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  Bigger Than Jesus: 25 Rock Deities, Rap Messiahs, and Would-Be Golden Gods

  May 9, 2013 – Rock'n'roll may have originated in a deal with the devil, but some stars choose to set their sights higher — much higher. From Billy Crudup's supposedly Robert Plant-inspired and acid-enlightened exclamation, "I am a golden god!" in Almost Famous to Kanye's new single, "I Am a God," there's a long, (vain)glorious tradition of musicians donning a metaphorical beard and robe and assuming the mantle of divinity. …
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  Grammys 2013: Who Should Win the Categories You Actually Care About

  February 8, 2013 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living-room side bets with some sure-thing, Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong about this stuff (we'll get you yet, Esperanza Spalding). …
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  Manson Family Values: Charles Writes Marilyn Inscrutable Note

  September 21, 2012 – Isn't it something when Beautiful People come together? Wait, wait, no... two Antichrist Superstars walk into a bar. It seems that after 23 years of silence on the matter, life-imprisoned convict, crackpot philosopher, and avant-garde penmanship champ Charles Manson has weighed in on Marilyn Manson's infamous adoption of his surname — sort of."It’s taken me a long time to get there from where I could touch M. …
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  Marilyn Manson Pulls Out the Big Guns for NSFW 'Slo-Mo-Tion' Video

  August 21, 2012 – "This is my beautiful show, where everything is shot in slow motion," sings Marilyn Manson in his video for "Slo-Mo-Tion," a cut off his latest album, Born Villain. Manson directed the clip himself, which is better than this, and it's as creepy as you'd expect it to be: putrid neon paint, Manson spittling, prosthetic breasts and, of course, Manson saying the words "slow motion" really slowly. But those aren't the really shocking parts. …
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  Rob Zombie's Rock Advice: Lose the 'Tude, Trust Thyself

  July 18, 2012 – Despite White Zombie's large cult following and well-documented endorsement from Beavis and Butt-Head, it's unlikely that few pop-culture observers circa 1993 would have preserved images of barking, dreadlocked frontman Rob Zombie in a time capsule. …
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  18 Alternate Names for Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson's 'Twins of Evil' Tour

  July 13, 2012 – Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are going to go on the road together on a tour called Twins of Evil. We know this is happening because both artists released joint statements that attempt to recall the literary wizardry of one Mr. Steven Tyler. "Finally! Why did the most obvious tour take so long to happen? Who knows? Who cares? It's happening now. …
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  See Shia LaBeouf, Mischa Barton, and Daniel Radcliffe Slumming it in Indie Rock Videos

  June 21, 2012 – Perhaps it was the specter of Johnny Depp continuously hanging with Marilyn Manson lately, but actors are clambering to appear in indie-rock videos at an unsettlling pace. …
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  Who Charted? Beastie Boys Sales Soar as Fans Honor MCA

  May 9, 2012 – First! Carrie Underwood's big arrival on the Billboard 200 this week makes Jack White's personally historic No. 1 last week look slightly less impressive, regardless of how much we loved that album. The American Idol superstar's latest LP Blown Away sold 267,000 copies, nearly doubling Blunderbuss's 138,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 2 Through 10: Norah Jones' ...Little Broken Hearts arrives at No. …
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  Marilyn Manson, 'Born Villain' (Hell, Etc./Cooking Vinyl)

  May 3, 2012 – Has the time come for a critical reassessment of Marilyn Manson? Marilyn Manson sure seems to think so. …
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  Marilyn Manson Hosts Deadly Dinner Party in 'No Reflection'

  April 4, 2012 – "I don't know which me that I love," Marilyn Manson groans on stomping industrial rocker "No Reflection," from May 1 album Born Villain. Directed by The Killing Room cinematographer Lukas Ettlin, the song's new video shows Manson in two guises, one the leather-clad frontman performing with his band, the other a less-made-up Manson in austere suit, sharing wine with several younger women at a dinner table. …
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