Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson, a portmanteau of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969) is an American musician and the leader of the band Marilyn Manson. more...

Known for profane, provocative lyrics and behaviour, he has been the subject of much controversy, particularly during the late 1990s.

Early life

Brian Warner is a Canton, Ohio native and the son of Hugh and Barbara Warner. Hugh, a former carpet salesman, had fought in the Vietnam War and while there was exposed to so much Agent Orange that military doctors and psychologists were amazed that young Brian turned out "normal". Brian Warner attended Heritage Christian School, but was alienated by what he saw as hypocrisy, and a religion that seemed to teach fear more than it taught virtues—sermons prophesying the Apocalypse had a lasting effect upon his outlook. Brian graduated from GlenOak High School, where he joined a band, in which he started out playing percussion instruments like bass drum and snare drum, but ended up playing triangle. After his graduation, the Warner family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

An untrue rumor circulated in the 1990s that the actor Josh Saviano who played a nerdy sidekick in the 1960s themed TV show The Wonder Years grew up to be Marilyn Manson. A similar story about Rob Stone, who played Kevin Owens in the ABC sit-com Mr. Belvedere, was also spread.

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