Marilyn Manson was another performer with weird appearance and controversial musical content until April, 1999.
On April 20, 1999 in Columbia occurred a high school massacre when two teenagers killed 12 peers, 1 teacher and injured 21 other students. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold then committed suicide.
What connection does it have with Marilyn Manson? Well, this particular artist was partially accused for the crime, as these two mentally unstable youngsters turned out to be highly influence by his music and were his huge fans. It was argued that their action was encouraged and inspired by Manson’s creative work.
Manson's on-stage actions - including sex acts and smoking human bones - have caused upheaval in the US society, pushing him to mainstream fame.
The disgust spread across the US. Right-wing groups tried to get the shows banned, the police filmed them looking for evidence of obscenity. He was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida for pretending to urinate on stage.
One accusation against the band was that they handed out cocaine to a crowd of 3,000 and abused a bus full of kidnapped children and animals on stage.
In one instance he describes how he opened a canister of 500 crickets with which he planned to smother himself.
"When I opened the can, they had all died. The stench was one of the most disgusting things I had ever inhaled. I threw up instantly, and half a dozen people in the audience did the same. Even if I hadn't begun the concert with a message, I ended with one: disgust is contagious," he says in his book.
At the American Music Awards, Manson said, "We want to represent peace because we feel that if you give the world peace they want war. So we feel that by representing peace we're furthering the destruction of mankind with our music.
But in the end, who is to blame for Columbine Massacre? Should we blame the killers or their influences, or maybe both of them? Researchers in Indiana have measured the effects on a brain scan. The study investigator, Dr. Vincent Mathews, said prolonged exposure to violence actually affects brain function and behavior.
Here is the link, in case you are interested to watch the documentary about Columbine Massacre, but sadly it is just a trailer I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSn5UEiovxo
On April 20, 1999 in Columbia occurred a high school massacre when two teenagers killed 12 peers, 1 teacher and injured 21 other students. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold then committed suicide.
What connection does it have with Marilyn Manson? Well, this particular artist was partially accused for the crime, as these two mentally unstable youngsters turned out to be highly influence by his music and were his huge fans. It was argued that their action was encouraged and inspired by Manson’s creative work.
Manson's on-stage actions - including sex acts and smoking human bones - have caused upheaval in the US society, pushing him to mainstream fame.
The disgust spread across the US. Right-wing groups tried to get the shows banned, the police filmed them looking for evidence of obscenity. He was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida for pretending to urinate on stage.
One accusation against the band was that they handed out cocaine to a crowd of 3,000 and abused a bus full of kidnapped children and animals on stage.
In one instance he describes how he opened a canister of 500 crickets with which he planned to smother himself.
"When I opened the can, they had all died. The stench was one of the most disgusting things I had ever inhaled. I threw up instantly, and half a dozen people in the audience did the same. Even if I hadn't begun the concert with a message, I ended with one: disgust is contagious," he says in his book.
At the American Music Awards, Manson said, "We want to represent peace because we feel that if you give the world peace they want war. So we feel that by representing peace we're furthering the destruction of mankind with our music.
But in the end, who is to blame for Columbine Massacre? Should we blame the killers or their influences, or maybe both of them? Researchers in Indiana have measured the effects on a brain scan. The study investigator, Dr. Vincent Mathews, said prolonged exposure to violence actually affects brain function and behavior.
Here is the link, in case you are interested to watch the documentary about Columbine Massacre, but sadly it is just a trailer I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSn5UEiovxo
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