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	1990/04/28	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Churchill's Hideaway
2	1990/05/03	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
3	1990/05/30	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
4	1990/06/01	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
5	1990/06/14	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Sinbads
6	1990/06/27	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
7	1990/07/04	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Club Nu
8	1990/07/11	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
9	1990/07/19	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
10	1990/07/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
11	1990/08/11	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
12	1990/08/17	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Churchill's Hideaway
13	1990/08/29	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
14	1990/09/13	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
15	1990/10/26	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
16	1990/11/15	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
17	1990/12/14	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
18	1990/12/19	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
19	1990/12/27	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
20	1991/02/07	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
21	1991/02/21	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
22	1991/02/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
23	1991/03/21	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
24	1991/04/11	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Club Nu
25	1991/04/26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
26	1991/05/01	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	The Institute
27	1991/05/10	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
28	1991/05/16	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Club Nu
29	1991/05/30	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
30	1991/06/14	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Sinbads
31	1991/06/20	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
32	1991/06/27	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
33	1991/07/11	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
34	1991/07/19	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
35	1991/07/25	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Cameo Theatre
36	1991/07/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
37	1991/08/01	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
38	1991/08/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
39	1991/08/11	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
40	1991/08/15	Sunrise	Florida	Template:Country	Purple Grotto
41	1991/08/17	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
42	1991/08/29	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
43	1991/09/13	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
44	1991/09/29	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Round Up
45	1991/10/04	Atlanta	Georgia	Template:Country	Club Roxy
46	1991/10/09	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
47	1991/10/18	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
48	1991/10/26	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	Weekends
49	1991/10/27	Miami	Florida	Template:Country	Open Records
50	1991/11/01	Atlanta	Georgia	Template:Country	The Cavern
51	1991/11/07	Boca Raton	Florida	Template:Country	FAU's Rathskeller
52	1991/11/09	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
53	1991/11/16	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Uncle Sam's
54	1991/11/29	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
55	1991/12/04	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
56	1991/12/19	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
57	1991/12/20	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
58	1991/12/27	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
59	1992/01/16	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
60	1992/01/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
61	1992/02/01	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Button South
62	1992/02/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
63	1992/02/08	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Purple Grotto
64	1992/02/16	Coral Springs	Florida	Template:Country	Illusions
65	1992/02/21	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	The Ritz/Southeastern Music Conference
66	1992/03/16	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	The Reunion Room
67	1992/04/12	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
68	1992/04/18	St. Petersburg	Florida	Template:Country	ACL Club
69	1992/04/25	St. Petersburg	Florida	Template:Country	ACL Club
70	1992/04/26	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	Morrissound Studios
71	1992/05/01	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	The Institute
72	1992/05/20	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
73	1992/05/30	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
74	1992/07/18	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
75	1992/07/22	Tampa Bay	Florida	Template:Country	Rock-it Club
76	1992/07/31	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
77	1992/08/01	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
78	1992/08/12	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
79	1992/08/23	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
80	1992/09/25	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
81	1992/10/14	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
82	1992/10/31	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
83	1992/11/25	Hallandale	Florida	Template:Country	Treehouse
84	1992/12/02	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
85	1992/12/04	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
86	1992/12/31	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
87	1993/01/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
88	1993/02/10	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
89	1993/02/13	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
90	1993/02/24	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
91	1993/02/26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
92	1993/03/12	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
93	1993/03/13	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Cactus Cantina
94	1993/04/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Rosebud's
95	1993/04/16	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
96	1993/04/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
97	1993/04/29	Tampa	Florida	Template:Country	The Ritz Theater/SMC
98	1993/05/01	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
99	1993/07/15	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
100	1993/09/17	Miami Beach	Florida	Template:Country	Washington Square
101	1993/09/18	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
102	1993/11/01	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
103	1993/12/04	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
104	1993/12/31	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
105	1994/01/01	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Template:Country	Squeeze
106	1994/02/12	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
107	1994/02/24	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
108	1994/03/12	Davie	Florida	Template:Country	Plus 5 Lounge
109	1994/04/07	Chicago	Illinois	Template:Country	Riviera Nightclub
110	1994/04/23	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. The band often did not begin playing until after midnight so a time/date stamp of August 1, 1992 12:15a.m. would 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 sources show differing tour dates for the same performance.

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.

Others state 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 perform 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.