Antichrist Superstar

Antichrist Superstar

Antichrist Superstar is Marilyn Manson's second full-length studio album, released in October 1996 through Trent Reznor's Nothing label. The album was co-produced by Reznor and many songs on the album saw contributions from members of Nine Inch Nails and previous NIN collaborators. It is considered to be a concept album, with a three part storyline detailing the protagonist's rise. This was the last album that Reznor and Manson collaborated on.

Track listing

Cycle I: The Heirophant

"Irresponsible Hate Anthem" – 4:17
"The Beautiful People" – 3:38
"Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" – 4:15
"Tourniquet" – 4:29

Cycle II: Inauguration of the Worm

"Little Horn" – 2:43
"Cryptorchid" – 2:44
"Deformography" – 4:31
"Wormboy" – 3:56
"Mister Superstar" – 5:04
"Angel With the Scabbed Wings" – 3:53
"Kinderfeld" – 4:51

Cycle III: Disintegrator Rising

"Antichrist Superstar" – 5:14
"1996" – 4:01
"Minute of Decay" – 4:44
"The Reflecting God" – 5:36
"Man That You Fear" – 6:10

"Empty Sounds of Hate" – 1:39

Like NIN's Broken EP, the album has numerous blank tracks. Tracks 17 through 98 are blank and are on average four seconds long. The first and last blank tracks are nine and five seconds long, respectively.

Personnel

Marilyn Manson: vocals, guitar, pan flute, producer
Twiggy Ramirez: lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
Madonna Wayne Gacy: all keyboards, loops, samples
Daisy Berkowitz: guitar
Ginger Fish: live drums, programming
Zim Zum: live guitar on the tour for Antichrist Superstar
Trent Reznor: producer, editing, mixing, mellotron, guitar, rhodes piano
Dave Ogilvie: producer, programming, engineer, editing, mixing
Sean Beavan: producer, engineer, editing, mixing, guitar, guitar synthesizer
Brian Pollack – production assistant, assistant engineer
Chris Vrenna: drums, programming, engineer, editing
Charlie Clouser: editing, programming
Tom Baker: mastering
Tony Ciulla: management
Alex Kochan: booking
David Codikow: artists and audience legal
Jay Sendyk: business management
P.R. Brown: digital illustration, design
Dean Karr: photography
Danny Lohner: additional guitar
Robin Finck: additional live guitar, additional keyboards (uncredited, however Manson confirmed his work on the album)

Album Credits

1 Irresponsible Hate Anthem|irresponsible hate anthem
[lyrics: Marilyn Manson|Manson, Twiggy Ramirez /music: Daisy Berkowitz, Madonna Wayne Gacy]
live guitar: Zim Zum

2 the beautfiul people
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]
descending horn guitar: Sean Beavan

3 dried up, tied and dead to the world
[lyrics: Manson/music: Manson, Ramirez]
additional guitars: M. Manson

4 tourniquet
[lyrics: Manson/music: Berkowitz, Ramirez]
additional guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

5 little horn
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Trent Reznor]

6 cryptorchid
[lyrics: Manson/music: Gacy]
drums: Gacy/mellotron: Reznor

7 deformography
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Reznor]
additional guitar: Reznor

8 wormboy
[lyrics: Manson/music: Berkowitz, Ramirez]

9 mister superstar
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]
lead guitar: Reznor /
additional rhythm guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

10 angel with the scabbed wings
[lyrics: Manson/music: Manson, Ramirez, Gacy]
lead guitar: Danny Lohner

11 kinderfeld
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Gacy]
additional guitar: M. Manson/ live drums: Chris Vrenna

12 antichrist superstar
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Gacy]
Additional guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

13 1996
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]

14 minute of decay
[lyrics and music: Manson]
guitar: M. Manson

15 the reflecting god
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Reznor]
Acoustic Guitar: Danny Lohner

16 man that you fear
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Manson, Gacy, Berkowtiz]
rhodes piano: Reznor

Antichrist Superstar was conceived and created by Marilyn Manson
Produced by Trent Reznor & Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
Co-produced by M. Manson except tracks 3 & 11 produced by M. Manson & Sean Beavan
Engineered by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie & Sean Beavan assisted by Brian Pollack & Chris Vrenna
Mixed by Sean Beavan
Editing & Programming: Chris Vrenna, Trent Reznor, Sean Beavan, Charlie Clouser & Dave "Rave" Ogilvie Nothing Studios, New Orleans
Mastering: Tom Baker at Future Disc Systems

Band:
Marilyn Manson: all voices, guitar, pan flute
Twiggy Ramirez: lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, bass
M.W. Gacy: all keyboards, loops and other original pieces of 16-bit audio information
Ginger Fish: live drums, programming
and introducing
Zim Zum: live guitarist for Antichrist Superstar

Management: Tony Ciulla
Booking: Alex Kochan for
Artists and Audience
Legal: David Codikow
Business Management:
Jay Sendyk
Nothing: John A. Malm, Jr.

Design & Digital
Illustration: P.R. Brown @ Bau-Da Design Group
Photography: Dean Karr

Thanks: Tony Ciulla, Barb and Hugh, Missi, Trent, Sean Beavan, John Malm, Jr., Jeff Anderson, All at Interscope, Sioux z., Jay, Gerri & Rich, E. Elias Merhige, Dana Maher and Family, Gerry Gerrard, Danny & Podboy, Robin Finck, Sam Kirby, Frank Proia, David Lynch and Jennifer, J. Mahoney, Veronika, Natalie Natero, Maxie & Garrett, Mike Nastasi, Chris Meyer, all the Bier, Wilson & Yip families, J. Rach, Gary Talpas, Silvia Garcia, Howard Schomer, Steven Hirsch, R. Rosen, M. Toorock, Dean Karr and the U Ground, Anton Lavey, Andy and all at Barrister's Gallery, Tommy Prong.

Manipulation by S.M.G.

External Links

Marilyn Manson website

Antichrist Superstar

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Album Credits

External Links