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Marilyn Manson's ex-bandmate thinks he should kill himself

by Richard Howard

Word on the street for a long time is that Marilyn Manson may not be the best boss. Much like his recent tour buddy Billy Corgan, the shock-rocker is known for ruling his band with an iron fist and often using intimidation to clarify exactly who’s in control.

Just ask former bassist Twiggy Ramirez, who had enough and quit in 2002, or former guitarist John 5, who nearly got into fisticuffs with the frontman onstage (of course, many incidents could also be attributed to Manson being really, really high). 

But none of his former band members, it seems, hates Manson (real name Brian Warner) with the unadulterated passion as former keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy (real name Stephen Bier). A few days ago, while observing the recent spate of musician deaths, Bier went on to share who he thought was far more deserving of an untimely demise through a posts and series of comments on Facebook.

Bier didn’t end there, and added a few more choice words about Manson, including:

And charmingly:

Bier (also known as Pogo) has had zero love for his former employer after leaving the band in 2006. The following year, he filed a somewhat insane lawsuit against Manson which alleged he misappropriated the band’s funds to fuel his lavish lifestyle and drug habit. Further, Bier claimed he used it to purchase items including Nazi paraphernalia, African masks made of human skin, and the full skeleton of a four-year-old Chinese girl.

Denying the claims, Manson also said he had no idea where all the hate was coming from. 

“I don’t feel like this compares to any prior ex-bandmember situations, because those were all very clear conflicts, where somebody didn’t get along with someone else,” Manson told MTV in 2007. “And this is just a situation where I stopped hearing from him, and I started making a record and kept trying to get him involved, and the only thing that came after that was hostility.”