played for various Las Vegas bands. After not finding much work he began to hustle as a carney at the Circus Circus Casino. In Orlando Ginger started playing drums for the shows like "A Chorus Line" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" when his parents bought a theatre as they were theatre buffs. Then he joined Marilyn Manson
Ginger and Marilyn didn’t always get along as during promoting Smells Like Children and Antichrist Superstar. He was sometimes put in hospital as when Marilyn throws the mike base’s around he was repeatedly hit in the head. By Mechanical Animals they seemed to work things out as when Ginder was unable to do a tour due to Mono Nucleosis Marilyn cancelled the tour instead of replacing him. Ginger doesn't drink or do drugs, which is uncommon to those who know what some the antics of the band are.

JOHN 5 Lead Guitar 1998-2004
REAL NAME: John Lowery. BIRTHDAY: July 31st [year unknown] INFLUENCE: Kiss, Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, Eddie Van Halen and so on. GUIATER GEAR : Ibanez GAX series. AMP is Laney VH100R heads. FAVE ALBUM: "Van Halen" by Van Halen. CAREER: Has done music for "Flipper" (the remake), "Baywatch," , "Streetfighter II," and "Hard Copy." BANDS: In 1989 he bacme a studio guitarist, and worked with bands including Red Square Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Night Rangers, Ryan Downe, "froSTed" 1995 - 1996, Wilson Phillips, One Way, Raven Payne, Salt 'n' Peppa, Pepperland, Lita Ford, Leah Andreone and David Lee Roth before Marilyn Manson.

MADONNA WAYNE GACY OR POGO Plays the keyboard.
REAL NAME: Stephen Bier.
BIRTHDAY: March 6.
POGO got a major in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida.

ZIM ZIM REAL NAME: Michael Linton. The name Zim Zum is from the bible.

DAISY: REAL NAME: Scott Mitchell.
Was the original lead guitarist. After being replaced he sued the band for $15 million for compensatory damages. He said the band didn't include him though he worked on 4 albums. Daisy and the band finally settled out of court in October 1998, the terms wernt disclosed, I doubt he was paid.

SARA LEE LUCAS The former original drummer (replacing the drum machine in 1991).
REAL NAME: Fred Streithorst II.
NICKNAMES: Freddy the Wheel and Baby Spook CAREER: Learnt drums as rehabilitation as after a football accident in hospital his leg muscle atrophid to the point of deforming. Was in India Loves You before Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson.
WHY HE LEFT THE BAND: He was going to be fired, everyone knew but Sara and they got a new drummer before he was fired but never told Sara he was fired as Sara never told the band that he quit and just got on a plane and went home without saying goodbye.
OTHER STUFF: Sara’s fave drug of choice is speed

GIDGET GEIN Was the original bassist.
REAL NAME: Brad Stewart.
Gidget made a complaint in December 1995 against Marilyn for alleged non-payment of royalties from the band's Portrait of an American Family album aswell as breach of contract and fiduciary duties.
CAREER:Artist, Musician, Writer, Bagboy, Surreal PoP Exploitationist.
PARENTS: Mum: catholic school teacher. Dad: Police officer and part time professional clown. Post Marilyn Manson Gidget started a Surreal PoP Exploitation group titled thee DALI GAGGERS. Also he has been working at a South Florida Medical Examiners Office removing the dead from crime scenes.

NAME MEANINGS:

MARILYN MANSON: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. JOHN5: John 5 out of the bible or because he was the 5th member to join the band. GINGER FISH: Ginger Rogers (dancer/actress) and Albert Fish (executed child-killer cannibal). ZSA ZSA SPECK: Zsa Zsa Gabor (known for being Zsa Zsa) and Richard Speck (student nurses killer). MADONNA WAYNE GACY: Madonna (the singer/actress, not the Virgin Mary) and John Wayne Gacy (executed after murdering of 33 boys, aka kids party entertainer Pogo the Clown) DAISY BERKOWITZ: Daisy Duke (Dukes of Hazzard TV series) and David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam" killer, aka "Mr. 44" and "Mister Monster"). TWIGGY RAMIREZ: Twiggy ('60's model) and Richard Ramirez ("Night Stalker" killer). OLIVIA NEWTON BUNDY: Olivia Newton John (Australian singer) and Ted Bundy (arrested in FL, and finally executed in Feb. of 1989) GIDGET GEIN: Gidget (surfer girl of 60's TV/movie series) and Ed Gein (famed Wisconsin cannibal psycho). ZIM ZUM: Name comes from the Kabala, an ancient Hebrew mystical work. It basically means extraction and refers to the action of God in withdrawing his presence from an area of primordial space to make room for the Creation. Manson himself has also suggested that the name comes from an angel sent by God to do his dirty work. SARA LEE LUCAS: Sara Lee (of baked goods fame) and Henry Lee Lucas (accused mass-murderer).

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