1- The real name of Marilyn Manson is Brian Hugh Warner. His stage name is the combination of two famous American cultural icons, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson.
2- Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson are long time friends. They even have matching back tattoos, and they have performed together on multiple occasions.
3- Manson’s favourite movie of all time is 1971’s “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.” He was actually interested in playing Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake.
4- Manson’s band technically started all the way back in 1989, but they were then called Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids
5- Manson loved to drink absinthe so much that he has his own Swiss-made absinthe, named “Mansinthe”, and it contains 66% alcohol by volume.
6- Manson is also a pretty big video game fan. On previous tours, Manson has said he brought a Nintendo DS on the road with him to help pass the time. He plays games like “Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney” and “Mario Kart.”
7- Macaulay Culkin, the famous child star of movie Home Alone, brought Marilyn Manson his first cigarette.
8- According to his book The Long Road Out Of Hell, Manson has more than 450 scars on his body. In his earlier days, Manson was known to cut himself on stage all the time.
9- Apparently, Manson’s personal hygiene leaves something to be desired. In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, he said “I’m not big on showering. If anything, I do more of a ‘hooker shower,’ undercarriage and armpits.”
10- Manson also claimed he doesn’t often change his clothes, including his underwear.
11- He is not only a musician, but he is a painter as well. He has held multiple art shows in galleries all over the United States and in Europe. He also owns his own studio in Los Angeles called The Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art.
12- His name is a combination of the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson.
13- Manson had been nominated four times for the Grammy Awards, but he had won none of them
14- In his career, Manson has been nominated for Grammys in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2014 for Best Hard Rock Performance or Best Metal Performance
15- Manson had posed nude for photos before he rose to fame. Those photos were published in the March 1999 issue of a gay magazine, Honcho.
16- Manson first worked as a producer with the band Jack Off Jill. He helped name the band and produced most of the band’s early recordings, and also played guitar on the song “My Cat” and had the band open most of his South Florida shows.
17- The singer collects vintage metal lunch boxes. Nothing strange about that right? He also collects medical prosthetics, glass eyeballs and fake body parts
18- As a child, he attended his mother’s Episcopal church, though his father was a Catholic.
19- Marilyn has Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. The condition causes Marilyn to have an unusually quick heart rate. Jessie J and Meat Loaf are two singers that also have this condition!
20- Manson also has appeared in a number of television series such as Eastbound & Down, Sons of Anarchy, Californication, and the others.
21- Manson often wears two different color contact lenses in both eyes as an homage to David Bowie’s two different sized pupils.
22- Manson has had small roles in several films. He made his debut in David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” in 1997 as “Porno Star #1,” and later appeared in “Party Monster,” “Jaw Breaker,” “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things” and several shorts. He was also featured in a memorable scene from Michael Moore’s “Bowling For Columbine,” in which he spoke his mind about the tragic high school shootings that took place in Columbine, Colorado and which he was accused of influencing through his music.
23- As a child, Marilyn attended Heritage Christian School where they taught students “the kind of music they shouldn’t listen”, and unlikely he picked up Heavy Metal Music.
24- Marilyn Manson band was started in 1989 and they were called Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. In 1992, the band dropped “the Spooky Kids” part and has been known as “Marilyn Manson” since then.
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https://www.uselessdaily.com/world/marilyn-manson-74-amazing-facts-about-the-singer/#.WqaPjpNua-4
“https://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2017/01/facts-about-marilyn-manson.html”
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/06/marilyn-manson_n_6625118.html#gallery/564934/7