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Article: MARILYN MANSON NOT MUCH MORE THAN TALK THE AUDIENCE WAS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN MANSON'S NO-BRAINER RANTING.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 10, 1996
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Byline: CRAIG SHAPIRO, STAFF WRITER
NORFOLK -- Mom, Dad, relax. Marilyn Manson, the windbag masquerading as a shock 'n' roller, only talks the talk.
In fact, if Friday night's show proved nothing else, it was that the West Coast writer reviewing Manson's album ``Antichrist Superstar'' was right to quote this line from TV's ``The Simpsons'':
``Peddling nihilism to teenagers is like shooting fish in a barrel.''
The point being it's a can't-miss deal. A no-brainer.
But the 2,000 or so fans who crammed into the Boathouse, and filed past the beefed-up security staff, gobbled it up - almost as fast as they snapped up the Marilyn ...