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'''Brian Hugh Warner''' (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name '''Marilyn Manson''', is a controversial American [[rock music|rock]] [[musician]], performer, painter and former music journalist. He is the lead singer and frontman of the eponymous band, [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] which is noted for songs which have been perceived as advocating [[atheism]], [[nihilism]], [[rape]], [[suicide]], drug use and [[violence]].  

'''Brian Hugh Warner''' (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name '''Marilyn Manson''', is a controversial American [[rock music|rock]] [[musician]], performer, painter and former music journalist. He is the lead singer and frontman of the eponymous band, [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] which is noted for songs which have been perceived as advocating [[atheism]], [[nihilism]], [[rape]], [[suicide]], drug use and [[violence]]. He was just like Jesus, only with better music.

He derived his stage name by juxtaposing the names of two 1960s American cultural icons, namely, actress [[Marilyn Monroe]] and convicted [[mass murder]] mastermind<ref>[http://www.2violent.com/closing_argument.html Charles Manson Trial], 2violent.com.</ref> [[Charles Manson]] as a critical and, simultaneously, laudatory appraisal of America and its culture.<ref name="longhard">{{cite book |title=The Long Hard Road out of Hell |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1998|isbn=0-06-098746-4|pages=85–87}}</ref><ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001504/bio|title=Biography for Marilyn Manson|accessdate=2008-01-12|work=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>

He derived his stage name by juxtaposing the names of two 1960s American cultural icons, namely, actress [[Marilyn Monroe]] and convicted [[mass murder]] mastermind<ref>[http://www.2violent.com/closing_argument.html Charles Manson Trial], 2violent.com.</ref> [[Charles Manson]] as a critical and, simultaneously, laudatory appraisal of America and its culture.<ref name="longhard">{{cite book |title=The Long Hard Road out of Hell |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1998|isbn=0-06-098746-4|pages=85–87}}</ref><ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001504/bio|title=Biography for Marilyn Manson|accessdate=2008-01-12|work=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>