Title: Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals
Year/Genre: 1998, Industrial Rock
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Introduced Manson’s glam alter ego “Omega” and a fictional backing band, consciously echoing the theatrical lineage of Bowie’s Ziggy era.

2. Recorded in Los Angeles while the group was under intense media scrutiny after Antichrist Superstar, channeling fame anxiety and tabloid backlash.

3. Its androgynous cover image of Manson as a plastic, gender-blurred figure was censored or stickered in several U.S. retail chains, fueling late-’90s culture-war debates.

Condition: Mint

1/20/24, CK