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D'angelo, Joe (February 7, 2002). "Slipknot, Manson, Coal Chamber Wake The Dead With 'Resident Evil' ". MTV News. Viacom. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017 . Retrieved July 17, 2017. The most enduring theme is chiefly notable in the single "This Is the New Shit". The song was seen as poppy, with the chorus - and title - possibly referring to the fact that Tim Skold had joined the band, bringing with him a completely new and different style of music. While on the surface this could be regarded as Manson's attempt at a mainstream sound, the song in fact is railing against contemporary music ( i.e., 'the new shit') and goes so far as to spell out the what Manson viewed the formula for mainstream success to be: Promoting his debut album, Skold went on a short tour with (and in part as support for) Genitorturers. Some of the songs on Skold were used in movies like Disturbing Behavior ("Hail Mary"), Universal Soldier: The Return ("Chaos") and PlayStation game, Twisted Metal ("Chaos"). During his solo career, Skold also did remixes for several bands such as Prong, Nature and Drown. Voluptuous Panic | Feral House". Feral House. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016 . Retrieved July 19, 2017. This record is broken down to the simplest, most important thing, and that's relationships — whether they're between people or between ideas. I use analogies of art and decadence. How things in Berlin in the '30s got to such a great point, and some of the greatest things were created, and it was crushed by evil, jealous, bitter conservative powers. And the same thing happened in America, several times and continuously, with art and with myself."DiVita, Joe (February 1, 2016). "Former Marilyn Manson Keyboardist Stephen Bier Says Manson Should 'Put a Bullet In His Head' ". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016 . Retrieved August 27, 2017. Grotesk Burlesk was the ninth tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. It was the band's fifth tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on tour from April 11, 2003, until January 3, 2004. Dangelo, Joe (August 22, 2002). "Manson Says He's Stronger, Uglier With The Golden Age". MTV. Viacom Media Networks . Retrieved December 3, 2017. Shortly after, the band followed up with an EP entitled I Want More which contained some punk covers along with re-recorded songs from their previous album "I Want More", "Babylon" and an acoustic version of "Nobody's Home". Soon after this release, Shotgun Messiah were down to two original members, Skold and Cody, seeing the departure of Stixx and Lycon. Married to Erin since 1997, whom very little is known about. They met at a party which RCA held for Skold at the end of 1995.

PA (January 21, 2005). "Teenager convicted of Jodi murder | Crime | News". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016 . Retrieved August 20, 2016. a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Marilyn Manson; 'The Golden Age of Grotesque ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved October 18, 2016. Just a couple of years later, KMFDM reformed adding Lucia Cifarelli of MDFMK (and formerly of the band Drill) to the line-up and released Skold's last album with KMFDM entitled Attak. Marilyn Manson – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer bass, mellotron, saxophone, guitars, snare rolls, loops, digital editing, arrangements, producer, photographyTop 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2003" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016 . Retrieved January 11, 2017. The album's lyrical content is relatively straightforward, and was inspired by the swing, burlesque, cabaret and vaudeville movements of Germany's Weimar Republic-era, specifically 1920s Berlin. In an extended metaphor, Manson compares his own work to the Entartete Kunst banned by the Nazi regime as he attempts to examine the mindset of lunatics and children during times of crisis. Several songs incorporate elements commonly found in playground chants and nursery rhymes. " Mobscene" (stylized as "mOBSCENE") and " This Is the New Shit" were released as singles, and a controversial music video was released for "Saint" (stylized as "(s)AINT"). The album also draws themes from Mel Gordon's 2000 book Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin. Concerned that Gordon might take issue with use of the book's material, Manson called Gordon, who said he couldn't imagine a greater compliment than a popular record based on the academic book. The album artwork is also influenced by the illustrations found in Voluptuous Panic.