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| Cover      = Portrait-of-an-American-Family.jpg
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
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| Album      = [[Portrait of an American Family]]
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| Album      = [[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]
 
| Released    = July 19, 1994
 
| Released    = July 19, 1994
 
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
 
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
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| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
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"'''Lunchbox'''" is the second single and the third track of the first album ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. It was inspired by a piece of legislation dating back to 1972, which makes it illegal to have metal lunchboxes in schools. The song tells the story of a school age child who is bullied and uses his own lunchbox as a weapon in retaliation, waiting for the day he can "grow up to be a big rock & roll star" who is never intimidated by others. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's ''[[After School Special]]'' cassette tape, released in December 1991.
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'''''Lunchbox''''' is the second single and the third track of the 1994 release ''[[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]''.
  
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The album version of "Lunchbox" samples the Crazy World of Arthur Brown song "Fire".
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==Information==
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*The song was inspired by a piece of legislation dating back to 1972, which makes it illegal to have metal lunchboxes in schools. It tells the story of a school age child who is bullied and uses his own lunchbox as a weapon in retaliation, waiting for the day he can "grow up to be a big rock & roll star" who is never intimidated by others.
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*The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's ''[[After School Special]]'' cassette tape, released in December 1991.
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*The album version of "Lunchbox" samples the song "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
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*During the [[Dead to the World (tour)|Dead to the World tour]] the line "I wanna be a big rock and roll star" was often sang with updated lyrics "I wanna be Antichrist Superstar".
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*Sections of the song were used as an outro to ''[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]'' during the [[Rape of the World (tour)|Rape of the World tour]]. Once [[Tim Skold]] left the band however, it was replaced with ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Nigger]]''.
  
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==Appearances==
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==Versions==
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===Cassettes===
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===Studio===
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* ''[[After School Special]]''
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* ''[[Live as Hell]]''
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* ''[[Refrigerator]]''
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! '''Title''' || '''Release''' || '''Length''' || '''Recorded''' || '''Released''' || '''Notes'''
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* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''
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| Lunchbox || ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''<br>''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''<br>''[[Lost & Found]]''<br>''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]]'' || 4:32 || 1993 || style="text-align: right;" | July 19, 1994
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| Lunchbox || ''[[After School Special]]'' || 4:49 || 1991 || style="text-align: right;" | December 1991 || Demo version
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| Lunchbox || ''[[Live as Hell]]''<br>''[[Refrigerator]]'' || 4:55 || 1991–1992 || style="text-align: right;" | January 17, 1993 || Demo version
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| [[Lunchbox (Highschool Drop-outs)]] || ''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]]'' || 4:34 || 1994 ||  style="text-align: right;" | February 5, 1995 || Radio edit
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| Lunchbox || ''[[The Manson Family Album]]'' || 4:26 || 1993 || || Lacks opening sample and guitar
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===Albums===
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===Live===
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* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''
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{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable" style="background-color:#ffffff00"
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* ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''
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* ''[[Lost & Found]]''
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! '''Title''' || '''Release''' || '''Type'''|| '''Length''' || '''Recorded''' || '''Released'''
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| Lunchbox || ''[[Dead to the World]]'' || Video || || style="text-align: right;" | || February 10, 1998
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| Lunchbox || ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]'' || Audio || 8:35 || style="text-align: right;" | [[1999/04/21 Grand Rapids, MI|Grand Rapids, Michigan]] ||  November 16, 1999
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| Lunchbox || ''[[Guns, God and Government World Tour]]'' || Video || 9:02 || style="text-align: right;" | ||  October 29, 2002
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===Singles===
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===Remix===
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* ''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]]''
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* ''[[Tourniquet (single)|Tourniquet]]''
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==Versions==
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| ''[[Next Motherfucker]] (Remix)'' || ''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]]''<br>''[[Sweet Dreams (single)|Sweet Dreams]]''<br>''[[Tourniquet (single)|Tourniquet]]'' || 4:48 || Charlie Clouser || style="text-align: right;" | February 5, 1995
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* "Lunchbox" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'', ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]'', ''[[Lost & Found]]'' and the "Lunchbox" single.</small>
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* "[[Next Motherfucker]]" (Remix) <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Lunchbox", "[[Sweet Dreams (single)|Sweet Dreams]]" and the "Tourniquet" singles.</small>
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| ''[[Brown Bag]] (Remix)'' || ''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]]'' || 6:19 || Charlie Clouser || style="text-align: right;" | February 5, 1995
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* "[[Brown Bag]]" (Remix) <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Lunchbox" single.</small>
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* "[[Metal]]" (Remix) <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Lunchbox" single.</small>
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| ''[[Metal]] (Remix)'' || ''[[Lunchbox (single)|Lunchbox]] || 5:25 || Charlie Clouser || style="text-align: right;" | February 5, 1995
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* "[[Lunchbox (Highschool Drop-outs)]]" <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Lunchbox" single.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[After School Special]]''.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" <small>&mdash; ''[[Live as Hell]]'' and ''[[Refrigerator]]'' versions are identical.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" (Live) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[Dead to the World]]''.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" ([[1999/04/21 Grand Rapids, MI|Live]]) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>
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* "Lunchbox" (Live) <small>&mdash; Appears on the ''[[Guns, God and Government World Tour]]'' DVD.</small>
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=== Spooky Kids Version ===
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[[Image:LunchboxScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson face to face with the boy]]
 
[[Image:LunchboxScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson face to face with the boy]]
  
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The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=z-qG6JyJJHs music video] directed by Richard Kern on September 19, 1994,<ref>[http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Interview:Sara_Lee_Interviews_Marilyn_Manson Marilyn Manson interviewed by Sara Lee]. " We just did a video for "Lunchbox" on Monday, and he's in it."</ref> features a boy being bullied by two older students. The boy goes home, fed up with the way he is treated, and shaves his head and prepares for any future retaliation against the bullies with his metal lunchbox. The boy later goes to the rollerskating rink where [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] is performing. The boy gives [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] his lunchbox, which Manson lights on fire and parades around. The video ends with the boy staring into the burning lunchbox. It is one of the few music videos with Manson performing without wearing makeup.
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The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=z-qG6JyJJHs music video] directed by Richard Kern on September 19, 1994,<ref>[http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Interview:Sara_Lee_Interviews_Marilyn_Manson Marilyn Manson interviewed by Sara Lee]. " We just did a video for "Lunchbox" on Monday, and he's in it."</ref> features a boy being bullied by two older students. The boy goes home, fed up with the way he is treated, and shaves his head and prepares for any future retaliation against the bullies with his metal lunchbox. The boy later goes to the rollerskating rink where [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] is performing. The boy gives [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] his lunchbox, which Manson lights on fire and parades around. The video ends with the boy staring into the burning lunchbox. It is one of the few music videos where Manson performs without wearing makeup.
  
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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     i wanna be
 
     i wanna be
 
     so no one fucks with me
 
     so no one fucks with me
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==Trivia==
 
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* During the [[Dead to the World (tour)]] the line "I wanna be a big rock and roll star" was often sang with updated lyrics "I wanna be Antichrist Superstar"
 
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* During the [[Rape of the World]] tour sections of the song were used as an outro to "[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]". Once [[Tim Skold]] left the band however, it was replaced with [[Rock 'n' Roll Nigger]].
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 03:57, 1 April 2020

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"Lunchbox"
Lunchbox cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Portrait of an American Family
Released July 19, 1994
Recorded August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
Genre Hard rock
Length 4:32
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein
Producer Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor

Lunchbox is the second single and the third track of the 1994 release Portrait of an American Family.

Information

  • The song was inspired by a piece of legislation dating back to 1972, which makes it illegal to have metal lunchboxes in schools. It tells the story of a school age child who is bullied and uses his own lunchbox as a weapon in retaliation, waiting for the day he can "grow up to be a big rock & roll star" who is never intimidated by others.
  • The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's After School Special cassette tape, released in December 1991.
  • The album version of "Lunchbox" samples the song "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
  • During the Dead to the World tour the line "I wanna be a big rock and roll star" was often sang with updated lyrics "I wanna be Antichrist Superstar".
  • Sections of the song were used as an outro to Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) during the Rape of the World tour. Once Tim Skold left the band however, it was replaced with Rock 'n' Roll Nigger.

Versions

Studio

Title Release Length Recorded Released Notes
Lunchbox Portrait of an American Family
Lest We Forget – The Best Of
Lost & Found
Lunchbox 		4:32 1993 July 19, 1994
Lunchbox After School Special 4:49 1991 December 1991 Demo version
Lunchbox Live as Hell
Refrigerator 		4:55 1991–1992 January 17, 1993 Demo version
Lunchbox (Highschool Drop-outs) Lunchbox 4:34 1994 February 5, 1995 Radio edit
Lunchbox The Manson Family Album 4:26 1993 Lacks opening sample and guitar

Live

Title Release Type Length Recorded Released
Lunchbox Dead to the World Video February 10, 1998
Lunchbox The Last Tour on Earth Audio 8:35 Grand Rapids, Michigan November 16, 1999
Lunchbox Guns, God and Government World Tour Video 9:02 October 29, 2002

Remix

Title Release Length Remixed by Released Notes
Next Motherfucker (Remix) Lunchbox
Sweet Dreams
Tourniquet 		4:48 Charlie Clouser February 5, 1995
Brown Bag (Remix) Lunchbox 6:19 Charlie Clouser February 5, 1995
Metal (Remix) Lunchbox 5:25 Charlie Clouser February 5, 1995

Media

Album Release
The Last Tour on Earth Release


Music video

Manson face to face with the boy

The music video directed by Richard Kern on September 19, 1994,[1] features a boy being bullied by two older students. The boy goes home, fed up with the way he is treated, and shaves his head and prepares for any future retaliation against the bullies with his metal lunchbox. The boy later goes to the rollerskating rink where Marilyn Manson is performing. The boy gives Manson his lunchbox, which Manson lights on fire and parades around. The video ends with the boy staring into the burning lunchbox. It is one of the few music videos where Manson performs without wearing makeup.

Lyrics

   on we plow
   the big bully try to stick his finger in my chest
   try to tell me, tell me he's the best
   but I don't really give a good goddamn cause
   i got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
   i got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
   i got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
   i wanna grow up
   i wanna be a big rock and roll star
   i wanna grow up
   i wanna be
   so no one fucks with me
   i got the pencils in my pocket, try to put me down
   wanna go out, gotta get out
   to the playground, gonna throw down at the playground
   i wanna go out
   next motherfucker gonna get my metal
   next motherfucker gonna get my metal
   next motherfucker gonna get my metal
   next motherfucker gonna get my metal
   pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow
   i wanna grow up
   i wanna be a big rock and roll star
   i wanna grow up
   i wanna be
   so no one fucks with me

References

  1. ↑ Marilyn Manson interviewed by Sara Lee. " We just did a video for "Lunchbox" on Monday, and he's in it."
Marilyn Manson videography
Music videos Get Your Gunn • Lunchbox • Dope Hat • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) • The Beautiful People • Tourniquet • Man That You Fear • Cryptorchid • Long Hard Road Out of Hell • Apple of Sodom • The Dope Show • I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) • Rock Is Dead • Coma White • Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes • Disposable Teens • The Fight Song • The Nobodies • Tainted Love • mOBSCENE • This Is the New Shit • Thrift • (s)AINT • Personal Jesus • Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand) • Putting Holes in Happiness • Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon • Running to the Edge of the World • WOW • No Reflection • Slo-Mo-Tion • Hey, Cruel World... • Deep Six • The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles • Third Day of a Seven Day Binge • WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE • SAY10 • KILL4ME • Tattooed in Reverse • Cry Little Sister • WE ARE CHAOS • DON'T CHASE THE DEAD
Home videos Dead to the World • Groupie • God Is in the T.V. • "Autopsy" • Guns, God and Government World Tour (The Death Parade) • The Mechanism of Desire • Doppelherz • Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows (Bonus DVD) • Lest We Forget – The Best Of (Bonus DVD) • (s)AINT Video (Uncut, Unrated, Banned by Label) • Eat Me, Drink Me (Bonus DVD) • Guns, God, and Government – Live in L.A. • Fifth video album
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