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Holy Wood sion, violence and unease
(im the shadow of the as we have ended it with.”
valey of death)

This was the message
Manson posted on the inter-
net on January 1st as his
New Years message.

As one of the most contro-
= versial artists promoted by a
major label, Manson has
been continuously the whip-
ping boy of overtly conserva-
tive attack. 1997 saw former
Secretary of State and drug
czar William Bennett hold a
press conference to “berate
the music industry about
‘objectionable’ CD’s. At the
time, it was _ Antichrist
Superstar. Senator Joseph
Lieberman (now democratic
VP candidate) says of
Marilyn Manson that his is
“perhaps the sickest group

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is taking demo tapes for the
2000 Battle of the Bands.

office at UNBC.
The deadline for entries is December 8, 2000.

Everyone is welcome to apply!

The University of Northern British Columbia

The Northern Undergraduate Student Society

If you are interested in trying out for this annual event submit a
demo tape to either The Max 94.3, the Tuning Point, or the NUGSS

ever promoted by a main-
stream record company.”
Lets face it though Maryiln
Manson is incredibly popular.
He hasn’t actually released a
CD which hasn’t gone plat-
inum almost instantly. The
reason is that whatever one
might think of Manson’s point
of view, along with Twiggy
Ramirez (bass), Madonna
Wayne Gacy (keyboards),
Ginger Fish (drums), and
John 5 ( guitar), his music is
incredibly produced and care-
fully engineered to a level of
painstaking quality.

Holy Wood is generally
Mansons reaction to being
blamed for violence.
Throughout the 19 track com-
pilation, he addresses the
subject head on. This album
manages to capture the over-
whelming fear, anger and

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uncertanity which is present
in society today. Using tradi-
tional songwriting mangled
into “riot music and sickly
sweet death parades of self-
loathing,” Manson explicitly
begins the first part of a trilo-
gy which began in 1995. His
inspiration came from the
novel with the same name as
this CD. Antichrist Superstar
created an ultimate destoyer
and a_e tragic ending.
Mechanical Animals worked
backward to the middle with
“the sardonic character of
Omega” and now the story
begins an earlier chapter with
Holy Wood.

The story? It’s about a
naive boy who wishes to be
part of a “perfect” world that
doesn’t want him. When he
finally finds acceptance in
Holy Wood, the “object” which

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he has become consumed by
is the very thing that shows
exactly what that “perfect”
world is; it’s a place where the
rich get high on violence, chil-
dren are disposable enter-
tainment and the “imperfect
poor are cast out to a
Proletariat ghetto known as
Death Valley. His idealism
becomes the seed of a revo-
lution, however, not only does
he fail to overthrow Holy
Wood in an attempt to “save”
it, his revolution simply
becomes “another hollow
product to be sold to the
doped-out masses.”

Deep.

-Kevin Milos

Can you name one of Marylin
Mansons other CD’s?

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