System of a Down Member Praises ‘Genius’ Charles Manson & GNR, Marilyn Manson Reacts

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System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian praised murderer and cult leader psychopath Charles Manson following his death on Sunday.

“Very sad to hear the news about Charles Manson’s death. During the time I was writing the Toxicity album, Manson’s interviews and music were a big influence on me as an artist. I titled the song #ATWA after Manson’s environmental organization. My interest was in the way he articulated his thoughts and his views on society, not in the murders. The painting in this photo is one I asked my dad to paint with the Charles Manson theme, which I later used as the art for the #ScarsOnBroadway song ‘Fucking’ that was released through limited vinyl. #charlesmanson #mansonfamily”

He later posted on Instagram, “If all you know about Manson is what you’ve been sold by the media, I don’t blame you for your negative comments. But the other side of Manson was that he was a songwriter whose song ‘Look At Your Game’ was covered by Guns N’ Roses [on 1993’s ‘The Spaghetti Incident’].”

Marilyn Manson’s former keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy (aka Pogo) has posted the following reaction on Facebook to the death of Charles Manson at 83 years old.

See you in hell Charlie.

When I get there, let’s do some acid together and f*** with Hitler.

Yes, he was a master manipulator trained in prison.

It is so f****** funny how the 1967 Summer of Love morphed rapidly into 1969 and 1970, Altamont and Manson Murders… Oh you drug-crazed hippies…

Kind of like how the hope and change of Obama’s election in 2008 led us to this klusterfuk of distrust and depression in 2016.

Charles Manson was an American criminal and cult leader who formed what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune in California in the late 1960s. Manson’s followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, all of which were carried out at his instruction by members of the group. Manson was also convicted of first-degree murder for two other deaths.

Manson was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life without parole after California invalidated the state’s death penalty statute in 1972. He served out his life sentence at California State Prison in Corcoran and died of natural causes at age 83 on Sunday.

Marilyn Manson himself also tweeted about Charles’ death.