Speaking of end times, is the current economic crisis good for metal? Or does it drive people to happier, more reassuring music?

Depends on the person. Metal might be a good thing, or it might be a trigger. If things keep going the way they’ve gone —if people keep getting upset about not being able to go to the store and buy food —people will get agitated about stuff. manson If you’re looking for an inflammatory statement, I’ll make it simple: My single is called “Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon,” and in the song I say, “Fuck the TV and the radio/I’m taking credit for the death toll.” When it comes to anybody in music who’s ever gotten blamed for people getting killed — besides the Beatles, who got blamed first with “Helter Skelter” —I think in this room we’ve got the Billboard greatest hits. If they wanna blame me for the death toll, I’ll take the Grammy for that. But that’s not the point of it.

October 15, 2009. Tags: Beatles, good, kill, killed, look, Metal, room, single. Uncategorized.