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==Career==
 
==Career==
 
===Marilyn Manson===
 
===Marilyn Manson===
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He joined the band [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], after [[Daisy Berkowitz]] left the band due to antagonism from the other members, particularly [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]]. The guitars on the ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' album were recorded by Daisy Berkowitz and others: [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Sean_Beavan|Sean Beavan]], Robin Finck, Danny Lohner and [[Nothing_Records|Nothing Records]]' founder, [[Trent Reznor]]. Zim Zum (who played live guitar on "[[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]]" for the album) was 1 out of 150 people selected to audition for the live guitarist role for the band's [[Dead to the World Tour]] and landed the job.
 
  
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His first show with the band was at [[Nothing Records]]' Nothing Night showcase opening for [[Nine Inch Nails]] at New York City's Irving Plaza in September of 1996. This was only the 2nd time he ever played live with the band.  
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After responding to an ad in "The Chicago Reader" and being 1 out of 150 to audition in Trent Reznor's New Orleans Studio, Chicago native Zim Zum landed the highly sought after guitar position in Marilyn Manson (replacing the original guitarist/founder, [[Scott Putesky|Daisy Berkowitz]]) and performed live with the band on their [[Dead_to_the_World_(tour)|Dead To The World Tour]] in support of their album, ''[[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]]''.
  
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[[The Beautiful People]] music video was the first Manson video Zim Zum appeared in.
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He played live guitar on "[[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]]" for the ''[[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]]'' album. On all other songs there were a mixture of people playing guitars: [[Scott Putesky|Daisy Berkowitz]] (of course), but also [[Twiggy|Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Sean_Beavan|Sean Beavan]], Robin Finck, Danny Lohner and [[Nothing_Records|Nothing Records]]' founder, [[Trent_Reznor|Trent Reznor]].
  
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His first song written while in Manson was "[[The Suck for Your Solution]]" and can be heard on the soundtrack for the movie, "Howard Stern: Private Parts", and for this song he gets the platinum award.
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His first show with Marilyn Manson was at [[Nothing_Records|Nothing Records]]' Nothing Night showcase at New York City's Irving Plaza on September 5th 1996, opening for [[Nine Inch Nails|NIN]] and was only the 2nd time he ever played live with the band. The whos ended with the stage being destroyed and the paramedics removing a bloodied and unconcious [[Ginger_Fish|Ginger Fish]] from the stage, wheeling him via gurnee through the main floor crowd of 5,000 people.
  
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He wrote  and recorded on 10 out of the 14 tracks from Marilyn Manson's album, "[[Mechanical Animals]]", which was released in September of 1998. It went to number 1 in its first week of sales and was the first Marilyn Manson album to do so. "Mechanical Animals" is still the highest charting, highest selling MM album to date.
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[[The_Beautiful_People_(song)|The Beautiful People]] music video was the first one Zim Zum appeared in and was directed by Floria Sigismondi.
  
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He left the band in the summer of 1998 to pursue solo interests (before the album was release and its subsequent tour began) - although Manson himself has claimed he was fired for not attending band practice.
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His first writing in Manson can be heard on "[[The Suck for Your Solution]]" on the soundtrack to Howard Sterns Private Parts and for this song he gets the platinum.
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The latter of the two reasons is perhaps dubious as Manson has been known to abash and take credit for contributions by band members who have departed - as well as Zim Zum - notably Daisy Berkowitz, [[Twiggy Ramirez]] and [[John 5]]. Zum was replaced by the latter.
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===After Manson, from Pleistoscene to The Pop Culture Suicides===
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[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]; Zim's second major label writing and recording, charted at number 1 on Billboards top 200 and has since gone on to multi-platinum status. He wrote  and recorded on 10  of the 14 tracks on the album, which was released in September 15th 1998. [[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]] is still Marilyn Mansons highest selling album to date.
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After leaving Marilyn Manson, Zim Zum focus was to apply what he did to a lot of different kinds of music.
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So, the unprecedented variety if high profile projects and performances (Cher - "Crimson and Clover", [[Korn]] - "Got the life Remix" with Producer Josh Abraham, an appearance in Jane's Addictions "Three Days" concert film and a now notorious VH1's Behind the Music) that followed his resignation from Manson, was no accident.  
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In 2000 Bizarre Magazine's Bizarre Lives feature Guitar One magazine features Zim Zum as one of the most influential guitar players of the last 4 decades.
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After his well publicized resignation from Manson in the summer of 1998, he went on to pursue solo interests, including one-offs with Cher - "Crimson and Clover", Korn - "Got the life Remix" with Producer Josh Abraham, an appearance in Jane's Addictions "Three Days" concert film and a now notorious VH1's Behind the Music. Although Manson himself has claimed he was fired for not attending band practice.
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The latter of the two reasons is perhaps dubious as Manson has been known to abash and take credit for contributions by band members who have departed - as well as Zim Zum - notably Daisy Berkowitz, [[Twiggy|Twiggy Ramirez]] and [[John 5]]. Zum was replaced by the latter.
  
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A year later, Zim Zum completely isolates himself for more than a year, cutting off all ties to the outside world. No tv, no radio, no friends, during that “self-imposed exile” he spent 14 hours a day writing and recording over 100 songs.
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Zim left Hollywood behind and returned home, compelled to explore his musical vision in an art and music district in Chicago. Treading upon unchartered mental ground, he completely isolated himself in his Chicago studio (25/8) for more than a year, cutting off all ties to the outside world (no TV, radio or friends, barely talking to anyone) in an effort to guarantee the creation and production of music completely unique in perspective and true to his own definitive musical statement. During that “self-imposed exile” he spent 14 hours a day writing and recording over 100 songs. This isolation experiment resulted in songs eerily echoing their creators most intimate thoughts, moods and personal struggles.  
  
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In 2002 makes its debut Pleistoscene, the new Zim Zum musical project. The site [http://www.pleistoscene.com www.pleistoscene.com] will be visited by more than 500.000 fans. Today, Zim talks about Pleistoscene as his “own orchestra”.  
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Also in 1998 upon his departure from Manson, Zim was interviewed by Metal Edge, Alternative Press magazine, Kerrang! magazine.
  
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In 2003 two songs by Pleistoscene are released on the net. They are “Who will save us now?” e “Ordinary Life”.
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In 2000, Bizarre Magazine's  "Bizarre Lives" (2000). Guitar One magazine features Zim Zum as one of the most influential guitar players of the last 4 decades in that same year.
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“Sonic Monk Magazine” says that “"Zim is a highly esteemed mega studio rock star of the highest order".
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2004: Zim appears in Jane's Addictions "Three Days" concert film.
 
  
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And in the same year, Zim Zum gives birth to a new musical project, The Pop Culture Suicides, a self proclaimed Rock n Roll opera, that is now his main musical project (although the project Pleistoscene is still fully functional  ( [http://www.myspace.com/pleistoscene www.myspace.com/pleistoscene] ), as well as his solo musical project (  http://www.myspace.com/zimzum ).
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===Pleistoscene===
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His unique [http://www.myspace.com/pleistoscene Pleistoscene] studio/internet project was well ahead of it's time by releasing 2 songs as free downloads which attracted over 500,000 hits in the first month it debuted.
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In 2003 two songs by Pleistoscene are released on the net. They are “Who will save us now?” e “Ordinary Life”. “Sonic Monk Magazine” says that “"Zim is a highly esteemed mega studio rock star of the highest order".
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Today, Zim talks about Pleistoscene as his “own orchestra”. [http://www.myspace.com/pleistoscene Pleistoscene] is still fully functional (as well as his [http://www.myspace.com/zimzum solo] musical project!).
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===The Pop Culture Suicides===
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In 2005 his main musical project, [[The_Pop_Culture_Suicides|The Pop Culture Suicides]] (TPCS), a self proclaimed Rock n Roll opera, came to life. Accepting and presenting nothing less  than music as art and approaching each moment is if it were the last, The Pop Culture Suicides are loud and thunderous,  quiet and introverted, fearless, optimistic and unapologetic, all at once.
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As an hour and 45 minute + non stop live opus, [[The_Pop_Culture_Suicides|The Pop Culture Suicides]] is Zim Zum's sonic brainchild and a musical manifesto like no other. Zim Zum has established himself as a musician/songwriter who clearly has his eyes on the future and spends no time trying to keep pace with the trends of the present.
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The Pop Culture Suicides released 4 songs: "To Have Lived and Died in the 21st Century", "The Art of The Bruise", "The Disillusioned Revolution" and "Whatever the Future Holds" exclusively on the band's official MySpace profile. The band have released many more songs (exclusively) on myspace since.
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During the past few years TPCS have played live shows in Illinois, Ohio, Winsconsin, Iowa, and Michigan. 
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Zim has finished recording The Pop Culture Suicides conceptual double album that will be broken into and released as 4 EP's.
  
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The Pop Culture Suicides clearly flirt with elements of Rock Opera, Orchestral pieces and Performance Art, and play by a completely unique set of rules, if any at all. Accepting and presenting nothing less than music as art and approaching each moment is if it were the last, they are loud and thunderous, quiet and introverted, fearless, optimistic and unapologetic, all at once.
 
  
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In 2005 The Pop Culture Suicides released exclusively on myspace 4 songs: "To Have Lived and Died in the 21st Century", "The Art of The Bruise", "The Disillusioned Revolution" and "Whatever the Future Holds"  and during the years the band released more songs and previews exclusively on their myspace profile ([http://www.myspace.com/thepopculturesuicides www.myspace.com/thepopculturesuicides] ).
 
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During these years, The Pop Culture Suicides played live in some of the biggest clubs in Illinois, Ohio, Winsconsin, Iowa.
 
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Zim Zum is now working on their conceptual debut double-album that will be released as 4 eps.
 
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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* He has got five cats.
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* He has five cats.
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==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 04:08, 5 February 2010

Zim Zum
Zim Zum at a Pop Culture Suicides performance in 2007.
Zim Zum at a Pop Culture Suicides performance in 2007.
Background information
Birth name Timothy Michael Linton
Also known as Zim Zum
Born June 25, 1969 (age 40)
Genre(s) Post punk, new wave, folk rock, progressive, electronica, experimental, industrial rock
Occupation(s) Musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar, vocals
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Artfist, Interscope, Nothing
Associated acts The Pop Culture Suicides, Pleistocene, Life Sex & Death, Marilyn Manson
Website http://www.zimzum.com/


Timothy Michael Linton (born June 25, 1969), better known by his stage name Zim Zum, is a professional, multi platinum musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist of industrial metal band Marilyn Manson before moving on to Pleistoscene in 2002, and The Pop Culture Suicides in 2005.

Zim Zum was the first member of Marilyn Manson whose stage name was not deviated from the female celebrity/serial killer format. It is derived from the Lurianic Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical text. "Tzim-Tzum", a Hebrew term meaning "contraction" or "constriction". It is the space where God contracted Himself to make way for creation.

Career

Marilyn Manson

After responding to an ad in "The Chicago Reader" and being 1 out of 150 to audition in Trent Reznor's New Orleans Studio, Chicago native Zim Zum landed the highly sought after guitar position in Marilyn Manson (replacing the original guitarist/founder, Daisy Berkowitz) and performed live with the band on their Dead To The World Tour in support of their album, Antichrist Superstar.

He played live guitar on "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" for the Antichrist Superstar album. On all other songs there were a mixture of people playing guitars: Daisy Berkowitz (of course), but also Twiggy Ramirez, Sean Beavan, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner and Nothing Records' founder, Trent Reznor.

His first show with Marilyn Manson was at Nothing Records' Nothing Night showcase at New York City's Irving Plaza on September 5th 1996, opening for NIN and was only the 2nd time he ever played live with the band. The whos ended with the stage being destroyed and the paramedics removing a bloodied and unconcious Ginger Fish from the stage, wheeling him via gurnee through the main floor crowd of 5,000 people.

The Beautiful People music video was the first one Zim Zum appeared in and was directed by Floria Sigismondi.

His first writing in Manson can be heard on "The Suck for Your Solution" on the soundtrack to Howard Sterns Private Parts and for this song he gets the platinum.

Mechanical Animals; Zim's second major label writing and recording, charted at number 1 on Billboards top 200 and has since gone on to multi-platinum status. He wrote and recorded on 10 of the 14 tracks on the album, which was released in September 15th 1998. Mechanical Animals is still Marilyn Mansons highest selling album to date.

After his well publicized resignation from Manson in the summer of 1998, he went on to pursue solo interests, including one-offs with Cher - "Crimson and Clover", Korn - "Got the life Remix" with Producer Josh Abraham, an appearance in Jane's Addictions "Three Days" concert film and a now notorious VH1's Behind the Music. Although Manson himself has claimed he was fired for not attending band practice. The latter of the two reasons is perhaps dubious as Manson has been known to abash and take credit for contributions by band members who have departed - as well as Zim Zum - notably Daisy Berkowitz, Twiggy Ramirez and John 5. Zum was replaced by the latter.

Zim left Hollywood behind and returned home, compelled to explore his musical vision in an art and music district in Chicago. Treading upon unchartered mental ground, he completely isolated himself in his Chicago studio (25/8) for more than a year, cutting off all ties to the outside world (no TV, radio or friends, barely talking to anyone) in an effort to guarantee the creation and production of music completely unique in perspective and true to his own definitive musical statement. During that “self-imposed exile” he spent 14 hours a day writing and recording over 100 songs. This isolation experiment resulted in songs eerily echoing their creators most intimate thoughts, moods and personal struggles.

Also in 1998 upon his departure from Manson, Zim was interviewed by Metal Edge, Alternative Press magazine, Kerrang! magazine.

In 2000, Bizarre Magazine's "Bizarre Lives" (2000). Guitar One magazine features Zim Zum as one of the most influential guitar players of the last 4 decades in that same year.


Pleistoscene

His unique Pleistoscene studio/internet project was well ahead of it's time by releasing 2 songs as free downloads which attracted over 500,000 hits in the first month it debuted.

In 2003 two songs by Pleistoscene are released on the net. They are “Who will save us now?” e “Ordinary Life”. “Sonic Monk Magazine” says that “"Zim is a highly esteemed mega studio rock star of the highest order".

Today, Zim talks about Pleistoscene as his “own orchestra”. Pleistoscene is still fully functional (as well as his solo musical project!).


The Pop Culture Suicides

In 2005 his main musical project, The Pop Culture Suicides (TPCS), a self proclaimed Rock n Roll opera, came to life. Accepting and presenting nothing less than music as art and approaching each moment is if it were the last, The Pop Culture Suicides are loud and thunderous, quiet and introverted, fearless, optimistic and unapologetic, all at once.

As an hour and 45 minute + non stop live opus, The Pop Culture Suicides is Zim Zum's sonic brainchild and a musical manifesto like no other. Zim Zum has established himself as a musician/songwriter who clearly has his eyes on the future and spends no time trying to keep pace with the trends of the present.

The Pop Culture Suicides released 4 songs: "To Have Lived and Died in the 21st Century", "The Art of The Bruise", "The Disillusioned Revolution" and "Whatever the Future Holds" exclusively on the band's official MySpace profile. The band have released many more songs (exclusively) on myspace since.

During the past few years TPCS have played live shows in Illinois, Ohio, Winsconsin, Iowa, and Michigan.

Zim has finished recording The Pop Culture Suicides conceptual double album that will be broken into and released as 4 EP's.


Trivia

  • He has five cats.


External links

Members of Marilyn Manson
Current Marilyn Manson
Former Olivia Newton Bundy • Zsa Zsa Speck • Gidget Gein • Sara Lee Lucas • Daisy Berkowitz • Zim Zum • John 5 • Mark Chaussee • Tim Skold • Madonna Wayne Gacy • Rob Holliday • Wes Borland • Andy Gerold • Ginger Fish • Chris Vrenna • Fred Sablan • Twiggy
Associated performers
Current Paul Wiley • Juan Alderete
Former Jason Sutter • Spencer Rollins • Daniel Fox • Tyler Bates • Gil Sharone • Brandon Pertzborn
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