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 enlarge | Authors: Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $24.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  435 reviews
Sales Rank: 96412
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060392584
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
EAN: 9780060392581
ASIN: 0060392584
Publication Date: March 11, 1998
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Condition: Pages clean and crisp, slight marking on front page, no dust jacket, covered in mylar, boards and spine intact showing wear at edges We ship promptly. Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. No international shipments. Satisfaction guaranteed. Your purchase benefits the students and libraries at Brandeis University. Thank you.
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 Brilliant September 4, 2008
I was so relieved to know that there are some intellegent rock stars out there. Marilyn Manson gives an account of his childhood and on into stardom. If anyone deserved fame more, it was him.
This is a great book to read, even for non-fans.
good read August 21, 2008
its a great and interesting read... not at all boring.. even if you dont love marilyn manson.. you'll find it interesting and entertaining
An amazing depiction of the life of the Antichrist Superstar July 24, 2008
I thought this book answered a lot of questions that I had always wanted to know about Marilyn Manson, and also Trent Reznor. I had always been curious about the relationship between Marilyn and Trent, and although he didn't go into a lot of detail about their personal relationship, the information that was given I was very thankful for, considering what a solitary person Trent is. I found comfort while reading this book, finding myself remembering moments from my childhood similar to his. Growing up in a religious family, feeling brainwashed by your church, and then in your teens you begin to open your eyes and realize that there is more out there. I grew up in a small town like Brian Warner (Marilyn Manson), and I also felt like I would never be able to get out of this hell-hole but this book has given me inspiration. After seeing how many drugs he did, and considering how many drugs I do, it is very interesting to see that he still managed to do something amazing. And as he said in a recent interview "It seems like once artists quit doing drugs, their music starts sucking." Which is a true statement in my eyes. I think the hell that drugs bring into your life cause such an internal and external struggle that it gives you a million things to scream about, a million things to write about, and a million things to think about. All these ideas while Manson was on drugs are what created "Antichrist Superstar." Without drugs, this album would not exist, Manson would not exist. While I do not recommend drugs, I find it interesting reading about the personal hell that artists have gone through with drugs. I wish Trent Reznor would write an autobiography and give the sort of view into his life as Marilyn Manson does with "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell." 5 stars without a doubt, no matter how much you know about the Antichrist Superstar, I guarantee you will learn something you didn't know in this book.
 surprised by how much i enjoyed it July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed and could relate to this! It was fun, dirty, thoughtful, made me laugh at moments and made me feel better that someone so publicized could be open about a lot of the things we all go through but, don't want to talk about.
And who hasn't wanted to take on a different persona now and then? I mean, the one thing that I have always enjoyed about reading fiction is that if one can find a character to fall in love with, he or she starts to see themselves as that character throughout the novel. And if all of that can come from an autobiography, then it must be extremely well written! Plus, in this work, Strauss humanizes Manson rather than making an idol of him like so many authors tend to do of, shall we say, "controversial" figures.
This book is full of the allure of fantasy and escapism; yet, one can empathize with the reality of it.
 Awful July 10, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Just not good. Really, don't bother. Ever. I would give it no stars but for the fact it made me laugh a couple of times (but not in a good way).
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