Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is the stage name of Brian Hugh Warner, an American rock musician. He formed his namesake band in 1989 and remains its lead singer and only original member. The group's early albums included Portrait of an American Family, from 1994; Antichrist Superstar, from 1996; and Mechanical Animals, from 1998; they yielded hits like The Beautiful People and The Dope Show. Later records include Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) and The Golden Age of Grotesque; three of the band's albums have gone platinum and three gold, and eight of its albums reached the top ten on the Billboard 200, with two going to number one. He has also acted, making his screen debut in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) and later taking minor roles or cameos in Party Monster (2003), Jawbreaker (1999), and Rise (2007). In 2002 he held his first art show at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions center.