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Killing Strangers by Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Artist Biography For Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson Is An American Rock Band Formed By Namesake Lead Singer Marilyn Manson And Guitarist Daisy Berkowitz In Fort Lauderdale Florida In 1989. Originally Named Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids They Gained A Local Cult Following In South Florida In The Early 1990s With Their Theatrical Live Performances. In 1993 They Were The First Act Signed To Trent Reznor's Nothing Records Label. Until 1996 The Name Of Each Member Was Created By Combining The First Name Of A Female Sex Symbol And The Last Name Of A Serial Killer For Example Marilyn Monroe And Charles Manson. Their Lineup Has Changed Between Many Of Their Album Releases The Eponymous Lead Singer Is The Only Remaining Original Member. In The Past Band Members Dressed In Outlandish Makeup And Costumes And Engaged In Intentionally Shocking Behavior Both Onstage And Off. Their Lyrics Often Received Criticism For Their Anti-Religious Sentiment And References To Sex Violence And Drugs While Their Live Performances Were Frequently Called Offensive And Obscene. On Several Occasions Protests And Petitions Led To The Group Being Blocked From Performing With At Least Three US States Passing Legislation Banning The Group From Performing At State-Owned Venues. They Released A Number Of Platinum-Selling Albums Including Antichrist Superstar 1996 And Mechanical Animals 1998 . These Albums Along With Their Highly Stylized Music Videos And Worldwide Touring Brought Public Recognition To Marilyn Manson. In 1999 News Media Infamously Falsely Blamed The Band For Influencing The Perpetrators Of The Columbine High School Massacre. As This Controversy Began To Wane Throughout The 2000s So Did The Band's Mainstream Popularity. Despite This Jon Wiederhorn Of MTV In June 2003 Referred To Marilyn Manson As "the Only True Artist Today". Marilyn Manson Is Widely Regarded As Being One Of The Most Iconic And Controversial Figures In Rock Music With The Band And Its Lead Singer Influencing Numerous Other Groups And Musicians Both In Metal-Associated Acts And Also In Wider Popular Culture. VH1 Ranked Marilyn Manson As The Seventy-Eighth Best Rock Band On Their 100 Great Artists Of Hard Rock. They Were Inducted Into The Kerrang! Hall Of Fame In 2000 And Have Been Nominated For Four Grammy Awards. In The U.S. The Band Has Seen Ten Of Its Releases Debut In The Top Ten Including Two Number-One Albums. Marilyn Manson Have Sold In Excess Of 50 Million Records Worldwide. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson_ Band Studio Albums
Portrait Of An American Family 1994 Antichrist Superstar 1996 Mechanical Animals 1998 Holy Wood In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death 2000 The Golden Age Of Grotesque 2003 Eat Me Drink Me 2007 The High End Of Low 2009 Born Villain 2012 The Pale Emperor 2015 Heaven Upside Down 2017 We Are Chaos 2020
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Killing Strangers
Marilyn-Manson - The Pale Emperor
"Killing Strangers" Is A Song By American Rock Band Marilyn Manson From Their Ninth Studio Album The Pale Emperor 2015 . It Was Written And Produced By The Eponymous Lead Singer And Tyler Bates And Was First Released When It Appeared In Keanu Reeves' 2014 Film John Wick. The Song Was Inspired By The PTSD Experienced By Manson's Father After His Time Spent Serving In The US Armed Forces During The Vietnam War. The Track Peaked Within The Top Ten Of The Billboard Hard Rock Digital Songs. The Song Garnered Generally Positive Reviews From Music Critics With Several Publications Favorably Comparing The Song To Several Of The Band's Previous Album Openers. The Song Was One Of The Final Tracks Recorded For The Pale Emperor And Its Composition Was Inspired By The PTSD Exhibited By Manson's Father Hugh Warner After His Time Spent Serving In The US Military During The Vietnamese War. Shortly After The Death Of His Mother In 2014 Manson And His Father Spent An Evening Watching Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Film Apocalypse Now And Smoking Marijuana. Hugh Warner Characterized The Film As "the Most Accurate Portrayal Of The Vietnam War" And Spent The Evening Describing Events Which Manson Had "never Heard Before In My Whole Childhood". Manson Had Publicly Discussed His Father's Role In Spraying Agent Orange Over The Vietnamese Jungle During The Conflict. Hugh Warner Would Go On To Recount How "when People Talk About PTSD I Don't Think They Understand That When You've Killed So Many People And Then You Have To Come Back To A Normal World It's Very Difficult To Re-Adjust To It" With Manson Explaining That The Lyric 'We're Killing Strangers So We Don't Kill The Ones That We Love' "became So Much About My Father And My Mother". "Killing Strangers" Is A Downtempo Rock Song Which Runs For A Duration Of Five Minutes And 36 Seconds. According To Ultimate Guitar The Song Has A Slow Tempo Of 60 Beats Per Minute In A Time Signature Of 4
4. It Is Composed Of Verses Sung Over A Continuously Repeating D Minor Drone Harmony Throughout With Choruses Following A Chord Sequence Of Dm-F-Bb-Gm. The Track Has Been Described As A "slow Burner" And "atmospheric" And Has Been Favorably Compared To Some Of The Band's Previous Album Openers Including "GodEatGod" From Holy Wood In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death 2001 And "If I Was Your Vampire" From Eat Me Drink Me 2007 . It Was First Released On October 24 2014 When It Was Predominantly Featured In The Movie John Wick Starring Keanu Reeves. The Song's Co-Writer Tyler Bates Has Stated That John Wick Directors Chad Stahelski And David Leitch Were Fans Of Manson's Work And They "wanted To Have Something From Manson In The Movie". An Initial Meeting With The Films' Musical Supervisor Resulted In The Supervisor Reeves And The Two Directors Being Invited To Bates' Home Recording Studio Where They Were Played An Unmixed Version Of The Entire Album. According To Bates The Four Expressed An Interest In Also Featuring The Pale Emperor Album Track "Warship My Wreck" In The Film But That "via Osmosis There Wasn't Really An Appropriate Place For That Song". The Version Of "Killing Strangers" Used In The Movie Is An Unmixed Demo Lacking Some Of The Guitar Overdubs Found On The Album Version. Credits Recorded At Abattoir Studios Studio City California
Drums Recorded By Gustavo Borner At Igloo Studios Burbank California
Songs Of Golgotha BMI /Tyler Bates Music Inc. BMI Under Exclusive Licence To Cooking Vinyl
Personnel Marilyn Manson – Songwriter Lead Vocals Producer Pill Bottle
Tyler Bates – Songwriter Guitar Bass Guitar Programming Producer
Gil Sharone – Drums
Robert Carranza – Mixing
Dylan Eiland – Additional Programming
Joanne Higginbottom – Pro Tools Editing
Brian Lucey – Mastering
Wolfgang Matthes – Additional Programming Mixing
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Marilyn Manson Is An American Rock Band Formed By Namesake Lead Singer Marilyn Manson And Guitarist Daisy Berkowitz In Fort Lauderdale Florida In 1989. Originally Named Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids They Gained A Local Cult Following In South Florida In The Early 1990s With Their Theatrical Live Performances. In 1993 They Were The First Act Signed To Trent Reznor's Nothing Records Label. Until 1996 The Name Of Each Member Was Created By Combining The First Name Of A Female Sex Symbol And The Last Name Of A Serial Killer For Example Marilyn Monroe And Charles Manson. Their Lineup Has Changed Between Many Of Their Album Releases The Eponymous Lead Singer Is The Only Remaining Original Member. In The Past Band Members Dressed In Outlandish Makeup And Costumes And Engaged In Intentionally Shocking Behavior Both Onstage And Off. Their Lyrics Often Received Criticism For Their Anti-Religious Sentiment And References To Sex Violence And Drugs While Their Live Performances Were Frequently Called Offensive And Obscene. On Several Occasions Protests And Petitions Led To The Group Being Blocked From Performing With At Least Three US States Passing Legislation Banning The Group From Performing At State-Owned Venues. They Released A Number Of Platinum-Selling Albums Including Antichrist Superstar 1996 And Mechanical Animals 1998 . These Albums Along With Their Highly Stylized Music Videos And Worldwide Touring Brought Public Recognition To Marilyn Manson. In 1999 News Media Infamously Falsely Blamed The Band For Influencing The Perpetrators Of The Columbine High School Massacre. As This Controversy Began To Wane Throughout The 2000s So Did The Band's Mainstream Popularity. Despite This Jon Wiederhorn Of MTV In June 2003 Referred To Marilyn Manson As "the Only True Artist Today". Marilyn Manson Is Widely Regarded As Being One Of The Most Iconic And Controversial Figures In Rock Music With The Band And Its Lead Singer Influencing Numerous Other Groups And Musicians Both In Metal-Associated Acts And Also In Wider Popular Culture. VH1 Ranked Marilyn Manson As The Seventy-Eighth Best Rock Band On Their 100 Great Artists Of Hard Rock. They Were Inducted Into The Kerrang! Hall Of Fame In 2000 And Have Been Nominated For Four Grammy Awards. In The U.S. The Band Has Seen Ten Of Its Releases Debut In The Top Ten Including Two Number-One Albums. Marilyn Manson Have Sold In Excess Of 50 Million Records Worldwide. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson_ Band Studio Albums
Portrait Of An American Family 1994 Antichrist Superstar 1996 Mechanical Animals 1998 Holy Wood In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death 2000 The Golden Age Of Grotesque 2003 Eat Me Drink Me 2007 The High End Of Low 2009 Born Villain 2012 The Pale Emperor 2015 Heaven Upside Down 2017 We Are Chaos 2020 read less
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"Killing Strangers" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson from their ninth studio album, The Pale Emperor (2015). It was written and produced by the eponymous lead singer and Tyler Bates, and was first released when it appeared in Keanu Reeves' 2014 film John Wick. The song was inspired by the PTSD experienced by Manson's father after his time spent serving in the US Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. The track peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Songs. The song garnered generally positive reviews from music critics, with several publications favorably comparing the song to several of the band's previous album openers.
The song was one of the final tracks recorded for The Pale Emperor, and its composition was inspired by the PTSD exhibited by Manson's father, Hugh Warner, after his time spent serving in the US military during the Vietnamese war. Shortly after the death of his mother in 2014, Manson and his father spent an evening watching Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now and smoking marijuana. Hugh Warner characterized the film as "the most accurate portrayal of the Vietnam War", and spent the evening describing events which Manson had "never heard before, in my whole childhood". Manson had publicly discussed his father's role in spraying Agent Orange over the Vietnamese jungle during the conflict. Hugh Warner would go on to recount how "when people talk about [PTSD], I don't think they understand that when you've killed so many people and then you have to come back to a normal world, it's very difficult to re-adjust to it", with Manson explaining that the lyric 'We're killing strangers so we don't kill the ones that we love' "became so much about my father and my mother".
"Killing Strangers" is a downtempo rock song which runs for a duration of five minutes and 36 seconds. According to Ultimate Guitar, the song has a slow tempo of 60 beats per minute in a time signature of 4
4. It is composed of verses sung over a continuously repeating D minor drone harmony throughout, with choruses following a chord sequence of Dm-F-Bb-Gm. The track has been described as a "slow burner", and "atmospheric", and has been favorably compared to some of the band's previous album openers, including "GodEatGod" from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2001) and "If I Was Your Vampire" from Eat Me, Drink Me (2007).
It was first released on October 24, 2014, when it was predominantly featured in the movie John Wick starring Keanu Reeves. The song's co-writer Tyler Bates has stated that John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch were fans of Manson's work and they "wanted to have something [from] Manson in the movie". An initial meeting with the films' musical supervisor resulted in the supervisor, Reeves and the two directors being invited to Bates' home recording studio, where they were played an unmixed version of the entire album. According to Bates, the four expressed an interest in also featuring The Pale Emperor album track "Warship My Wreck" in the film, but that "via osmosis, there wasn't really an appropriate place for that song". The version of "Killing Strangers" used in the movie is an unmixed demo, lacking some of the guitar overdubs found on the album version.
Credits
Recorded at Abattoir Studios, Studio City, California
Drums recorded by Gustavo Borner at Igloo Studios, Burbank, California
Songs of Golgotha (BMI)/Tyler Bates Music, Inc. (BMI), under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl
Personnel
Marilyn Manson – songwriter, lead vocals, producer, pill bottle
Tyler Bates – songwriter, guitar, bass guitar, programming, producer
Gil Sharone – drums
Robert Carranza – mixing
Dylan Eiland – additional programming
Joanne Higginbottom – Pro Tools editing
Brian Lucey – mastering
Wolfgang Matthes – additional programming, mixing Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.