Marilyn Manson's independent touring

Independent touring
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

• Marilyn Manson – vocals
• Daisy Berkowitz – guitar
• Olivia Newton Bundy, Gidget Gein, Twiggy Ramirez – bass
• Zsa Zsa Speck, Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards
• Yama RX-8 Drum Machine, Sara Lee Lucas – drums

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.

The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed:

1. "Prelude (The Family Trip)"
1. "Cake and Sodomy"
2. "The Telephone"
3. "Meat for a Queen"
4. "Luci in the Sky with Demons"
5. "Strange Same Dogma"
6. "Suicide Snowman"
7. "Dope Hat"
8. "Organ Grinder"
9. "Snake Eyes and Sissies"
10. "Let Your Ego Die"
11. "Son of Man"
12. "Get Your Gunn"
13. "My Monkey"
14. "Wrapped in Plastic"
15. "Learning to Swim"
16. "Thrift"
17. "Cyclops"
18. "I.V.-T.V."
19. "Junk the Magic Dragon"
20. "Red (in My) Head"
21. "She's Not My Girlfriend"
22. "White Knuckles"
23. "Dune Buggy"
24. "People Who Died"
25. "Lunchbox"
26. "Misery Machine"

Opening songs

• "The Telephone"
• "Meat for a Queen"
• "Luci in the Sky with Demons"
• "Cake and Sodomy"

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	Location		Venue
1	1990/04/28	Miami Beach	Florida		Churchill's Hideaway
2	1990/05/03	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
3	1990/05/30	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
4	1990/06/01	Boca Raton	Florida		Weekends
5	1990/06/14	Boca Raton	Florida		Sinbads
6	1990/06/27	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
7	1990/07/04	Miami Beach	Florida		Club Nu
8	1990/07/11	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
9	1990/07/19	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
10	1990/07/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
11	1990/08/11	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
12	1990/08/17	Miami Beach	Florida		Churchill's Hideaway
13	1990/08/29	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
14	1990/09/13	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
15	1990/09/13	Hollywood	Florida		Club Futura
16	1990/10/26	Boca Raton	Florida		Weekends
17	1990/11/15	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
18	1990/12/03	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
19	1990/12/14	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
20	1990/12/19	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
21	1990/12/27	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
22	1991/02/07	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
23	1991/02/21	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
24	1991/02/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
25	1991/03/21	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
26	1991/04/11	Miami Beach	Florida		Club Nu
27	1991/04/26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
28	1991/05/01	Miami Beach	Florida		The Institute
29	1991/05/10	Boca Raton	Florida		Weekends
30	1991/05/16	Miami Beach	Florida		Club Nu
31	1991/05/26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Summers on the Beach
32	1991/05/30	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
33	1991/06/14	Boca Raton	Florida		Sinbads
34	1991/06/20	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
35	1991/06/21	Miami	Florida		Yesterday & Today Records
36	1991/06/27	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
37	1991/07/11	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
38	1991/07/19	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
39	1991/07/25	Miami Beach	Florida		Cameo Theatre
40	1991/07/27	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
41	1991/08/01	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
42	1991/08/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
43	1991/08/11	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
44	1991/08/15	Sunrise	Florida		Purple Grotto
45	1991/08/17	Boca Raton	Florida		Weekends
46	1991/08/29	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
47	1991/09/01	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Reunion Room
48	1991/09/13	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
49	1991/09/29	Davie	Florida		Round Up
50	1991/10/04	Atlanta	Georgia		Club Roxy
51	1991/10/09	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
52	1991/10/18	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
53	1991/10/26	Boca Raton	Florida		Weekends
54	1991/10/27	Miami	Florida		Open Records
55	1991/11/02	Atlanta	Georgia		The Cavern
56	1991/11/07	Boca Raton	Florida		FAU's Rathskeller
57	1991/11/09	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
58	1991/11/16	Miami Beach	Florida		Uncle Sam's
59	1991/11/29	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
60	1991/12/04	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
61	1991/12/19	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
62	1991/12/20	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
63	1991/12/27	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
64	1992/01/16	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
65	1992/01/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Rosebud's
66	1992/02/01	Hallandale	Florida		Button South
67	1992/02/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
68	1992/02/08	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Purple Grotto
69	1992/02/16	Coral Springs	Florida		Illusions
70	1992/02/21	Tampa	Florida		The Ritz/Southeastern Music Conference
71	1992/03/16	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Reunion Room
72	1992/04/12	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
73	1992/04/18	St. Petersburg	Florida		ACL Club
74	1992/04/25	St. Petersburg	Florida		ACL Club
75	1992/04/26	Tampa	Florida		Morrissound Studios
76	1992/05/01	Miami Beach	Florida		The Institute
77	1992/05/20	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
78	1992/05/30	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
79	1992/07/18	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
80	1992/07/22	Tampa	Florida		Rock-it Club
81	1992/07/31	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
82	1992/08/01	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
83	1992/08/12	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
84	1992/08/23	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Rosebud's
85	1992/09/25	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
86	1992/10/14	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
87	1992/10/31	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
88	1992/11/25	Hallandale	Florida		Treehouse
89	1992/12/02	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
90	1992/12/04	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
91	1992/12/31	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
92	1993/01/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Rosebud's
93	1993/02/10	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
94	1993/02/13	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
95	1993/02/24	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
96	1993/02/26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
97	1993/03/12	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
98	1993/03/13	Miami Beach	Florida		Cactus Cantina
99	1993/04/05	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Rosebud's
100	1993/04/16	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
101	1993/04/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
102	1993/04/29	Tampa	Florida		The Ritz Theater/SMC
103	1993/05/01	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
104	1993/05/23	Atlanta	Georgia		The Masquerade
105	1993/07/15	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
106	1993/09/17	Miami Beach	Florida		Washington Square
107	1993/09/18	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
108	1993/11/01	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
109	1993/12/04	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
110	1993/12/31	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
111	1994/01/01	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		Squeeze
112	1994/02/12	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
113	1994/02/24	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
114	1994/03/12	Davie	Florida		Plus 5 Lounge
115	1994/04/04	San Francisco	California		unknown
116	1994/04/07	Chicago	Illinois		Riviera Nightclub
117	1994/04/23	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		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.

• MansonWiki would like to thank Scott Mitchell for his aid beginning in March 2014 with the show dates.

• 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.

Photo gallery

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  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.
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  Marilyn Manson performs with Deloris Telescope at the 1992 Florida Jammy Awards

Video

Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids (unsigned) 1991 Florida local bands showcase

See also

• Space Truckin