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| With an aesthetic contrived to shock and scare the majority of the public, it made sense for Marilyn Manson to join forces with the minds behind Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 � a film that was contrived to shock and scare the majority of the public. While the film was a flop, it did give Manson fans a peek at what the band had in the works for its Mechanical Animals follow-up. The Book of Shadows soundtrack was released on Manson's brand-new Posthuman record label and contained his group's cover of "Suicide Is Painless," otherwise known as the theme song to the hit TV show M*A*S*H, as well as tracks by like-minded artists such as Rob Zombie and System of a Down. |
| The month of November finally saw the release of Marilyn Manson's long-awaited album Holy Wood (In the Valley of the Shadow of Death), an epic number clocking in at 19 songs. Boasting that this was his White Album and saying that the CD was inspired in part by the Columbine tragedy, Manson saw Holy Wood bow at No. 13 on the Billboard album chart on the same week that The Beatles hit No. 1 with their hits compilation 1. Holy Wood met with lukewarm reviews and a lack of interest despite the band being in the middle of its "Guns, God, and Government" tour at the time of its release |
| The dawn of 2001 brought both good news and bad news on the Manson front. The good news was that the shock rockers nabbed a Best Metal Performance Grammy nomination for "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" (from The Last Tour on Earth). The bad news, however, was that after three years together and a two-year engagement, Manson and Rose McGowan officially split up. |
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