Marilyn Manson's independent touring

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Independent touring
Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids perform live for the first time. Left to right: Olivia Newton Bundy, Zsa Zsa Speck, Marilyn Manson and Daisy Berkowitz took the stage at Churchill's Hideaway in Fort Lauderdale.
Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids perform live for the first time. Left to right: Olivia Newton Bundy, Zsa Zsa Speck, Marilyn Manson and Daisy Berkowitz took the stage at Churchill's Hideaway in Fort Lauderdale.
Tour by Marilyn Manson
Start date April 28, 1990
End date April 23, 1994
Shows 97 verified
Marilyn Manson tour chronology
Independent touring
(1990–1994)
Self Destruct
(1994)

Before embarking on tours under the wing of a major label, Marilyn Manson spent several years performing independently in various Florida locations including Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, Hallandale and Davie; only three shows are known to have been played outside Florida between April 28, 1990 and April 23, 1994. The band was allegedly payed over $300 more than the normal rate for their first gig at the Reunion Room.[1] This was due to Manson's "lesson number one in music-industry manipulation: If you act like a rock star, you will be treated like one."[1] The group billed themselves until August 1992 as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, after which the "Spooky Kids" moniker was dropped.

Lineup

After the band's fourth show,[2] which Manson has described as the band's "first real performance," keyboardist Perry Pandrea (Speck) and bassist Brian Tutunick (Bundy) were fired from Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. For the next performance they were replaced by Stephen Bier (Gacy), who hadn't yet attained a keyboard so instead played with toy soldiers on stage,[3] and Gein. Interpol's Sam Fogarino was once offered a position in the band, however he declined, much to his father's disappointment.[4] Fogarino later arranged a remix of "If I Was Your Vampire" in 2007.

Songs

During the first two years of activity, Marilyn Manson primarily recorded the songs they were known to perform at Florida venues, some which would never be performed live again once the band found mainstream success. Popular performances included "Cake and Sodomy", "Learning to Swim", "White Knuckles", "Suicide Snowman", "Lunchbox", "Dope Hat", "My Monkey" and "Misery Machine". During production of the band's major label debut, Portrait of an American Family, Marilyn Manson's live setlist began to incorporate songs from their later demo cassettes and what would become their 1994 studio album, occasionally sampling Spooky Kids hotline voicemails at the beginning and conclusion of shows. Later setlists added "Get Your Gunn", "Filth", "Sweet Tooth", "Wrapped in Plastic", "Choklit Factory", "Thrift" and "Dune Buggy".

Stage antics

During the Spooky Kids era, girls covered in fake blood and animal masks were known to share stages with the band. Manson describes in The Long Hard Road Out of Hell a night where one woman ironed a Nazi flag onstage.[5] Cages and heads of dolls were also strewn across stages. At the band's July 11, 1990 performance, the first 10 people who attended the show with an X across their forehead received a limited Marilyn Manson milk chocolate bar.

Tour dates

Date City State Venue
1 April 28, 1990 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Churchill's Hideaway
2 May 3, 1990 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
3 May 30, 1990 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
4 June 1, 1990 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Weekends
5 June 14, 1990 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Sinbads
6 June 27, 1990 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
7 July 4, 1990 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Club Nu
8 July 11, 1990 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
9 July 19, 1990 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
10 July 27, 1990 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
11 August 11, 1990 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
12 August 17, 1990 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Churchill's Hideaway
13 August 29, 1990 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
14 September 13, 1990 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
15 October 26, 1990 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Weekends
16 November 15, 1990 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
17 December 14, 1990 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
18 December 19, 1990 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
19 December 27, 1990 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
20 February 7, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
21 February 21, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
22 February 27, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
23 March 21, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
24 April 11, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Club Nu
25 April 26, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
26 May 1, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country The Institute
27 May 10, 1991 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Weekends
28 May 16, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Club Nu
29 May 30, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
30 June 14, 1991 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Sinbads
June 20, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
31 June 27, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
32 July 11, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
33 July 19, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
34 July 25, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Cameo Theatre
35 July 27, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
36 August 1, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
37 August 5, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
38 August 11, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
39 August 15, 1991 Sunrise Florida Template:Country Purple Grotto
40 August 17, 1991 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Weekends
41 August 29, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
42 September 13, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
43 September 29, 1991 Davie Florida Template:Country The Round Up Davie
44 October 4, 1991 Atlanta Georgia Template:Country Club Roxy
45 October 9, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
46 October 26, 1991 Boca Raton Florida Template:Country Weekends
47 October 27, 1991 Miami Florida Template:Country Open Records
48 November 24, 1991 Template:Country
49 November 29, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
50 December 4, 1991 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
51 December 19, 1991 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
52 December 27, 1991 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
53 January 16, 1992 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
54 January 17, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Rosebud's
55 February 1, 1992 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Button South
56 February 5, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
56 February 16, 1992 Coral Springs Florida Template:Country Illusions
57 March 16, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Reunion Room
58 April 12, 1992 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
59 April 18, 1992 St. Petersburg Florida Template:Country ACL Club
60 April 25, 1992 St. Petersburg Florida Template:Country ACL Club
61 April 26, 1992 Tampa Florida Template:Country Morrissound Studios
62 May 1, 1992 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country The Institute
63 May 1, 1992 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
64 May 20, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
65 May 30, 1992 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
66 July 18, 1992 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
67 July 23, 1992 Template:Country
68 July 25, 1992 Template:Country
69 July 31, 1992 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
70 August 1, 1992 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
71 August 12, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
72 August 23, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Rosebud's
73 November 25, 1992 Hallandale Florida Template:Country Treehouse
74 December 2, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
75 December 4, 1992 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
76 December 31, 1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
77 January 17, 1993 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Rosebud's
78 February 10, 1993 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
79 February 24, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
80 February 26, 1993 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
81 March 12, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
82 March 13, 1993 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Cactus Cantina
83 April 16, 1993 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
84 April 17, 1993 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
85 May 1, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
86 September 17, 1993 Miami Beach Florida Template:Country Washington Square
87 September 18, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
88 November 1, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
89 December 4, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
90 December 31, 1993 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
91 January 1, 1994 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze
92 February 12, 1994 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
93 February 24, 1994 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
94 March 12, 1994 Davie Florida Template:Country Plus 5
95 April 4, 1994 San Francisco California Template:Country
96 April 7, 1994 Chicago Illinois Template:Country Riviera Nightclub
97 April 23, 1994 Fort Lauderdale Florida Template:Country Squeeze

There are a series of discrepancies with some tour dates listed online. Gein explains in the unauthorized documentary Demystifying the Devil that when he joined the band, he was with them for a few weeks before their performance on July 4, 1990.[6] Some sources state that Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids' first live performance was an unlisted date in 1989, and that their second show took place in November of the same year. These sources also include nine dates between their purported second show in 1989 and the July 4, 1990 show which Gein claimed to be one of his first live shows with the band. As the band did not play shows without a bassist, these mysterious nine dates following bassist Tutunick's termination and the live induction of Gein cannot exist. Other sources state that Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids' first live performance was on April 28, 1990, which supports Gein's account, because the second show and last with Pandrea and Tutunick took place only weeks before the show on July 4, 1990.

The exact location of the band's July 4, 1990 performance has been questioned. Former guitarist Scott Putesky (Berkowitz) claimed the performance took place at Club Nu in Miami Beach, Florida, and was the first for both Gein and Bier,[7] though alternatively, Gein mentioned that it took place at the back of a trailer in a local trailer park.[6]

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