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| Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | | Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| Cover = HolyWood(InTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath).jpg | | Cover = HolyWood(InTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath).jpg | ||
− | | Released = November 13, 2000<br><small>(United Kingdom)</small> | + | | Released = November 13, 2000<br><small>(United Kingdom)</small><br/>November 14, 2000<br><small>(Australia and United States)</small><br/>December 5, 2000<br><small>(Japan)</small> |
| Recorded = 1999–2000<br>Death Valley, California<br>The Mansion Studio<br><small>(Laurel Canyon, California)</small> | | Recorded = 1999–2000<br>Death Valley, California<br>The Mansion Studio<br><small>(Laurel Canyon, California)</small> | ||
− | | Genre = | + | | Genre = Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-golden-age-of-grotesque-mw0000595958</ref>, Hard Rock <ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-12/news/0011120466_1_marilyn-manson-antichrist-superstar-holy-wood</ref>, Art Rock, Gothic rock <ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-12/news/0011120466_1_marilyn-manson-antichrist-superstar-holy-wood</ref> |
| Length = 68:19 | | Length = 68:19 | ||
| Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | ||
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A rock opera concept album, it is the third and final instalment in a [[Triptych|trilogy]] that includes ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' and ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. After its release, Manson divulged that the over-arching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; ''Holy Wood'', therefore, begins the story, followed by ''Mechanical Animals'' and concluding with ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="AP#148"/> It was written in [[Marilyn Manson]]'s former home in the Hollywood Hills and recorded in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Laurel Canyon. | A rock opera concept album, it is the third and final instalment in a [[Triptych|trilogy]] that includes ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' and ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. After its release, Manson divulged that the over-arching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order; ''Holy Wood'', therefore, begins the story, followed by ''Mechanical Animals'' and concluding with ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="AP#148"/> It was written in [[Marilyn Manson]]'s former home in the Hollywood Hills and recorded in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Laurel Canyon. | ||
− | Upon its release, ''Holy Wood'' received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics noting that while it was ambitious, it was lacking in execution. Initially, the album was not as commercially successful as the group's two previous outings, taking three years to attain a gold certification from the RIAA. Nevertheless, with worldwide sales of over 9 million copies as of 2011, it has become one of the most successful of their career. It spawned three singles and an abandoned film project that was modified into the as-yet unreleased ''[[Holy Wood (novel)|Holy Wood]]'' novel. Marilyn Manson supported the album with the controversial [[Guns, God and Government Tour]]. | + | Upon its release, ''Holy Wood'' received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics noting that while it was ambitious, it was lacking in execution. Initially, the album was not as commercially successful as the group's two previous outings, taking three years to attain a gold certification from the RIAA. Nevertheless, with worldwide sales of over 9 million copies as of 2011, it has become one of the most successful of their career. It spawned three singles and an abandoned film project that was modified into the as-yet unreleased ''[[Holy Wood (novel)|Holy Wood]]'' novel. Marilyn Manson supported the album with the controversial [[Guns, God and Government Tour]]. |
On November 10, 2010, British rock magazine ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece in which they called the album "Manson's finest hour ... A decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the [news] media and mainstream culture ... [It is] still scathingly relevant [and] a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/> | On November 10, 2010, British rock magazine ''Kerrang!'' published a 10th-anniversary commemorative piece in which they called the album "Manson's finest hour ... A decade on, there has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the [news] media and mainstream culture ... [It is] still scathingly relevant [and] a credit to a man who refused to sit and take it, but instead come out swinging."<ref name="autogenerated40"/> | ||
− | == Background and development == | + | ==Background and development== |
{{Main|Rock Is Dead (tour)}} | {{Main|Rock Is Dead (tour)}} | ||
− | {{cquote|"Ninety-nine was a pivotal year | + | {{cquote|"Ninety-nine was a pivotal year — as was 1969, the year of my birth. The two years share many similarities. Woodstock '99 [where rape and mass looting were rife], became an Altamont [the Rolling Stones concert in 1969 where the Hell's Angels beat a fan to the death] of its own. Columbine became the Manson murders of our generation. Things happened that could've made me want to stop making music. Instead, I decided to come out and really punish everyone for daring to fuck with me. I've got a big fight ahead of me on this one. And I want every bit of it." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]]<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/>}} |
During the 1990s Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band established themselves as one of the most controversial rock acts in music history.<ref name="RSMMAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marilyn-manson/biography |title=''Rolling Stone'' Album Guide for Marilyn Manson |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> The band became a household name with the mainstream success of their albums ''Antichrist Superstar'' (1996) and ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998).<ref name="RSMMAG"/> By the time of their [[Rock Is Dead (tour)|Rock Is Dead Tour]] in 1999, the band's outspoken frontman had become a culture war iconoclast and a rallying icon for alienated youth.<ref name="RSMMAG"/> | During the 1990s Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band established themselves as one of the most controversial rock acts in music history.<ref name="RSMMAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marilyn-manson/biography |title=''Rolling Stone'' Album Guide for Marilyn Manson |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> The band became a household name with the mainstream success of their albums ''Antichrist Superstar'' (1996) and ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998).<ref name="RSMMAG"/> By the time of their [[Rock Is Dead (tour)|Rock Is Dead Tour]] in 1999, the band's outspoken frontman had become a culture war iconoclast and a rallying icon for alienated youth.<ref name="RSMMAG"/> | ||
− | As their popularity rose, the transgressive and confrontational nature of their music and imagery angered social conservatives.<ref name="Manson bogey"/> Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum lobbied to have their performances banned, citing rumors that the shows contained animal sacrifices, bestiality, and rape.<ref name="RSMMAG"/> Their concerts were picketed by religious advocates and parent groups, who asserted that their music had a corrupting influence on youth culture by inciting "rape, murder, blasphemy and suicide".<ref name="Manson bogey"/> | + | As their popularity rose, the transgressive and confrontational nature of their music and imagery angered social conservatives.<ref name="Manson bogey"/> Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum lobbied to have their performances banned, citing rumors that the shows contained animal sacrifices, bestiality, and rape.<ref name="RSMMAG"/> Their concerts were picketed by religious advocates and parent groups, who asserted that their music had a corrupting influence on youth culture by inciting "rape, murder, blasphemy and suicide".<ref name="Manson bogey"/> |
On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the lives of 12 students and one teacher, while injuring 21 others, before taking their own lives.<ref name="Respers"/> In the aftermath of the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, the band became a "scapegoat".<ref name="Respers">{{cite news|last=France |first=Lisa Respers |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture |work=''CNN'' |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Time Warner) |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |last2=Vineyard |first2=Jennifer |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442018/20010322/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Bows Out Of Denver Ozzfest Date |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2001-05-22 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> Early news media reports alleged that the shooters were fans of the band, and had worn the group's concert t-shirts during the massacre.<ref name="Cullen"/><ref name="Manson bashing"/> Speculation in the national media and among the public led to Manson's music and imagery being blamed for inciting Harris and Klebold.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref>{{harvnb|Jones|2002|pp=126–127}}</ref> However, later reports pointed out that the two were not fans of the band, and considered them "a joke".<ref>{{cite web|last=Holland |first=Meegan |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |title=Columbine High School massacre on 10th anniversary: 5 myths surrounding deadliest school attack in U.S. history |publisher=''The Grand Rapids Press'' |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cullen |first=Dave |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html |title=Inside the Columbine High investigation |publisher=''Salon'' |date=1999-09-23 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> In spite of this, the group—alongside other bands and forms of popular entertainment such as movies and video games—received widespread criticism from religious, political, and entertainment industry figures.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage1">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 1) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-threaten-marilyn-manson-with-a-can-of-whoop-ass-19990813 |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd Threaten Marilyn Manson With a Can of Whoop Ass |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=1999-08-13 |accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref> | On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the lives of 12 students and one teacher, while injuring 21 others, before taking their own lives.<ref name="Respers"/> In the aftermath of the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, the band became a "scapegoat".<ref name="Respers">{{cite news|last=France |first=Lisa Respers |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/20/columbine.pop.culture/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture |work=''CNN'' |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Time Warner) |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |last2=Vineyard |first2=Jennifer |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442018/20010322/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Bows Out Of Denver Ozzfest Date |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2001-05-22 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> Early news media reports alleged that the shooters were fans of the band, and had worn the group's concert t-shirts during the massacre.<ref name="Cullen"/><ref name="Manson bashing"/> Speculation in the national media and among the public led to Manson's music and imagery being blamed for inciting Harris and Klebold.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref>{{harvnb|Jones|2002|pp=126–127}}</ref> However, later reports pointed out that the two were not fans of the band, and considered them "a joke".<ref>{{cite web|last=Holland |first=Meegan |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/04/separating_myth_from_fact_on.html |title=Columbine High School massacre on 10th anniversary: 5 myths surrounding deadliest school attack in U.S. history |publisher=''The Grand Rapids Press'' |date=2009-04-20 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cullen |first=Dave |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html |title=Inside the Columbine High investigation |publisher=''Salon'' |date=1999-09-23 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> In spite of this, the group—alongside other bands and forms of popular entertainment such as movies and video games—received widespread criticism from religious, political, and entertainment industry figures.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage1">{{cite web|last=Burk |first=Greg |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-18/news/marilyn-a-re-examination/ |title=Marilyn:A Re-Examination (page 1) |publisher=''LA Weekly'' |date=2001-01-18 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-threaten-marilyn-manson-with-a-can-of-whoop-ass-19990813 |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd Threaten Marilyn Manson With a Can of Whoop Ass |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=1999-08-13 |accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref> | ||
− | A day after the shootings, Michigan State Senator Dale Shugars attended the band's concert at the [[1999/04/21 Grand Rapids, MI|Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan]], to conduct research for a proposed bill which would require parental warnings on concert tickets and promotional material for any performer that had released a record bearing the Parental Advisory sticker in the last five years.<ref name="Manson Puts Fans Under Spell"/> He concluded that the band was "part of a drug-cultural type of thing, with a subculture of violence and killing and hatred" and added that "[they] can be part of the blame".<ref name="Manson Puts Fans Under Spell">{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Chris |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513702/19990422/index.jhtml |title=Best Of '99: Lawmaker Says Marilyn Manson Puts Fans Under Spell |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-22 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> During their appearance on ''Meet the Press'' on April 25, 1999, conservative pundit William Bennett and longtime Manson archnemesis US Senator Joseph Lieberman<ref name="Manson bogey">{{cite web|last=Strauss |first=Neil |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/a-bogey-band-to-scare-parents-with.html |title=A Bogey Band to Scare Parents With |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1997-05-17 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> claimed the group bore responsibility for the massacre during their appearance on ''Meet the Press''.<ref name="Manson bashing">{{cite web|last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513754/19990427/index.jhtml |title=Colorado Tragedy Continues To Spark Manson Bashing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-27 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> Three days later, the city of Fresno, California unanimously passed a resolution condemning "Marilyn Manson or any other negative entertainer who encourages anger and hate ... as an offensive threat to the children of this community."<ref name="Fresno stay away">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513786/19990428/index.jhtml |title=California City Asks Marilyn Manson To Stay Away |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-28 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> On the same day, the band announced the postponement of the last five North American dates of their tour out of respect for the victims and their grieving families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431704/marilyn-manson-postpones-us-tour-dates.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Postpones U.S. Tour Dates |publisher=MTV News |date=1999-04-28 |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> | + | A day after the shootings, Michigan State Senator Dale Shugars attended the band's concert at the [[1999/04/21 Grand Rapids, MI|Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan]], to conduct research for a proposed bill which would require parental warnings on concert tickets and promotional material for any performer that had released a record bearing the Parental Advisory sticker in the last five years.<ref name="Manson Puts Fans Under Spell"/> He concluded that the band was "part of a drug-cultural type of thing, with a subculture of violence and killing and hatred" and added that "[they] can be part of the blame".<ref name="Manson Puts Fans Under Spell">{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Chris |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513702/19990422/index.jhtml |title=Best Of '99: Lawmaker Says Marilyn Manson Puts Fans Under Spell |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-22 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> During their appearance on ''Meet the Press'' on April 25, 1999, conservative pundit William Bennett and longtime Manson archnemesis US Senator Joseph Lieberman<ref name="Manson bogey">{{cite web|last=Strauss |first=Neil |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/a-bogey-band-to-scare-parents-with.html |title=A Bogey Band to Scare Parents With |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1997-05-17 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> claimed the group bore responsibility for the massacre during their appearance on ''Meet the Press''.<ref name="Manson bashing">{{cite web|last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513754/19990427/index.jhtml |title=Colorado Tragedy Continues To Spark Manson Bashing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-27 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> Three days later, the city of Fresno, California unanimously passed a resolution condemning "Marilyn Manson or any other negative entertainer who encourages anger and hate ... as an offensive threat to the children of this community."<ref name="Fresno stay away">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513786/19990428/index.jhtml |title=California City Asks Marilyn Manson To Stay Away |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-28 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> On the same day, the band announced the postponement of the last five North American dates of their tour out of respect for the victims and their grieving families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431704/marilyn-manson-postpones-us-tour-dates.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Postpones U.S. Tour Dates |publisher=MTV News |date=1999-04-28 |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> |
− | The following day ten US Senators, spearheaded by Sam Brownback of Kansas, signed and sent a letter to Edgar Bronfman Jr.—president of Seagrams, which owned Interscope Records—requesting the voluntary cessation of his company's distribution to children of "music that glorifies violence."<ref name="outraged assholes write letter"/><ref name="VH1 Politicians Go On Offensive">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513908/19990501/index.jhtml |title=Politicians Go On Offensive Against Marilyn Manson |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The letter cited Marilyn Manson, among other bands, as producing songs which "eerily reflect" the actions of Harris and Klebold.<ref name="outraged assholes write letter">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513848/19990429/index.jhtml |title=Outraged Senators Write To Manson's Label |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-29 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Politicians Go On Offensive"/> Later in the day, the band announced the outright cancellation of the remaining shows.<ref name="NYTimesSterngold">{{cite news|last=Sterngold |first=James |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/29/us/terror-in-littleton-the-culture-rock-concerts-are-cancelled.html?ref=marilyn_manson |title=Terror in Littleton: The Culture; Rock Concerts Are Cancelled |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1999-04-29 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> On May 1, 1999, Manson published a ''Rolling Stone'' magazine op-ed piece titled "[[Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?]]" as an initial response to the accusations.<ref name="RS Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?">{{cite journal |author= Marilyn Manson |title= Columbine: Whose Fault Is It? |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=2010-11-17 |type=op-ed essay |edition= |issue=815 |series= |volume= |date=1999-05-28 |year= |month= |journal=Rolling Stone magazine |location= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/514534/19990601/index.jhtml |title=Manson Rants, Raves, Reacts In Rolling Stone Essay |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-06-01 |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> In it, he commented, | + | The following day ten US Senators, spearheaded by Sam Brownback of Kansas, signed and sent a letter to Edgar Bronfman Jr.—president of Seagrams, which owned Interscope Records—requesting the voluntary cessation of his company's distribution to children of "music that glorifies violence."<ref name="outraged assholes write letter"/><ref name="VH1 Politicians Go On Offensive">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513908/19990501/index.jhtml |title=Politicians Go On Offensive Against Marilyn Manson |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The letter cited Marilyn Manson, among other bands, as producing songs which "eerily reflect" the actions of Harris and Klebold.<ref name="outraged assholes write letter">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513848/19990429/index.jhtml |title=Outraged Senators Write To Manson's Label |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-04-29 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref><ref name="VH1 Politicians Go On Offensive"/> Later in the day, the band announced the outright cancellation of the remaining shows.<ref name="NYTimesSterngold">{{cite news|last=Sterngold |first=James |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/29/us/terror-in-littleton-the-culture-rock-concerts-are-cancelled.html?ref=marilyn_manson |title=Terror in Littleton: The Culture; Rock Concerts Are Cancelled |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=1999-04-29 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> On May 1, 1999, Manson published a ''Rolling Stone'' magazine op-ed piece titled "[[Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?]]" as an initial response to the accusations.<ref name="RS Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?">{{cite journal |author= Marilyn Manson |title= Columbine: Whose Fault Is It? |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=2010-11-17 |type=op-ed essay |edition= |issue=815 |series= |volume= |date=1999-05-28 |year= |month= |journal=Rolling Stone magazine |location= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/514534/19990601/index.jhtml |title=Manson Rants, Raves, Reacts In Rolling Stone Essay |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-06-01 |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> In it, he commented, |
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{{cquote|I chose not to jump into the [news] media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. I didn't want to contribute to these fame-seeking journalists and opportunists looking to fill their churches or to get elected [during the US presidential election of 2000] because of their self-righteous finger-pointing. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves to eternal fandom ... I'd like [the] media commentators to ask themselves, because their coverage of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us have seen.|author=[[Marilyn Manson]] |source=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?<ref name="NME The Write To Be Wrong">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |publisher=''NME'' |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>}} | {{cquote|I chose not to jump into the [news] media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. I didn't want to contribute to these fame-seeking journalists and opportunists looking to fill their churches or to get elected [during the US presidential election of 2000] because of their self-righteous finger-pointing. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves to eternal fandom ... I'd like [the] media commentators to ask themselves, because their coverage of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us have seen.|author=[[Marilyn Manson]] |source=Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?<ref name="NME The Write To Be Wrong">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/1434 |title=Marilyn Manson: The Write To Be Wrong |publisher=''NME'' |date=1999-05-01 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref>}} | ||
− | [[File:Sens. Hatch and Lieberman at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing.jpg|left| | + | [[File:Sens. Hatch and Lieberman at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing.jpg|left|thumb|230px|TV screenshot of the hearing, used in [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/hidden/yourburningflag.html YourBurningFlag.com]. Sen. Hatch holds a copy of ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' as he criticizes "he or she or whatever the case might be [as] tremendously offensive."<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/>]] |
On May 4, 1999, a hearing on the marketing and distribution practices of violent content to minors by the television, music, film, and video game industries was conducted before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml |title=Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails At Hearing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-04 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> The committee heard testimony from cultural observers, professors and mental-health professionals that included William Bennett and the Archbishop of Denver, Reverend Charles J. Chaput.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> Participants criticized the band, its label-mate [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the 1999 Wachowski brothers film ''The Matrix'' for their alleged contribution to the environment that made tragedies like Columbine possible.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> The committee requested that the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial">{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/08/29/hollywood/index.html |title=Hollywood on trial |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> | On May 4, 1999, a hearing on the marketing and distribution practices of violent content to minors by the television, music, film, and video game industries was conducted before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/513971/19990504/index.jhtml |title=Senators Criticize Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails At Hearing |publisher=VH1 |date=1999-05-04 |accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref> The committee heard testimony from cultural observers, professors and mental-health professionals that included William Bennett and the Archbishop of Denver, Reverend Charles J. Chaput.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> Participants criticized the band, its label-mate [[Nine Inch Nails]], and the 1999 Wachowski brothers film ''The Matrix'' for their alleged contribution to the environment that made tragedies like Columbine possible.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/> The committee requested that the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices to minors.<ref name="VH1 Senators Criticize"/><ref name="Salon Hollywood on Trial">{{cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2000/08/29/hollywood/index.html |title=Hollywood on trial |publisher=''Salon'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> | ||
Following the conclusion of the [[Rock Is Dead Tour: European/Japan Festival Leg|European and Japanese festival leg]] of the tour on August 8, 1999, the band retreated from public view.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/> The album's early development was marked by Manson's three-month seclusion at his home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref name="AP#148"/> The singer spent this time vacillating on "what I was going to do and how I was going to react".<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He admitted that the maelstrom caused him to reconsider whether to continue pursuing his career: "[t]here was a bit of trepidation, [in] deciding, 'Is it worth it? Are people understanding what I'm trying to say? Am I even gonna be allowed to ''say'' it?' Because I definitely had every single door shut in my face ... there were not a lot of people who stood behind me."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> He told ''Alternative Press'' that he felt his safety was threatened, to the point where he "could be shot Mark David Chapman-style".<ref name="AP#148">{{cite journal |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |author=Tom Lanham |date= |year=2000 |month=November |title=Marilyn Manson interview |trans_title= |journal=''Alternative Press'' |volume= |series= |issue=148 |page= |pages=76-86 |at= |chapter= |location= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language=English |accessdate=2010-11-22 }}</ref> Manson concluded that it was less prudent for a controversial artist to allow his detractors to use his work (and entertainment in general) as a scapegoat, and began work on the new album to level a more extensive counterattack.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Long"/> | Following the conclusion of the [[Rock Is Dead Tour: European/Japan Festival Leg|European and Japanese festival leg]] of the tour on August 8, 1999, the band retreated from public view.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/> The album's early development was marked by Manson's three-month seclusion at his home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref name="AP#148"/> The singer spent this time vacillating on "what I was going to do and how I was going to react".<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He admitted that the maelstrom caused him to reconsider whether to continue pursuing his career: "[t]here was a bit of trepidation, [in] deciding, 'Is it worth it? Are people understanding what I'm trying to say? Am I even gonna be allowed to ''say'' it?' Because I definitely had every single door shut in my face ... there were not a lot of people who stood behind me."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> He told ''Alternative Press'' that he felt his safety was threatened, to the point where he "could be shot Mark David Chapman-style".<ref name="AP#148">{{cite journal |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |author=Tom Lanham |date= |year=2000 |month=November |title=Marilyn Manson interview |trans_title= |journal=''Alternative Press'' |volume= |series= |issue=148 |page= |pages=76-86 |at= |chapter= |location= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language=English |accessdate=2010-11-22 }}</ref> Manson concluded that it was less prudent for a controversial artist to allow his detractors to use his work (and entertainment in general) as a scapegoat, and began work on the new album to level a more extensive counterattack.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Long"/> | ||
− | == Recording and production == | + | ==Recording and production== |
− | Manson began writing material for the album as early as 1995, prior to the release of ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> Initially the material consisted of loosely scattered ideas "floating around in pieces here and there".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Michael |first1=Ibrahim |date=2000-08 |title=Welcome To Hollywood |journal=Hammer Edge |issue= |pages= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-06}}</ref> Manson isolated himself in his attic, where the early material was worked into a usable shape.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross">{{cite journal |last1=Rushfield |first1=Richard |date=2000-11 |title=The Antichrist's Cross |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |issue=87 |pages=46-51 |publisher=College Media Inc. |accessdate=2001-04-20}}</ref><ref name="VH1.com"/> At the conclusion of Manson's three-month hiatus the band embarked on a year of writing and development of the material.<ref name="Long">{{cite web|last=Long |first=April |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/marilyn-manson/3456 |title=Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) album review |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2000-11-10 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated40">{{cite book |last= Bryant |first= Tom |title= Screaming For Vengeance |archiveurl= |archivedate= |page=40-42 |accessdate=2010-11-14 |type=interview |edition= |series= |issue=Nevember 2010 |volume= |date= |year=2010 |month=November |origyear=2001 |publisher=''Kerrang!'' |location= |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Band members maintained a low profile; Manson stated that their [[MarilynManson.com|official web site]] would "be my only contact with humanity."<ref name="Basham"/> | + | Manson began writing material for the album as early as 1995, prior to the release of ''Antichrist Superstar''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> Initially the material consisted of loosely scattered ideas "floating around in pieces here and there".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Michael |first1=Ibrahim |date=2000-08 |title=Welcome To Hollywood |journal=Hammer Edge |issue= |pages= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-06}}</ref> Manson isolated himself in his attic, where the early material was worked into a usable shape.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross">{{cite journal |last1=Rushfield |first1=Richard |date=2000-11 |title=The Antichrist's Cross |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |issue=87 |pages=46-51 |publisher=College Media Inc. |accessdate=2001-04-20}}</ref><ref name="VH1.com"/> At the conclusion of Manson's three-month hiatus the band embarked on a year of writing and development of the material.<ref name="Long">{{cite web|last=Long |first=April |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/marilyn-manson/3456 |title=Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) album review |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=2000-11-10 |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated40">{{cite book |last= Bryant |first= Tom |title= Screaming For Vengeance |archiveurl= |archivedate= |page=40-42 |accessdate=2010-11-14 |type=interview |edition= |series= |issue=Nevember 2010 |volume= |date= |year=2010 |month=November |origyear=2001 |publisher=''Kerrang!'' |location= |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Band members maintained a low profile; Manson stated that their [[MarilynManson.com|official web site]] would "be my only contact with humanity."<ref name="Basham"/> |
− | {{cquote|"I'm at that point in my career where I wanted to make this film and I'm making this new record, where I really examine suffering and where celebrities come from. How it all kind of traces back in religion, and celebrities and Hollywood all kind of relate to each other. And that's very American." |source= | + | {{cquote|"I'm at that point in my career where I wanted to make this film and I'm making this new record, where I really examine suffering and where celebrities come from. How it all kind of traces back in religion, and celebrities and Hollywood all kind of relate to each other. And that's very American." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]]<ref name="Norris">{{cite web|last=Norris |first= John |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431696/19991124/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title= 'Marilyn Manson To Probe Celebrity And Suffering In New Film, Next Album. |publisher=MTV News |date=1999-11-24|accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref>}} |
− | The album is the group's most collaborative effort to date, with everyone contributing to the songwriting process, resulting in a more unified sound.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/> Most of the effort was shared by [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]], and Marilyn Manson; keyboardist [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] provided input on the songs "[["President Dead"]]" and "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]", while [[Ginger Fish]] provided all of the drum work.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> Manson said that his songwriting sessions with John 5 were very focused;<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> most of the songs were complete before being brought to the band for consideration, where they were enthusiastically received.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> In contrast, his sessions with Ramirez were far less rigorous, as the two experimented with absinthe.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> During the process the band wrote a hundred pieces, of which 25 or 30 were developed into songs.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel">{{cite journal |author=Christopher Scapelliti |date= |year=2000 |month=Winter |title=Dark Angel |journal=Revolver |volume= |series= |issue= |pages=72–77 |publisher=Future US, Inc. |accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref> Of these, 19 tracks were selected for the album.<ref name="Amazon"/> | + | The album is the group's most collaborative effort to date, with everyone contributing to the songwriting process, resulting in a more unified sound.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/> Most of the effort was shared by [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]], and Marilyn Manson; keyboardist [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] provided input on the songs "[["President Dead"]]" and "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]", while [[Ginger Fish]] provided all of the drum work.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> Manson said that his songwriting sessions with John 5 were very focused;<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> most of the songs were complete before being brought to the band for consideration, where they were enthusiastically received.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> In contrast, his sessions with Ramirez were far less rigorous, as the two experimented with absinthe.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel"/> During the process the band wrote a hundred pieces, of which 25 or 30 were developed into songs.<ref name="Revolver Dark Angel">{{cite journal |author=Christopher Scapelliti |date= |year=2000 |month=Winter |title=Dark Angel |journal=Revolver |volume= |series= |issue= |pages=72–77 |publisher=Future US, Inc. |accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref> Of these, 19 tracks were selected for the album.<ref name="Amazon"/> |
− | [[File:Holy1.jpg|right| | + | [[File:Holy1.jpg|right|thumb|170px|In studio photograph of Marilyn Manson and Dave Sardy during the recording sessions.]] |
Recording took place in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Rick Rubin's The Mansion Studio in Laurel Canyon.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Locations were chosen for the atmosphere they were intended to impart to the music.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Mix engineer [[Dave Sardy]] co-produced the album with Manson. [[Bon Harris]], of seminal Electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, supplied programming and pre-production editing.<ref name="Basham">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431695/19991216/marilyn_manson.jhtml|title= Manson To Walk In The "Valley Of Death" For Next LP |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> Manson announced on December 16, 1999, that the album was progressing under the working title ''"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"'' and would be represented by the alchemical symbol for Mercury.<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/569991/19991209/index.jhtml |title=Manson To Reveal Album Title Online |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> | Recording took place in several "undisclosed" locations, including Death Valley and Rick Rubin's The Mansion Studio in Laurel Canyon.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Locations were chosen for the atmosphere they were intended to impart to the music.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> Mix engineer [[Dave Sardy]] co-produced the album with Manson. [[Bon Harris]], of seminal Electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, supplied programming and pre-production editing.<ref name="Basham">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431695/19991216/marilyn_manson.jhtml|title= Manson To Walk In The "Valley Of Death" For Next LP |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-16|accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> Manson announced on December 16, 1999, that the album was progressing under the working title ''"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"'' and would be represented by the alchemical symbol for Mercury.<ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/569991/19991209/index.jhtml |title=Manson To Reveal Album Title Online |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 1999-12-09|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> | ||
The band's numerous excursions to Death Valley were undertaken to "imprint the feeling of the desert into [the band's] minds", in order to avoid composing songs that sounded "forged" and artificial.<ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion">{{cite journal |last1=Simunek |first1=Chris |date=2001-02 |title=Tinseltown Rebellion: Marilyn Manson In The City Of Angels |journal=High Times |volume=306 |issue= |pages=52-58 |publisher= |doi= |url=http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/105 |editor1-first=Dan |editor1-last=Skye |editor2-first=David |editor2-last=Bienenstock |editor3-first=Bobby |editor3-last=Black |editor3-first=Steven |editor3-last=Hager |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Experimental recordings and "acoustic" songs were recorded using live instrumentation. Manson later explained that the acoustic songs were only "acoustic" in the sense of not being produced electrically; the album's sonic landscape is fundamentally "electronic". Harris' programming skills proved instrumental, as the band recorded found and natural sounds, which he manipulated into new sonic elements.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> | The band's numerous excursions to Death Valley were undertaken to "imprint the feeling of the desert into [the band's] minds", in order to avoid composing songs that sounded "forged" and artificial.<ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion">{{cite journal |last1=Simunek |first1=Chris |date=2001-02 |title=Tinseltown Rebellion: Marilyn Manson In The City Of Angels |journal=High Times |volume=306 |issue= |pages=52-58 |publisher= |doi= |url=http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/105 |editor1-first=Dan |editor1-last=Skye |editor2-first=David |editor2-last=Bienenstock |editor3-first=Bobby |editor3-last=Black |editor3-first=Steven |editor3-last=Hager |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> Experimental recordings and "acoustic" songs were recorded using live instrumentation. Manson later explained that the acoustic songs were only "acoustic" in the sense of not being produced electrically; the album's sonic landscape is fundamentally "electronic". Harris' programming skills proved instrumental, as the band recorded found and natural sounds, which he manipulated into new sonic elements.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> | ||
− | The band rented recording time at The Mansion Studio, as its cavernous rooms are suitable for recording drums.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> The band found the space inspiring, and spent a lot of time there;<ref name="Kerrang He Hits the Keyboards">{{cite journal |last1=Young |first1=Simon |date=2000-11-11 |title=He Hits the Keyboards. His Friends Call Him Pogo. He Jumps Through Windows for Fun |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref><ref name="Kerrang You Know Him As a Drummer">{{cite journal |last1=Young |first1=Simon |date=2000-11-11 |title=You Know Him As a Drummer; He Calls Himself the Bodyguard |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> they found they could accomplish more there than in the limited space of Manson's home studio.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Ramirez later had blurry recollections of the sessions;<ref name="Kerrang Manson's Right Hand Man"/> he found there were "a lot of different emotions racing around [us]". The house, which once belong to escape artist Harry Houdini, is rumored to be haunted.<ref name="Kerrang Manson's Right Hand Man">{{cite journal |last1=Winwood |first1=Ian |date=2000-11-11 |title=Manson's Right Hand Man on Fame, Failure and Masturbating with Pizza Dough |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> Gacy shared this opinion, but said that he spent the majority of his time working on a computer and synthesizer, "mess[ing] around with prime number loops where they only intersect every three days and I'd check up on what kind of music they'd be making. You never know what's going to happen."<ref name="Kerrang He Hits the Keyboards"/> In contrast, Fish worked constantly; the bulk of his contributions to the recording process took place at The Mansion.<ref name="Kerrang You Know Him As a Drummer"/> | + | The band rented recording time at The Mansion Studio, as its cavernous rooms are suitable for recording drums.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> The band found the space inspiring, and spent a lot of time there;<ref name="Kerrang He Hits the Keyboards">{{cite journal |last1=Young |first1=Simon |date=2000-11-11 |title=He Hits the Keyboards. His Friends Call Him Pogo. He Jumps Through Windows for Fun |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref><ref name="Kerrang You Know Him As a Drummer">{{cite journal |last1=Young |first1=Simon |date=2000-11-11 |title=You Know Him As a Drummer; He Calls Himself the Bodyguard |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> they found they could accomplish more there than in the limited space of Manson's home studio.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/><ref name="Basham"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson"/> Ramirez later had blurry recollections of the sessions;<ref name="Kerrang Manson's Right Hand Man"/> he found there were "a lot of different emotions racing around [us]". The house, which once belong to escape artist Harry Houdini, is rumored to be haunted.<ref name="Kerrang Manson's Right Hand Man">{{cite journal |last1=Winwood |first1=Ian |date=2000-11-11 |title=Manson's Right Hand Man on Fame, Failure and Masturbating with Pizza Dough |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=18–23 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> Gacy shared this opinion, but said that he spent the majority of his time working on a computer and synthesizer, "mess[ing] around with prime number loops where they only intersect every three days and I'd check up on what kind of music they'd be making. You never know what's going to happen."<ref name="Kerrang He Hits the Keyboards"/> In contrast, Fish worked constantly; the bulk of his contributions to the recording process took place at The Mansion.<ref name="Kerrang You Know Him As a Drummer"/> |
On February 23, 2000, Manson delivered a 20-minute lecture, via satellite, at a current events convention titled "DisinfoCon 2000", aimed at exposing and dispelling disinformation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arnum |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621426/20000223/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Lectures At Alternative-Information Conference |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 2000-02-23|accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> Six days later the album was officially titled ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By April 12, 2000, the band had reached the final stages of recording, and Manson posted footage of the recording studio.<ref name="NME Manson Launches New Posthuman Label"/> In pre-release interviews he noted that the record would be "a very sharp pencil" that would appeal to Marilyn Manson fans.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars">{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Phil |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-11 |title=The Holy War |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=44–45 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref> | On February 23, 2000, Manson delivered a 20-minute lecture, via satellite, at a current events convention titled "DisinfoCon 2000", aimed at exposing and dispelling disinformation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arnum |first=Eric |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/621426/20000223/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Lectures At Alternative-Information Conference |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date= 2000-02-23|accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref> Six days later the album was officially titled ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> By April 12, 2000, the band had reached the final stages of recording, and Manson posted footage of the recording studio.<ref name="NME Manson Launches New Posthuman Label"/> In pre-release interviews he noted that the record would be "a very sharp pencil" that would appeal to Marilyn Manson fans.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars">{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Phil |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-11 |title=The Holy War |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=827 |pages=44–45 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref> | ||
− | === Book and film === | + | ===Book and film=== |
: ''See also [[Holy Wood (novel)]] for more details'' | : ''See also [[Holy Wood (novel)]] for more details'' | ||
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Manson's ambitions for the project initially included a film of the same name which would explore the album's backstory.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Norris"/> In July 1999 he had reportedly entered negotiations with New Line Cinema to produce and distribute the film and its soundtrack.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431690/marilyn-manson-tweaks-holy-wood-plans.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-02-29|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> At the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards in Dublin, Ireland, where the band was to perform on November 11,<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock">{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431697/marilyn-manson-discusses-postcolumbine-shell-shock.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=1999-11-16 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> he revealed film's title and his projected production plans.<ref name="Norris"/> He also met with Chilean avant-garde film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky at the event to discuss the possibility of working on the film, although no final decision was made.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2292 |title=Satanic Cult Meeting |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=1999-11-16|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> By February 29, 2000, the deal had fallen through due to Manson's reservations that New Line Cinema was taking the film in a direction that would not have "retained his artistic vision."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> | Manson's ambitions for the project initially included a film of the same name which would explore the album's backstory.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Norris"/> In July 1999 he had reportedly entered negotiations with New Line Cinema to produce and distribute the film and its soundtrack.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans">{{cite web|last=Basham |first=David |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431690/marilyn-manson-tweaks-holy-wood-plans.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-02-29|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> At the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards in Dublin, Ireland, where the band was to perform on November 11,<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock">{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431697/marilyn-manson-discusses-postcolumbine-shell-shock.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock |work=''MTV News'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=1999-11-16 |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> he revealed film's title and his projected production plans.<ref name="Norris"/> He also met with Chilean avant-garde film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky at the event to discuss the possibility of working on the film, although no final decision was made.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/2292 |title=Satanic Cult Meeting |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=1999-11-16|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> By February 29, 2000, the deal had fallen through due to Manson's reservations that New Line Cinema was taking the film in a direction that would not have "retained his artistic vision."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> | ||
Abandoning his attempt to bring ''Holy Wood'' to the big screen, Manson instead announced plans to put out two books to accompany the album.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> The first was a "graphic and phantasmagoric" novelized adaptation, intended to be released shortly after the record by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> The style of the novel was inspired by the authors William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> It was to be followed by a coffee table book of images created for the project.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> | Abandoning his attempt to bring ''Holy Wood'' to the big screen, Manson instead announced plans to put out two books to accompany the album.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> The first was a "graphic and phantasmagoric" novelized adaptation, intended to be released shortly after the record by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> The style of the novel was inspired by the authors William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick.<ref name="Kerrang This Is My Holy Wood"/> It was to be followed by a coffee table book of images created for the project.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> | ||
− | In an interview with Manson in December 2000 novelist Chuck Palahniuk briefly mentioned the [[Holy Wood (novel)|''Holy Wood'' novel]], and complimented its style. The book was due for release in the spring of 2001.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child">{{cite journal |first = Chuck|last = Palahniuk|date=2000-11 |title=Destiny's Child |journal=Gear Magazine]] |volume= |series= |issue= |page=73 |publisher=Bob Guccione, Jr. |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> Neither book has yet been released, allegedly due to a publishing dispute.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2005-02 |title=Alien Autopsy: Marilyn Manson and David Duchovny on Area 51 |journal=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Future US |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> | + | In an interview with Manson in December 2000 novelist Chuck Palahniuk briefly mentioned the [[Holy Wood (novel)|''Holy Wood'' novel]], and complimented its style. The book was due for release in the spring of 2001.<ref name="Gear Destiny Child">{{cite journal |first = Chuck|last = Palahniuk | authorlink = Chuck Palahniuk |date=2000-11 |title=Destiny's Child |journal=Gear Magazine]] |volume= |series= |issue= |page=73 |publisher=Bob Guccione, Jr. |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> Neither book has yet been released, allegedly due to a publishing dispute.<ref>{{cite journal|date=2005-02 |title=Alien Autopsy: Marilyn Manson and David Duchovny on Area 51 |journal=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Future US |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref> |
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:''for a complete overview of the Trilogy see [[Triptych]].'' | :''for a complete overview of the Trilogy see [[Triptych]].'' | ||
− | {{cquote|"'Holy Wood' | + | {{cquote|"'Holy Wood'—which isn't even that great of a hyperbole of America—is a place where an obituary is just another headline. Where if you die and enough people are watching, then you're famous." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]] on the album's concept.<ref name="AP#148"/>}} |
The album's plot is a "parable"<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> that takes place in a thinly-veiled satire of modern America called "Holy Wood", which Manson has described as "very much like Disney World ... I thought of how interesting it would be if we created an entire city that was an amusement park, and the thing we were being amused by was violence and sex and everything that people really want to see."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Its literary foil is "Death Valley", which is used as "a metaphor for the outcast and the imperfect of the world."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | The album's plot is a "parable"<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> that takes place in a thinly-veiled satire of modern America called "Holy Wood", which Manson has described as "very much like Disney World ... I thought of how interesting it would be if we created an entire city that was an amusement park, and the thing we were being amused by was violence and sex and everything that people really want to see."<ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Its literary foil is "Death Valley", which is used as "a metaphor for the outcast and the imperfect of the world."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | ||
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− | The central character is its ill-fated protagonist "[[Adam Kadmon]]",<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/><ref name="Robinson"/> a figure borrowed from the Kabbalah, in which he is described as the "Primal Man". In the similar Sufic and Alevi philosophies, he is described as the "Perfect or Complete Man"—an archetype for humanity.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> He undertakes a journey, similar to the protagonist in German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' and Biblical parables, out of Death Valley and into Holy Wood.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Idealistic naïveté entreats him to attempt a subversive revolution through music.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | + | The central character is its ill-fated protagonist "[[Adam Kadmon]]",<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/><ref name="Robinson"/> a figure borrowed from the Kabbalah, in which he is described as the "Primal Man". In the similar Sufic and Alevi philosophies, he is described as the "Perfect or Complete Man"—an archetype for humanity.<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson Tweaks Holy Wood Plans"/> He undertakes a journey, similar to the protagonist in German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' and Biblical parables, out of Death Valley and into Holy Wood.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Idealistic naïveté entreats him to attempt a subversive revolution through music.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> |
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− | While disenchanted when his revolution is consumed by Holy Wood's ideology of "Guns, God and Government", he is co-opted into their culture of death and fame, where celebrity-worship, violence, and scapegoatism are held as the moral values of a religion rooted in martyrdom.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="RS Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Robinson"/> In this religion dead celebrities are venerated into saints and [[References to John F. Kennedy in Marilyn Manson's music|President John F. "Jack" Kennedy]] is idolized as the transfigured ''[[Lamb of God]]'' and modern-day Christ.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="Dead Rock Star"/><ref name="Alien Messiah"/><ref name="Robinson"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> | + | While disenchanted when his revolution is consumed by Holy Wood's ideology of "Guns, God and Government", he is co-opted into their culture of death and fame, where celebrity-worship, violence, and scapegoatism are held as the moral values of a religion rooted in martyrdom.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="AP#148"/><ref name="RS Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Robinson"/> In this religion dead celebrities are venerated into saints and [[References to John F. Kennedy in Marilyn Manson's music|President John F. "Jack" Kennedy]] is idolized as the transfigured ''[[Lamb of God]]'' and modern-day Christ.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings"/><ref name="Dead Rock Star"/><ref name="Alien Messiah"/><ref name="Robinson"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> |
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Manson told ''Rolling Stone'' that the storyline is semi-autobiographical. While it can be viewed on several levels, Manson states the simplest interpretation is to see it as a story about an angry youth whose revolution becomes commercialized, which leads him to "destroy the thing he has created, which is himself."<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436775/20000803/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-08-03 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=2000-07-20 |title=The Third Face of Marilyn Manson |journal=Rolling Stone |volume= |issue=845 |pages= |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |doi= |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> | Manson told ''Rolling Stone'' that the storyline is semi-autobiographical. While it can be viewed on several levels, Manson states the simplest interpretation is to see it as a story about an angry youth whose revolution becomes commercialized, which leads him to "destroy the thing he has created, which is himself."<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436775/20000803/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Unholy Doings |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=2000-08-03 |accessdate=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref name="RS The Third Face of Marilyn Manson">{{cite journal |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=2000-07-20 |title=The Third Face of Marilyn Manson |journal=Rolling Stone |volume= |issue=845 |pages= |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |doi= |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> | ||
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Much like in ''Mechanical Animals'', another lesser character is found in "[[Coma Black]]". Similar to the character of "[[Coma White]]" from the previous album, Coma Black is an obscure figure which, simultaneously, may or may not be an unattainable ideal, an androgynous facet of Adam or an actual person.<ref name="metroactive.com">{{cite web|last=Quelland |first=Sarah |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.00/cover/manson-0050.html |title=Into the Mind of Marilyn |publisher=Metroactive Music |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref> | Much like in ''Mechanical Animals'', another lesser character is found in "[[Coma Black]]". Similar to the character of "[[Coma White]]" from the previous album, Coma Black is an obscure figure which, simultaneously, may or may not be an unattainable ideal, an androgynous facet of Adam or an actual person.<ref name="metroactive.com">{{cite web|last=Quelland |first=Sarah |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.00/cover/manson-0050.html |title=Into the Mind of Marilyn |publisher=Metroactive Music |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-10}}</ref> | ||
− | === Themes === | + | ===Themes=== |
− | {{cquote|"[''Holy Wood'' is] not necessarily [all] about the Columbine incident, but more the reason why it happened ... [It's about] the way America raises its kids to feel like they're unwanted and made to feel like they're dead already. They really don't have anything to live for and it's also concerned with the repercussions of that incident." |source= | + | {{cquote|"[''Holy Wood'' is] not necessarily [all] about the Columbine incident, but more the reason why it happened ... [It's about] the way America raises its kids to feel like they're unwanted and made to feel like they're dead already. They really don't have anything to live for and it's also concerned with the repercussions of that incident." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]] on the album's thematic preoccupation.<ref name="autogenerated40"/>}} |
− | Violence is the central subject of the record.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2001-01-08 |title=Revolution in Action |journal=Rock Sound |volume= |issue=11 |pages= |publisher=Editions Freeway |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-05-06}}</ref> The material explores this theme by taking a critical look at America's cultural obsession with firearms, death, and fame, and its ramifications with respect to the Columbine tragedy.<ref name="autogenerated40"/> Manson sees the root causes of Columbine as gun culture, conservative American Christianity, and traditional family values. The album illustrates the harmful roles they play in the glorification and acceptance of wholesale violence in "mainstream" culture.<ref name="Long"/><ref name="Robinson">{{cite web|last=Robinson |first=Charlotte |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mansonmarilyn-holywood.shtml |title=Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) album review |publisher=PopMatters |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref><ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> In the album these factors are referred to by the slogan "Guns, God and Government."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage2"/> Seeing similarities between the tumultuous and culturally defining Cold War period of 1960s America and the 1990s, Manson draws numerous allegories to that decade and other events and figures in pop culture history.<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/><ref name="Robinson"/><ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/><ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/> Music journalist Charlotte Robinson pointed out that it is difficult to assess the "narrative's effectiveness" without the book and film, and stated that "the album doesn't tell much of a story, instead presenting variations on the same themes."<ref name="Robinson"/> | + | Violence is the central subject of the record.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2001-01-08 |title=Revolution in Action |journal=Rock Sound |volume= |issue=11 |pages= |publisher=Editions Freeway |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-05-06}}</ref> The material explores this theme by taking a critical look at America's cultural obsession with firearms, death, and fame, and its ramifications with respect to the Columbine tragedy.<ref name="autogenerated40"/> Manson sees the root causes of Columbine as gun culture, conservative American Christianity, and traditional family values. The album illustrates the harmful roles they play in the glorification and acceptance of wholesale violence in "mainstream" culture.<ref name="Long"/><ref name="Robinson">{{cite web|last=Robinson |first=Charlotte |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mansonmarilyn-holywood.shtml |title=Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) album review |publisher=PopMatters |date=2000-12-14 |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref><ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> In the album these factors are referred to by the slogan "Guns, God and Government."<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="LAWeeklyPage2"/> Seeing similarities between the tumultuous and culturally defining Cold War period of 1960s America and the 1990s, Manson draws numerous allegories to that decade and other events and figures in pop culture history.<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/><ref name="Robinson"/><ref name="Gear Destiny Child"/><ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/> Music journalist Charlotte Robinson pointed out that it is difficult to assess the "narrative's effectiveness" without the book and film, and stated that "the album doesn't tell much of a story, instead presenting variations on the same themes."<ref name="Robinson"/> |
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− | Manson was drawn to The Beatles's ''White Album'' due to its purported role in the Charles Manson 'Family' murders and parallels he saw between that incident and Columbine.<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> Finding kinship with the record he noted, "[it] had a lot of very subversive messages on it. Ones they intended and ones that may've {{sic}} been misinterpreted by [convicted mass murder conspirator] Charles Manson" and that, to his erudition, it was the first piece of music to be blamed and associated with inspiring violence: "When you've got 'Helter Skelter' [taken from a Beatles song of the same name] written in blood on someone's wall, it's a little more damning than anything I've been blamed for."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="VH1.com"/> He stated that he "can appreciate it as a powerful record" which was "very inspirational" to his album's concept. ''Holy Wood'', he said, "is a tribute to what that record did in history."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | + | Manson was drawn to The Beatles's ''White Album'' due to its purported role in the Charles Manson 'Family' murders and parallels he saw between that incident and Columbine.<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> Finding kinship with the record he noted, "[it] had a lot of very subversive messages on it. Ones they intended and ones that may've {{sic}} been misinterpreted by [convicted mass murder conspirator] Charles Manson" and that, to his erudition, it was the first piece of music to be blamed and associated with inspiring violence: "When you've got 'Helter Skelter' [taken from a Beatles song of the same name] written in blood on someone's wall, it's a little more damning than anything I've been blamed for."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="VH1.com"/> He stated that he "can appreciate it as a powerful record" which was "very inspirational" to his album's concept. ''Holy Wood'', he said, "is a tribute to what that record did in history."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible"/><ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> |
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− | [[File:Harris and Klebold Time Magazine cover.jpg|right| | + | [[File:Harris and Klebold Time Magazine cover.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Columbine killers Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris appeared on the cover of ''Time'' magazine twice. In exploring the roots of violence and entertainment, Manson reproached the media for "turn[ing] criminals into folk heroes. They just created two new ones ... Don't be surprised if every kid who gets pushed around has two new idols."<ref name="RS Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?"/>]] |
− | Several music reviewers also noted similarities between the anti-hero character of Adam Kadmon and Charles Manson.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Marilyn Manson echoed this assessment, and described ''Holy Wood'' as "a declaration of war. In a way, I am declaring war on the United States. Not on everybody, but I am attacking the shallowness of the entertainment industry, their self-congratulatory attitude, their beliefs that they can never do wrong, that they're always right, that they're the center of the universe. It is a clear attack on the entertainment industry."<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He further articulated that "[i]n one way it's defending Hollywood, and in another way it's attacking it for not being brave enough."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/> | + | Several music reviewers also noted similarities between the anti-hero character of Adam Kadmon and Charles Manson.<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Marilyn Manson echoed this assessment, and described ''Holy Wood'' as "a declaration of war. In a way, I am declaring war on the United States. Not on everybody, but I am attacking the shallowness of the entertainment industry, their self-congratulatory attitude, their beliefs that they can never do wrong, that they're always right, that they're the center of the universe. It is a clear attack on the entertainment industry."<ref name="autogenerated40"/> He further articulated that "[i]n one way it's defending Hollywood, and in another way it's attacking it for not being brave enough."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="HGHT Tinseltown Rebellion"/> |
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− | Christ's death is compared to Abraham Zapruder's film of the | + | Christ's death is compared to Abraham Zapruder's film of the JFK Assassination during the "Winter of our Discontent,"<ref name="VH1.com"/> which Manson observed as, "the only thing that's happened in modern times to equal the crucifixion."<ref name="AP#148"/> He sarcastically described the historic home movie in an [[Interview:Dec 1999 Marilyn Manson Last Poll Of The Century|op-ed piece for ''Rolling Stone'']] as "[a] good clip of mankind's generosity to share his violence with the world in such a cinematic way".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Manson |first= Marilyn |date=1999-12-30 |title=Last Poll Of The Century |journal=Rolling Stone |volume= |edition=Millennium Special |issue=830 |type=op-ed essay |pages= |publisher=Wenner Media LLC |doi= |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> Manson stresses the film's cultural importance and notes the irony of showing such violence on the news while complaining about violence in the entertainment industry.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> He watched the clip numerous times as a child, and finds it the most violent thing he had ever seen.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> Juxtaposing Christ and Kennedy, he posited, |
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− | {{cquote|Christ was the blue-print for celebrity. He was the first celebrity, or rock star if want to look at it that way, and [dying on the cross] he became this image of sexuality and suffering. He’s literally | + | {{cquote|Christ was the blue-print for celebrity. He was the first celebrity, or rock star if want to look at it that way, and [dying on the cross] he became this image of sexuality and suffering. He’s literally marketed—A crucifix is no different than a concert T-shirt in some ways. I think for America, in my lifetime, John F. Kennedy kind of took the place of that [as a modern-day Christ] in some ways. [After being murdered on TV], he became lifted up as this icon and this Christ figure [by America].|author= Marilyn Manson|source=Revelations of an Alien-Messiah<ref>{{cite book |last= Gargano |first= Paul |title= Revelations of an Alien-Messiah |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=2010-11-17 |type=interview |edition= |series= |pages=08-13 |volume=44 |date=1999-07 |origyear= |publisher=''Metal Edge'' magazine |location= |language=English}}</ref>}} |
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Manson also cites John Lennon as an assassination icon, and uses the album to criticize the news media's veneration of people into media martyrdom, and the tendency to turn death into spectacle to cater to the American public's appetite for violence, tragedy, and celebrity. He uses this to rebut claims that Marilyn Manson's music was responsible for Columbine.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="Robinson"/> He wonders how the media would have covered the crucifixion,<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> and linked these observations to Columbine during an interview on the ''O'Reilly Factor''. Bill O'Reilly argued that "disturbed kids" who lack direction from responsible parents could misinterpret the message of his music to be, in fact, an endorsement of the mentality that "when I'm dead [then] everybody's going to know me." Manson responded: | Manson also cites John Lennon as an assassination icon, and uses the album to criticize the news media's veneration of people into media martyrdom, and the tendency to turn death into spectacle to cater to the American public's appetite for violence, tragedy, and celebrity. He uses this to rebut claims that Marilyn Manson's music was responsible for Columbine.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/><ref name="Robinson"/> He wonders how the media would have covered the crucifixion,<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> and linked these observations to Columbine during an interview on the ''O'Reilly Factor''. Bill O'Reilly argued that "disturbed kids" who lack direction from responsible parents could misinterpret the message of his music to be, in fact, an endorsement of the mentality that "when I'm dead [then] everybody's going to know me." Manson responded: | ||
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In spite of the many references to, and thematic fascination with, the three iconic men, Manson was reluctant to draw any comparison between them and himself, which he said would have amounted to pretentiousness.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> Instead he volunteered, "[w]hat I did find was parallels in their stories and my story, and I tried to maybe learn from their mistakes and what they tried to do ... You realise you can't change the world and you can only change yourself, and I think that's what [they] found out."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> He further added, "[f]or me it was about learning from that and trying to break the evolution of man [since] it's man's nature to be violent."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> | In spite of the many references to, and thematic fascination with, the three iconic men, Manson was reluctant to draw any comparison between them and himself, which he said would have amounted to pretentiousness.<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> Instead he volunteered, "[w]hat I did find was parallels in their stories and my story, and I tried to maybe learn from their mistakes and what they tried to do ... You realise you can't change the world and you can only change yourself, and I think that's what [they] found out."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> He further added, "[f]or me it was about learning from that and trying to break the evolution of man [since] it's man's nature to be violent."<ref name="Rock Sound RIA"/> | ||
− | == Composition == | + | ==Composition== |
− | {{cquote|"Is adult entertainment killing our children? Or is killing our children entertaining adults?" |source= | + | {{cquote|"Is adult entertainment killing our children? Or is killing our children entertaining adults?" |source=—Introductory statement on [[MarilynManson.com|the band's website]] during the ''Holy Wood'' era.<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/>}} |
During pre-release interviews Manson stated that ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was intended to be the "industrial ''White Album'' ... in the sense that it's very experimental. I play a lot of keyboards, we switched things around, wrote in the desert ... it's experimental and when I think of experimental I think of ''The White Album''."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> The 1969 Rolling Stones album ''Let It Bleed'' became another source of musical and textural inspiration and Manson made a point of noting in interviews that it was written in the same house where he wrote ''Holy Wood''.<ref name="VH1.com"/> | During pre-release interviews Manson stated that ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' was intended to be the "industrial ''White Album'' ... in the sense that it's very experimental. I play a lot of keyboards, we switched things around, wrote in the desert ... it's experimental and when I think of experimental I think of ''The White Album''."<ref name="NME Marilyn Manson Goes Ape"/> The 1969 Rolling Stones album ''Let It Bleed'' became another source of musical and textural inspiration and Manson made a point of noting in interviews that it was written in the same house where he wrote ''Holy Wood''.<ref name="VH1.com"/> | ||
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Similar to ''Antichrist Superstar'', ''Holy Wood'' utilizes a compositional device called the song cycle structure, which divides the record into four movements—A: In the Shadow, D: The Androgyne, A: Of Red Earth and M: The Fallen—to form the framework of Kadmon's story.<ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/4309 |title=The 'Holy..' Bible! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref> In keeping with the lyrical style of their two previous records the storyline unfolds in a multi-tiered progression of drawn out extended metaphors and allusions playing in Manson's psyche.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> For instance, the album's title was not just a reference to the Hollywood sign but also to "the tree of knowledge that Adam took the first fruit from when he fell out of paradise, the wood that Christ was crucified on, the wood that [Lee Harvey] Oswald's rifle is made from and the wood that so many coffins are made of."<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> | Similar to ''Antichrist Superstar'', ''Holy Wood'' utilizes a compositional device called the song cycle structure, which divides the record into four movements—A: In the Shadow, D: The Androgyne, A: Of Red Earth and M: The Fallen—to form the framework of Kadmon's story.<ref name="NME The 'Holy..' Bible">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/4309 |title=The 'Holy..' Bible! |publisher=''NME'' |date=2000-08-29 |accessdate=2011-03-31}}</ref> In keeping with the lyrical style of their two previous records the storyline unfolds in a multi-tiered progression of drawn out extended metaphors and allusions playing in Manson's psyche.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> For instance, the album's title was not just a reference to the Hollywood sign but also to "the tree of knowledge that Adam took the first fruit from when he fell out of paradise, the wood that Christ was crucified on, the wood that [Lee Harvey] Oswald's rifle is made from and the wood that so many coffins are made of."<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> | ||
− | [[File:They'd remember this as Valentine's day.jpg| | + | [[File:They'd remember this as Valentine's day.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"They'd remember this as Valentine's Day"; February 14, 1964 issue of ''Time'' magazine, featuring Marina Oswald on the cover, used in the band's sister site [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/hidden/thisasvalentinesday.html ThisAsValentinesDay.com] during the ''Holy Wood'' era.]] |
"[[GodEatGod]]" follows Adam as he contemplates in the desert.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> "[[The Love Song]]" was written as an anthem for Holy Wood's religion of Celebritarianism.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> The lyrical concept applies dark humor on the idea of "Love Song" (which Manson pointed out was one of the most common titles in music) to satirize America's concept of traditional family values by drawing parallels to the country's love affair with guns and violence: "I was suggesting with the lyrics that the father is the hand, the mother is the gun, and the children are the bullets. Where you shoot them is your responsibility as parents."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Kurt Loder |title=Marilyn Manson: No Regrets |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-12-01}}</ref> The chorus is a rhetorical take on an American bumper sticker, which asks: "Do you love your God, gun, government?"<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-18 |title=Holy Wood |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=831 |pages=29–36 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref> | "[[GodEatGod]]" follows Adam as he contemplates in the desert.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> "[[The Love Song]]" was written as an anthem for Holy Wood's religion of Celebritarianism.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> The lyrical concept applies dark humor on the idea of "Love Song" (which Manson pointed out was one of the most common titles in music) to satirize America's concept of traditional family values by drawing parallels to the country's love affair with guns and violence: "I was suggesting with the lyrics that the father is the hand, the mother is the gun, and the children are the bullets. Where you shoot them is your responsibility as parents."<ref name="MTV Marilyn Manson: No Regrets">{{cite interview |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |subjectlink=Marilyn Manson |interviewer=Kurt Loder |title=Marilyn Manson: No Regrets |callsign =MTV |city=New York |date=2000-12-01}}</ref> The chorus is a rhetorical take on an American bumper sticker, which asks: "Do you love your God, gun, government?"<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |last2= |first2= |date=2000-11-18 |title=Holy Wood |journal=Kerrang! |volume= |issue=831 |pages=29–36 |publisher=Bauer Media Group |doi= |url= |accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref> | ||
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"[[Disposable Teens]]" is a "signature Marilyn Manson song".<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Its bouncing guitar riff and teutonic staccato has its roots in former glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll, Pt.2".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436862/20000830/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-08-30 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> Its lyrical themes tackle the disenfranchisement of contemporary youth, "particularly those that have been [brought up] to feel like accidents", with the revolutionary idealism of their parent's generation.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> The influence of The Beatles was critical in this song;<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> the chorus echoes the disillusionment expressed in opening lines of their ''White Album'' song "Revolution 1".<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Here the sentiment was appropriated as a rallying cry for "disposable teens" against the shortcomings of "this so-called generation of revolutionaries", whom the song indicted: "You said you wanted evolution, the ape was a great big hit. You say want a revolution, man, and I say that you're full of shit."<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson singled out "[[Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)]]" as his favorite track from the record and that, to him, it related to every person's desire for self-actualization.<ref name="MAMM"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | "[[Disposable Teens]]" is a "signature Marilyn Manson song".<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> Its bouncing guitar riff and teutonic staccato has its roots in former glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll, Pt.2".<ref name="VH1 Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436862/20000830/index.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson's Big Day Out |publisher=VH1 |date=2000-08-30 |accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref> Its lyrical themes tackle the disenfranchisement of contemporary youth, "particularly those that have been [brought up] to feel like accidents", with the revolutionary idealism of their parent's generation.<ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> The influence of The Beatles was critical in this song;<ref name="VH1.com"/><ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> the chorus echoes the disillusionment expressed in opening lines of their ''White Album'' song "Revolution 1".<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Here the sentiment was appropriated as a rallying cry for "disposable teens" against the shortcomings of "this so-called generation of revolutionaries", whom the song indicted: "You said you wanted evolution, the ape was a great big hit. You say want a revolution, man, and I say that you're full of shit."<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/><ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson singled out "[[Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)]]" as his favorite track from the record and that, to him, it related to every person's desire for self-actualization.<ref name="MAMM"/><ref name="Kerrang Holy Wood Ben Myers"/> | ||
− | Borrowing a riff from English alternative rock band Radiohead, "[["President Dead"]]" is a guitar-driven song that showcases John 5's technical skills.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The song opens with a vocal sample of Don Gardiner's "ABC News Radio" broadcast of the death of John F. Kennedy, which is the track's subject matter.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> On the final mastered sequence, the song is 3:13 in | + | Borrowing a riff from English alternative rock band Radiohead, "[["President Dead"]]" is a guitar-driven song that showcases John 5's technical skills.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The song opens with a vocal sample of Don Gardiner's "ABC News Radio" broadcast of the death of John F. Kennedy, which is the track's subject matter.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> On the final mastered sequence, the song is 3:13 in length—a semi-deliberate numerological reference to frame 313 of the Zapruder film, the point where Kennedy's skull exploded from the second round Lee Harvey Oswald fired from his 6.5 x 52 mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle, and the point where JFK became an American media martyr, "because the production value of his murder was so grand; the cinematography was so well done."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> "[[In the Shadow of the Valley of Death]]" is an introspective song where Adam is at his most emotionally vulnerable, to the point of wanting to give up.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]" further delves into the Kennedy assassination, and concludes that human beings have evolved from monkeys to men and, finally, into guns.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> "[[A Place in the Dirt]]" is another personal song characterized by Adam's rumination and self-analysis of his place in Holy Wood.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> |
− | {{cquote|"We truly sit in the shadow of death, or rather the billboard that advertises it. We're all going to die... and if enough people are taking photos, we will all be stars." |source= | + | {{cquote|"We truly sit in the shadow of death, or rather the billboard that advertises it. We're all going to die... and if enough people are taking photos, we will all be stars." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]]<ref name="VH1 Upcoming Album 'Unlike' Predecessors"/>}} |
"[[The Nobodies]]" is a mournful, elegiac dirge that begins with a synth-drum and harpsichord introduction.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The verse "[t]oday I'm dirty and I want to be pretty, tomorrow I know I'm just dirt" is sung with an Iggy Pop-style vocal delivery that builds to the adrenaline-fuelled chorus of "[w]e are the nobodies, we wanna be somebodies, when we're dead they'll know just who we are. Some children died the other day, we fed machines and then we prayed, puked up and down in morbid faith, you should have seen the ratings that day."<ref name="Respers"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> ''CMJ'' noted that the song was likely to be interpreted by some people as a tribute to the perpetrators of Columbine, but that its point was not to glorify violence; rather, it was to depict a society drenched in its children's blood.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> "[[The Death Song]]" is the turning point for Adam; he no longer cares.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson described it as being sarcastic and nihilistic: "it's like 'We have no future and we don't give a fuck'."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> ''Kerrang!'' described it as among the album's "heaviest" songs.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> | "[[The Nobodies]]" is a mournful, elegiac dirge that begins with a synth-drum and harpsichord introduction.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> The verse "[t]oday I'm dirty and I want to be pretty, tomorrow I know I'm just dirt" is sung with an Iggy Pop-style vocal delivery that builds to the adrenaline-fuelled chorus of "[w]e are the nobodies, we wanna be somebodies, when we're dead they'll know just who we are. Some children died the other day, we fed machines and then we prayed, puked up and down in morbid faith, you should have seen the ratings that day."<ref name="Respers"/><ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/><ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> ''CMJ'' noted that the song was likely to be interpreted by some people as a tribute to the perpetrators of Columbine, but that its point was not to glorify violence; rather, it was to depict a society drenched in its children's blood.<ref name="CMJ Antichrist Cross"/> "[[The Death Song]]" is the turning point for Adam; he no longer cares.<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> Manson described it as being sarcastic and nihilistic: "it's like 'We have no future and we don't give a fuck'."<ref name="Metal Edge Holy Wars Ground Campaign"/> ''Kerrang!'' described it as among the album's "heaviest" songs.<ref name="Kerrang The Holy Wars"/> | ||
− | In "[[Lamb of God]]", Manson uses the examples of the assassinations of Jesus Christ, JFK, and John Lennon to criticize his accusers. He illustrates their hunger for venerating dead people into martyrs and superstars, and for turning tragedy into televised spectacle.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Robinson"/> The bridge paraphrases the chorus of "Across the Universe".<ref name="VH1.com"/> Manson notes that even though John Lennon sang that "nothing's going to change my world", "[Lennon's killer] Mark David Chapman came along and proved him very wrong. That was always something, growing up, that was very sad and tragic to | + | In "[[Lamb of God]]", Manson uses the examples of the assassinations of Jesus Christ, JFK, and John Lennon to criticize his accusers. He illustrates their hunger for venerating dead people into martyrs and superstars, and for turning tragedy into televised spectacle.<ref name="autogenerated40"/><ref name="Robinson"/> The bridge paraphrases the chorus of "Across the Universe".<ref name="VH1.com"/> Manson notes that even though John Lennon sang that "nothing's going to change my world", "[Lennon's killer] Mark David Chapman came along and proved him very wrong. That was always something, growing up, that was very sad and tragic to me—a song that I always identified with."<ref name="VH1.com">{{cite web|last=Saidman |first=Sorelle |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1124176/20000918/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Marilyn Manson Unveils Tour Plans, First Single For Holy Wood |work=''VH1'' |publisher=MTV Network |
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