Let's talk about the biography of the world-famous Brian Hugh Warner. Under this name, the famous singer is little known to anyone, because he performs under the pseudonym Merlin Manson. The creative and personal path of this person is tortuous and mysterious. The figure of this artist is still the most controversial and controversial. Let's try to reveal his secrets.
Brian Hugh Warner as a child
The future star was born in the USA, in the town of Canton. The boy was the only child in the family. My father was selling furniture, and my mother was a nurse. As for nationality, the Warner family included Germans and English. Later, the artist wrote his own autobiography, in which he described the sexual perversions of his grandfather. At that time, it was this that greatly influenced the worldview of the boy.
His father Hugh Warner was a Catholic. Despite this, Brian regularly attended the Episcopal Church with his mother. For ten grades, the boy studied at the Heritage of the Christian School High School. After this guy was transferred to a regular school in Florida, which he graduated in 1987.
It is known that he is a very distant relative of the American politician Patrick Buchanan.
Nickname Selection
The history of the creation of the pseudonym of this artist is very interesting and unusual. The young singer singled out for himself two significant figures of the 1960s and combined their names. He used the name of the talented Marilyn Monroe and added to him the name of the killer, who was convicted of several atrocious crimes, Charles Manson. Thus, Brian combined light and dark, figuratively speaking.
Music career
Brian Hugh Warner, whose photo can be seen in the article, after graduation, immediately found a job. He got a job in a small music magazine. Here he performed the duties of a music critic and reporter, and devoted his free time to composing poetry. In 1989, the guy, along with his partner guitarist, creates a rock band. During this period of time, he comes up with an amazing pseudonym. By the way, other members of the group followed suit, combining the beautiful and the terrible in a pseudonym. The group was called Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids.
Berkovits played the guitar and was a drum machine programmer, while Marilyn himself sang. At the very beginning, the group consisted of 4 people: guitarist Daisy Berkowitz, Marilyn Manson, bass player Olivia Newton-Bundy and keyboard player Za Za Speka. The last two participants did not stay in the group for long. Soon they were replaced by bassist Gidget Gein and keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy. By the way, Gidget Gein died at the age of 39 from an overdose of heroin.
Beginning of the creative path
Initially, Brian Hugh Warner (Merlin Manson) acted as the opening act for the famous band Nine Inch Nails. The leader of the group liked the young talented guys and he became their friend. Over time, Trent Reznor, the leader of the aforementioned group, assumed the role of an informal mentor. High-quality and thoughtful advertising made Marilyn Manson more and more popular, while the rest of the group remained in the shade.
Soon a logo was created with the inscription “MARILYN MANSON”. His font was like in horror films. At the same time, over the inscription were the tender eyes of the beauty Merlin Monroe, and underneath - the insane look of the killer maniac. After a very short time, a large series of souvenirs with such an image came out, and Manson’s connections in the circles of journalists helped to launch an advertising campaign.
Image creation
Manson's style took shape quite quickly, but what further surprised the audience Brian Hugh Warner? Few people saw this artist without makeup. At concerts, he used all his imagination to create a frightening atmosphere. He applied bright colors to his face, making him look like he had risen from the dead. In addition to makeup, Brian surprised his show. Bread and peanut butter were scattered from the stage, girls in cages participated in the performances, goat heads were used as entourage. An integral element was exposure, as well as fire. Berkovits put on a women's wig, bra and skirt for performances. The guitar hung very low, and a cigarette was clamped in his lips. All this was a thoughtful move, the essence of which lay in the most shocking effect.
In the winter of 2010, the group participated in the filming of a clip for the alternative band D'hask from Brunei.
Search for yourself in the cinema
The debut of the artist took place in the film "Highway to Nowhere" (directed by D. Lynch) in 1997. A year later, the newly-made actor took part in the filming of the movie “The Killing Queen,” where he played with his girlfriend Rose McGowan. In 2003, he played Christina in the movie "Club Mania." A year later, Manson appeared in the film "Chickens" by A. Argento. 2007 was marked by the role of the bartender in the tape "Vampire." The documentary genre was also mastered by the artist. He starred in the movie Bowling for Columbina by M. Moore.
Own project
A little later, Brian Hugh Warner begins to think about creating his own movie. He is working on a film called Phantasmagoria: Visions of Lewis Carroll, in which he was assigned the role of L. Carroll. However, in 2007, work on the film was stopped.
In the fall of 2010, a famous American television channel released a biographical film about the life of M. Manson. The shooting was attended by close and dear people, members of the group. O. Osbourne, T. Ramirez, C. Flint, E. Cooper and J. Davis also spoke.
In 2012, the singer starred in the French film "Wrong Cops." A year later, plays a cameo in two episodes of the 6th season of the Lascivious California project. By the way, the artist himself loves this series. In 2014, Manson takes part in the filming of the series “Son of Anarchy”, where he plays the role of neo-Nazi Ron Tully. In 2016, the man played in the series "Salem", where he acted as the barber-hater T. Dinley.
In addition to the picture "Lascivious California", Brian loves to watch the series "Lost." In addition to the talent of the singer and actor, Manson has the gift of drawing: he painted a portrait of J. Locke.
Art
Surprisingly, without makeup, Brian Hugh Warner seems like a completely ordinary person, not awe-inspiring. So, this simple person, as we noted above, has the talent of an artist. From 1999 to the present, he paints with watercolors. It is known that he is the creator of more than 150 paintings. His works are often shown at exhibitions in Athens, Miami, Paris, Moscow, Vienna, Los Angeles and Berlin.
In the winter of 2011, together with the famous dreamer David Lynch, the man published a catalog of his works.
Personal life
What about Brian Hugh Warner on the personal front? The growth, and not the appearance of a man, for many is the main factor. In this sense, our hero was a fairly sought after groom. He had almost no periods of loneliness. The period from 1992 to 1997 he spent with Missy Romero. A year after the break, he met Rose McGowan. Soon they appointed an engagement, which was canceled in 2000. In the fall of 2005, he takes Dita fot Teese as his wife, but a year later a woman reports a divorce due to disagreement.
Since the winter of 2006, Merlin Manson has been dating actress Evan Rachel Wood. He quickly changes her into a model and porn actress Stoy. However, in 2009, Manson returns to E.R. Wood and proposes to her. In the summer of 2010, the engagement is canceled.
In autumn 2010, the whole Internet rumors that the singer allegedly meets with K. English - the winner of the famous TV show "Top Model in American Style". However, the girl herself denied these speculations on her page in social networks.
For a while, the man was in a relationship with Lindsay Yusich. They had known each other since 2010, but in 2015, the artist publicly stated that his heart was free again.
Interesting Facts:
- from 1998 to the present day, the artist lives in Hollywood;
- in an interview he repeatedly said that his favorite drink is absinthe;
- Manson owns Mansinthe;
- the man likes to listen to C. Stevens, P.J. Harvey, O. Osbourne, J. Buckley, Prince and Slayer;
- the artist is the author of 4 books (The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Holy Wood, Genealogy of Pain, New Autobiography). Holy Wood has not been published.
Summing up the article, one can notice something interesting. The shocking Marilyn Manson is not at all as simple as it seems. He paints, creates his own brands, writes books. Apparently, the stage image does not correspond at all to the real one. However, the latter is much more interesting.