Marilyn Manson recently spoke to Revolver about his upcoming Twins of Evil 2 Tour, new album with Shooter Jennings, and his plans for the future.
On the process of making the record:
“It’s kind of like hitting the reset button. Hitting it a couple times, like when you’re drunkenly trying to change channels with the remote control, and your patience runs out. Which is a good metaphor for my life. Another one would be that, if I was born a gun, the problem that I have in life — or the plus side — is that I don’t know how to put the safety on. Which would be the best way to describe my current state of mind, in general.”
Marilyn Manson takes the Rock USA main stage on Friday, July 19th. Hopefully, we’ll have the chance to catch up with him before the set!
When asked if he had a “working title” for the record:
“It’s still to be determined, but I think it’s the album that should be called Marilyn Manson. I’m in a mode in life where I wanted to tell stories with this record, and it’s sort of like a wax museum of my thoughts, a study of the chamber of horrors in my head. All the romance and hope you can have in the world, here in the End Times where it can be a different kind of apocalypse for each person listening to the record. I tried to paint it with words, and Shooter with sounds, so you can see and hear all of your longing, your passion and despair. That’s sort of a dramatic explanation of it. [Laughs] But it is full of drama. I wouldn’t compare it to any of my other records, but you hear a bit of everything… it’s like I’ve focused everything into one spot, finally.”
[Revolver] [YouTube: BCR]
