Marilyn Manson

From Encyclopedia Of Stupid

It takes a lot of makeup to cover up this much ugly.

Marilyn Manson is stupid.

Marilyn Manson is a shock rock band fronted by the lead singer of the same name. Unfortunately for Mr. Manson (born Brian Warner) the Internet has rendered the world unshockable, and he is now simply an inadvertent clown. His music is a cross between Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie (before David Bowie sounded like Nine Inch Nails) with a touch of cat strangulation thrown in for edginess. His lyrics center around pedophilia, molestation and homosexuality. Mr. Manson has singlehandedly helped define the term "goth" to mean "ridiculously-attired weight-challenged ultra-pale funny-hat-wearing black-makeuped social miscreant who dances poorly to shit music that nobody knows." Before Manson came along, goth simply meant "shit music that nobody knows."

Typical Manson devotees in kiddie goth attire.

Entire industries have sprung up in order to service the subculture that was created by Marilyn Manson. All malls now have at least one Hot Topic store, which prominently features clothing inspired by halloween (what with all the spider webs and whatnot). Clubs now routinely have "goth night" so that the Hot Topic crowd can show off their latest purchases and generally act like pompous asses to anyone not toeing the current goth fashion line.

Manson inexplicably married actress Meg Ryan, and divorced her after her spate of plastic surgery left her a mutilated husk. Manson continues to make records despite the fact that he became creatively bankrupt after being left by his former partner and one-time gay lover, Trent Reznor.