Feature Writing – Concert Review

reappraisal on Marilyn Mansons Concert Rock Am gang Marilyn Manson is a band looked up upon by millions of teens in desperation and discontent across the world, a band that empathizes it seems, to their avid fans. Pulling off unreasonable pyrotechnic performances with a gothic overall step to the foredo in his design Rock am Ring, the band consists of Brian Hugh Warner, the lead vocalist, largely known a Marilyn Manson on stage performances, with ever changing range guitarists, drummers, bassists and keyboardists.Manson grew up with never quiting ordeals in his life. As a kid, he witnessed the sadomasochism sexual fetishes of his grandfather, forming traumatizing images of disturbance and repel as he grew up. In his elementary Christian school years, he was taunted and constantly brought to the epitome of discompose and embarrassment by people he called friends this episode formed his mindset of the antichrist. Having dwelled in the darkest corners amidst growing up, the mem ories of stonemasons past left him deranged and helpless with fear something he never grew out of.Set align by side Ameri chamberpot icons alike that of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson- ironically alike characters of life, it is a band that reveals the terrible and in the buff circumstances of life, and very much so, the pains of growing up and having grown up. Donned in heavy, gothic excite up and apparel, Mansons music genre consists mainly of heavy metal, shock rock, and industrial metal, containing subliminal messages of intoxication, hate, felo-de-se and sexually explicit content like that of sadomasochism and all that alike.Marilyn Mansons performance took place on initiatory June 2012, in Nurburgring Ger numerous. Along with thousands of other avid fans on scene anxiously waiting at the appropriate of the concert, I felt no less nervous on the impending performance that drew close-hauled with severally passing snatch. Marilyn Mansons appearance, I knew then, would b e no less majestic like I have imagined prior to the concert. True enough, it only took mere seconds before the outburst of cheers and roars doneout the crowd with Mansons appearance n stage. Throwing forward the signature rock and roll hand sign- the mass of audience followed suit, in heated worship and fervor. The live performance was like no other and the stage display was energy less than immaculate. On the main vocals was Marilyn Manson himself, having Twiggy Ramirez on the guitar, Fred Sablan on the bass and Jason Sutter on the drums. The first birdsong Hey Cruel World kicked off and I felt the immediate rush of excitement surge through my body.Alike the usual heavy rock concerts, the crowd started head banging to the music as the guitarist introduced the song, moshing in hype of their enjoyment, forming the ring of death , a trademark where people run towards each other in an apparent attack through the slamming of bodies, eventually running in a circle. Crowd surfing was t he mine run in every concert, and Mansons concert was no exception.The exhilaration of the atmosphere seeped right through me, and I couldnt help but to throw my hands up, madly jumping to the beats. Delving in on the second song Great Big White World with his raspy voice, the song spoke of individualism opposing conformity in this chaotic age. As the crowd echoed after the lyrics of the song But Im not attached to your world and nothing heals and nothing grows, I immediately felt the true liaison from the crowd to his music.The props on stage used by the band helped the focus of the theme of the concert and Mansons artistic visions displayed in the concert pushed the hype to its climax, stretching the limits of onstage music performances having a fewer songs sung even better than his studio recording. This was a definite media-grabbing show as Manson brought out the better in his music, proving his fans right of their loyalty. Personally, growing up was a process like that of t orment, the various events and experiences I had piecemeal landed me in a severe depression something that I never managed to pull myself out of.His lyrics in songs like Coma White and Tourniquet are two songs that outwardly describe the experienceings I never found words to say. From All the drugs in this world, wont save her from herself to Take your hatred out on me, make your victim my head, you never ever believe in me, I am your compression bandage, the former being lyrics in Coma White and the latter from Tourniquet. Being one of the many fans of Marilyn Manson, I find correlation in his music to my life.These lyrics depict much of my aloneness and frustration, how my parents never took conceit in me- something every child needs from their parents. Growing up for me was like an every twenty-four hour period battle, each day only getting tougher and harsher. Though the explicit content portrayed in Mansons music can be considered a blasphemy for many religious masses, I b elieve the lyrics in the music of Mansons concert are a correlation to the many lives of the 21st century, a melodramatic century where the oxymoron of field pansy and chaos coexist.Each singer and songwriter is only so in due to their emotions and feelings, their past experiences and their learning lessons in life. I believe that music in any form, are lifes most emotional expressions, one where dreams and lifes stories are penned and sung, where pain and happiness is held on to and let go of. by dint of this concert, I finally understood the true influence of music and its lyrics, how the lyrics of a song can be the correlation to lifes worst tragedies and most blessed moments.Thus, in weightage of the pros and cons of music and its influence, I end with the consensus, that any genre of music can bring out the deepest unsaid words and emotions of a person, all helping, defining, or ruining a person, all depending on how the written lyrics speak to each individual and how each individual chooses to bring it forward. This review article is intended for the Metal Hammer magazine, as I feel that it would probably be a good addition into the columns of concert reviews and interviews. (Word Count 1029)