Marilyn Manson's independent touring

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.
Tour by Marilyn Manson
Start date	April 28, 1990
End date	April 23, 1994
Shows	98 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. 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." The group billed themselves until August 1992 as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, after which the "Spooky Kids" moniker was dropped.

Lineup

• Vocals: Marilyn Manson
• Guitar: Daisy Berkowitz
• Bass: Olivia Newton Bundy - Gidget Gein - Twiggy Ramirez
• Keyboards: Zsa Zsa Speck - Madonna Wayne Gacy
• Drums: Yama RX-8 Drum Machine - Sara Lee Lucas

After the band's fourth show, 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, and Gein. Interpol's Sam Fogarino was once offered a position in the band, however he declined, much to his father's disappointment. 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. 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	The Reunion Room
3	May 30, 1990	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
4	June 1, 1990	Fort Lauderdale (uncorfirmed: 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	The 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 Lounge
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	The 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
31	June 20, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
32	June 27, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
33	July 11, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
34	July 19, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
35	July 25, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Cameo Theatre
36	July 27, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
37	August 1, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
38	August 5, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
39	August 11, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
40	August 15, 1991	Sunrise	Florida	Template:Country	Purple Grotto
41	August 17, 1991	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
42	August 29, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
43	September 13, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
44	September 29, 1991	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Round Up
45	October 4, 1991	Atlanta	Georgia	Template:Country	Club Roxy
46	October 9, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
47	October 18, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
48	October 26, 1991	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
49	October 27, 1991	Miami	Florida	Template:Country	Open Records
50	November 2, 1991	Atlanta	Georgia	Template:Country	The Cavern
51	November 7, 1991	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	FAU's Rathskeller
52	November 9, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
53	November 16, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Uncle Sam's
54	November 29, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
55	December 4, 1991	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
56	December 19, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
57	December 20, 1991	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
58	December 27, 1991	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
59	January 16, 1992	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
60	January 17, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
61	February 1, 1992	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
62	February 5, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
63	February 8, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Purple Grotto
64	February 16, 1992	Coral Springs	Florida	Template:Country	Illusions
65	February 21, 1992	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	The Ritz/Southeastern Music Conference
66	March 16, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
67	April 12, 1992	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
68	April 18, 1992	St. Petersburg	Florida	Template:Country	ACL Club
69	April 25, 1992	St. Petersburg	Florida	Template:Country	ACL Club
70	April 26, 1992	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	Morrissound Studios
71	May 1, 1992	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	The Institute
72	May 20, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
73	May 30, 1992	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
74	July 18, 1992	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
75	July 22, 1992	Tampa Bay	Florida	Template:Country	Rock-it Club
76	July 31, 1992	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
77	August 1, 1992	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
78	August 12, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
79	August 23, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
80	September 25, 1992	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
81	October 14, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
82	October 31, 1992	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
83	November 25, 1992	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Treehouse
84	December 2, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
85	December 4, 1992	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
86	December 31, 1992	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
87	January 17, 1993	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
88	February 10, 1993	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
89	February 13, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
90	February 24, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
91	February 26, 1993	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
92	March 12, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
93	March 13, 1993	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Cactus Cantina
94	April 5, 1993	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
95	April 16, 1993	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
96	April 17, 1993	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
97	April 29, 1993	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	The Ritz Theater/SMC
98	May 1, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
99	July 15, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
100	September 17, 1993	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
101	September 18, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
102	November 1, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
103	December 4, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
104	December 31, 1993	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
105	January 1, 1994	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
106	February 12, 1994	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
107	February 24, 1994	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
108	March 12, 1994	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
109	April 7, 1994	Chicago	Illinois	Template:Country	Riviera Nightclub
110	April 23, 1994	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze

Notes

The above list of early Marilyn Manson performances are based on flyers and referable resources. A flyer is not proof the show happened; however a page was made for it with a statement saying so. Proof would be a time/date stamped video or an article/review mentioning a specific show. Keep in mind the band often did not begin playing until after midnight so a time/date stamp of August 1, 1992 12:15a.m. would in fact be a July 31, 1992 show.

Manson Wiki would like to thank Scott Mitchell for his aid beginning in March 2014 with the show dates. Sumer - Senior Editor (talk) 06:25, 17 March 2014 (CET)

Some discrepancies have to do with differing tour dates listed online. Such as: Gidget 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. 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 (Zsa Zsa Speck) 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, though alternatively, Gein mentioned that it took place at the back of a trailer in a local trailer park.