Antichrist Superstar

replaced different band members, but unlike other bands, they had their own signature look, names, and style. No other band was quite as dark and twisted as Marilyn Manson, formerly known as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, during their rise to stardom. During the beginning, Manson’s shows were wild, violent, and included self-mutilation and beating the woman who was attached to his leash (Manson & Strauss, 1999). With that said, Manson has been nominated for several Grammys over his 20-year reign including Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance. Although he has never won a Grammy, several of his albums have gone platinum in the United States and Canada, including Smells Like Children, Antichrist Superstar, and Mechanical Animals. The album Antichrist Superstar went double platinum in Canada (Famous People, n.d.; Gasparek, 2016). In 2003, the album The Golden Age of Grotesque went gold in France, United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany (Famous People, n.d.). At the age of 46, nearly two decades after his first album, The Pale Emperor is considered the best album of his career, thus far after what is probably the most difficult stretch of his career, and rated by Rolling Stone as the number one metal album of 2015 (Brown, 2015; Weingarten et al., 2015). The Pale Emperor was Manson’s attempt to regain himself as an individual and artist with emotional ties to his personal life. His mother, Barbara, passed away during the making of the album and the…

Religious Symbolism in the Grandmother and the Misfit Flannery O’Connor has long been criticized for her blatant incorporation of religious symbols into sinister, dark stories. In the short story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” the dark and apathetic Misfit is said to portray, in an allegorical sense, a Christ-like figure. However, through the interpretation of the inversions of divine characteristics, his repulsion of Christ’s very existence, and the denial of any powers beyond the observable…

The most shocking thing is the public’s reaction to Trump’s unethical behavior. Most people do not seem to care and his supporters seem to rather enjoy it. We have now entered the end of the postmodern age where truth is replaced with emotion. If something so small as a criticism of one’s hands or fingers can send Trump into a never-ending obsessive tirade, what would happen if genuine Christians throughout the world went on a relentless campaign targeting Donald Trump as Satan incarnate?…

Lord Jesus Christ tells that people will come to know “false messiahs and false prophets who will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive” (Matthew 24:24). Although many false messiahs and false prophets have been a part of the earth since Jesus Resurrection, who seek to betray humans or persecute the true followers of Christ, there has never been an adequate worldwide fulfillment of the Lord’s words until the Tribulations during the first part of the 20th century. Since people…

The antichrist is not who we always perceive him to be. If the truth be told, it could be our neighbor, the man or woman that we work with everyday, the friend we hang out with or our family members. One of the biggest antichrist entity that’s before us and knocking at our door, is Isis, an Islamic antichrist. Individuals mind are being poison by this system, and many are being killed for their religion. The best way to prepare for the reign of the Anitchrist, and the end time I to open your…

In an article about Musicals and Hollywood’s adaptation of the musical there was a chart that had a list of the names of the main characters that were in the musical. “The main characters that were in the musical were Jesus, played by Jeff Fenholt, Judas, played by Ben Vereen, Mary Magdalene, played by Yvonne Elliman, Heriod, played by Paul Ainsley, and Pontius Pilate, played by Barry Brennan”(Hischak). One can see from this list that these actors were the original cast that had performed the…

The Greatest Superstar The rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar emerged from the imagination of Andrew Webber (composer) and Tim Rice (lyricist). Later, Norman Jewison brought it to the stage. This movie is based around the last seven days of Christ being on the physical earth. It starts out from the time he arrives in Jerusalem and ends with his crucifixion. This film differs from other Jesus related films due to it being focused not only on Jesus, but the events of Holy Week ("Journal of…

Calling himself an "Antichrist Superstar," he became a mainstream antihero. According to allmusic.com, Manson ripped up a copy of the Book of Mormon on stage during a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ultimately, his acts on stage and his dark lyrics received backlash from many people. After he received criticism for influencing the Columbine shooting, he took a break from music and released less provocative music since then, so his recent music is generally less controversial. Technology is…