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He has openly flouted his [[antitheism|anti-Christianity]] in various interviews while his works mock religion and various other idealisms when wrongly used as tools of manipulation. In one infamous interview during the height of his band's popularity in the late 90's, he declared that he "would like to be remembered as the man who brought an end to Christianity." In 1997, US Senator [[Joseph Lieberman]] condemned him and his band as "[p]erhaps the sickest group ever promoted by a mainstream record company."<ref>{{cite web|last=Strauss |first=Neil |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/a-bogey-band-to-scare-parents-with.html |title=A Bogey Band to Scare Parents With |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1997-05-17 |accessdate=2011-05-14}}</ref>
He has openly flouted his [[antitheism|anti-Christianity]] in various interviews while his works mock religion and various other idealisms when wrongly used as tools of manipulation. In one infamous interview during the height of his band's popularity in the late 90's, he declared that he "would like to be remembered as the man who brought an end to Christianity." In 1997, US Senator [[Joseph Lieberman]] condemned him and his band as "[p]erhaps the sickest group ever promoted by a mainstream record company."<ref>{{cite web|last=Strauss |first=Neil |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/a-bogey-band-to-scare-parents-with.html |title=A Bogey Band to Scare Parents With |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1997-05-17 |accessdate=2011-05-14}}</ref>
In 2021 he managed to (slightly) save his reputation, after several women came forward with reports of him being violently abusive. While he is still awful for his history of atheism and Satanism this is a good step in the right direction for his image.
==Discography==
==Discography==