BIOGRAPHY OF MARILYN MANSON |
Marilyn Manson is a five-piece hard rock band from the Fort Lauderdale area of southern Florida. Founded in 1989 as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, they played their last show as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids on August 1, 1992. The original line-up was: Marilyn Manson, vocals; Daisy Berkowitz, lead guitar/drum machine programming; Olivia Newton-Bundy, bass; Zsa Zsa Speck, keyboards; and an unnamed drum machine. Zsa Zsa and Olivia were replaced by November of 1989 by Gidget Gein, bass, and Madonna Wayne Gacy, keyboards. The drum machine (a Yamaha RX8) was replaced by Sara Lee Lucas, who played his first show with the band on July 19, 1990. bassist Gein was replaced in December 1993 by Twiggy Ramirez, formerly with Florida metal band, Amboog-A-Lard, and drummer Lucas was replaced in March 1995 by Gingerfish. Daisy Berkowitz announced his resignation from the band in May of 1996. His replacement, renamed Zim Zum, is from Chicago; his previous credits include briefly playing guitar for Life, Sex and Death. Zim Zum was then fired from the band in July of 1998 and replaced by former David Lee Roth and Rob Halford guitarist, John5.