Love him or hate him, it�s impossible not be intrigued by Marilyn Manson � just ask the biggest crowd of the festival weekend. Whether you�re a fan of his music (which ranges from the Nirvana-esque �Fight Song� to the Bolan styled �Rock Is Dead�) or not, Marilyn makes sure no one�s going to walk away from his show. With a knack for the hypnotic � whether it�s the explosion of flames that herald his entrance, the cover of Eurthymics number �Sweet Dreams...� (never has �Some of them want to abuse you� been sung with such conviction), or the strange mechanical and priest-like costumes � The God Of Fuck has everyone in the palm of his hand. Outlandish, but still disturbingly real, the strangest man in rock delivers himself with a power that you wouldn�t expect to find in such skin and bones. Politics, drugs, death, even romance all get a look in and never has anything so magnanimous been delivered with such style and melody. He may be the Robbie Williams of metal, but there�s no doubting Manson is one man who knows, 1) how to speak his mind, and 2) how to throw the party of a lifetime.