Jennifer “Jen” Rose

Movie Mirror Presents Marilyn Manson

Allen Turner, Sterling/Macfadden Partnership, Inc.

October 1997

"Jam packed with photos, interviews, and never-before seen pix." At nearly 90 pages long, this issue is dedicated almost entirely to Marilyn Manson as an individual performer and Marilyn Manson the band with interviews with former band members like Olivia Newton Bundy and Daisy Berkowitz. All of the original members of the band formed their stage names by combining female sex symbols with serial killers — Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson, Olivia Newton John and Ted Bundy, and Daisy Duke and David Berkowitz. Later band members followed this tradition; the first to opt out of this name scheme was Zim Zum, interviewed in this issue on page 30. None of the musicians interviewed in this issue use their real names while performing, opting for stage personas or nicknames like Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, or simply titles like “The Starchild” in the band KISS’ case. The magazine directly addresses groups, mostly religious groups, parents, and even some government bodies, that criticized Manson and the shock rock music genre as a whole for being anti-religious and promoting violence, and tells these groups that Manson and his contemporaries are nothing more than musicians, not dangerous cult leaders. At the same time, the magazine utilizes religious phrasing — “The Gospel according to…”, “Prince of Darkness,” “Antichrist Superstar,” etc. — to describe these artists. Vol. 39, Issue 1

Samir Husni Magazine Collection

Alternative rock music, shock rock musicians, Marilyn Manson (Musical group)

Samir Husni Magazine Collectio

Gracie Doolin

Magazine

English