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雪星楼
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After being blamed for tragedies such as Columbine, do you see anyartists these days that are receiving similar treatment for whensomething awful happens?Well, for the first time in my life, last night, I met Damien Echols[of the West Memphis Three]. I did a painting to help pay for his legalfunds. Johnny Depp, him and I became what we called, and it sounds abit… in retrospect… if you lived in West Hollywood, sounds a bitnot-masculine, but the ‘West Hollywood Three.’ Johnny has always triedto help him [Damien] out and he’s staying with Johnny and we have astrong bond, the three of us. We all got matching tattoos. I’d nevermet him [Damien] in person until last night and for me it was humbling.Any strife or adversity I’ve gone through can’t compare with what he’sgone through. And I’ve been waiting, essentially 18 years to meet thisguy and I met him last night [April 8].Johnny has also gone through his various things in life and I was on’21 Jump Street’ when I was 19 — that’s funny, no one really knows thatI was an extra. So I’ve known Johnny forever and we’d never done musictogether, and we did the “You’re So Vain” cover. Don’t tell this s–t,but me and Johnny have been rehearsing because he’s going to play withme live [at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards]. I just don’t wantanyone to know that because it’ll ruin the surprise and I will hunt youdown and cut your d–k off. [Laughs][Author's note: At Manson's request, we kept his secret untilDepp joined him onstage live at the Golden Gods -- and thankfully, Ican report that my manhood remains firmly in tact. Check out ourcoverage of Manson and Depp in action here.]The past two days of my life have been pretty exciting — Johnny Depprehearsing with my band because we want to do stuff together live. I’veknown him forever and he started his band, ‘The Kids,’ in Ft.Lauderdale. I had a band, ‘Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids,’ in Ft.Lauderdale. It’s just strange that I’ve known him all these years andwe’ve never done music together. It’s exciting that we did the ‘You’reSo Vain’ cover. We both did it together and it’s amusing that itapplies to us in the sense that everybody that surrounded us in thepast.He and I and Damien, all in different ways, are known figures, andall in different ways are going through a total change in life; all indifferent ways looking at life through the eyes of someone that isun-jaded; all in different ways of everyone thinking that they ownsomething about us or that they know something about us, but theydon’t; and us being considered vanquished by feeling liberated by thefact that we’re able to come to those terms.
So that’s been my backbone for most of everything; that I’ve been ableto have guy friends that aren’t just my band members, but guy friendsthat have been through so much s–t. Different s–t. We’ve all beenthrough different shit, and it’s strange because we all think each ofus have been through worse s–t. That’s what’s unusual about it. I feellike we all say, “I haven’t been through what you’ve been through.” Weall say that to each other and it’s a very interesting, humblingexperience and it’s something that you really take to the grave that’sstrong.
When I heard that the West Memphis Three were finally getting out of prison, I almost started crying …I did. I did, man. I mean, that movie [Paradise Lost] makes me cry —it does. When I met him for the first time last night, it was like abrother. I felt like I’d known him forever. I’ve talked to him on thephone for the past year on-and-off, but had never met him in person. Itjust felt like I had known him my whole life. He’s strong. He’s beenthrough so much. It’s funny because we were having a very simpleconversation that he was still amazed that he could send an email offan iPhone. Johnny and I were saying, “Well, hey, we’re in the sameboat. We just figured that out too.” [Laughs] The childlike excitementof looking at the world is very much alive in me and in my friends.That’s the only way I was able to make a record that seemed 100 percentauthentic to my personality.
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So that’s been my backbone for most of everything; that I’ve been ableto have guy friends that aren’t just my band members, but guy friendsthat have been through so much s–t. Different s–t. We’ve all beenthrough different shit, and it’s strange because we all think each ofus have been through worse s–t. That’s what’s unusual about it. I feellike we all say, “I haven’t been through what you’ve been through.” Weall say that to each other and it’s a very interesting, humblingexperience and it’s something that you really take to the grave that’sstrong.
When I heard that the West Memphis Three were finally getting out of prison, I almost started crying …I did. I did, man. I mean, that movie [Paradise Lost] makes me cry —it does. When I met him for the first time last night, it was like abrother. I felt like I’d known him forever. I’ve talked to him on thephone for the past year on-and-off, but had never met him in person. Itjust felt like I had known him my whole life. He’s strong. He’s beenthrough so much. It’s funny because we were having a very simpleconversation that he was still amazed that he could send an email offan iPhone. Johnny and I were saying, “Well, hey, we’re in the sameboat. We just figured that out too.” [Laughs] The childlike excitementof looking at the world is very much alive in me and in my friends.That’s the only way I was able to make a record that seemed 100 percentauthentic to my personality.