Foggy Notion
Marilyn Manson – sort your flippin life out. I came to your show at Brixton last night expecting some serious rock THEATRE. I didn’t come to look at a wall of dry ice with some pretty lights flashing behind it.
We don’t care if you’re a bit old or a bit fat or whatever it is you’re so desperate to hide, we want to SEE A SHOW.
Someone I follow on Facebook went to see Alice Cooper this week and was talking about how he impaled a ninja with his mic stand and then got beheaded with a guillotine; then he strangled a nurse and got hung but came back from the dead for some more impaling. I’m not saying you should do the same thing but COME ON!
You’ve made a career out of creating amazing visuals - the Mickey Mouse ears were a particular favourite - and last time I saw you, you were ON STILTS and your band members were stood on raised platforms in big boots. There was a keyboard on a spring and at some point a huge pulpit descended and you stood behind it to deliver a sermon. WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED??
Do you know what happened last night? PEOPLE WERE LEAVING - leaving in droves when we headed for the exit, stomping off to the bar down the road, their faces twisted with disappointment.
I’ve only walked out of a handful of gigs in my lifetime and YOURS is now one of them. The last one was Sisters of Mercy. You may remember my review 'Sisters of Murky' when I recreated an image of their stage set. I shall demonstrate it here for your reference:
Compare and contrast it with my artist’s impression of your show:
You see what I’m getting at? SLIPPERY SLOPE!
The last gig I saw was Psychic TV at The Tabernacle a few weeks ago. Genesis P Orridge is 60 in February but he doesn’t feel he needs to hide from his audience, in fact we could have reached out and touched him if we'd wanted to. His show was absolute GENIUS and I danced so hard it felt like an incantation. Watch this video, then use this man as an inspiration and stop wasting our time you silly bastard.
