Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is another logical inclusion here, and though it’s clear that the band was heavily influenced by KISS and Alice Cooper, it was Manson’s image and the message in the music that, along with other bands of the decade like Slipknot, helped keep the theatrics in music alive. Dogged by controversy in nearly every year of fame, Marilyn Manson highlights not only the scary nature of horror – but the very creepiness of reality itself. Everything has a dark side, and Manson was more than satisfied at highlighting that fact to the world.