THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE
RELEASED: May 13. 2003
LABEL: Interscope Records
PRODUCED BY: Marilyn Manson & Tim Skold
Co-Produced By: Ben Grosse
TRACK LISTING
1: Thaeter
2: This Is the New Shit
3: MOBSCENE
4: Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag
5: Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth
6: The Golden Age of Grotesque
7: (S)AINT
8: Ka-boom Ka-boom
9: Slutgarden
10: ♠
11: Para-noir
12: The Bright Young Things
13: Better of Two Evils
14: Vodevil
15: Obsequey (The Death of Art)
BONUS TRACKS
TAINTED LOVE
BABOON RAPE PARTY
B-SIDES / REMIXES
MIND OF A LUNATIC (COVER)
MOBSCENE (SAUERKRAUT REMIX)
MOBSCENE (OVERNIGHT MIX - REWORKED BY FLINT & YOUTH)
MOBSCENE REPLET (MEA CULPA MIX BY BITTEREN ENDE)
THIS IS THE NEW SHIT (MARILYN MANSON VS GOLDFRAPP)
NEW *HIT INVECTIVE (OBITER DICTUM MIX BY BITTEREN ENDE)
THIS IS THE NEW *HIT (SERGIO GALOYAN MIX)
PARANOIAC
[REMIXES AND B SIDES FOUND ACROSS VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL SINGLE RELEASES.]
CREDITS
THE CAST: MARILYN MANSON as himself and also known or referred to as "Herr Doktor". This is the creator of all vocals and OB ART manipulator of various instruments including: a burning piano, synthetic bass, mellotron, the saxophone and the mutilation of audio for personal use. He maintained some rhythm directive including (but not limited to) loops and snare drum rolls. There were also occasions where the one string guitar was implemented for dramatic purposes. JOHN 5 AS THE LEAD GUITARIST DEMAGOGUE: HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RHYTHM, LEAD AND DISSONANCE IN THE FIELD OF GUITARS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE 5, 6 AND 7 STRING INSTRUMENTS. PIANO AND VARIOUS ORCHESTRAL ELEMENTS WERE ALSO CHOREOGRAPHED BY HIM USING HIS GUITAR IN A MANNER OFTEN VIEWED AS INNAPPROPRIATE. M.W. GACY as the chief chemist and philosopher of electronics, specializing in the field of keyboards and responsible for synthesizers, discoloration of words, loops and political melody. INTRODUCING: TIM SKOLD WHO STARS AS THE BASSIST. HE IS THE SHAPER OF ELECTRONICS, LOOPS, SYNTH BASS, KEYBOARDS AND ACCORDIAN. HE ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OB ART CONSTRUCTIVISM OF GUITAR AND BEAT. GINGER FISH AS THE LIVE DRUMMER AND PRIMAL METER INTERPRETER. LEADER OF ALL RHYTHM DIVISIONS OF MARCHING AND BIG BAND KORPS.
PRODUCED BY MARILYN MANSON AND TIM SKOLD RECORDED AND ARRANGED BY MARILYN MANSON AND TIM SKOLD CO-PRODUCED AND MIXED BY BEN GROSSE ALL DRUM PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL EDITING BY TIM SKOLD. MASTERED BY: TOM BAKER AT PRECISION MASTERING. RECORDED AT DOPPELHERZ STUDIO AND THE MIX ROOM/BURBANK. MIXED AT THE MIX ROOM/BURBANK. ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT THE MIX ROOM BURBANK AND OCEAN WAY/LA. ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY: BEN GROSSE. ASSISTANT ENGINEER: CHUCK BAILEY. OCEAN WAY ASSISTANT: JEFF BURNS. ADDITIONAL DIGITAL EDITNG: BLUMPY, BAN GROSSE. DRUM TECHNICIAN: ROSS GARFIELD/DRUM DOCTORS. MANSON: ALL TRACKS SONGS OF GOLGOTHA MUSIC (BMI) ADMINISTERED WORLDWIDE BY EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC. 2003. JOHN5: ALL TRACKS GTR. HACK MUSIC/CHRYSALIS MUSIC ASCAP EXCEPT TRACKS 1 & 15. TIM SKOLD: TRACKS 1,2,4,7,8,11,13,14,15 ADMINISTERD BY 120050 PUBLISHING (BMI). GACY: TRACKS 1,11,13 DCLXCI MUSIC (BMI) ADMINISTERED WORLD WIDE BY EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC 2003. ARTWORK BY: GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN INLAY PHOTO: MARILYN MANSON. INLAY BAND PHOTO: PEROU. DESIGN: BAU-DA DESIGN LAB. MANAGEMENT: TOY CIULLA. LEGAL: JEFFERY TAYLOR LIGHT. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: JAY SENOYK. A&R MARK WILLIAMS. AGENTS RICK ROSKIN/CHRIS DALSTON @ CAA / EMMA BANKS @ HELTER SKELTER. COLLABORATERS, FELLOW ARTISTS, LOVERS AND FRIENDS WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK: GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN, DITA VON TEESE, GUEST VOCALISTS: MINDY AND MONIQUE, JOHN CIULLA, GLENDA BORDEN, BRITTANY BOWEN, CYRIL HELNWEIN AND THE HELNWEIN FAMILY, BARB & HUGH WARNER, P.R. BROWN, PEROU, JOHN BLAINE (HAIR STYLIST), JENNIFER RAID (WARDROBE STYLIST), CHARLES KOUTRIS,STEVE MACAULEY, MIMI, THE OSBOURNES, THE BIERS, EDDIE DEBARR, AND EVERYONE AT INTERSCOPE WWW.MARILYNMANSON.COM