Stanley Takes Shock Rocker To Task
Some are relieved that Charles Manson is dead. Many others, like KISS alumni Paul Stanley, are understandably furious that he got to live to old age, dying of natural causes when the people murdered at his direction – including actress Sharon Tate’s unborn child – were denied that right.
In some cases, feelings are a little hard to pin down as in the case of shock rocker Marilyn Manson; born Brian Hugh Warner, Manson’s stage name is a nod to late Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson, leaving people more than a little curious as to what, if any, his reaction to the former cult leader’s death would be.
He didn’t disappoint.
Marilyn Manson – Sick City https://t.co/qyybUftAHu via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/qsFdUnLcX3
— Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) November 20, 2017
Manson’s tweet, posted shortly after news that Charles Manson had died, was simple; a photo of Manson bearing the word “LIE” and a link to a cover of his song “Sick City”. Stanley responded the next day, slamming Manson as ‘pathetic’ and attention seeking:
Pathetic when somebody who’s career never really took off is desperate enough to try for publicity by connecting himself to the news of a murdering scumbag’s death. @RollingStone @UltClassicRock https://t.co/SShmw5Wmse
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) November 20, 2017
“Pathetic when somebody who’s [sic] career never really took off is desperate enough to try for publicity by connecting himself to the news of a murdering scumbag’s death,” he wrote.
Some agreed with Stanley’s Twitter rant:
https://twitter.com/BrooksPlace1225/status/932720736355143680
Preach.
— Tim in Houston (@tx1iron) November 21, 2017
You’re right again Paul!
— Rick Friel (@rickfriel) November 21, 2017
Others, however, were quick to disagree, calling attention to the accomplishments that contradict Paul’s claim that Marilyn Manson’s career “never really took off” – others were even quicker to take shots at Stanley’s own career.
@kroq since paul blocked me on my original twitter, I‘ll post it again. Manson is a legend. pic.twitter.com/i2PDdYfsZP
— Vanessa 500 (@vanessael500) November 21, 2017
“Career never took off?” Says the guy who hung around the dance too long.
— Steve Boucher (@TheSteveBoucher) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/maccamcmanus/status/933046381190754304
Love both but think the cheap shot was unnecessary. Paul sounds like a cranky old man these days.
— Steve Boucher (@TheSteveBoucher) November 21, 2017
Manson has yet to reply to Stanley, though if he does, you can count on it to be entertaining.