Marilyn Manson#Abuse allegations

Brian Hugh Warner was born in Canton, Ohio, on January 5, 1969,{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/ |title= UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019|work=United Press International|date=January 5, 2019|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105134420/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/|url-status=live}} the son of Barbara J. Wyer (died 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-mansons-mother-dies-after-battle-with-dementia/ |title=Marilyn Manson's Mother Dies After Battle With Dementia |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=May 18, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233721/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-mansons-mother-dies-after-battle-with-dementia/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live}} and Hugh Angus Warner (died 2017).{{cite web|url=http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/10042596/Brian-Hugh-Warner|title=Brian Hugh Warner (b. 1969)|publisher=MooseRoots.com|access-date=March 20, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/hugh_warner_dies |title=Marilyn Manson shares heartfelt words after father's death |work=Alternative Press |date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905023901/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/hugh_warner_dies |url-status=live }} He is of English, German, Irish, and Polish descent,{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/warnerbh.html |title=Ancestry of Marilyn Manson |publisher=Wargs.com |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202020011/http://wargs.com/other/warnerbh.html |archive-date=December 2, 2010 }}{{cite book |title=The Long Hard Road out of Hell |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1998|isbn=978-0-06-098746-6|pages=17|quote=An imposing-looking family tree tracing the Warners back to Poland and Germany, where they were called the Wanamakers, was plastered on the wall nearby.}} and has also said that his mother's family (who hailed from the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia) had Sioux heritage.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/see-marilyn-manson-play-native-american-hit-man-in-movie-trailer-20150812 |title=See Marilyn Manson Play Native American Hit Man in Movie Trailer |date=August 12, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |access-date=August 13, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813024326/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/see-marilyn-manson-play-native-american-hit-man-in-movie-trailer-20150812 |archive-date=August 13, 2015 }}

As a child, he attended his mother's Episcopal church, though his father was a Catholic.{{cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Music/2001/05/Manson-Interview.aspx?p=2 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Beliefnet Interview |publisher=Beliefnet.com |first=Anthony |last=DeCurtis |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606173456/http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Music/2001/05/Manson-Interview.aspx?p=2 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/072497/cover.html |title=Marilyn Manson |date=July 24, 1997 |work=Montreal Mirror |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606063711/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/072497/cover.html |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }} He attended Heritage Christian School from first to tenth grade. In that school, his instructors tried to show children what music they were not supposed to listen to; he thus fell in love with what he "wasn't supposed to".{{cn|date=March 2024}} He later transferred to GlenOak High School and graduated in 1987.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

After relocating with his parents, he enrolled at Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1990. He was working toward a degree in journalism, gaining experience in the field by writing articles for the music magazine 25th Parallel.{{cite web|url=http://www.spookykids.net/articles/25thparallel/|title=25th Parallel|publisher=Spookykids.net|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118080051/http://www.spookykids.net/articles/25thparallel/|archive-date=January 18, 2010|url-status=dead}} He also interviewed musicians and soon met several of the musicians to whom his own work was later compared, including Groovie Mann from My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The latter became his mentor and produced his debut album.{{cite web |url=http://folioweekly.com/THRILL-KILL-KULTS-MUSIC-TO-DANCE-SLAY-BY,9957 |title=THRILL KILL'S MUSIC TO DANCE, SLAY BY – Meet the guy who freaked out Marilyn Manson |last=Harper |first=Janet |date=June 4, 2014 |work=Folio Weekly |access-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194547/http://folioweekly.com/THRILL-KILL-KULTS-MUSIC-TO-DANCE-SLAY-BY,9957 |url-status=live }}

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The band was formed in 1989 by Warner and guitarist Scott Putesky,{{sfn|Manson|Strauss|1998|pp=64–65}}{{cite web|url=https://popmatters.com/article/interview-with-your-vampire-marilyn-manson/ |title=Interview with your vampire: Marilyn Manson|author=Hamersly, Michael|work=PopMatters|date=February 4, 2008|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614182452/http://www.popmatters.com/article/interview-with-your-vampire-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=June 14, 2016}} with Warner writing lyrics and Putesky composing the majority of music.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/daisy-berkowitz-marilyn-manson-scott-putesky-interview-1/|title=Daisy Berkowitz: Portrait of an American Ex-Marilyn Manson Member|author=Tron, Gina|work=Vice|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402020101/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/daisy-berkowitz-marilyn-manson-scott-putesky-interview-1|archive-date=April 2, 2016}} Warner adopted the stage name Marilyn Manson and, alongside a revolving lineup of musicians, recorded the band's first demo tape as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids in 1990.{{sfn|Manson|Strauss|1998|pp=84, 90}}{{cite web |url=http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/manson-the-florida-years/Content?oid=1471906|title=Manson: The Florida Years|author=Kissell, Ted B |work=Cleveland Scene|publisher=Euclid Media Group|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809055236/http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/manson-the-florida-years/Content?oid=1471906|archive-date=August 9, 2016}} The group quickly developed a loyal fanbase within the South Florida punk and hardcore music scene, primarily as a result of their intentionally shocking concerts; band members often performed in women's clothing or bizarre costumes, and live shows routinely featured amateur pyrotechnics, naked women nailed to crucifixes, children locked in cages,{{cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/manson-family-values-6362125|title=Manson Family Values|author=Baker, Greg|work=Miami New Times|publisher=Voice Media Group|date=July 20, 1994|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504022956/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/manson-family-values-6362125|archive-date=May 4, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=102639|title=Sunday Old School: Marilyn Manson|author=Diamond, Ollie H.|work=Metal Underground|date=May 11, 2014 |access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605100915/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=102639 |archive-date=June 5, 2016}} as well as experiments in reverse psychology and butchered animals remains.{{#tag:ref|"In an attempt to reiterate the lesson of Willy Wonka in my own style during shows, I hung a donkey piñata over the crowd and put a stick on the edge of the stage. Then I would warn, 'Please, don't break that open. I beg you not to.' Human psychology being what it is, kids in the crowd would invariably grab the stick and smash the piñata apart, forcing everyone to suffer the consequence, which would be a shower of cow brains, chicken livers and pig intestines from [the] disemboweled donkey."{{sfn||Manson|Strauss|1998|pp=93–94}}|group=N}} Within six months of forming, they were playing sold-out shows in 300-capacity nightclubs throughout Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/manson-family-feud-6318671|title=Manson Family Feud|author=Stratton, Jeff|work=New Times Broward-Palm Beach|publisher=Voice Media Group|date=April 15, 2004 |access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009152737/http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/manson-family-feud-6318671|archive-date=October 9, 2016}} They signed a record deal with Sony Music in early 1991, although this deal was rescinded before any material was recorded for the label. The band instead used the proceeds of this deal to fund the recording of subsequent demo tapes, which were released independently.{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-08-09/features/0908060176_1_lunchbox-marilyn-manson-brian-warner|author=Putesky, Scott|author-link=Scott Putesky|title=When Marilyn Manson Left His Kids Behind|work=Sun-Sentinel |date=August 9, 2009|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235048/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-08-09/features/0908060176_1_lunchbox-marilyn-manson-brian-warner|archive-date=January 22, 2018}}

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The name of the group was shortened to Marilyn Manson in 1992, and they continued to perform and release cassettes until the summer of 1993, when Reznor signed the act to his vanity label Nothing Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marilyn-manson-mn0000825251/biography|title=Marilyn Manson – Biography & History|author=Ankeny, Jason|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426172735/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marilyn-manson-mn0000825251/biography|archive-date=April 26, 2015}} Their debut studio album, Portrait of an American Family, was released in July 1994.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-portrait-of-an-american-family-album-anniversary/|title=26 Years Ago: Marilyn Manson Issues 'Portrait of an American Family'|author=Wiederhorn, Jon|work=Loudwire|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501054342/http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-portrait-of-an-american-family-album-anniversary/|archive-date=May 1, 2017}} Manson later criticized Nothing Records and its parent label Interscope for a perceived lack of promotion.{{#tag:ref|"Well, there was always a real chip on our shoulder that [Portrait of an American Family] never really got the push from the record label that we thought it deserved. It was all about us touring our fucking asses off. We toured for two years solid, opening up for Nine Inch Nails for a year and then doing our own club tours. It was all just about perseverance."{{sfn|Manson|Strauss|1998|pp=150–151}}|group=N}} While recording b-sides and remixes for the album's proposed third single, "Dope Hat", the band decided to issue the resultant material as a standalone release titled Smells Like Children.{{sfn|Manson|Strauss|1998|pp=190–191}} The record included their cover version of the Eurythmics's "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", which established the band as a mainstream act.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sympathy-for-the-devil-marilyn-manson-19970123|title=Marilyn Manson: Sympathy for the Devil|author=Strauss, Neil|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 23, 1997|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423144646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sympathy-for-the-devil-marilyn-manson-19970123|archive-date=April 23, 2017}} The song's music video was placed on heavy rotation on MTV,{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-manson-504532 |title=Marilyn Manson Biography|work=Biography.com|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404105149/http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-manson-504532|archive-date=April 4, 2016}} and earned the band their first nomination for Best Rock Video at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/09/04/video-music-awards-offer-stars-and-unpredictability/|title=Video Music Awards offer stars and unpredictability|author=Considine, J.D.|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=September 4, 1996|access-date=February 12, 2022}} Their second studio album, 1996's Antichrist Superstar, sparked a fierce backlash among Christian fundamentalists.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-12-ca-16387-story.html|title='Mechanical' Reaction|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Boehm, Mike|date=March 12, 1999 |access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406002923/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/mar/12/entertainment/ca-16387|archive-date=April 6, 2014}} The album was an immediate commercial success, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 and selling almost 2 million copies in the United States alone,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/manson-golden-at-number-one-20030521|title=Manson Golden at Number One|author=Dansby, Andrew|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 21, 2003|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320155738/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/manson-golden-at-number-one-20030521 |archive-date=March 20, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/951479/marilyn-manson-plots-2011-comeback-with-indie-label |title=Marilyn Manson Plots 2011 Comeback with Indie Label|author=Paine, Andre|magazine=Billboard|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505052423/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/951479/marilyn-manson-plots-2011-comeback-with-indie-label|archive-date=May 5, 2016}} and 7 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/marilyn-mansons-antichrist-superstar-turns-15-as-born-villain-readies-for-release-6573973|title=Marilyn Manson's 'Antichrist Superstar' Turns 15 as 'Born Villain' Readies for Release|author=San Roman, Gabriel|work=OC Weekly|date=October 7, 2011|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113005555/http://www.ocweekly.com/music/marilyn-mansons-antichrist-superstar-turns-15-as-born-villain-readies-for-release-6573973|archive-date=January 13, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/record-store-day-2016-the-full-list-of-557-exclusive-music-releases-revealed__14096/ |title=Record Store Day 2016: The full list of 557 exclusive music releases revealed|author=Copsey, Rob|work=Official Charts Company|date=March 8, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611040513/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/record-store-day-2016-the-full-list-of-557-exclusive-music-releases-revealed__14096/ |archive-date=June 11, 2016}} Lead single "The Beautiful People" received three nominations at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/34895/jamiroquai-tops-mtv-video-music-nom-list|title=Jamiroquai Tops MTV Video Music Nom List|author=Jolson-Colburn, Jeffrey|work=E! Online|publisher=E!|date=July 23, 1997|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425122635/http://www.eonline.com/news/34895/jamiroquai-tops-mtv-video-music-nom-list|archive-date=April 25, 2017}} where the band also performed.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-brief-history-of-marilyn-manson-pissing-off-jesus-christ/ |title=A Brief History of Marilyn Manson Pissing Off Jesus Christ|author=Sori, Alexandra|work=Noisey|publisher=Vice Media|date=June 3, 2017|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127122650/https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/ywzg7y/a-brief-history-of-marilyn-manson-pissing-off-jesus-christ|archive-date=January 27, 2019}}

For 1998's Mechanical Animals, Manson said he took inspiration from 1970s glam rock, and adopted a wardrobe and hairstyle similar to David Bowie.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-16-ca-13559-story.html|title=Marilyn Manson Aims to Change Tide of the Mainstream|author=Hochman, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 16, 1998|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518010014/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/16/entertainment/ca-13559|archive-date=May 18, 2016}} He said he did this to avoid being portrayed as a "bogeyman", a role which had been ascribed to him by mainstream media following the band's commercial breakthrough. Interscope's promotion of the album was massive,{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/501687/marilyn-manson-fans-queue-up-for-mechanical-animals/|title=Marilyn Manson Fans Queue Up For Mechanical Animals|author=Vanhorn, Teri|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|date=September 15, 1998|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610105950/http://www.mtv.com/news/501687/marilyn-manson-fans-queue-up-for-mechanical-animals/|archive-date=June 10, 2016}} with the label erecting enormous billboards of Manson as an androgynous extraterrestrial in Times Square and the Sunset Strip. Lead single "The Dope Show" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/20_artists_you_may_not_have_known_were_nominated_for_and_won_grammy_awards|title=20 artists you may not have known were nominated for (and won) Grammy Awards|author=McKinstry, Lee|work=Alternative Press|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221034304/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/20_artists_you_may_not_have_known_were_nominated_for_and_won_grammy_awards|archive-date=February 21, 2017}} The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-shows-hes-dope-19980924 |title=Marilyn Manson Shows He's Dope|author=Boehlert, Eric|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 24, 1998|access-date=March 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417030841/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-shows-hes-dope-19980924|archive-date=April 17, 2015}} but was the lowest-selling number-one album of 1998 in the United States,{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/20401/chart-watch-extra-what-a-turkey-the-25-worst-selling-1-albums/|title=Chart Watch Extra: What A Turkey! The 25 Worst-Selling #1 Albums|work=Yahoo! Music|date=November 21, 2008|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926053208/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/20401/chart-watch-extra-what-a-turkey-the-25-worst-selling-1-albums|archive-date=September 26, 2009}} with sales of 1.4 million copies in the country as of 2017.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-columbine-massacre-destroyed-career/|title=Marilyn Manson: Columbine Blame 'Destroyed My Career'|author=Hartmann, Graham|work=Loudwire|date=September 22, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2022}} The album was not well received by longtime fans, who complained about its radio-friendly sound and accused the vocalist of "selling out",{{cite web |last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/marilyn-a-re-examination-2132874|title=Marilyn: A Re-Examination|work=LA Weekly|date=January 10, 2001|access-date=March 14, 2022}} and Interscope were reportedly disappointed with its commercial performance.{{#tag:ref|Michael Beinhorn, the co-producer of Mechanical Animals, said: "When Mechanical Animals came out, the projected sales figure for the first week was 300,000 copies. [The label was] excited, saying, 'We're going to hit No.1 and sell 300k!'. It sold 230,000 and got to No.1, but it wasn't enough. The label lost interest, they took down the huge billboard they had in Times Square for the album, the president of the label called Manson up, screaming at him for having tits on the cover. I think that, and what happened at Columbine, which really affected him emotionally, meant that he never made an album up to the standard of Mechanical Animals or Antichrist Superstar again. He just didn't get the support."{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/marilyn-manson-vs-courtney-love-the-true-story-of-1999s-beautiful-monsters-tour|title=Marilyn Manson vs Courtney Love: The true story of 1999's Beautiful Monsters Tour|author=Hill, Stephen|work=Metal Hammer|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=February 12, 2022}} |group=N}}

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) was a return to the band's industrial metal roots after the glam-influenced Mechanical Animals,{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-marilyn-manson-play-disposable-teens-mtv-new-years-eve-bash-2000|title=See Marilyn Manson Play 'Disposable Teens' on MTV New Years Eve Bash in 2000|work=Revolver|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=February 12, 2022}} and was the vocalist's response to media coverage blaming him for influencing the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. The album was a critical success, with numerous publications praising it as the band's finest work.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/columbine-how-marilyn-manson-became-mainstream-medias-scapegoat|title=Columbine: How Marilyn Manson Became Mainstream Media's Scapegoat|author=Brannigan, Paul|work=Kerrang!|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2022}} Despite being certified gold in the United States for shipments in excess of half a million units,{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/manson-holy-wood-album-anniversary/|title=20 Years Ago: Marilyn Manson Releases 'Holy Wood' Album|author=Childers, Chad|work=Loudwire|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=February 12, 2022}} mainstream media openly questioned the band's commercial appeal, noting the dominance of nu metal and controversial hip hop artists such as Eminem.{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/20/entertainment/ca-54571/2 |title=Marilyn Manson May Be in for a Shock |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 20, 2000 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306180317/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/20/entertainment/ca-54571/2 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-07-28/marilyn-manson-story-behind-holy-wood|title=Marilyn Manson: The Story Of Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)|author=Udo, Tommy|work=Metal Hammer|date=July 28, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404201940/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-07-28/marilyn-manson-story-behind-holy-wood|archive-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} A cover of "Tainted Love" was an international hit in 2002, peaking at number one in several territories.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14|title=Missing Tracks Mean Fewer U.S. Album Sales|author=Promis, Jose|date=September 27, 2003|access-date=February 12, 2022|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|volume=115|issue=39|page=14}}

The Golden Age of Grotesque was released the following year, an album primarily inspired by the swing and burlesque movements of 1920s Berlin.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dita-von-teese-on-remaining-friends-with-marilyn-manson-he-encouraged-all-of-my-eccentricities-a6950411.html|title=Dita Von Teese on remaining friends with Marilyn Manson: 'He encouraged all of my eccentricities'|author=Saul, Heather|work=The Independent|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510094803/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dita-von-teese-on-remaining-friends-with-marilyn-manson-he-encouraged-all-of-my-eccentricities-a6950411.html|archive-date=May 10, 2016}} In an extended metaphor found throughout the record, Manson compared his own often-criticized work to the Entartete Kunst banned by the Nazi regime.{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/1289559/Marilyn-Manson-ueber-Stimmung-in-USA-und-Entartete-Kunst|title=Marilyn Manson über Stimmung in USA und 'Entartete Kunst'|language=de|trans-title="Marilyn Manson on the mood in the US and 'Degenerate Art'"|work=Der Standard|date=May 5, 2003|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701173847/http://derstandard.at/1289559/Marilyn-Manson-ueber-Stimmung-in-USA-und-Entartete-Kunst |archive-date=July 1, 2016}} Like Mechanical Animals in 1998, The Golden Age of Grotesque debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, but was the lowest-selling studio album to debut at number one that year, selling 527,000 copies in the United States as of 2008. The album was more successful in Europe, where it sold over 400,000 on its first week of release to debut at number one on Billboard{{'}}s European Top 100 Albums.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70899/kelly-timberlake-continue-uk-chart-reign|title=Kelly, Timberlake Continue U.K. Chart Reign |author=Sexton, Paul|magazine=Billboard|date=May 26, 2003|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118165145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70899/kelly-timberlake-continue-uk-chart-reign|archive-date=January 18, 2017}} Manson began his collaboration with French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier during this period, who designed much of the elaborate attire worn by the band on the supporting "Grotesk Burlesk Tour".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1471565/for-the-record-quick-news-on-marilyn-manson-and-jean-paul-gaultier-bone-crusher-camron-pearl-jam-jimi-hendrix-more/ |title=For The Record: Quick News on Marilyn Manson and Jean Paul Gaultier |author=MTV News Staff |work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=April 28, 2003 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505052930/http://www.mtv.com/news/1471565/for-the-record-quick-news-on-marilyn-manson-and-jean-paul-gaultier-bone-crusher-camron-pearl-jam-jimi-hendrix-more/ |archive-date=May 5, 2016}} The greatest hits compilation Lest We Forget: The Best Of was released in 2004.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66218/manson-to-tour-against-all-gods|title=Manson To Tour 'Against All Gods'|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2004|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803110307/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66218/manson-to-tour-against-all-gods|archive-date=August 3, 2016}}

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After a three-year hiatus, in which the vocalist pursued other interests,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/20476 |title=Marilyn Manson Unleashes 'Horrorpilation'|author=Bychawski, Adam|work=NME|date=July 18, 2005|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617131709/http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/20476 |archive-date=June 17, 2016}} the band returned with 2007's Eat Me, Drink Me. The album's lyrical content largely related to the dissolution of Manson's marriage to Dita Von Teese and his affair with 19-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/07/marilyn-manson-2007-spin-cover-story-return-of-the-living-dead/|title=Marilyn Manson: Return of the Living Dead|author=Ames, Jonathan|work=Spin|publisher=SpinMedia|date=May 2007|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413024909/http://www.spin.com/2014/07/marilyn-manson-2007-spin-cover-story-return-of-the-living-dead/|archive-date=April 13, 2016}} Seventh studio album The High End of Low was released in 2009, and was their final album issued by Interscope. While promoting the record, Manson made a series of disparaging comments about the label and its artistic censorship, as well as its president Jimmy Iovine.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-im-not-trying-to-be-reborn-im-trying-to-transform/|title=Marilyn Manson: I'm Not Trying To Be Reborn, I'm Trying to Transform|author=Hartmann, Graham|work=Loudwire|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624032043/http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-im-not-trying-to-be-reborn-im-trying-to-transform/|archive-date=June 24, 2016}} Manson signed a lucrative recording contract with British independent record label Cooking Vinyl in 2011, with the band and label sharing profits equally after the label recouped costs associated with marketing, promotion and distribution.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-marilynmanson-idUSTRE6A71DA20101108|title=Marilyn Manson: Antichrist indie star|author=Paine, Andre|magazine=Billboard|agency=Reuters|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427221051/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-marilynmanson-idUSTRE6A71DA20101108|archive-date=April 27, 2016}} The first album released under the deal was 2012's Born Villain.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/499428/marilyn-manson-johnny-depp-cover-youre-so-vain|title=Marilyn Manson & Johnny Depp Cover 'You're So Vain'|author=Sherman, Maria|magazine=Billboard|date=March 20, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224230342/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/499428/marilyn-manson-johnny-depp-cover-youre-so-vain|archive-date=December 24, 2016}} Lead single "No Reflection" earned the band their fourth Grammy nomination. Subsequent albums were released in the United States by Loma Vista Recordings, beginning with 2015's The Pale Emperor, which was widely seen as a return to form{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/arts/music/a-dark-prince-steps-into-the-light-.html?_r=0|title=A Dark Prince Steps Into the Light|author=Ryzik, Melena|work=The New York Times|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426042014/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/arts/music/a-dark-prince-steps-into-the-light-.html?_r=0|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/20/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor_n_6507210.html|title=Why Marilyn Manson's 'The Pale Emperor' Is A 'F*ck You' To The Devil|author=Brophy, Aaron|work=The Huffington Post|date=January 20, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306204743/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/20/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor_n_6507210.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016}} and was a commercial success upon release.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451196/fall-out-boy-marilyn-manson-rock-chart-debuts|title=Who Says Rock Is Dead? Marilyn Manson, Fall Out Boy & More Notch Big Debuts|author=Lynch, Joe|magazine=Billboard|date=January 28, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130094435/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451196/fall-out-boy-marilyn-manson-rock-chart-debuts|archive-date=January 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/chris-sosa/marilyn-manson-just-made-_b_6587838.html|title=Marilyn Manson Just Made an Unexpected Comeback|author=Sosa, Chris|work=The Huffington Post|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809094209/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-sosa/marilyn-manson-just-made-_b_6587838.html|archive-date=August 9, 2016}}

Heaven Upside Down followed in 2017,{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/marilyn-manson-we-know-where-you-fucking-live-stream-new-album-heaven-upside-down-release-date/ |title=Marilyn Manson Releases Single 'We Know Where You Fucking Live', Announces New Album Heaven Upside Down |author=Gaca, Anna |work=Spin |date=September 11, 2017 |access-date=September 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911210600/https://www.spin.com/2017/09/marilyn-manson-we-know-where-you-fucking-live-stream-new-album-heaven-upside-down-release-date/ |archive-date=September 11, 2017}} with its single "Kill4Me" becoming the band's highest-peaking single ever on Billboard{{'s}} Mainstream Rock.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/marilyn-manson/chart-history/rtt/|title=Marilyn Manson – Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2022}} While touring in support of the record, Manson was injured by two large falling stage props as he performed on stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, breaking his fibula in two places, requiring a plate and ten screws to be inserted in the bone, as well as another screw in his ankle, which he had sprained during a show in Pittsburgh.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41458046|title=Marilyn Manson crushed by prop on stage|date=October 1, 2017|access-date=October 1, 2017|work=BBC News|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001063502/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41458046|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/marilyn-manson-addresses-stage-mishap-delayed-2017-tour-194531499.html|title=Marilyn Manson addresses scary stage accident: 'The pain was excruciating'|date=October 12, 2017|website=Yahoo.com|access-date=October 13, 2017|via=Yahoo|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013071910/https://www.yahoo.com/music/marilyn-manson-addresses-stage-mishap-delayed-2017-tour-194531499.html|url-status=live}} "God's Gonna Cut You Down" was released as a non-album single in 2019,{{cite web |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/10/marilyn-manson-gods-gonna-cut-you-down-stream/ |title=Stream Marilyn Manson - 'God's Gonna Cut You Down' |first=Robin|last=Bacior |website=Consequence of Sound |date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-releases-new-single-video-gods-gonna-cut-you-down-2558487 |title=Marilyn Manson releases ominous video for new single 'God's Gonna Cut You Down' |first=Karen|last=Gwee|magazine=NME |date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019}} and is the band's highest-peaking single on Billboard{{'s}} Hot Rock Songs and Rock Digital Songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/marilyn-manson/chart-history/ark/|title=Marilyn Manson – Hot Rock Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 4, 2022}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/marilyn-manson/chart-history/rkt/|title=Marilyn Manson – Rock Digital Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 4, 2022}} Their most recent studio album, 2020's We Are Chaos, was the band's tenth top ten release on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452588/youngboy-never-broke-again-top-billboard-200-number-one|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again Achieves Third No. 1 Album in Less Than a Year on the Billboard 200 Chart With 'Top'|author=Caulfield, Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=September 20, 2020|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924004056/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452588/youngboy-never-broke-again-top-billboard-200-number-one|url-status=live}}

Manson announced in March 2024 that the band would embark on an arena and amphitheater tour of North America with Five Finger Death Punch.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/marilyn-manson-tour-five-finger-death-punch-summer-2024-dates-1235628160/|title=Marilyn Manson Hitting the Road with Five Finger Death Punch For First Dates Since Sexual Abuse Allegations|author=Kaufman, Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=March 8, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}} The tour began on August 2, and was interspersed with Manson's own headlining shows.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-marilyn-manson-give-new-song-as-sick-as-the-secrets-within-its-live-debut/|title=See Marilyn Manson give new song 'As Sick as the Secrets Within' its live debut|author=Adams, Gregory|work=Revolver|date=August 5, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}} The same day that the tour began, the band released "As Sick as the Secrets Within", their first new single in four years.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-releases-new-single-as-sick-as-the-secrets-within|title=Marilyn Manson Releases New Single 'As Sick As The Secrets Within'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 2, 2024|access-date=September 8, 2024}} This was followed two weeks later by "Raise the Red Flag".{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-releases-new-song-raise-the-red-flag|title=Marilyn Manson Releases New Song 'Raise The Red Flag'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 16, 2024|access-date=September 16, 2024}} Music videos were released for both songs, each directed by Bill Yukich.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-marilyn-mansons-comeback-single/|title=Marilyn Manson debuts first new song since abuse accusations 'As Sick as the Secrets Within'|author=Adams, Gregory|work=Revolver|date=August 2, 2024|access-date=September 8, 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-shares-music-video-for-raise-the-red-flag|title=Marilyn Manson Shares Music Video For 'Raise The Red Flag'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 16, 2024|access-date=September 16, 2024}} The band will perform their own headline shows in Europe in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/see-marilyn-mansons-music-video-for-his-new-single-as-sick-as-the-secrets-within|title=See Marilyn Manson's Music Video For His New Single 'As Sick As The Secrets Within'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 2, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}}

According to Nielsen SoundScan, the band sold 8.7 million albums alone in the United States as of 2011. Three of their albums received platinum awards from the Recording Industry Association of America, and a further three received gold certifications.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Marilyn Manson|access-date=February 12, 2022}} Ten of their releases debuted in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including two number-one albums. In the United Kingdom, the band are certified for sales of almost 1.75 million units.{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Marilyn Manson|access-date=February 12, 2022}} Marilyn Manson has sold over 50 million records worldwide.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/marilyn-manson-the-vampire-of-the-hollywood-hills-20150106?page=2 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Vampire of the Hollywood Hills |author=Hedegaard, Erik |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926062752/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/marilyn-manson-the-vampire-of-the-hollywood-hills-20150106?page=2 |archive-date=September 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/18/marilyn-manson-i-created-a-fake-world |title=Marilyn Manson: 'I created a fake world because I didn't like the one I was living in' |first=Carole |last=Cadwalladr |author-link=Carole Cadwalladr |work=The Guardian |date=January 18, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827015623/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/18/marilyn-manson-i-created-a-fake-world |archive-date=August 27, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/21/marilyn-manson-on-charlie-hebdo-and-why-you-should-avoid-foursomes.html |title=Marilyn Manson on Charlie Hebdo and Why You Should Avoid Foursomes |author=Stern, Marlow |work=The Daily Beast |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705034949/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/21/marilyn-manson-on-charlie-hebdo-and-why-you-should-avoid-foursomes.html |archive-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/marilyn_manson_to_receive_apmas_2016_icon_award |title=Marilyn Manson to receive APMAs 2016 Icon Award - News |author=Al-Sharif, Rabab |work=Alternative Press |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822133206/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/marilyn_manson_to_receive_apmas_2016_icon_award |archive-date=August 22, 2016}}

In addition to his work with the band, Manson has collaborated extensively with other musicians.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-a-z-of-marilyn-manson|title=The A–Z Of Marilyn Manson|author=Lloyd, Gavin|work=Metal Hammer|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2022}} Cello rock act Rasputina opened for the band throughout the "Dead to the World Tour", the controversial tour supporting Antichrist Superstar.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1431807/marilyn-manson-may-be-shut-out-of-richmond-virginia/ |title=Marilyn Manson May Be Shut Out Of Richmond, Virginia |author=MTV News Staff |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom Media Networks |date=April 16, 1997 |access-date=January 11, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111102250/http://www.mtv.com/news/1431807/marilyn-manson-may-be-shut-out-of-richmond-virginia/ |archive-date=January 11, 2019}} Lead vocalist Melora Creager performed cello and backing vocals for the band, most notably for renditions of "Apple of Sodom", a live version of which appeared as a b-side on Manson's 1998 single "The Dope Show".{{cite AV media notes |title=The Dope Show |type=liner notes |others=Marilyn Manson |publisher=Interscope Records |year=1998 |id=INTDS–95599}} Manson also created three remixes of the song "Transylvanian Concubine", two of which appeared on their 1997 EP Transylvanian Regurgitations.{{cite web|author=MTV News Staff|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1431792/marilyn-manson-rasputina-remix-to-creep-into-stores/|title=Marilyn Manson-Rasputina Remix To Creep Into Stores|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=May 29, 1997|access-date=March 4, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118084845/http://www.mtv.com/news/1431792/marilyn-manson-rasputina-remix-to-creep-into-stores/|archive-date=January 18, 2019}} Manson befriended the Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan in 1997,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1431817/manson-teams-with-corgan-sparks-concert-ratings-talk/|title=Manson Teams With Corgan, Sparks Concert Rating Talk|work=MTV|date=March 6, 1997|access-date=March 4, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110093731/http://www.mtv.com/news/1431817/manson-teams-with-corgan-sparks-concert-ratings-talk/|archive-date=January 10, 2019}} and performed renditions of "Eye" and "The Beautiful People" alongside that band at the 1997 edition of Bridge School Benefit concert.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-smashing-pumpkins/watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-rock-san-francisco-on/|title=Watch The Smashing Pumpkins Rock San Francisco on This Day in 1997|author=Manno, Lizzie|work=Paste|date=October 18, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2021}} Manson frequently consulted Corgan during the early stages of recording Mechanical Animals. Referring to its inclusion of glam rock influences, Corgan advised Manson that "This is definitely the right direction" but to "go all the way with it. Don't just hint at it".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-mansons-new-happy-face-19980902 |title=Marilyn Manson's New (Happy) Face |author=Ali, Lorraine |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 2, 1998 |access-date=April 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415215503/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-mansons-new-happy-face-19980902 |archive-date=April 15, 2016|author-link=Lorraine Ali}} In 2015, Marilyn Manson and the Smashing Pumpkins embarked on a co-headlining tour titled "The End Times Tour".{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-shows-smashing-pumpkins-marilyn-manson-20150405-story.html |title=It's the end times for The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson in Las Vegas|author=Stapleton, Susan|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 6, 2015|access-date=April 7, 2015}}

To promote Mechanical Animals in 1998, the band embarked on their first co-headlining concert tour: the "Beautiful Monsters Tour" with Hole.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/511731/marilyn-manson-hole-schedule-beautiful-monsters-tour/ |title=Marilyn Manson, Hole Schedule 'Beautiful Monsters' Tour |author=Kaufman, Gil |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=January 27, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727091742/http://www.mtv.com/news/511731/marilyn-manson-hole-schedule-beautiful-monsters-tour/ |archive-date=July 27, 2015}} The tour was problematic,{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/512787/best-of-99-boston-promoter-says-hole-dropping-off-manson-tour/ |title=Best Of '99: Boston Promoter Says Hole Dropping Off Manson Tour |author=Kaufman, Gil |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=March 10, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317083515/http://www.mtv.com/news/512787/best-of-99-boston-promoter-says-hole-dropping-off-manson-tour/ |archive-date=March 17, 2016}} with Manson and Hole vocalist Courtney Love frequently insulting one another both on-stage and during interviews.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates/ |title=Hole Walks Out On Tour, Manson Injury Postpones Several Dates |author=MTV News Staff |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=March 15, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220031236/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates |archive-date=December 20, 2014}} Private disputes also arose over finances, as Hole were unwittingly financing most of Manson's production costs, which were disproportionately high relative to Hole's.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/512758/hole-threaten-to-drop-off-marilyn-manson-joint-tour/ |title=Hole Threaten To Drop Off Marilyn Manson Joint Tour |author=Kaufman, Gil |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=March 11, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728032221/http://www.mtv.com/news/512758/hole-threaten-to-drop-off-marilyn-manson-joint-tour/ |archive-date=July 28, 2015}} The tour was to consist of thirty-seven dates, although Hole left after nine. When Hole departed from the tour, it was renamed the "Rock Is Dead Tour", with Jack Off Jill announced as one of the support acts.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430051/manson-resumes-tour-without-hole-taps-nashville-pussy-and-jack-off-jill-for-upcoming-dates/ |title=Manson Resumes Tour Without Hole, Taps Nashville Pussy And Jack Off Jill For Upcoming Dates |author=MTV News Staff |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=March 22, 1999 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515192019/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430051/manson-resumes-tour-without-hole-taps-nashville-pussy-and-jack-off-jill-for-upcoming-dates/ |archive-date=May 15, 2016}} Manson had produced many of Jack Off Jill's demo recordings in the early 90s, and later wrote the liner notes to their 2006 compilation Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/humid-teenage-mediocrity-1992-1995-mw0000568065|title=Human Teenage Mediocrity: 1992-1995 – Jack Off Jill|author=Collar, Camilla|work=AllMusic|access-date=March 4, 2022}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996|type=liner notes|chapter=Booklet|others=Marilyn Manson|publisher=Sympathy for the Record Industry|year=2020|id=SFTRI- 772|location=Los Angeles, United States}}

Manson launched his own vanity label in 2000, Posthuman Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/3082|title=Manson Launches New Posthuman Label|work=NME|date=April 12, 2000|access-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021101210/https://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/3082|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} The label released two albums – the 2000 soundtrack to Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and Godhead's 2001 album 2000 Years of Human Error – before being dissolved in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/marilyn-mansons-50-greatest-achievements|title=Marilyn Manson's 50 Greatest Achievements|work=Kerrang!|date=January 5, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2022}} The latter album sold over 100,000 copies in the United States,{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godhead-signs-with-driven-music-group/|title=Godhead Signs With Driven Music Group|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=June 6, 2008|access-date=February 7, 2022}} and featured him performing vocals on the track "Break You Down".{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67|title=CMJ New Music Monthly {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Godhead|author=Richardson, Sean|series=CMJ New Music|date=February 2001|page=67|access-date=March 4, 2022}} He performed vocals on "Redeemer", a song written by Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis that featured on the 2002 album Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/queen-of-the-damned-orginal-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0000218820|title=Queen of the Damned [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]|author=Ruhlmann, William|work=AllMusic|access-date=March 14, 2022}} Davis had been prevented from singing the song due to contractual issues with his record label.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1451248/korns-davis-uses-stunt-double-for-vampire-movie-soundtrack/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107090438/http://www.mtv.com/news/1451248/korns-davis-uses-stunt-double-for-vampire-movie-soundtrack/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2016|title=Korn's Davis Uses Stunt Double For Vampire Movie Soundtrack|author=Moss, Corey|work=MTV News|date=November 29, 2001|access-date=March 14, 2022}} Manson also contributed a remix of the Linkin Park song "By Myself" to that band's remix album Reanimation,{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-parks-hybrid-theory-certified-12-times-platinum-in-u-s/|title=Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Certified 12 Times Platinum In U.S.|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2022}} and collaborated with Marco Beltrami to create the score for the 2002 film Resident Evil.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/music/spotlight/haslinger-manson-help-resident-evil-score-hits-all-right-notes-1201943565/|title=The Music of 'Resident Evil': From Moody to Heavy Metal|author=Barker, Andrew|work=Variety|date=December 16, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2022}}

He performed vocals on the Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix remix of Lady Gaga's "LoveGame", which was featured as a b-side on the song's single in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-not-a-big-fan-of-lady-gaga/|title=Marilyn Manson Not a Big Fan of Lady Gaga|first=Chad|last=Childers|website=Loudwire|date=July 18, 2012 }} He was a featured vocalist on "Can't Haunt Me",{{Cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/skylar-grey-recalls-approaching-marilyn-manson-for-cant-haunt-me/|title=Skylar Grey Recalls Approaching Marilyn Manson for 'Can't Haunt Me'|first=Amy|last=Sciarretto|website=PopCrush|date=August 10, 2011 }} a track recorded in 2011 for Skylar Grey's unreleased album Invinsible.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/eminem-155-1268142|title=Skylar Grey: 'Eminem is scared to leave the house'|website=NME|date=August 23, 2011}} He appeared on "Bad Girl", a song from Avril Lavigne's 2013 self-titled album, and featured on the song "Hypothetical" from Emigrate's 2014 album Silent So Long.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/emigrate-collaborations-lemmy-marilyn-manson/|title=Emigrate Discuss Collaborations With Lemmy + Marilyn Manson|first=Spencer|last=Kaufman|website=Loudwire|date=February 19, 2015 }} New Orleans brass ensemble the Soul Rebels performed "The Beautiful People" alongside Manson at the 2015 edition of the Japanese Summer Sonic Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_210b8224-4ccb-54b4-8cff-7e49c4889a0e.html|title=In Japan, the Soul Rebels perform with Marilyn Manson, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Watch|first=Alison|last=Fensterstock|website=Nola.com|date=August 18, 2015 }} Manson recorded vocals on a cover of Bowie's "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" for country musician Shooter Jennings's 2016 album Countach (For Giorgio).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/shooter-jennings-enlists-marilyn-manson-brandi-carlile-for-countach-20160104 |title=Shooter Jennings Enlists Marilyn Manson, Brandi Carlile for 'Countach' |first=Andrew |last=Leahey |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=March 10, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505073525/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/shooter-jennings-enlists-marilyn-manson-brandi-carlile-for-countach-20160104 |archive-date=May 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/marilyn-manson-covers-the-hell-out-of-david-bowies-cat-people-listen/ |title=Marilyn Manson covers the hell out of David Bowie's 'Cat People' — listen |first=Ben |last=Kaye |work=Consequence of Sound |date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=March 10, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628133202/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/marilyn-manson-covers-the-hell-out-of-david-bowies-cat-people-listen/ |archive-date=June 28, 2016}} The two were introduced in 2013 by Manson's then-bassist Twiggy Ramirez,{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/shooter-jennings-marilyn-mansons-miraculous-poetic-ability-doesnt-grow-cold-like-a-lot-of-peoples-songwriting |title=Shooter Jennings: 'Marilyn Manson's miraculous poetic ability doesn't grow cold, like a lot of people's songwriting' |author=Horsley, Jonathan |work=Guitar World |date=September 23, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027063706/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/shooter-jennings-marilyn-mansons-miraculous-poetic-ability-doesnt-grow-cold-like-a-lot-of-peoples-songwriting |url-status=live}} and the pair first collaborated that same year on a song for the soundtrack to television series Sons of Anarchy.{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/marilyn-manson-chaos-collaboration-how-elton-john-made-him-cry |title=Marilyn Manson on 'CHAOS,' Collaboration, How Elton John Made Him Cry |first=Sara |last=Taylor |author-link=Youth Code |work=Revolver |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |archive-date=September 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910201252/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/marilyn-manson-chaos-collaboration-how-elton-john-made-him-cry |url-status=live}} Their version of the song, "Join the Human Gang", remains unreleased, but the track was eventually rewritten and released by The White Buffalo as "Come Join the Murder". Jennings later produced Manson's 2020 album We Are Chaos.

Manson has collaborated with numerous hip hop artists. In 1998, he featured on "The Omen (Damien II)", a track on DMX's album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/10-rock-collaborations-you-wont-believe-happened|title=10 Rock Collaborations You Won't Believe Happened|website=Kerrang!|date=February 27, 2019 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/dmx-dead-songs-playlist.html|title=DMX: Hear 10 Essential Songs|first=Christopher R.|last=Weingarten|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 9, 2021}} Following the Columbine High School massacre, Manson was mentioned in the lyrics to Eminem's "The Way I Am" from The Marshall Mathers LP, in the lyric "When a dude's getting bullied and he shoots up the school and they blame it on Marilyn". Manson appeared in the song's music video, and a remix created by Danny Lohner and featuring Manson appeared on special editions of The Marshall Mathers LP. Manson also joined Eminem on-stage for several live performances of the track, one of which featured on Eminem's 2002 video album All Access Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/watch-marilyn-manson-join-eminem-unhinged-way-i-am-performance-2001|title=Watch Marilyn Manson Join Eminem for Unhinged "The Way I Am" Performance in 2001|date=August 31, 2018|website=Revolver}} He featured on "Pussy Wet", a song on Gucci Mane's 2013 mixtape Diary of a Trap God,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2013/09/13/hear-gucci-mane-and-marilyn-mansons-collaboration-pussy-wet|title=Hear Gucci Mane and Marilyn Manson's Collaboration, "Pussy Wet"|website=The FADER}} and provided vocals on the song "Marilyn Manson" on the 2020 mixtape Floor Seats II by ASAP Ferg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-new-music-asap-ferg-polo-g-lil-wayne|title=Best New Music This Week: ASAP Ferg, Polo G, Lil Wayne, and More|website=Complex}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/asap-ferg-floor-seats-ii-album-announcement-dennis-rodman-9451283/|title=A$AP Ferg Sits Down With Dennis Rodman to Announce 'Floor Seats II' Album|first=Heran|last=Mamo|magazine=Billboard|date=September 17, 2020}}

Alongside DaBaby, Manson co-wrote and was a featured artist on "Jail pt 2", a song on Kanye West's 2021 album Donda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-defends-performing-with-marilyn-manson-and-dababy-3088322|title=Kanye West defends performing with Marilyn Manson and DaBaby|website=NME|date=November 5, 2021}} Manson and DaBaby appeared alongside West - aka Ye - at several events promoting the album, including at a listening event held at Soldier Field in August, and at one of Ye's Sunday Church Services in October.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-08-27/kanye-west-marilyn-manson-dababy-donda|title=From MAGA to Manson: Kanye West brings out alleged sexual abuser Marilyn Manson at 'Donda' event|date=August 27, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-joined-by-marilyn-manson-justin-bieber-sunday-service-3083905|title=Kanye West sparks controversy as Marilyn Manson appears on Sunday Service|website=NME|date=October 31, 2021}} The appearances attracted significant media attention and controversy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-west-sparks-controversy-after-inviting-dababy-marilyn-manson-stage-n1277798|title=Kanye West's 'Donda' listening party features DaBaby, Marilyn Manson|website=NBC News|date=August 27, 2021 }} Ye said the trio collaborated on a total of five songs. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, which entitled Manson to a co-nomination credit for his work on the song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/marilyn-manson-grammy-nomination-kanye-b1963086.html|title=Marilyn Manson has been nominated for Grammy|date=November 23, 2021|website=The Independent}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/marilyn-manson-loses-2022-grammy-nomination-1235056319/|title=Marilyn Manson Loses Grammy Nomination for Best Rap Song|first=Abbey|last=White|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 2, 2021}} Manson continued his collaboration with Ye for the follow-up album, Donda 2.{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2022/02/marilyn-manson-confirms-kanye-west-donda-2/|title=Marilyn Manson confirms he's contributing to Kanye West's upcoming album Donda 2|date=February 2, 2022}} Ye collaborator Digital Nas said Manson was in the recording studio "every day" while the album was recorded, and explained that Ye "doesn't want Marilyn to play rap beats. He wants Marilyn to play what he makes, and then Ye will take parts of that and sample parts of that and use parts of that, like he did [generally when making] Yeezus."{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/marilyn-manson-confirms-work-kanye-west-donda-1675326|title=Marilyn Manson confirms he is continuing to work with Kanye West|first=Emma|last=Nolan|date=February 2, 2022|website=Newsweek}} Manson band-member Tim Skold has confirmed he was involved in the process.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-confirms-hes-working-on-kanye-wests-donda-2-3152637|title=Marilyn Manson confirms he's working on Kanye West's 'Donda 2'|website=NME|date=February 3, 2022}}

While with the Spooky Kids, Manson teamed with Jeordie White (also known as Twiggy Ramirez) and Stephen Gregory Bier Jr. (also known as Madonna Wayne Gacy) in two side-projects: Satan on Fire, a faux-Christian metal ensemble where he played bass guitar, and drums in Mrs. Scabtree, a collaborative band formed with White and then girlfriend Jessicka (vocalist with the band Jack Off Jill) as a way to combat contractual agreements that prohibited Marilyn Manson from playing in certain clubs.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

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Manson made his film debut in 1997, as an actor in David Lynch's Lost Highway. Since then he has appeared in many minor roles and cameos, including Party Monster; then-girlfriend Rose McGowan's 1999 film Jawbreaker; Asia Argento's 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things; Rise; The Hire: Beat The Devil, the sixth installment in the BMW films series; and Showtime's comedy-drama TV series Californication in 2013, in which Manson portrayed himself. He also appeared on HBO's Eastbound & Down,{{cite web|last1=Maeby |first1=Liana |title=How weird was Marilyn Mansons cameo on Eastbound and Down? |url=http://www.hitfix.com/comedy/how-weird-was-marilyn-mansons-cameo-on-eastbound-and-down |website=Hitfix |access-date=April 17, 2015 |date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417173801/http://www.hitfix.com/comedy/how-weird-was-marilyn-mansons-cameo-on-eastbound-and-down |archive-date=April 17, 2015 }} of which Manson is reportedly a longtime fan,{{cite web|last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |title=Marilyn Manson 'Obsessed' With 'Eastbound And Down,' Director Says |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1647329/marilyn-manson-obsessed-with-eastbound-and-down-director-says/ |website=MTV News |access-date=April 17, 2015 |date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501085546/http://www.mtv.com/news/1647329/marilyn-manson-obsessed-with-eastbound-and-down-director-says/ |archive-date=May 1, 2015 }} and had lobbied to appear on for years; and ABC's Once Upon a Time, for which he provided the voice of the character "Shadow".{{cite news|last=Neumyer|first=Scott|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marilyn-manson-joining-once-upon-a-time-cast-100225/|title=Marilyn Manson Joining 'Once Upon a Time' Cast|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=October 14, 2021}}

He was interviewed in Michael Moore's political documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002) discussing possible motivations for the Columbine massacre and allegations that his music was somehow a factor.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} He has appeared in animated form in Clone High and participated in several episodes of the MTV series Celebrity Deathmatch, becoming the show's unofficial champion and mascot; he often performed the voice for his claymated puppet, and contributed the song "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" to the soundtrack album.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} In July 2005, Manson told Rolling Stone that he was shifting his focus from music to filmmaking – "I just don't think the world is worth putting music into right now. I no longer want to make art that other people – particularly record companies – are turning into a product. I just want to make art."{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} Johnny Depp reportedly used Manson as his inspiration for his performance as Willy Wonka in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30183322.html|title=Depp inspired by Manson Manson|work=Irish Examiner|date=January 5, 2005|access-date=October 14, 2021}}

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He had been working on his directorial debut, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, a project that has been in development hell since 2004, with Manson also set to portray the role of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Initially announced as a web-only release, it was later decided to give the estimated $4.2 million budget film a conventional cinema release, with a slated release date of mid-2007. The film was to have an original music soundtrack with previously unreleased songs.{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=15724_0_2_0_C/ |title=Marilyn Manson announces details first low budget film |work=SIDE-LINE.com |date=July 5, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622150430/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=15724_0_2_0_C%2F |archive-date=June 22, 2008 }} Production of the film had been postponed indefinitely until after the Eat Me, Drink Me tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76734 |title='Phantasmagoria' Film Still in Pipeline |work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |date=July 13, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302131148/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76734 |archive-date=March 2, 2008 }} In 2010, studio bosses shut down production on the project, reportedly due to viewers' responses to the violent content of clips released on the internet. The film was later officially put on "indefinite production hold".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/coles-violent-film-put-on-indefinite-hold_1165177 |title=Lily Cole | Cole's Violent Film Put on Indefinite Hold |magazine=Contactmusic |date= September 12, 2010|access-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221041003/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/coles-violent-film-put-on-indefinite-hold_1165177 |archive-date=February 21, 2011 }}

According to a 2010 interview with cowriter Anthony Silva about the hold, the film was still on and the talk of it being shut down was just a myth.{{cite web|url=http://marilynmansonfrance.free.fr/index.php/anthony-silva-exclusive-interview |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714145049/http://marilynmansonfrance.free.fr/index.php/anthony-silva-exclusive-interview |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Anthony Silva Exclusive Interview |publisher=Marilynmansonfrance.free.fr |access-date=September 6, 2012}}

In a June 2013 interview, Manson stated that he had "resurrected" the project, and that Roger Avary would direct it.{{cite web|url=http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Video_Interview:2013/06/03_Larry_King_Now_Marilyn_Manson_Interview |title=Video Interview:2013/06/03 Larry King Now Marilyn Manson Interview |publisher=Mansonwiki.com |access-date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709211658/http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Video_Interview%3A2013/06/03_Larry_King_Now_Marilyn_Manson_Interview |archive-date=July 9, 2015 }} In a separate interview during the previous year, he said a small crew similar to what he used for his "Slo-Mo-Tion" music video would be used, and would rather film the movie on an iPhone than not film it at all. In a Reddit AMA with Billy Corgan on April 4, 2015, Manson commented that he had withdrawn from the project because the writing process for the film was "so... damaging to my psyche, I've decided I don't want to have anything to do with it", and further commented that the only footage that had been created thus far had been content created for the trailer, which was made to promote the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/31d131/we_are_billy_corgan_and_marilyn_manson_ask_us/cq0g8hg/?context=1 |title=R/IAmA – We are Billy Corgan and Marilyn Manson. Ask us anything |date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418075246/http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/31d131/we_are_billy_corgan_and_marilyn_manson_ask_us |archive-date=April 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/brief/60016560/marilyn-manson-damaged-by-axed-film-project?page=all|title=General Archives - Hollywood.com|website=Hollywood.com|access-date=October 1, 2017}}

Manson appeared in the final season of the TV series Sons of Anarchy, portraying white supremacist Ron Tully.{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/29/sons-of-anarchy-marilyn-manson/ |title='Sons of Anarchy' casts Marilyn Manson in recurring role |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118091112/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/29/sons-of-anarchy-marilyn-manson/ |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }} In January 2016, it was announced that Manson would be joining the cast for season 3 of WGN's Salem. He played Thomas Dinley, a barber and surgeon described as "the go-to man in Salem, from a shave and a haircut to being leeched, bled, sliced open or sewn up".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-to-guest-star-as-barber-surgeon-on-salem-20160121 |title=Marilyn Manson to Guest Star as Barber/Surgeon on 'Salem' |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 21, 2016 |access-date=February 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131110053/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-to-guest-star-as-barber-surgeon-on-salem-20160121 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 }} In 2020, Manson was a guest star on the HBO television series The New Pope, in which he has a personal audience with the series' Pope and recommends that he visit the prior Pope that lies unconscious in a coma.{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/see-marilyn-mansons-funny-cameo-john-malkovich-new-pope |title=SEE MARILYN MANSON'S FUNNY CAMEO WITH JOHN MALKOVICH ON 'THE NEW POPE' |date=January 29, 2020 |work=Revolver Magazine |access-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204071059/https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/see-marilyn-mansons-funny-cameo-john-malkovich-new-pope |url-status=live }}

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Manson stated in a 2004 interview with i-D magazine to have begun his career as a watercolor painter in 1999 when he made five-minute concept pieces and sold them to drug dealers. On September 13–14, 2002, his first show, The Golden Age of Grotesque, was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Centre. Art in America{{'}}s Max Henry likened them to the works of a "psychiatric patient given materials to use as therapy" and said his work would never be taken seriously in a fine art context, writing that the value was "in their celebrity, not the work".{{cite news|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/620624/20000122/story.jhtml |title=Shocker! Marilyn Manson Can Paint, Art Critics Say |author=Smith, Dakota |work=VH1 News |date=January 24, 2000 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204203103/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/620624/20000122/story.jhtml |archive-date=December 4, 2007 }} On September 14–15, 2004, Manson held a second exhibition on the first night in Paris and the second in Berlin. The show was named 'Trismegistus' which was also the title of the center piece of the exhibit – a large, three-headed Christ painted onto an antique wood panel from a portable embalmers table.

Manson named his self-proclaimed art movement Celebritarian Corporation. He has coined a slogan for the movement: "We will sell our shadow to those who stand within it." In 2005 he said that the Celebritarian Corporation has been "incubating for seven years" which if correct would indicate that Celebritarian Corporation, in some form, started in 1998.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1512539/20051028/marilyn_manson.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Marilyn Manson Likens His New Guitar God to a Naked Woman |access-date=September 27, 2007 |publisher=MTV News |date=October 28, 2005 |author=Harris, Chris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116185033/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1512539/20051028/marilyn_manson.jhtml?headlines=true |archive-date=November 16, 2007 }} Celebritarian Corporation is also the namesake of an art gallery owned by Manson, called the Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art in Los Angeles for which his third exhibition was the inaugural show. From April 2–17, 2007, his works were on show at the Space 39 Modern & Contemporary art gallery in Fort Myers, Florida. Forty pieces from this show traveled to Germany's Gallery Brigitte Schenk in Cologne to be publicly exhibited from June 28 – July 28, 2007. Manson revealed a series of 20 paintings in 2010 entitled Genealogies of Pain, an exhibition showcased at Vienna's Kunsthalle gallery which the artist collaborated on with David Lynch.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/marilyn-mansons-art-scarier-than-music-20100630-zjyy.html |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=Marilyn Manson's art 'scarier than music' |date=June 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701232744/http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/marilyn-mansons-art-scarier-than-music-20100630-zjyy.html |archive-date=July 1, 2010 }}

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|source = —Revolver magazine on Marilyn Manson, 2017{{cite web |last=Camp |first=Zoe |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/20-great-marilyn-manson-quotes-antichrist-superstar-god-guns-getting-laid |title=20 Great Marilyn Manson Quotes: Antichrist Superstar On God, Guns, Getting Laid |work=Revolver |publisher=Project M Group LLC |date=October 6, 2017 |access-date=February 9, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209000821/https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/20-great-marilyn-manson-quotes-antichrist-superstar-god-guns-getting-laid |archive-date=February 9, 2019}}

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Manson has made an appearance in the video game Area 51 as Edgar, a grey alien. His song "Cruci-Fiction in Space" is featured in a commercial for the video game, The Darkness. His likeness is also featured on the Celebrity Deathmatch video game for which he recorded a song for the soundtrack (2003). The song "Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth" was the credits score of the game Cold Fear as well as Spawn: Armageddon. The song "Four Rusted Horses" had an alternate version used in trailers for the video game Fear 3. A remix of the song "Tainted Love" appears in the debut trailer for the 2010 video game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and in the launch trailer of the 2012 video game Twisted Metal. Manson's song "The Beautiful People" was featured in WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, KickBeat and Brütal Legend. The song "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" is also featured in Saints Row: The Third. His music video to the song "Personal Jesus" was used in some parts of the Buzz! game series.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Hell, etc. was Manson's third art exhibition, held in Athens, Greece. The exhibition was open to the public from April 28, 2010, until May 2, 2010. Manson's more recent artworks and newly revealed pieces at the time, were displayed. The art exhibition was scheduled to run until April 25, 2010, however due to a volcanic ash cloud, it was postponed to run from April 28, 2010, until May 2, 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.providermodule.com/marilyn_manson_news.php?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=94 |title=E-Go.Gr update on Hell, etc. by Marilyn Manson. Art exhibition postponed due volcanic ash. |access-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731220139/http://www.providermodule.com/marilyn_manson_news.php?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=94 |url-status=dead }} The exhibition was held at the Athenian Cultural Centre. The exhibition opened at 10:00 daily and was open until 22:00. Flash photography was prohibited inside the exhibition, as the watercolor paintings were extremely sensitive to the flash.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Hell,_etc._(exhibition) |title=Information of the Hell, etc. art exhibition. |access-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612041731/http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Hell,_etc._(exhibition) |archive-date=June 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Manson launched "Mansinthe", his own brand of Swiss-made absinthe, which has received mixed reviews; some critics described the taste as being "just plain",{{cite web|url=http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2008/02/absinthe-taste.html |title=Absinthe Taste Test Part 3: Mansinthe (Marilyn Manson Absinthe) |work=Side-Line.com |date=September 4, 2008 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218113159/http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2008/02/absinthe-taste.html |archive-date=February 18, 2012 }} but it came second to Versinthe in an Absinthe top five{{cite magazine|last=Wondrich|first=David |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/absinthe-0808 |title=The Five Best Bottles of Absinthe |magazine=Esquire |date=August 5, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921022800/http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/absinthe-0808 |archive-date=September 21, 2010 }} and won a gold medal at the 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alandia.de/absinthe-mansinthe.html|title=Mansinthe Absinthe Awards}} Other reviewers, such as critics at The Wormwood Society, have given the absinthe moderately high praise.{{cite web |url=http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189%3Amansinthe-prototype-35&catid=20%3Atraditional-absinthe&Itemid=1 |title=Mansinthe – Prototype 35 |publisher=Wormwoodsociety.org |access-date=September 6, 2012 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145752/http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189%3Amansinthe-prototype-35&catid=20%3Atraditional-absinthe&Itemid=1 |url-status=live }} In 2015, Manson stated he was no longer drinking absinthe.{{cite web|last=Rainbird |first=Ashleigh |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/marilyn-manson-brand-absinthe-collects-5883747 |title=Marilyn Manson has own brand of absinthe and collects prosthetic limbs but wants to be 'normal' |work=Daily Mirror plc |date=June 14, 2015 |access-date=June 15, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615204654/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/marilyn-manson-brand-absinthe-collects-5883747 |archive-date=June 15, 2015 }}{{cite web|last=Garland |first=Emma |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor-interview-2015/ |title=I Gave Marilyn Manson a Pink Stuffed Unicorn and He Gave Me Sex Tips |work=Noisey |publisher=Vice Media, Inc. |date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402055212/http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor-interview-2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 }}

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Manson predominantly delivers lyrics in a melodic fashion,{{cite web |url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2015/02/13/album-review-marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor/ |title=Album Review: Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor |work=Nouse |publisher=University of York Students' Union |date=February 13, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919194329/http://www.nouse.co.uk/2015/02/13/album-review-marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor/ |archive-date=September 19, 2016}} although he invariably enhances his vocal register by using several extended vocal techniques, such as vocal fry,{{cite web |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/marilyn-manson/ |title=Marilyn Manson – NOW Toronto Magazine |author=Semley, Jon |work=Now |publisher=Now Communications |date=January 28, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828133505/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/marilyn-manson/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016}} screaming,{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/live-review-marilyn-manson-at-new-york-citys-terminal-5-129/ |title=Live Review: Marilyn Manson at New York City's Terminal 5 (1/29) |author=Bogosian, Dan |work=Consequence of Sound |date=January 30, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318064851/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/live-review-marilyn-manson-at-new-york-citys-terminal-5-129/ |archive-date=March 18, 2016}} growling{{cite web |url=http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/feb/17/review-marilyn-manson-brings-valentines-day-mayhem/ |title=Review: Marilyn Manson brings Valentine's Day mayhem to HOB |author=Robinson, Melina |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625161856/http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/feb/17/review-marilyn-manson-brings-valentines-day-mayhem/ |archive-date=June 25, 2016 }} and crooning.{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2449/reviews/218- |title=Album Review: Marilyn Manson – Holy Wood (In The Shadow of the Valley of Death) / Releases |author=Price, Dale |work=Drowned in Sound |publisher=Silentway |date=November 13, 2000 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921003735/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2449/reviews/218- |archive-date=September 21, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01639-marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-review |title=Marilyn Manson's High End Of Low Reviewed Track-By-Track |author=Robb, John |work=The Quietus |date=May 12, 2009 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719120157/http://thequietus.com/articles/01639-marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-review |archive-date=July 19, 2012}} In one interview he claimed his voice has five different tones,{{cite web |url=http://www.papermag.com/marilyn-manson-shows-us-his-soft-side-1427505200.html |title=PAPERMAG – Marilyn Manson Shows Us His Soft Side |author=Grow, Kory |work=Paper |publisher=Paper Communications |date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307203059/http://www.papermag.com/marilyn-manson-shows-us-his-soft-side-1427505200.html |archive-date=March 7, 2016}} which mixing engineer Robert Carranza discovered can form a pentagram when imported into a phrasal analyzer.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-marilyn-manson-pale-emperor-20150129-story.html |title=A poignant, mystical Marilyn Manson holds forth |author=Knopper, Steve |work=Chicago Tribune |date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819082950/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-marilyn-manson-pale-emperor-20150129-story.html |archive-date=August 19, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/marilyn-manson-im-somewhere-between-a-peacock-and-a-panther/842127 |title=Marilyn Manson: "I'm somewhere between a peacock and a panther" |author=Swan, David |work=FasterLouder |publisher=Junkee Media |date=February 16, 2015 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206005658/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/marilyn-manson-im-somewhere-between-a-peacock-and-a-panther/842127 |archive-date=February 6, 2016}} He possesses a baritone vocal type,{{cite web |url=http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/2000/manson_live.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413155137/http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/2000/manson_live.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2001 |title=Marilyn Manson: Death, Destruction and Bouncing Butt Cheeks at the Hammerstein Ballroom |author=Emerstone, Glenn |work=NY Rock Magazine |date=December 2000 |access-date=June 22, 2016}} and has a vocal range which spans three octaves.{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/05/digging-deeper-axl-rose-is-not-singer.html |title=Digging Deeper: Axl Rose is NOT the Singer With the Widest Range |work=VVN Music |publisher=Vintage Vinyl News |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611150356/http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/05/digging-deeper-axl-rose-is-not-singer.html |archive-date=June 11, 2016}} His lowest bass note of A1 can be heard in "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon", while his highest note, an E6 – the first note of the whistle register — can be heard on the Born Villain song "Hey, Cruel World...".{{cite magazine |author=Hit Parader Staff |date=December 2012 |title=Top 100 Vocalists |magazine=Hit Parader |publisher=Charlton Publications |volume=12 |issue=12 |pages=22}}

Manson often appears wearing one or two coloured contact lenses as well as a distinctive and ever-changing androgynous wardrobe and makeup.{{cite web |title=Marilyn Manson Contact Lenses: Rockstar White Coloured Contacts |url=https://www.colouredcontacts.com/en_GB/blog/marilyn-manson-contact-lenses |website=Coloured Contacts |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=9 May 2017}}

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The name Marilyn Manson is formed by a juxtaposition of two opposing American pop cultural icons: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson.{{cite book |title=The Long Hard Road out of Hell |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1998|isbn=978-0-06-098746-6|pages=85–87}} Monroe, an actress, was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and continues to be a major icon over 50 years after,{{sfnm|1a1=Chapman|1y=2001|1pp=542–543|2a1=Hall|2y=2006|2p=468}} while Manson, a cult leader, was responsible for the murder of actress Sharon Tate, as well as several others; and served a life sentence on murder and conspiracy charges until his death in 2017.Bugliosi, Vincent with Gentry, Curt. Helter Skelter{{snds}}The True Story of the Manson Murders 25th Anniversary Edition, W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-393-08700-X}}. oclc=15164618.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/20/charles-manson-dead-cult-leader-sharon-tate|title=Charles Manson, US cult leader and convicted murderer, dies aged 83|last=Sidahmed|first=Mazin|date=November 20, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 20, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120063205/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/20/charles-manson-dead-cult-leader-sharon-tate|url-status=live}}

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|source = —Stereogum on Marilyn Manson.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1693203/portrait-of-an-american-family-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ |title=Portrait Of An American Family Turns 20 |last=Breihan |first=Tom |work=Stereogum |publisher=Valence Media |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209183525/https://www.stereogum.com/1693203/portrait-of-an-american-family-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ |archive-date=February 9, 2019 }}

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Manson has mentioned on at least two occasions that he trademarked the name Marilyn Manson. In an interview at the 2015 Cannes Lions Festival, he said: "I trademarked the name 'Marilyn Manson' the same way as Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. It's not a stage name. It's not my legal name. ... Marilyn Manson is owned by Brian Warner, my real name."{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-media-storm-after-columbine-really-shut-down-my-career-entirely/ |title=Marilyn Manson: Media Storm After Columbine 'Really Shut Down My Career Entirely' |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627061551/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-media-storm-after-columbine-really-shut-down-my-career-entirely/ |url-status=live }} He also mentioned this in a 2013 interview with Larry King.{{Cite episode|title=Marilyn Manson |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/496519 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |series=Larry King Now |series-link=Larry King Now |network=Hulu |date=June 3, 2013 |number=171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819135607/http://www.hulu.com/watch/496519 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 }} The records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that he registered four trademarks of the name between 1994 and 1999, protecting entertainment services, merchandising and branding.{{cite web|url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn74458976&docId=ORC20060103194628#docIndex=13&page=1 |title=USPTO TSDR Case Viewer: Case #74458976 |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=December 20, 1994 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121720/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn74458976&docId=ORC20060103194628 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn75248374&docId=ORC20060126053420#docIndex=11&page=1 |title=USPTO TSDR Case Viewer: Case #75248374 |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=February 24, 1998 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121500/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn75248374&docId=ORC20060126053420 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn74458977&docId=ORC20050331065723#docIndex=20&page=1 |title=USPTO TSDR Case Viewer: Case #74458977 |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=January 10, 1999 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121508/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn74458977&docId=ORC20050331065723 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn75358440&docId=ORC20060206221807#docIndex=12&page=1 |title=USPTO TSDR Case Viewer: Case #75358440 |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=May 11, 1999 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121551/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn75358440&docId=ORC20060206221807 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 }}

Manson says he used those trademark registrations to issue cease and desist orders to media outlets who wrongly blamed him for the Columbine High School massacre. One journalist had erroneously reported the shooters were "wearing Marilyn Manson makeup and t-shirts", although the reports were soon proved incorrect. He said "Once the wheels started spinning, Fox News started going." As a result of these accusations, Manson's career was seriously harmed. He was shunned by many venue owners and received numerous death threats.{{cite news|last1=O'Reilly |first1=Terry |title=The Crazy World of Trademarks |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/the-crazy-world-of-trademarks-1.3918789 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |agency=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |publisher=CBC Radio |date=January 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106203421/http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/the-crazy-world-of-trademarks-1.3918789 |archive-date=January 6, 2017 }}

Manson generally uses the name in lieu of his birth name. Though his mother referred to him by his birth name of Brian, his father opted to refer to his son as simply "Manson" since about 1993, saying: "It's called respect of the artist."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sympathy-for-the-devil-marilyn-manson-19970123 |title=Marilyn Manson: Sympathy for the Devil |first=Neil|last=Strauss|author-link=Neil Strauss |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 23, 1997 |access-date=June 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423144646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sympathy-for-the-devil-marilyn-manson-19970123 |archive-date=April 23, 2017 }}

In September 1996, former bassist Gidget Gein negotiated a settlement with Manson where he would receive {{US$|17,500|link=no}} and 20 percent of any royalties paid for recordings and for any songs he had a hand in writing and his share of any other royalties or fees the group earned while he was a member and he could market himself as a former member of Marilyn Manson. This settlement was not honored.[http://www.spookykids.net/articles/Daisy_Suit.htm Pushing Up Daisy Berkowitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052813/http://www.spookykids.net/articles/Daisy_Suit.htm |date=September 28, 2011 }}. City Link. Jane Musgrave. 1999.

Former guitarist and founding member Scott Putesky (a.k.a. Daisy Berkowitz) filed a $15 million lawsuit in a Fort Lauderdale court against the singer, the band and the band's attorney (David Codikow) in January 1998 after his departure from the group in the spring of 1996. Berkowitz claimed "thousands of dollars in royalties, publishing rights, and performance fees" and filed an attorney malpractice suit against Codikow, alleging that "Codikow represented Warner's interests more than the band's and ... gave Warner disproportionate control".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431766/daisy-berkowitz-takes-marilyn-manson-court.jhtml |title=Daisy Berkowitz Takes Marilyn Manson To Court |publisher=MTV News |date=January 26, 1998 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623183528/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431766/daisy-berkowitz-takes-marilyn-manson-court.jhtml |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}{{cite magazine|last=Bendersky |first=Ari |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-sued-by-former-member-19970924 |title=Marilyn Manson Sued By Former Member |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 24, 1997 |access-date=June 8, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802034631/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-sued-by-former-member-19970924 |archive-date=August 2, 2013 }} By October of that year, the suit had been settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431734/manson-settles-daisy-berkowitz-lawsuit-denies-label-pressured-him-do-so.jhtml |title=Manson Settles Daisy Berkowitz Lawsuit, Denies Label Pressured Him To Do So |publisher=MTV News |date=October 14, 1998 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623183511/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431734/manson-settles-daisy-berkowitz-lawsuit-denies-label-pressured-him-do-so.jhtml |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}

On November 30, 1998, a few days after the band accumulated "[a] total [of] more than $25,000" in backstage and hotel room damages during the Poughkeepsie, New York, stop of their Mechanical Animals Tour,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431728/marilyn-manson-wrecks-backstage-area-hotel-rooms-rock-roll-melee.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Wrecks Backstage Area, Hotel Rooms in Rock & Roll Melee |publisher=MTV News |date=November 25, 1998 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623183545/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431728/marilyn-manson-wrecks-backstage-area-hotel-rooms-rock-roll-melee.jhtml |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }} SPIN editor Craig Marks filed a $24-million lawsuit against Manson and his bodyguards. On February 19, 1999, Manson counter-sued Marks for libel, slander and defamation, seeking {{US$|40{{nbsp}}million}} in reparation.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/512301/19990220/index.jhtml |title=Manson Countersues Ex-Spin Editor For $40M |publisher=VH1 |date=February 20, 1999 |access-date=April 6, 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Marks later dropped the lawsuit.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/07/29/marilyn-manson-threatens-journalists-criticize.html |title=Marilyn Manson Threatens Journalists Who Criticize Him |work=Fox News |date=July 29, 2009 |access-date=October 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030080919/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/07/29/marilyn-manson-threatens-journalists-criticize.html |archive-date=October 30, 2016 }} Manson apologized for the Poughkeepsie incident and offered to make financial restitution.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431727/did-manson-spin-out-control.jhtml |title=Did Manson "Spin" Out of Control? |publisher=MTV News |date=November 30, 1998 |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623183450/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431727/did-manson-spin-out-control.jhtml |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}{{cite journal |first=John |last=Pecorelli |date= April 1999 |title=MansonWorld |journal=Alternative Press |issue=#129 |pages=44–52 }}

In a civil battery suit, David Diaz, a security officer from a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 27, 2000, sued for {{US$|75,000}} in a Minneapolis federal court.{{cite news |last = Gustafson |first= Paul |title = No verdict yet in Marilyn Manson trial |newspaper = Star Tribune |date = September 6, 2003 |page = 9B}} The federal court jury found in Manson's favor.{{cite news |last = Smyntek |first= John |title = Names & faces |newspaper = Detroit Free Press |date = September 10, 2003 |page = 2D}} In a civil suit presented by Oakland County, Michigan, Manson was charged with sexual misconduct against another security officer, Joshua Keasler, during a concert in Clarkston, Michigan, on July 30, 2001. Oakland County originally filed assault and battery and criminal sexual misconduct charges,{{cite news|author = Potts, Laura|title = Manson charged with assault|newspaper = South Bend Tribune|date = August 17, 2001|page = A2}} but the judge reduced the latter charge to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.{{cite news|title = Judge rules rocker's act not a sexual one|newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer

|date = January 2, 2002|page = E2}} Manson pleaded no contest to the reduced charges, paid a {{US$|4,000}} fine,{{cite news|title = Marilyn Manson ordered to pay fine for assault|newspaper = National Post

|date = June 20, 2002|page = AL6}} and later settled the lawsuit under undisclosed terms.{{cite news|author = Derakhshani, Tirdad|title = Marilyn Manson gyration suit is settled|newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer|date = February 19, 2004|page = D2}}

On April 3, 2002, Maria St. John filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Manson of providing her adult daughter, Jennifer Syme, with cocaine and instructing her to drive while under the influence.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453344/20020409/story.jhtml |title=Manson May Fight Wrongful Death Suit With Countersuit |author=Vineyard, Jennifer |publisher=MTV News |date=April 9, 2002 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116104320/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453344/20020409/story.jhtml |archive-date=January 16, 2008 }} After attending a party at Manson's house, Syme was given a lift home;{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453249/20020403/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Accused of Contributing To Friend's Death |author=Vineyard, Jennifer |date=April 3, 2002 |work=MTV |access-date=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606154145/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453249/20020403/marilyn_manson.jhtml |archive-date=June 6, 2010 }} Manson claims she was taken home by a designated driver. After she got home, she got behind the wheel of her own vehicle and was killed when she crashed it into three parked cars. Manson is reported to have said there were no alcohol or other drugs at the party; St. John's lawyer disputed this claim.

On August 2, 2007, former band member Stephen Bier filed a lawsuit against Manson for unpaid "partnership proceeds", seeking $20 million in back pay. Several details from the lawsuit leaked to the press.{{cite news|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=25024_0_2_0_C |title=Marilyn Manson is a fraudulent Nazi artifacts collector says former bandmember |work=SIDE-LINE.com |date=August 6, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429205740/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=25024_0_2_0_C |archive-date=April 29, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=78000 |title=Marilyn Manson Sued By Former Keyboardist/Drummer Over 'Partnership Proceeds' |publisher=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |date=August 2, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302131153/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=78000 |archive-date=March 2, 2008 }} In December 2007, Manson countersued, claiming that Bier failed to fulfill his duties as a band member to play for recordings and to promote the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=P28015_0_2_0 |title=Marilyn Manson files countersuit against ex-bandmate Stephen Bier |work=SIDE-LINE.com |date=December 25, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108013345/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=P28015_0_2_0 |archive-date=January 8, 2009 }} On December 28, 2009, the suit was settled with an agreement which saw Bier's attorneys being paid a total of $380,000.[http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=51602 "Marilyn Manson Settles Lawsuit With Former Band Member Stephen Bier"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606025204/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=51602 |date=June 6, 2011 }} www.metalunderground.com. Access date: February 15, 2011.

Manson has supported various charitable causes throughout his career. In 2002, he worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to collaborate with a fan who had been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. 16-year-old Andrew Baines from Tennessee was invited into the band's recording studio to record backing vocals for their then-upcoming album, The Golden Age of Grotesque. His website read: "Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with Andrew, who reminded me the things I create are only made complete by those who enjoy them. I just want to simply say, thank you to Andrew for sharing such an important wish with me."{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-makes-dying-fan-s-wish-come-true/ |title=Marilyn Manson Makes Dying Fan's Wish Come True |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=August 29, 2002 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024025616/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-makes-dying-fan-s-wish-come-true/ |archive-date=October 24, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/marilyn-manson-shows-his-softer-side-66313.html |title=Marilyn Manson shows his softer side |work=Irish Examiner |date=August 31, 2002 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024030756/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/marilyn-manson-shows-his-softer-side-66313.html |archive-date=October 24, 2016 }} He contributed to Oxfam's 2013 "Rumble in the Jumble" event, which raised money to aid victims of domestic and sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/marilyn-manson/news/celebrities-donate-items-to-charity-jumble-sale_3440561 |title=Marilyn Manson | Celebrities Donate Items To Charity Jumble Sale |work=Contactmusic.com |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024023614/http://www.contactmusic.com/marilyn-manson/news/celebrities-donate-items-to-charity-jumble-sale_3440561 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 }} He has supported various organizations – such as Music for Life and Little Kids Rock – which enable access to musical instruments and education to children of low-income families. He has also worked with Project Nightlight, a group that encourages children and teenagers to speak out against physical and sexual abuse.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/marilyn-manson_n_6625118.html |title=25 Unexpected Facts About Marilyn Manson (Only One Of Which Involves Mario Kart) |author=Gasparek, Brian |work=The Huffington Post |publisher=AOL |date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819191844/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/marilyn-manson_n_6625118.html |archive-date=August 19, 2016 }} In 2019, he performed alongside Cyndi Lauper at her annual 'Home for the Holidays' benefit concert, with all proceeds donated to Lauper's True Colors United, which "works to develop solutions to youth homelessness that focus on the unique experiences of LGBTQ young people".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cyndi-lauper-marilyn-manson-henry-rollins-kesha-home-for-the-holidays-925373/ |title=Cyndi Lauper Duets With Marilyn Manson, Henry Rollins at Benefit Gig |author=Kreps, Daniel |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223055831/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cyndi-lauper-marilyn-manson-henry-rollins-kesha-home-for-the-holidays-925373/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/cyndi-lauper-henry-rollins-home-for-holidays-benefit-1203433598/ |title=Cyndi Lauper Punks It Up with Henry Rollins, Marilyn Manson at LGBTQ Homeless Benefit |author=Willman, Chris |work=Variety |date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126051438/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/cyndi-lauper-henry-rollins-home-for-holidays-benefit-1203433598/ |url-status=live }}

File:Dita Von Teese at Cannes 2007.jpg and Manson were married from 2005 to 2007.]]

Manson was engaged to actress Rose McGowan from February 1999 to January 2001. McGowan later ended their engagement, citing "lifestyle differences".{{cite web |title=Rock Romance Shocker: Manson and McGowan Split |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=110753|access-date=August 12, 2017 |date= January 18, 2001|work= ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521140229/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=110753 |archive-date= May 21, 2014}}

Manson and burlesque dancer, model, and costume designer Dita Von Teese became a couple in 2001. He proposed on March 22, 2004, and they were married in a private, non-denominational ceremony officiated by Chilean film director Alejandro Jodorowsky.{{cite news|title=All about Alejandro|last=Braund|first=Simon|date=October 2009|work=Empire Magazine|page=139}} On December 30, 2006, Von Teese filed for divorce due to "irreconcilable differences".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6236663.stm |title=Rock star Manson set to divorce |work=BBC News |date=January 6, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021022016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6236663.stm |archive-date=October 21, 2007 }} Von Teese also eventually stated she did not agree with Manson's "partying or his relationship with another girl".{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2007/04/22/stdita122.xml&page=3 |title=Educating Dita |work=Sunday Telegraph |date=April 22, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |location=London |first=Kimberly |last=Cutter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209233011/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Ffashion%2F2007%2F04%2F22%2Fstdita122.xml&page=3 |archive-date=February 9, 2008 }} Manson's "heavy boozing" and distant behavior were also cited as cause for the split.{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/01/070105_marilyn/ |title=Splitsville for Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese |work=SPIN |date=January 5, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103233017/http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/01/070105_marilyn/ |archive-date=January 3, 2008 }} A judgment of divorce was entered in Los Angeles Superior Court on December 27, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/12/28/manson-von_teese_marriage_ended/2173/ |title=Manson-Von Teese marriage ended |work=United Press International |date=December 28, 2007 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206105331/http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/12/28/manson-von_teese_marriage_ended/2173/ |archive-date=February 6, 2008 }}

Manson's relationship with actress, model, and musician Evan Rachel Wood was made public in 2007.{{cite magazine|last=Lee |first=Ken |url=https://people.com/celebrity/marilyn-manson-dating-evan-rachel-wood/ |title=People Magazine |magazine=People |date=January 9, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730111756/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20007918%2C00.html |archive-date=July 30, 2013 }} They maintained an on-again, off-again relationship for several years. He proposed to Wood during a Paris stage performance in January 2010, but the couple broke off the engagement later that year.{{cite news|first1=Jennifer|last1=Garcia|first2=Jessica|last2=Herndon|title=Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood Call It Quits (Again!) |url=https://people.com/celebrity/marilyn-manson-and-evan-rachel-wood-call-it-quits-again/ |work=People |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082518/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20413552%2C00.html?hpt=T2 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}

In the March 2012 issue of Revolver magazine, American photographer Lindsay Usich was referred to as Manson's girlfriend. The article referenced a new painting by him featuring her. Usich is credited as the photo source for the cover art of Manson's 2012 album, Born Villain. It was later confirmed that the two were romantically involved.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/marilyn-manson-admits-wanting-children_n_1677293.html |title=Marilyn Manson Admits He Might Want To Have A Child |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719095542/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/marilyn-manson-admits-wanting-children_n_1677293.html |archive-date=July 19, 2012 }} In February 2015, Manson told Beat magazine that he is "newly single".{{cite web | url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/marilyn-manson-0 | title=Marilyn Manson | work=Beat Magazine | date=February 2015 | access-date=February 25, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619221824/http://www.beat.com.au/music/marilyn-manson-0 | archive-date=June 19, 2016 | url-status=dead }}

In October 2020, Manson revealed in an interview with Nicolas Cage on ABC News Radio that he was married in a private ceremony during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web | url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/23/marilyn-manson-reveals-hes-married-in-interview-with-nicolas.html | title=Marilyn Manson reveals he's married in interview with Nicolas Cage | publisher=ABC News Radio | date=October 2020 | access-date=November 4, 2020 | archive-date=October 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031102801/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/23/marilyn-manson-reveals-hes-married-in-interview-with-nicolas.html | url-status=live }} The person he married was revealed to be Usich after she changed her social media name to "Lindsay Elizabeth Warner".{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/lindsayusichofficial/ | title=Lindsay Elizabeth Warner | date=October 2020 | access-date=November 4, 2020}}

Manson is the godfather of Lily-Rose Depp.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/marilyn-manson-johnny-depp-amber-heard-divorce-he-was-completely-crucified-unjustly-a7225936.html|title=Marilyn Manson defends Johnny Depp over domestic abuse allegations|website=The Independent|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924194843/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/marilyn-manson-johnny-depp-amber-heard-divorce-he-was-completely-crucified-unjustly-a7225936.html|url-status=live}}

Manson claims he was a friend of Anton LaVey,{{cite web| first=Chad| last=Hensley| url=http://www.esoterra.org/manson.htm| title=The Voice of Generation Hex: An interview with Marilyn Manson| work=Esoterra Magazine, The Journal of Extreme Culture| year=1996| access-date=June 18, 2016| archive-date=January 31, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131150604/http://www.esoterra.org/manson.htm| url-status=live}} and early on had also claimed LaVey inducted him as a minister in the Church of Satan. Later in his career, Manson downplayed this, saying he was "not necessarily" a minister: "that was something earlier... it was a friend of mine who's now dead, who was a philosopher that I thought I learned a lot from. And that was a title I was given, so a lot of people made a lot out of it. But it's not a real job, I didn't get paid for it."{{Cite episode | title = Children at Risk | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHjQaFBXWQ | via = YouTube | series = The O'Reilly Factor | credits = Presenter: Bill O'Reilly | network = FOX | station = Fox News | location = New York| airdate = August 20, 2001 | minutes = 7:19 | transcript = Transcript | transcript-url = https://www.foxnews.com/story/marilyn-manson | access-date = May 10, 2019 | archive-date = May 29, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190529185226/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHjQaFBXWQ&gl=US&hl=en | url-status = live }} The Church of Satan itself later confirmed Manson was never ordained as a minister in their church, explaining "he was given an honorary priesthood for his real world accomplishments at the time".{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/church-satan-clarifies-marilyn-mansons-role-2370035 |title=The Church Of Satan clarifies Marilyn Manson's role |first=Andrew |last=Trendell |work=NME |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109010133/https://www.nme.com/news/music/church-satan-clarifies-marilyn-mansons-role-2370035 |url-status=live }}

Manson has been described as "the highest profile Satanist ever" with strong anti-Christian views and social Darwinist leanings.{{cite book|first=Chris|last=Mathews|title=Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQrbsOWaOyUC|year=2009|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-313-36639-0|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213171232/https://books.google.com/books?id=mQrbsOWaOyUC|url-status=live}}

{{cquote|"I'm not a misanthrope. I'm not a nihilist. I'm not an atheist. I believe in spirituality, but it really has to come from somewhere else. I learned a long time ago, you can't try to change the world, you can just try to make something in it. I think that's my spirituality, it's putting something into the world. If you take all the basic principles of any religion, it's usually about creation. There's also destruction, but creation essentially. I was raised Christian. I went to a Christian school, because my parents wanted me to get a better education. But when I got kicked out I was sent to public school, and got beat up more by the public school kids. But then I'd go to my friend's Passover and have fun."|author=Marilyn Manson{{cite interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlakLIwqfXw |title=Marilyn Manson on Alice Cooper, Blame for School Shootings & Kanye West vs Jay-Z [Full Interview] |subject=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Larry King |access-date=May 10, 2019 |via=YouTube |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529185228/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlakLIwqfXw&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}}}

Manson is also familiar with the writings of Aleister Crowley and Friedrich Nietzsche. He quotes Crowley throughout his autobiography, including Thelema's principal dictum: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."{{cite news|first=Glenn|last=Minnis|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/swiss-dont-dig-mansons-act/|title=Swiss Don't Dig Manson's Act|website=CBS|agency=Associated Press|date=December 2, 2003|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820182806/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/swiss-dont-dig-mansons-act/|url-status=live}} Crowley's esoteric subject matter forms an important theme in much of Manson's early work.{{cite web| first=Nick| last=Kushner| url=http://www.nachtkabarett.com/theOccult/AleisterCrowley| title=Aleister Crowley| access-date=September 2, 2016| archive-date=December 15, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215092701/http://www.nachtkabarett.com/theOccult/AleisterCrowley| url-status=live}}

Marilyn Manson has been referred to as one of the most iconic and controversial figures in heavy metal music,{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-01-14/the-a-z-of-marilyn-manson|title=The A-Z Of Marilyn Manson – Feature|author=Lloyd, Gavin|work=Metal Hammer|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812155024/http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-01-14/the-a-z-of-marilyn-manson|archive-date=August 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/marilyn-manson_n_6625118.html|title=25 Unexpected Facts About Marilyn Manson (Only One Of Which Involves Mario Kart)|author=Gasparek, Brian|work=The Huffington Post|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819191844/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/marilyn-manson_n_6625118.html|archive-date=August 19, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://noisecreep.com/best-marilyn-manson-videos/|title=10 Best Marilyn Manson Videos|author=Ford, Chris|work=Noisecreep|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103222207/http://noisecreep.com/best-marilyn-manson-videos/|archive-date=November 3, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3344860/worst-best-music-videos-marilyn-manson/|title=[From Worst To Best] The Music Videos Of Marilyn Manson|author=Barkan, Jonathan|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=May 13, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008154642/http://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3344860/worst-best-music-videos-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=October 8, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/outrage-watch-marilyn-manson-is-playing-a-native-american-ya-think-therell-be-backlash|title=Outrage Watch: Johnny Depp can probably relate to this Marilyn Manson controversy|author=Eggertsen, Chris|work=HitFix|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815192949/http://www.hitfix.com/news/outrage-watch-marilyn-manson-is-playing-a-native-american-ya-think-therell-be-backlash|archive-date=August 15, 2016}} with some referring to him as a "pop culture icon".{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-1997-edition-was-the-best-mtv-video-music-awards-2405739|title=The 1997 Edition Was the Best MTV Video Music Awards|author=Chaz, Kangas|work=LA Weekly|publisher=Voice Media Group|date=September 6, 2012|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102134726/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-1997-edition-was-the-best-mtv-video-music-awards-2405739|archive-date=January 2, 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/31647/1/marc-jacobs-casts-marilyn-manson-and-courtney-love-aw16-ad|title=Marc Jacobs casts Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love in new ad|author=DeWolf, Anna|magazine=Dazed Digital|publisher=Dazed|date=June 20, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726102507/http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/31647/1/marc-jacobs-casts-marilyn-manson-and-courtney-love-aw16-ad|archive-date=July 26, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/read-serial-killer-charles-mansons-batshit-insane-letter-marilyn-manson/|title=Read Charles Manson's Batshit Insane Letter To Marilyn Manson|author=Mack, Emmy|magazine=Music Feeds|date=December 23, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221154537/http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/read-serial-killer-charles-mansons-batshit-insane-letter-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=February 21, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/160105-46-years-marilyn-manson-has-society-finally|title=47 years of Marilyn Manson: Has society finally understood him?|work=RadioandMusic.com|publisher=The Times Group|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817152643/http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/160105-46-years-marilyn-manson-has-society-finally|archive-date=August 17, 2016}} Paste magazine said there were "few artists in the 90s as shocking as Marilyn Manson, the most famous of the shock-rockers".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/10/13-scariest-musicians.html|title=The 13 Scariest Bands of All Time|author=Bonaime, Ross|magazine=Paste|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817133157/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/10/13-scariest-musicians.html|archive-date=August 17, 2016}} In her book Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture, author Jacqueline Edmondson writes that Manson creates music that "challenges people's worldviews and provokes questions and further thinking".{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQPXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA291|title=Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture|page=291|author=Edmondson, Jacqueline|publisher=ABC-Clio|date=October 3, 2013|isbn=9780313393488 |access-date=March 18, 2022}} Manson, his work, and the work of his eponymous band, have been involved in numerous controversies throughout their career.{{cite journal |url=https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/pdf/12098 |title="I Am Your Faggot Anti-Pope": An Exploration of Marilyn Manson as a Transgressive Artist |first=Coco|last=d'Hont|journal=European Journal of American Studies |publisher=Centre pour l'Édition Électronique Ouverte |date=Summer 2017 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |pages=1–17 |issn=1991-9336 |others=Directory of Open Access Journals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623135154/https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/pdf/12098 |archive-date=June 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RReDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA67|title=Metal Music: A History for Headbangers|pages=67–69|author=Horning, Nicole|publisher=Greenhaven Press|date=December 15, 2018|isbn=9781534565265 |access-date=March 18, 2022}}

On May 30, 1996, the co-directors of political advocacy group Empower America organized a bipartisan press conference with Republican William Bennett and Democrats Joseph Lieberman and C. Delores Tucker, in which the record industry was admonished for selling "prepackaged, shrink-wrapped nihilism". The three largely targeted rap music, but also referenced Manson; Tucker called Smells Like Children the "dirtiest, nastiest porno record directed at children that has ever hit the market" and said distributing record labels had "the blood of children on their hands", while Lieberman said the music "celebrates some of the most antisocial and immoral behaviors imaginable". They also announced that Empower America would be launching a $25,000 radio advertising campaign to collect petitions from listeners who wanted record companies to "stop spreading this vicious, vulgar music".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/507687/elvis-fan-bill-bennett-attacks-rap-marilyn-manson/|title=Elvis Fan Bill Bennett Attacks Rap, Marilyn Manson|author-link=Michael Goldberg (writer)|author=Goldberg, Michael|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Network|date=June 1, 1996|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809201001/http://www.mtv.com/news/507687/elvis-fan-bill-bennett-attacks-rap-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=August 9, 2016}}

The release of Antichrist Superstar in 1996 coincided with the band's commercial breakthrough,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/21/columbine-destroyed-my-entire-career-marilyn-manson-on-the-perils-of-being-the-lord-of-darkness|title='Columbine destroyed my entire career': Marilyn Manson on the perils of being the lord of darkness|author-link=Alexis Petridis|author=Petridis, Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=April 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807113346/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/21/columbine-destroyed-my-entire-career-marilyn-manson-on-the-perils-of-being-the-lord-of-darkness|archive-date=August 7, 2018|url-status=live}} and much of the attention received by Manson from mainstream media was not positive.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-antichrist-superstar-album-anniversary/|title=24 Years Ago: Marilyn Manson Makes Creative Leap With 'Antichrist Superstar'|last=Childers|first=Chad|work=Loudwire|date=October 8, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429062130/http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-antichrist-superstar-album-anniversary/|archive-date=April 29, 2017}} Empower America organized another press conference in December 1996, where they criticized MCA—the owner of Interscope—president Edgar Bronfman Jr. for profiting from "profanity-laced" albums by Manson, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/508715/another-right-wing-attack-on-rap-rock/ |title=Another Right Wing Attack On Rap & Rock |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |publisher=MTV |date=December 11, 1996 |access-date=January 13, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113150720/http://www.mtv.com/news/508715/another-right-wing-attack-on-rap-rock/ |archive-date=January 13, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-mcaphilips10dec1096-story.html |title=Critics expected to take on MCA for explicit rap lyrics |author-link=Chuck Philips |author=Philips, Chuck |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 10, 1996 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513090752/http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-mcaphilips10dec1096-story.html |archive-date=May 13, 2016}} The band's live performances also came under fire during this period; the "Dead to the World Tour" was followed by protesters at nearly every North American venue it visited.{{cite web|url=https://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/mirapaul/042497mirapaul.html|title=The Traveling Controversy That Is Marilyn Manson|author=Mirapaul, Matthew|work=The New York Times|date=April 24, 1997|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008154435/https://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/mirapaul/042497mirapaul.html|archive-date=October 8, 2016}} Opponents of the band claimed the shows featured elements of Satanism, including a satanic altar, bestiality, rape, the distribution of free drugs, homosexual acts, as well as animal and even human sacrifices.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marilyn-manson-the-vampire-of-the-hollywood-hills-241042/|title=Marilyn Manson: The Vampire of the Hollywood Hills |author=Hedegaard, Erik |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=January 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203154420/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marilyn-manson-the-vampire-of-the-hollywood-hills-241042/|archive-date=February 3, 2019|url-status=live}} Anonymous affidavits compiled by the Gulf Coast division of the American Family Association made various other claims about the live shows. Students in Florida were threatened with expulsion for attending the band's concerts.

Several state legislatures, including the Utah State Legislature, South Carolina Legislature and the Virginia General Assembly, enacted legislation specifically targeting the group, banning them from performing at state-operated venues.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/493/marilyn-manson-fans-settle-lawsuit-over-canceled-utah-show/|title=Marilyn Manson Fans Settle Lawsuit Over Canceled Utah Show|work=MTV News|date=June 24, 1997|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616223537/http://www.mtv.com/news/493/marilyn-manson-fans-settle-lawsuit-over-canceled-utah-show/|archive-date=June 16, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypress.com/1997/04/20/richmond-makes-martyr-out-of-manson/|title=Richmond Makes Martyr Out Of Manson|author=Spencer, Jim|work=Daily Press|date=April 20, 1997|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804045036/http://articles.dailypress.com/1997-04-20/news/9704200018_1_marilyn-manson-brian-warner-live-crew|archive-date=August 4, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/509481/ozzy-to-sue-new-jersey-over-marilyn-manson/|title=Ozzy Osbourne To Sue New Jersey Over Marilyn Manson|author=Nelson, Chris|work=MTV News|date=April 19, 1997|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616220503/http://www.mtv.com/news/509481/ozzy-to-sue-new-jersey-over-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=June 16, 2016}} These laws would later be repealed, following separate lawsuits from fans and the American Civil Liberties Union. Ozzy Osbourne sued the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority after they forced the cancelation of the New Jersey date of the 1997 Ozzfest at Giants Stadium; Manson's appearance had been cited as the reason for the cancelation.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/17/arts/heavy-metal-upstaged-by-a-fury-offstage.html|title=Heavy Metal Upstaged By a Fury Offstage|author=Strauss, Neil|work=The New York Times|date=June 17, 1997|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701113155/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/17/arts/heavy-metal-upstaged-by-a-fury-offstage.html|archive-date=July 1, 2016|author-link=Neil Strauss}} In November 1997, Manson's lyrical content was examined during congressional hearings led by Lieberman and Sam Brownback, in an attempt to determine the effects—if any—of violent lyrics on young listeners.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/11/blaming-shock-rockers |title=Blaming the Shock Rockers: Now that Frank Zappa's dead, who will stick up for Marilyn Manson? |last=Kretkowski |first=Paul D. |work=Mother Jones |date=November 11, 1997 |access-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408023514/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/11/blaming-shock-rockers |archive-date=April 8, 2016}} The subcommittee heard testimony from Raymond Kuntz, who blamed his son's suicide on Antichrist Superstar—specifically the song "The Reflecting God".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1775/senate-hearing-attempts-to-connect-manson-to-suicide/ |title=Senate Hearing Attempts To Connect Manson To Suicide |last=Nelson |first= Chris |work=MTV News |date=November 7, 1997|access-date=August 6, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809203232/http://www.mtv.com/news/1775/senate-hearing-attempts-to-connect-manson-to-suicide/ |archive-date=August 9, 2016}} Lieberman went on to claim that the band's music was driving young listeners to commit suicide,{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/21/marilyn-manson-on-charlie-hebdo-and-why-you-should-avoid-foursomes.html|title=Marilyndest Manson on Charlie Hebdo and Why You Should Avoid Foursomes|author=Stern, Marlow|work=The Daily Beast|date=January 21, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2022|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705034949/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/21/marilyn-manson-on-charlie-hebdo-and-why-you-should-avoid-foursomes.html|archivedate=July 5, 2016 }} and called the band the "sickest group ever promoted by a mainstream record company".{{cite news|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|author=Strauss, Neil|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 1997|access-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175217/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/a-bogey-band-to-scare-parents-with.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016}}

{{main article|Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School shooting controversy}}

On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed thirteen people and wounded twenty-four others before committing suicide.{{cite web |url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/ |title=A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine |author=Aviva Shen |website=ThinkProgress |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430004241/http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/ |archive-date=April 30, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Injured and Survivors of the Columbine High School shooting |url=http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/injured.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216085139/http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/injured.php |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |website=www.acolumbinesite.com}} In the immediate aftermath of the massacre, media reports surfaced that were heavily critical of Goth subculture,{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/04/19/bullies-black-trench-coats-columbine-shootings-most-dangerous-myths/|title=Bullies and black trench coats: The Columbine shooting's most dangerous myths|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Brockell, Gillian|date=April 20, 2019|access-date=April 23, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/22/stuartmillar1|title=A clique within a clique, obsessed with guns, death and Hitler|author1=Wright, Gerard|author2=Millar, Stuart|work=The Guardian|date=April 22, 1999|access-date=April 22, 2022}} alleging the perpetrators were wearing Marilyn Manson T-shirts during the massacre,{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/columbine-how-marilyn-manson-became-mainstream-medias-scapegoat|title=Columbine: How Marilyn Manson Became Mainstream Media's Scapegoat|author=Brannigan, Paul|work=Kerrang!|date=April 20, 2019|access-date=April 25, 2022}} and that they were influenced by violence in entertainment, specifically movies, video games and music.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/25/weekinreview/the-nation-the-stresses-of-youth-the-strains-of-its-music.html|title=The Nation; The Stresses of Youth, The Strains of Its Music|author-link=Anne Powers|author=Powers, Ann|work=The New York Times|date=April 25, 2000|access-date=April 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518070833/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/25/weekinreview/the-nation-the-stresses-of-youth-the-strains-of-its-music.html|archive-date=May 18, 2016}} Five days after the incident, William Bennet and Joseph Lieberman – longtime critics of the vocalist – appeared on Meet the Press, where they cited his music as a contributing factor to the shooting.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/513754/colorado-tragedy-continues-to-spark-manson-bashing/|title=Colorado Tragedy Continues To Spark Manson Bashing|author=O'Connor, Christopher|work=MTV|date=April 26, 1999|access-date=June 1, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610112300/http://www.mtv.com/news/513754/colorado-tragedy-continues-to-spark-manson-bashing/|archive-date=June 10, 2016}} Soon after, sensationalist headlines such as "Killers Worshipped Rock Freak Manson" and "Devil-Worshipping Maniac Told Kids To Kill" began appearing in media coverage of the tragedy.{{cite magazine|author=Tom Bryant |date=November 10, 2010 |title=Screaming For Vengeance |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=Bauer Media Group |pages=40–42}}{{cite book|author=Jones, Steve|editor=Baker, Susan|title=Pop Music and the Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-ViwZnnR3oC|access-date=April 22, 2022|year=2002|publisher=Temple University Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-1-56639-966-1|pages=126–127}} Despite confirmation that the pair were fans of German industrial bands such as KMFDM and Rammstein,{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/marilyn-mansons-holy-wood-10-things-you-didnt-know-2000s-lp-fight-songs|title=Marilyn Manson's 'Holy Wood': 10 Things You Didn't Know About 2000's LP of Fight Songs|author=Weiderhorn, Jon|work=Revolver|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=April 22, 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/shooting/0822fata1.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010221031521/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/shooting/0822fata1.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2001|title=Fatal Friendship|author1=Bartels, Lynn|author2=Crowder, Carla|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=August 22, 1999|access-date=April 22, 2022}} and had "nothing but contempt" for Manson's music,{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/09/23/columbine_4/|title=Inside the Columbine High investigation|author=Cullen, Dave|work=Salon|date=September 23, 1999|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517044320/http://www.salon.com/1999/09/23/columbine_4/|archive-date=May 17, 2017 |url-status=live}} mainstream media continued to direct the majority of blame for the shooting at Manson.{{cite web|url=

https://loudwire.com/rock-music-demonized-by-mainstream/|title=10 Times Rock Music Was Demonized by the Mainstream|author=Blum, Jordan|work=Loudwire|date=July 14, 2021|access-date=April 22, 2022}}{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html|title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture|author=France, Lisa Respers|work=CNN|date=April 20, 2009|access-date=April 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422164650/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html|archive-date=April 22, 2009}}

The Mayor of Denver, Wellington Webb, successfully petitioned for the cancelation of KBPI-FM's annual "Birthday Bash", at which Manson was scheduled to appear on April 30. Webb said the concert would be "inappropriate" because the two gunmen were thought to be fans of Manson.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1427257/marilyn-manson-concert-other-denver-events-cancelled-in-wake-of-high-school-shooting/|title=Marilyn Manson Concert, Other Denver Events Cancelled In Wake Of High School Shooting|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|date=April 22, 1999 |access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425020136/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427257/marilyn-manson-concert-other-denver-events-cancelled-in-wake-of-high-school-shooting/|archive-date=April 25, 2016}} Coloradoan politicians Bill Owens and Tom Tancredo accused Manson of promoting "hate, violence, death, suicide, drug use and the attitudes and actions of the Columbine High School killers".{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1443825/colorado-governor-congressman-support-anti-manson-group/ |title=Colorado Governor, Congressman Support Anti-Manson Group |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |date=May 21, 2001 |access-date=April 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425024741/http://www.mtv.com/news/1443825/colorado-governor-congressman-support-anti-manson-group/ |archive-date=April 25, 2016}} On April 29, ten US senators led by Brownback sent a letter to the head of Seagram, the conglomerate which owned Manson's record label, requesting they stop distributing music to children that "glorifies violence". The letter named Manson, accusing him of producing songs that "eerily reflect" the actions of Harris and Klebold.{{cite web |author=O'Connor, Christopher |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/513908/politicians-go-on-offensive-against-marilyn-manson/ |title=Politicians Go on Offensive Against Marilyn Manson |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom Media Networks |date=May 1, 1999 |access-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519175541/http://www.mtv.com/news/513908/politicians-go-on-offensive-against-marilyn-manson/ |archive-date=May 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Manson canceled the final four dates of the Rock Is Dead Tour out of respect for the victims while criticizing the media for their irresponsible coverage of the tragedy.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/29/us/terror-in-littleton-the-culture-rock-concerts-are-cancelled.html|title=Terror in Littleton: The Culture; Rock Concerts Are Cancelled|author=Sterngold, James|work=The New York Times|date=April 29, 1999|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328174410/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/29/us/terror-in-littleton-the-culture-rock-concerts-are-cancelled.html|archive-date=March 28, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/331363.stm|title=Manson cancels rest of US tour|work=BBC News|date=April 29, 1999|access-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415123212/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/331363.stm|archive-date=April 15, 2016}} He elaborated on this point in an op-ed written for Rolling Stone titled "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?". In the article, Manson castigated America's gun culture and the political influence of the National Rifle Association, but was heavily critical of news media. He argued the media should be blamed for the next school shooting, as it was them who propagated the ensuing hysteria and "witch hunt", and said that instead of debating more relevant societal issues, the media instead facilitated the placing of blame on a scapegoat.{{cite magazine|author=Manson, Manson|title=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=815|date=June 24, 1999|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/columbine-whose-fault-is-it-19990624|access-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721192522/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/columbine-whose-fault-is-it-19990624|archive-date=July 21, 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |first=Adam |last=Bychawski |work=NME |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=May 1, 1999 |access-date=April 23, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119100905/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |archive-date=January 19, 2012}}

On May 4, Brownback chaired a congressional hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the distribution and marketing of supposedly violent content to children by the film, music, television and video-game industries. The committee heard testimony from Bennett, the Archbishop of Denver Charles J. Chaput, as well as professors and mental health professionals; they criticized Manson, his label mates Nine Inch Nails, and the 1999 film The Matrix for their alleged contribution to a cultural environment enabling violence such as the Columbine shootings. Recording Industry Association of America executive Hilary Rosen said she refused to participate in the hearing as it was "staged as political theater. They just wanted to find a way to shame the industry, and I'm not ashamed."{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml|title=Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails at Hearing|author=O'Connor, Christopher|work=VH1|date=May 4, 1999|access-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411233607/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml|archive-date=April 11, 2012|url-status=dead}} The committee eventually requested the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices to minors.{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |url=http://www.salon.com/2000/08/29/hollywood_2/ |title=Hollywood on trial |work=Salon |publisher=Salon Media Group Inc. |date=August 29, 2000 |access-date=May 15, 2012}} The lyrical content of the band's 2000 album Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) was largely inspired by the massacre, with Manson saying it was a rebuttal to the accusations leveled against him by mainstream media.{{cite magazine |first=Tom|last=Bryant |date=November 10, 2010 |title=Screaming For Vengeance |magazine=Kerrang! |issue=1338 |pages=40–42 |issn=0262-6624}} He also discussed the massacre and its aftermath in Michael Moore's 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2007/05/cover-marilyn-manson/|title=On the Cover: Marilyn Manson|author=Ames, Jonathan|work=Spin|date=May 17, 2007|access-date=April 22, 2022|issn=0886-3032|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119044303/https://www.spin.com/2007/05/cover-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=January 19, 2016|url-status=live}}

In 2000, an elderly nun was murdered by three schoolgirls in Italy, with their diaries reportedly containing numerous references to and pictures of Manson.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/25/popandrock|title=Marilyn Manson is innocent|author=Pidd, Helen|work=The Guardian|date=January 5, 2005|access-date=April 23, 2022}} Soon after, he was arrested following a concert in Rome for allegedly "tearing off his genitals". Manson said the arrest was politically motivated following his implication in the murder by Italian tabloids.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-268-1392720|title=Maz's Arresting Comments|work=NME|date=February 21, 2001|access-date=April 22, 2022}} In 2003, French media{{Which|date=July 2021}} blamed Manson when several teenagers vandalized the graves of British war heroes in Arras, France.

On June 30, 2003, 14-year-old schoolgirl Jodi Jones was brutally murdered in Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/may/16/scotland.ukcrime |title=Luke Mitchell loses appeal in Jodi Jones murder |author=Glendinning, Lee |work=The Guardian |date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920133523/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/may/16/scotland.ukcrime |archive-date=September 20, 2016}} Her mutilated body was discovered in woodland near her home, with her injuries said to closely resemble those of Elizabeth Short, commonly referred to by media as the Black Dahlia.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1480608/Jodi-Jones-death-similar-to-Hollywood-killing.html |title=Jodi Jones death 'similar to Hollywood killing' |author=Cramb, Auslan |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=January 7, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706190133/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1480608/Jodi-Jones-death-similar-to-Hollywood-killing.html |archive-date=July 6, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-convicted-of-jodi-murder-487597.html |title=Teenager convicted of Jodi murder | Crime | News |author=PA |work=The Independent |date=January 21, 2005|access-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829010106/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-convicted-of-jodi-murder-487597.html|archive-date=August 29, 2016}} Ten months later, Jones's boyfriend Luke Mitchell, then-fifteen years old, was arrested on suspicion of her murder.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4187007.stm |title=UK | Scotland | Killer 'obsessed by occult' |work=BBC News |date=January 21, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919120240/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4187007.stm |archive-date=September 19, 2016}} Police confiscated a copy of The Golden Age of Grotesque containing the short film Doppelherz during a search of Mitchell's family home,{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/18833 |title=Marilyn Manson DVD Played In Murder Trial |author=Bychawski, Adam |work=NME |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=December 24, 2004 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828051429/http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/18833 |archive-date=August 28, 2016}} which had been purchased by Mitchell two days after Jones's death.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1481752/Jodi-killed-by-boyfriend-attracted-to-sex-drugs-and-Satan.html |title=Jodi killed by boyfriend attracted to sex, drugs and Satan |author=Peterkin, Tom |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=January 22, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706205247/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1481752/Jodi-killed-by-boyfriend-attracted-to-sex-drugs-and-Satan.html |archive-date=July 6, 2016}} A ten-minute excerpt from the film, as well as several paintings created by Manson depicting the Black Dahlia's mutilated body, were presented as evidence during the trial.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/i-did-not-inspire-jodi-s-killer-says-rock-star-marilyn-manson-1-736017 |title=I did not inspire Jodi's killer, says rock star Marilyn Manson |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=February 14, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827200649/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/i-did-not-inspire-jodi-s-killer-says-rock-star-marilyn-manson-1-736017 |archive-date=August 27, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blame-Jodi-killers-upbringing-Manson/2005/02/13/1108229858731.html |title=Blame Jodi killer's upbringing: Manson |author=PA |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=February 14, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012224209/http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blame-Jodi-killers-upbringing-Manson/2005/02/13/1108229858731.html |archive-date=October 12, 2016}} Mitchell was found guilty of her murder and was sentenced to a minimum of twenty years in prison.{{cite web |url=http://stv.tv/news/east-central/243743-murderer-luke-mitchell-has-another-appeal-refused/ |title=Murderer Luke Mitchell has latest appeal over Jodi Jones conviction rejected |work=STV |publisher=STV Group |date=April 15, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820201727/http://stv.tv/news/east-central/243743-murderer-luke-mitchell-has-another-appeal-refused/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016}} In his closing summation, Lord Nimmo Smith said he believed Mitchell "carried an image of [Manson's] paintings in [his] memory when [he] killed Jodi".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/12/ukcrime.kirstyscott |title=Jodi's killer to serve at least 20 years in jail | UK news |author=Scott, Kirsty |work=The Guardian |date=February 12, 2005 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920115635/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/12/ukcrime.kirstyscott |archive-date=September 20, 2016}} Mitchell continues to profess his innocence.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/former-detectives-claim-police-blunders-prove-jodi-jones-murderer-luke-mitchell-is-innocent-in-new-channel-5-documentary-3142330|title=Former detectives claim police 'blunders' prove Jodi Jones murderer Luke Mitchell is innocent in new Channel 5 documentary|author=McKenzie, Jamie|work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=The Scotsman|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=April 23, 2022}}

The controversy connecting Manson to school shootings continued on October 10, 2007, when fourteen-year old Asa Coon shot four people at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio, before committing suicide.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boy-14-kills-himself-after-shooting-four-in-school-rampage-396578.html |title=Boy, 14, kills himself after shooting four in school rampage |author=Gumbel, Andrew |work=The Independent |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806161116/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boy-14-kills-himself-after-shooting-four-in-school-rampage-396578.html |archive-date=August 6, 2016}} While exiting a bathroom, Coon was punched in the face by another student, and responded by shooting his attacker in the abdomen.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21224357 |title=Police: Suspended boy shoots 4 at Ohio school |work=NBCNews.com |publisher=NBCUniversal |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314061642/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21224357/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/police-suspended-boy-shoots-ohio-school/ |archive-date=March 14, 2016}} Coon then walked down the hallway and shot in to two occupied classrooms – wounding two teachers and a student – before entering a bathroom and committing suicide.{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/cleveland.shooting/ |title=Police chief: Teen shoots four, kills self at Cleveland high school |work=CNN |publisher=Time Warner |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807065243/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/cleveland.shooting/ |archive-date=August 7, 2016}} Coon was wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt during the shooting.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shooting-spree-at-cleveland-high-school/ |title=Shooting Spree At Cleveland High School |work=CBS News |publisher=CBS Corporation |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629180354/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shooting-spree-at-cleveland-high-school/ |archive-date=June 29, 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1571704/cleveland-school-shooter-fit-sadly-predictable-profile-bullied-loner-from-troubled-home/ |title=Cleveland School Shooter Fit Sadly Predictable Profile: Bullied Loner From Troubled Home |author=Kaufman, Gil |work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616223547/http://www.mtv.com/news/1571704/cleveland-school-shooter-fit-sadly-predictable-profile-bullied-loner-from-troubled-home/ |archive-date=June 16, 2016}} A photograph of Coon's dead body was circulated online by Cleveland police officer Walter Emerick.{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/schoolshooting/2007/10/photo_of_asa_coons_body_taken.html|title=Photo of Asa Coon's body taken by Cleveland policeman|author=Puente, Mark|work=The Plain Dealer|publisher=Cleveland.com|date=October 20, 2007|access-date=April 24, 2022}} On May 18, 2009, Justin Doucet, a fifteen-year-old student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, entered the school with a semi-automatic pistol.{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-school-shooting-louisiana_N.htm |title=La. student shoots self, misses teacher|author=Jervis, Rick|work=USA Today|date=May 18, 2009|access-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818135617/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-school-shooting-louisiana_N.htm|archive-date=August 18, 2016}} After a teacher refused to comply with Doucet's demand to say "Hail Marilyn Manson", he fired two shots that narrowly missed the teacher's head, before shooting himself.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/eighth-grader-attempts-suicide-after-marilyn-manson-related-altercation-with-teacher|title=Eighth Grader Attempts Suicide After Marilyn Manson-Related Altercation With Teacher|author=Hernandez, Jenn|work=The Fader|date=May 19, 2009|access-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815231838/http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/eighth-grader-attempts-suicide-after-marilyn-manson-related-altercation-with-teacher|archive-date=August 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2009/05/teen-classroom-shooter-hail-marilyn-manson/|title=Teen Classroom Shooter: 'Hail Marilyn Manson'|author=Fitzmaurice, Larry|work=Spin|date=May 19, 2009|access-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610150257/http://www.spin.com/2009/05/teen-classroom-shooter-hail-marilyn-manson/|archive-date=June 10, 2016}} Doucet died from his injuries a week later.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-fan-who-shot-himself-after-firing-at-teacher-dies/ |title=Marilyn Manson Fan Who Shot Himself After Firing At Teacher Dies |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=May 25, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805103142/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-fan-who-shot-himself-after-firing-at-teacher-dies/ |archive-date=August 5, 2016}}

In September 2023, Manson plead nolo contendere – a no contest plea without admitting guilt – to a misdemeanor count of simple assault stemming from an incident where he allegedly blew his nose on a videographer during a concert in New Hampshire on August 19, 2019. He received a sentence of 20 hours community service and was fined $1,400, with $200 suspended.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66850232|title=Marilyn Manson fined for blowing nose on concert camerawoman|first=Max|last=Matza|publisher=BBC News|date=September 18, 2023|accessdate=November 29, 2023}} He completed his community service with a Californian organization that facilitates meetings hosted by Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/marilyn-manson-blowing-nose-spit-community-service-e1303c83325ba93376beb6faaf6ab42a|title=Marilyn Manson completes community service sentence for blowing nose on videographer|author=McCormack, Kathy|work=Associated Press|date=February 3, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}}

In 2018, actor Charlyne Yi accused Manson of sexually harassing them along with other women and making racist remarks on the set of the series House.{{Cite web |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=February 20, 2018 |title=Marilyn Manson accused of sexual harassment and racist remarks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/20/marilyn-manson-accused-of-sexual-harassment-and-racist-remarks |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}} Several of Manson's former acquaintances began communicating with one another in September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/marilyn-manson-victims-found-healing-through-bonding/|title=Marilyn Manson's Alleged Victims Found Healing by Bonding: 'Cathartic'|author=Mier, Tomás|work=People|date=May 6, 2021|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515012553/https://people.com/music/marilyn-manson-victims-found-healing-through-bonding/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/breaking-brian-warner-the-women-who-refused-to-let-the-marilyn-manson-story-die|title=Breaking Brian Warner: The women who refused to let the Marilyn Manson story die|work=Metal Hammer|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515012554/https://www.loudersound.com/features/breaking-brian-warner-the-women-who-refused-to-let-the-marilyn-manson-story-die|url-status=live}} In a letter dated January 21, 2021, California State Senator Susan Rubio wrote to the director of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney General, asking them to investigate allegations several women had made against Manson.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9519916/marilyn-manson-fbi-department-of-justice-abuse-investigation-susan-rubio/|title=Sen. Susan Rubio Calls for FBI, Dept. of Justice to Investigate Marilyn Manson|magazine=Billboard|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|last=Chan|first=Anna|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221100513/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9519916/marilyn-manson-fbi-department-of-justice-abuse-investigation-susan-rubio/|url-status=live}} On February 1, former fiancée Evan Rachel Wood wrote on Instagram and in a statement to Vanity Fair, accusing Manson of being abusive during their relationship a decade earlier.{{cite web|title=Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55889002|date=February 1, 2021|website=BBC News Online|access-date=February 1, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201181042/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55889002|url-status=live}} Four other women simultaneously issued statements also accusing Manson of abuse.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/02/he-horrifically-abused-me-for-years-evan-rachel-wood-and-other-women-make-allegations-of-abuse-against-marilyn-manson|title=He 'Horrifically Abused Me for Years': Evan Rachel Wood and Other Women Make Allegations of Abuse Against Marilyn Manson|author=Ryan, Maureen|work=Vanity Fair|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2022}} Wood continued to make allegations against Manson and his wife Lindsay Usich on Instagram, claiming that his alleged abuse included antisemitism,{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/evan-rachel-wood-marilyn-manson-antisemitism-b1798625.html |title=Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of anti-Semitic abuse during relationship |work=The Independent |last=Nugent |first=Annabel |date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2022}} and said she filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department against Usich for threatening to leak photographs of Wood dressed in a Nazi uniform while wearing an Adolf Hitler-style toothbrush moustache.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-08/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood-police-report-manager|title=Evan Rachel Wood says she filed a police report against Marilyn Manson's wife|author=D'Zurilla, Christie|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 8, 2021|access-date=May 25, 2022}} A total of sixteen people have made various allegations against Manson,{{cite magazine|title=A Timeline of Abuse Allegations Against Marilyn Manson|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9523386/timeline-abuse-allegations-marilyn-manson/|access-date=November 15, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924124352/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9523386/timeline-abuse-allegations-marilyn-manson/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Hayley|last=Miller|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marilyn-manson-all-abuse-allegations_n_601ac24ec5b6c2d891a51e8c|title=Marilyn Manson: All The Allegations Of Abuse, Assault We Know So Far|website=HuffPost|access-date=February 4, 2021|date=February 3, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204003013/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marilyn-manson-all-abuse-allegations_n_601ac24ec5b6c2d891a51e8c|url-status=live}} including five accusations of sexual assault.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-accuser-recants-evan-rachel-wood-manipulated/|title=Marilyn Manson Sex Abuse Accuser Recants Allegation, Claims Evan Rachel Wood 'Manipulated' Her|author=Donahue, Bill|magazine=Billboard|date=February 23, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230224035222/https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-accuser-recants-evan-rachel-wood-manipulated/|archive-date=February 24, 2023|url-status=live}}

Manson was immediately dropped by distributing record label Loma Vista Recordings, his talent agency Creative Artists, and his long-time manager Tony Ciulla.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/marilyn-manson-manager-dropped-evan-rachel-wood-1234902011/|title=Marilyn Manson Dropped by Manager in the Wake of Evan Rachel Wood’s Allegations|author=Aurthur, Kate|work=Variety|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2025}} He was also removed from future episodes of TV series American Gods and Creepshow, in which he was scheduled to appear.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/marilyn-manson-to-be-edited-out-of-tv-series-american-gods-creepshow-following-abuse-claims-22840682|title=Marilyn Manson to be edited out of TV series American Gods, Creepshow following abuse claims|first=Kate|last=Brayden|work=Hot Press|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204203351/https://www.hotpress.com/music/marilyn-manson-to-be-edited-out-of-tv-series-american-gods-creepshow-following-abuse-claims-22840682|url-status=live}} On February 2, Manson issued a statement via Instagram denying the allegations and calling them "horrible distortions of reality", saying all his relationships have been entirely consensual and that the accusers were "misrepresenting the past."{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/entertainment/marilyn-manson-abuse-dropped-record-label/index.html|title=Marilyn Manson posts statement following abuse allegations|author=Melas, Chloe|work=CNN|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=August 22, 2021|archive-date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822232602/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/entertainment/marilyn-manson-abuse-dropped-record-label/index.html|url-status=live}} His former wife Dita Von Teese said "the details made public do not match my personal experience during our 7 years together as a couple", while also mentioning "abuse has no place in any relationship".{{cite web |last1=Childers |first1=Chad |title=Marilyn Manson's Ex-Wife Dita Von Teese Issues Statement on Abuse Allegations |url=https://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-ex-wife-dita-von-teese-statement-abuse-allegations/ |website=Loudwire |date=February 4, 2021 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501012045/https://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-ex-wife-dita-von-teese-statement-abuse-allegations/ |url-status=live}} Former girlfriend Rose McGowan said that Manson was not abusive during their relationship but that her experience had "no bearing on whether he was like that with others before or after".{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/02/rose-mcgowan-is-disgusted-by-marilyn-manson-allegations.html|title=Rose McGowan Is 'Disgusted' by the Marilyn Manson Allegations|author=Arnold, Amanda|work=The Cut|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2025}} On February 3, the LAPD performed a "welfare check" at Manson's home after receiving a call from a purported friend who was concerned for his wellbeing.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/02/police-marilyn-manson-house/|title=Police Rush to Marilyn Manson's House for Welfare Check: Report|author=Kaufmann, Spencer|work=Consequence|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1234670/marilyn-manson-receives-welfare-check-from-police-amid-abuse-allegations|title=Marilyn Manson Receives Welfare Check From Police Amid Abuse Allegations|author=Schnurr, Samantha|work=E! Online|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=March 3, 2022}} The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed on February 19 that they were investigating Manson due to allegations of domestic violence.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/19/marilyn-manson-investigation-alleged-domestic-violence |title=Marilyn Manson under investigation for alleged domestic violence |work=The Guardian |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220093320/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/19/marilyn-manson-investigation-alleged-domestic-violence |url-status=live}}

Five women filed civil lawsuits against Manson in the months that followed Wood's allegations: Esmé Bianco,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/marilyn-manson-rape-lawsuit-game-of-thrones-esme-bianco-can-proceed-1234747662/|title=Marilyn Manson Responds To Rape & Abuse Suit By 'Game Of Thrones' Actress Esmé Bianco|first=Dominic|last=Patten|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=June 30, 2021|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630045612/https://deadline.com/2021/04/marilyn-manson-rape-lawsuit-game-of-thrones-esme-bianco-evan-rachel-wood-1234747662/|url-status=live}} Ashley Morgan Smithline,{{cite news |url=https://usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/06/30/marilyn-manson-now-facing-four-lawsuits-sexual-assault/7816952002/ |title=Fourth accuser sues Marilyn Manson for sexual assault and human trafficking |last=McClellan |first=Jennifer |work=USA Today |date=June 30, 2021 |access-date=June 30, 2021}} Ashley Walters,{{Cite news|last=Henderson|first=Cydney|title=Marilyn Manson's former assistant sues him for sexual assault, battery|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/18/marilyn-manson-former-assistant-ashley-walter-sues-him-sexual-assault-battery/5154700001/|date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=January 2, 2022|work=USA Today}} and two Jane Does.{{Cite news|last1=Burke|first1=Minyvonne|last2=Dasrath|first2=Diana|date=May 29, 2021|title=Marilyn Manson's ex-girlfriend accuses him of rape, abuse in lawsuit|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/marilyn-manson-s-ex-girlfriend-accuses-him-rape-abuse-lawsuit-n1269093|access-date=January 2, 2022 |work=NBC News}} Manson's legal team issued statements denying the allegations.{{cite news|date=May 1, 2021|title=Game of Thrones actress Esme Bianco sues Marilyn Manson alleging abuse|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/01/game-thrones-actress-esme-bianco-sues-marilynmanson-alleging/|url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501111714/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/01/game-thrones-actress-esme-bianco-sues-marilynmanson-alleging/|archive-date=May 1, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2021|url-access=limited}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-30/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-esme-bianco-sexual-assault-human-trafficking|title='GoT' actress Esmé Bianco sues Marilyn Manson for sexual assault, human trafficking|last=Ylanan|first=Aida|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=May 2, 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501000852/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-30/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-esme-bianco-sexual-assault-human-trafficking|archive-date=May 1, 2021|url-status=live}} They filed a motion to dismiss these lawsuits, calling the claims "untrue, meritless" and alleging that several of the accusers "spent months plotting, workshopping, and fine-tuning their stories to turn what were consensual friendships and relationships with Warner from more than a decade ago, into twisted tales that bear no resemblance to reality".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58010542|title=Marilyn Manson files to dismiss Esme Bianco's sex assault case|author=Savage, Mark|work=BBC|date=July 29, 2021|access-date=July 29, 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729100519/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58010542|url-status=live}} The lawsuit filed by the anonymous woman was initially dismissed because it exceeded the statute of limitations,{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/judge-dismisses-ex-girlfriend-s-lawsuit-against-marilyn-manson-over-n1279328|title=Judge dismisses ex-girlfriend's lawsuit against Marilyn Manson over statute of limitations|author1=Wong, Wilson Wong|author2=Dasrath, Diana|work=NBC News|date=September 16, 2021|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916132134/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/judge-dismisses-ex-girlfriend-s-lawsuit-against-marilyn-manson-over-n1279328|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-accusing-marilyn-manson-of-sexual-assault/|title=Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing Marilyn Manson of Sexual Assault|author=Minsker, Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916032212/https://pitchfork.com/news/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-accusing-marilyn-manson-of-sexual-assault/|url-status=live}} although an amended complaint was refiled soon after.{{cite news |last=Mims |first=Taylor |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9636081/marilyn-manson-rape-accuser-refiles-complaint-after-judge-dismisses-original-lawsuit/ |title=Marilyn Manson Rape Accuser Refiles Complaint After Judge Dismisses Original Lawsuit |magazine=Billboard |date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=October 4, 2021}} Manson's legal team also sought to have Bianco's lawsuit dismissed because it exceeded the statute of limitations, although a federal judge denied that motion.{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/08/esme-bianco-marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-can-proceed-judge/6049222001/ |title=Judge denies Marilyn Manson's motion to dismiss Esmé Bianco's sexual assault lawsuit |work=USA Today |date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=August |last2=Exposito |first2=Suzy |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-11-05/marilyn-manson-esme-bianco-sexual-abuse-allegations |title=Marilyn Manson's accusers detail his alleged abuse. 'He's so much worse than his persona' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 5, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2021}} Walters's lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in May,{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/sexual-harassment-suit-against-marilyn-manson-dismissed-by-judge/|title=Sexual harassment suit against Marilyn Manson dismissed by judge|work=CBS News|date=May 25, 2022|access-date=May 25, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/05/26/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-former-assistant-dismissed/9939748002/|title=Judge dismisses sexual assault lawsuit against Marilyn Manson filed by former assistant|author=Brisco, Elise|work=USA Today|date=May 26, 2022|access-date=May 26, 2022}} but was reinstated in December 2023 following an appeal to the California Courts of Appeal. The appellate court agreed that her lawsuit should be excluded from the statute of limitations because she claimed she had suppressed her memories.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/marilyn-manson-ex-assistant-sexual-assault-case-revived-court-1235556331/|title=Marilyn Manson Ex-Assistant's Sexual Abuse Case Revived By Appeals Court|author=Donahue, Bill|magazine=Billboard|date=December 13, 2023|access-date=September 18, 2024}} Smithline's lawsuit was also dismissed by a federal judge, after her lawyer withdrew from her case and she did not meet a court-ordered deadline regarding her representation in the case.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed/|title=Marilyn Manson Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed|author=Torres, Eric|work=Pitchfork|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=January 5, 2023}} Bianco and Manson reached an out-of-court settlement in January 2023 with undisclosed terms of agreement.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/game-of-thrones-actress-esme-bianco-settles-marilyn-manson-abuse-lawsuit-to-move-on-with-life-12795658|title=Game of Thrones actress Esme Bianco settles Marilyn Manson 'abuse' lawsuit to 'move on with life'|work=Sky News|date=January 26, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2023}}

In January 2023, another plaintiff identified as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that he groomed and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/30/marilyn-manson-additional-sex-charges-new-york|title=Marilyn Manson faces more assault allegations|author=Pengelly, Martin|work=The Guardian|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=March 31, 2023}} The lawsuit also named defunct record label Nothing Records and its parent company Interscope as co-defendants, accusing them of being aware of Manson's alleged abuse.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-2-1235244460/|title=Marilyn Manson Sued By Woman Who Claims Singer Sexually Assaulted Her When She Was A Minor|first=Ted|last=Johnson|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 30, 2023|accessdate=March 31, 2023}} Substantive portions of this lawsuit were dismissed in July 2024, as the claims fell outside the remit of New York's Adult Survivors Act, in which the lawsuit was filed.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/woman-who-claims-marilyn-manson-subjected-her-to-horrific-abuse-speaks-publicly-for-first-time-3775327|title=Woman who claims Marilyn Manson subjected her to 'horrific' abuse speaks publicly for first time|author=Jones, Damian|work=NME|date=July 16, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}} Smithline recanted her allegations in legal documents in February 2023, claiming she was "manipulated" and "pressured" by Wood and her associates to make allegations against Manson that were "not true".{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-marilyn-manson-accuser-alleges-evan-rachel-wood-pressured-makin-rcna72090|title=Former Marilyn Manson accuser alleges Evan Rachel Wood pressured her into making abuse allegations|author1=Madani, Doha|author2=Dasrath, Diana|work=NBC News|date=February 24, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2023}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-accuser-reversal-evan-rachel-wood-defamation-case-out/|title=Manson Accuser's Recantation Can't Be Used for Now in Case Against Evan Rachel Wood, Judge Says|author=Donahue, Bill|magazine=Billboard|date=March 1, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230301224943/https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-accuser-reversal-evan-rachel-wood-defamation-case-out/|archive-date=March 1, 2023|url-status=live}} In September 2023, Manson settled the first Jane Doe lawsuit.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-29/marilyn-manson-rape-lawsuit-settlement-jane-doe|title=Marilyn Manson attorney touts Jane Doe rape lawsuit settlement as she alleges intimidation|first=Jonah|last=Valdez|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 29, 2023|accessdate=November 23, 2023}} The settlement was reached in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles and was made the week before the case was scheduled to go to trial.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/marilyn-manson-settles-lawsuit-over-sexual-assault-and-abuse-allegations-before-trial-begins-8303153|title=Marilyn Manson Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault and Abuse Allegations Before Trial Begins|first=Escher|last=Walcott|publisher=People|date=September 30, 2023|accessdate=November 29, 2023}}

Manson filed a lawsuit against Wood and Ashley "Illma" Gore for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violations of the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, as well as the impersonation of an FBI agent and falsifying federal documents.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-03-02/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-fraud-lawsuit|title=Marilyn Manson accuses ex Evan Rachel Wood of fraud, conspiracy in wild lawsuit|author=Saad, Nadine|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}} The suit alleged that Wood and Gore spent three years contacting his former girlfriends,{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-for-defamation-1848610941|title=Marilyn Manson sues Evan Rachel Wood for defamation|author=Hughes, William|work=The A.V. Club|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}} and that the pair impersonated and falsified documents from an FBI agent.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/02/marilyn-manson-defamation-lawsuit-evan-rachel-wood|title=Marilyn Manson files defamation suit against sexual abuse accuser Evan Rachel Wood|author=Yang, Maya|work=The Guardian|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}} The suit additionally claimed Gore hacked Manson's computers and social media, and created fake emails to manufacture evidence he was distributing "illicit pornography".{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-evan-rachel-wood-abuse-claims-hbo-documentary-1234968988/|title=Marilyn Manson Sues Evan Rachel Wood Over Alleged "Malicious Falsehood" Of Abuse Claims; 'Westworld' Actress Forged FBI Letter, Suit Claims|author=Patten, Dominic|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}} It also alleged that Gore swatted Manson by calling the FBI claiming to be a friend concerned about an "emergency" at his home. As a result of the call, several police officers and a helicopter were dispatched to his property, where "there was no emergency".{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-documentary-not-director-hbo-1684353|title=Marilyn Manson Sues Evan Rachel Wood for Documentary, but Not Director, HBO|author=Slisco, Aila|work=Newsday|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=April 22, 2022}} He sought a jury trial.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-saying-actress-cast-him-as-a-rapist-and-abuser-12556404|title=Marilyn Manson sues Evan Rachel Wood, saying actress cast him as a 'rapist and abuser'|author=Minelle, Bethany|work=Sky News|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/marilyn-manson-former-lover-says-evan-rachel-wood-recruit-her-lawsuit-1684409|title=Marilyn Manson's Ex-Lover Says Evan Rachel Wood's Accusers Group Tried to Recruit Her|author=Nolan, Emma|work=Newsweek|date=March 3, 2022|access-date=March 3, 2022}} A portion of the defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims of the lawsuit, specifically his allegation that Wood and Gore forged an FBI letter and publicly spread false claims regarding his unreleased short film Groupie, were dismissed after the two filed anti-SLAPP notices.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-evan-rachel-wood-mostly-dismissed/|title=Marilyn Manson's Lawsuit Against Evan Rachel Wood Mostly Dismissed By Judge|author=Donahue, Bill|magazine=Billboard|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510074706/https://www.billboard.com/pro/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-evan-rachel-wood-mostly-dismissed/|archive-date=May 10, 2023|url-status=live}} Manson was ordered to pay Wood and Gore's legal fees, totaling almost $500,000. He initially appealed the anti-SLAPP ruling,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-accuses-evan-rachel-wood-of-forging-a-letter-to-the-fbi-3788772|title=Marilyn Manson accuses Evan Rachel Wood of forging a letter to the FBI|author=Duran, Anagricel|work=NME|date=August 29, 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}} but discontinued the suit in November 2024, agreeing to pay Wood's legal fees.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood-lawsuit-payout-1236188162/|title=Marilyn Manson To Pay Evan Rachel Wood's $330K Legal Fees As Shock Rocker Deep-Sixes Defamation Suit Against 'Westworld' Star|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=November 26, 2024}}

The LACSD presented the findings of their 19-month investigation of the sexual assault allegations made against Manson to California district attorney George Gascón in September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-20/marilyn-manson-sexual-abuse-investigation-george-gascon|title=Marilyn Manson sexual abuse investigation turned over to Los Angeles County D.A.|author=Winton, Richard|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 20, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}} Gascón called the file "partial" and said more evidence was needed to file charges.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/la-marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-allegations/2988606/|title=Marilyn Manson Sexual Assault Allegations Submitted to DA's Office|work=NBC|date=September 20, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/prosecutors-more-evidence-needed-charges-marilyn-manson-investigation/|title=Prosecutors say more evidence needed before abuse charges can be brought against Marilyn Manson|author=Schaffner, Lauryn|work=Loudwire|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}} On October 10, 2024, Gascón announced he was considering new evidence in the case.{{Cite web |last=Morrow |first=Brendan |title=Marilyn Manson accuser 'Game of Thrones' star Esme Bianco slams Los Angeles DA over sex abuse case |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/10/10/marilyn-manson-allegations-investigation-new-evidence/75602862007/ |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} Bianco alleged Gascón had been mishandling the case and that Gascón had refused to speak with her since filing her complaint over two years ago.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2024 |title='New evidence' being considered in Marilyn Manson sexual abuse case, L.A. County D.A. says |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-10/new-evidence-being-considered-in-marilyn-manson-sexual-abuse-case-l-a-district-attorney-says |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} In January 2025, the LACSD concluded their 4-year criminal investigation of the abuse allegations, and Gascón's successor Nathan Hochman said charges would not be filed against Manson for either domestic violence or sexual abuse, because "we cannot prove charges of sexual assault beyond a reasonable doubt", and that the claims fell outside of the statute of limitations.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/marilyn-manson-no-charges-sexual-assault-investigation-46dba2ffb7e02249a13621a79f3e5c40|title=Rocker Marilyn Manson won't be charged after long investigation of sexual assault allegations|author=Dalton, Andrew|work=Associated Press|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 26, 2025}}

{{Main list|Marilyn Manson discography|List of songs recorded by Marilyn Manson}}

Studio albums

• Portrait of an American Family (1994)
• Antichrist Superstar (1996)
• Mechanical Animals (1998)
• Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
• The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
• Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
• The High End of Low (2009)
• Born Villain (2012)
• The Pale Emperor (2015)
• Heaven Upside Down (2017)
• We Are Chaos (2020)
• One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (2024)

• 1992: Nine Inch Nails{{snds}}"Gave Up"
• 2000: Nine Inch Nails{{snds}}"Starfuckers, Inc."
• 2000: Eminem{{snds}}"The Way I Am"
• 2002: Murderdolls{{snds}}"Dead in Hollywood"
• 2010: Rammstein {{snds}}"Haifisch"
• 2011: D'Hask{{snds}}"Tempat Ku"
• 2014: Die Antwoord{{snds}}"Ugly Boy"
• 2017: Elton John{{snds}}"Tiny Dancer"{{cite web |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2017/5/23/marilyn-manson-appears-in-first-official-video-for-elton-joh.html |title=Marilyn Manson appears in first official video for Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' |publisher=ABC News Radio |date=May 23, 2017 |access-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008082923/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2017/5/23/marilyn-manson-appears-in-first-official-video-for-elton-joh.html |url-status=live }}
• 2020: Corey Taylor {{snds}}"CMFT Must Be Stopped"
• 2025: Falling In Reverse{{snds}}"God Is A Weapon"

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• Lost Highway (1997)
• Howard Stern (1997–2004)
• Celebrity Deathmatch (1998)
• Jawbreaker (1999)
• Clone High (2002)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)
• Beat the Devil (2002)
• Party Monster (2003)
• The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
• Born Villain (2011)
• Wrong Cops (2013)
• Californication (2013)
• Celebrity Ghost Stories{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/tv/celebrity-ghost-stories/videos/marilyn-manson-ancient-text-2079152366 |title=Marilyn Manson – Ancient Text: Celebrity Ghost Stories Full Episodes and Videos |publisher=Biography.com |date=August 8, 1907 |access-date=August 27, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827224033/http://www.biography.com/tv/celebrity-ghost-stories/videos/marilyn-manson-ancient-text-2079152366 |archive-date=August 27, 2013 }}
• Once Upon a Time (2013) Voice of Peter Pan's shadow
• Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll (cancelled)
• Sons of Anarchy (2014) (Ron Tully)
• Let Me Make You a Martyr (2016) (Pope)
• Salem (2016–2017) (Thomas Dinley)
• The New Pope (2020) cameo{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/sharon-stone-marilyn-manson-paolo-sorrentino-the-new-pope-1203218473/|title=Sharon Stone, Marilyn Manson to Appear in Paolo Sorrentino's 'The New Pope' (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Nick|last1=Vivarelli|date=May 17, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930203719/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/sharon-stone-marilyn-manson-paolo-sorrentino-the-new-pope-1203218473/|url-status=live}}
• The New Mutants (2020) Voice of the Smile Man
• American Gods (2021) Johan Wengren

• The Long Hard Road Out of Hell. New York: HarperCollins division ReganBooks, 1998 {{ISBN|0-06-039258-4}}.
• Holy Wood. New York: HarperCollins division ReganBooks, Unreleased.
• Genealogies of Pain. Nuremberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2011 {{ISBN|978-3-86984-129-8}}.
• Campaign. Calabasas: Grassy Slope Incorporated, 2011 {{ASIN|B005J24ZHS}}.

Notes

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Bibliography

• {{cite book |last1=Manson |first1=Marilyn |last2=Strauss |first2=Neil |title=The Long Hard Road Out of Hell |url=https://archive.org/details/longhardroadouto00mans |url-access=registration |date=February 14, 1998 |publisher=HarperCollins division ReganBooks |location=New York |isbn=0-06-039258-4 }}

References

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• {{cite book |last1= Chapman |first1= Gary |editor1-last= Browne |editor1-first= Ray B. | editor1-link =Ray B. Browne |editor2-last= Browne |editor2-first= Pat|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/guidetounitedsta0000unse/page/542/mode/2up |chapter= Marilyn Monroe |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetounitedsta0000unse/|url-access=registration|title= The Guide to United States Popular Culture |year= 2001 |publisher= University of Wisconsin Press|pages=542–543 |isbn= 978-0-87972-821-2|lccn=00-057211|oclc=1285580241|via=the Internet Archive}}
• {{cite book |last= Hall |first= Susan G. |title= American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that Have Shaped Our Culture |year= 2006 |publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn= 978-0-275-98429-8 |lccn= 2006006170 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/americaniconsenc0000unse|via=the Internet Archive }}

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