Classics Review!
Review by Steve Jackson
Photo By Lisa Billingham
of Billibee Creative
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hen the planets align and the moon eclipses the sun, the stage
is set for the ‘Antichrist Superstar’. Marilyn Manson’s impact on
alternative and mainstream culture was something which the
world had been crying out for, if you wanted it or not. Grunge was near
dead and metal was slowly dying away (of course with the exception of
certain bands holding the fort). Alternative music in general was not in a
great shape, remember, Nu-Metal was yet to explode and was very much
looked upon with great disdain by the mainstream. America’s unpopular youth had no great spokesman, no one to raise that middle finger to
the constitution and be the voice of the voiceless. Sounds very dramatic I
know but it was pretty dire times to not be someone who fitted in (so to
speak). Marilyn Manson became what the scene was craving so dearly,
finally after years here was an artist who spat back in to the face of the
oppressors. His nihilistic message create HY\