Provider Module
Provider Module is a comprehensive resource of information regarding the artist, writer, actor and musician, Marilyn Manson. PM has a wide range of sections and resources for visitors to enjoy, including full Discographies, Videographies, Biographies, Image Galleries and an interactive Forum. The site as it currently exists was launched at 6 AM, Christmas morning of 2009, a year which marked not only the full incorporation of this resource after up to five years of collaborative work, but also the twentieth anniversary of Marilyn Manson since the band's creation in 1989.
Creation
Administrators and site creators are Cringeon, (who operated as staff for former Manson fansite (MansonUSA/The Heirophant), Norsefire (Owner and Designer of www.celebritarian.co.uk, and former MansonUSA Staff) and S.D. (independent writer/Manson essayist). Chiefly, graphic design and web-handling was orchestrated by Cringeon and Norsefire, with thematics and written content devised by S.D.
In addition to the latter's written content, a wealth of information was collated for Provider Module from the hand of UK-based journalist Emma Ludford, who created Manson fansite Ultimate Manson Bible in 2005. Ludford's database proved a crucial location for Manson information and resources following closure of the aforementioned MansonUSA in mid-2009.
Since deciding to focus on more personally driven ventures at the beginning of 2009, the decision was made by Emma to cease the Manson Bible project, and at this time ideas for '"Provider Module"' that had been being worked upon by S.D. since 2008 were put into full force by the Administration team as named above, as material and a community that survived the end of both The Heirophant and Ultimate Manson Bible' moved to its new home.
Coined from lyrics for The Last Day on Earth (cited by S.D. as his most favoured piece of recorded music of all time), the name was proliferated to encapsulate how a resource website, or a text of any kind (like The Bible, for instance...), can be seen as a "Provider", to be used as one might a gun, a prostitute, a book or a symbol. Do with it what you will, but never forget why it exists in the first place...
Provider Module
The site features many items of useful reference:
- News
- Biographies
- Discography
- Videography
- Image Gallery
- Interview archive
- Manson's journal archive
- Fan forum
Trivia
- Many fans consider Provider Module the new MansonUSA, although not all of them see this as a positive thing. Provider Module is a smaller community with little over 500 members, about 170 of them being actively involved in the forums.
