Editing Rock Is Dead (song)

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{{Song
| Name        = Rock Is Dead
| Cover       = MechanicalAnimals.png
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Mechanical Animals]]
| Released    = September 14, 1998
| Recorded    = 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
| Genre       = alternative rock, hard rock, space rock
| Length      = 3:09
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]]
| Producer    = Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
}}
"'''Rock Is Dead'''" is the third single and the fourth track of the third album ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''.
== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]'' (2004)

=== Singles ===
* [[Rock Is Dead (single)|"Rock Is Dead"]] (1999)

=== Soundtracks ===
* ''The Matrix'' (1999)
* ''Beat the Devil'' (2002)

== Versions ==
* "Rock Is Dead" <small>— Appears on ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''.</small>
* "Rock is Dead" (Live) <small>— Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>
* "Rock Is Dead" (Live) <small>— Appears on ''[[Guns, God and Government World Tour]]'' DVD.</small>
* "Rock Is Dead" (Clean Radio Edit)
* "Rock Is Dead" (Bass Version) <small>— Performed once on [[2015/11/09 Florence, Italy|November 9, 2015]] in Florence, Italy</small>

== Music video ==
[[File:RID1.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson performing in the music video.]]
The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=302UTCt3cF0 music video], directed by Samuel Bayer, features a basic performance from the band. The music video premiered on MTV during the second week of March 1999.<ref>''important information for you''. [[MarilynManson.net]]. [[Marilyn Manson]]. March 4, 1999.</ref> There's also another version of the video, which includes scenes from the ''Matrix'' movie.

== Lyrics ==
     All simple monkeys with alien babies
     Amphetamines for boys
     Crucifixes for ladies
     Sampled and soulless
     Worldwide and real webbed
     You sell all the living
     For more safer dead
     
     Anything to belong
     
     Rock is deader than dead
     Shock is all in your head
     Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed
     So fuck all your protests and
     Put them to bed
     
     God is in the TV
     
     1,000 mothers are praying for it
     We're so full of hope
     And so full of shit
     Build a new god
     To medicate and to ape
     Sell us ersatz
     Dressed up and real fake
     
     Anything to belong
          
     Rock is deader than dead
     Shock is all in your head
     Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed
     So fuck all your protests and
     Put them to bed
     
     God is in the TV

== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals
* [[Twiggy Ramirez]] – all guitars and bass
* [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] – keyboards
* [[Ginger Fish]] – drums

== Trivia ==
* This song has been performed on every subsequent tour since the [[Rock Is Dead (tour)]].
* In 1998, a poll was held on [[MarilynManson.com]] to gather opinions on whether the band's next music video should be for "Rock Is Dead" or "[[The Last Day on Earth]]".
* A [[Rock is Dead (VHS)|promotional VHS]] was issued in 1999 with the music video on it.
* The song was briefly mentioned in chapter three of the Japanese light novel "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya".
* The music video has not currently been officially released on YouTube via MarilynMansonVevo.
* The song is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Midnight Club 3.
* The song appears in the credits to ''The Matrix'' along with "Wake Up" by Rage Against The Machine.

== References ==
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[[Category:Mechanical Animals era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from Mechanical Animals]]
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]
[[Category:Songs appearing on soundtracks]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]