Shock Rock Quotes

There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.

For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater.

I'm just as much into Emperor as I am Alice Cooper.

People have misconceptions about Marilyn Manson, of course, but they can think what they want.

You gotta give props to Ozzy as the creator of all evil faces. What would we do in photo sessions if it were not for Ozzy?

Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10.

I’ve always loved Alice Cooper.

The music alone wasn't enough. It was great, but when an artist had an amazing look - like the MC5, or the Stooges, or Alice Cooper - you really got sucked in. The wardrobe was so important. At a show, you were engrossed in the music, but you were also engrossed in everything from the haircuts to what they were wearing.

I didn't really know about Marilyn Manson - it's not my sort of music, not exactly the sort of thing I would curl up and listen to!

Alice Cooper's weirdnesses must really make the kids feel violent. These kids are like my sister, young people of 14 or so who've come to enjoy themselves. So you put things like that in front of them, and I don't think it's right.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

Marilyn Manson is simply too dangerous for Darien Lake.

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.

I saw G.G. Allin live once.

I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters.

Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.

I often mention Alice Cooper. I don't wanna sound like Alice Cooper or be confused with him at all, and I certainly don't think we are.

I don't think I really know just how cool Satan really was when I was in Junior High School. Now, thanks to Marilyn Manson, it's no longer a secret.

Rammstein's music demands German lyrics.

People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking.

The idea of Marilyn Manson has been brewing in my head, one form or another, since I was about 12 years old at a Christian high school in Canton, Ohio.