Marilyn Manson
Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, 1999
HE BROUGHT YOUR SICKEST FANTASIES to life, and now you, poor fools, have fulfilled his. When Broadway wheels out the new millennial Jesus Christ Superstar, reader's choice Reznor won't even be on the casting couch. And why? Because, says Marilyn Manson, he's too short.
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