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Rock group Marilyn Manson reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart with their third studio album Mechanical Animals.
Related events
- Marilyn Manson changed his appearance from heavily blackened eyes to lighter makeup and 1970s-style clothing, including platform shoes. The sound of his album “Mechanical Animals” represented a radical change from the 1996 album “Antichrist Superstar”.
- Marilyn Manson was sued by former band member Stephen Bier, known as Madonna Wayne Gacy, who claimed that Manson owed him $20 million in profit shares. Bier also claimed that he had not been properly paid for nearly two decades with the band.