Antichrist Superstar

No it's not a coincidence, nor is it a causal relationship, it's correlational. My hypothesis is that people who feel like the rejects of society or have a sense of pride for overcoming the social conventions are naturally DUE TO THIS drawn to the music of Marilyn Manson. The music is something that speaks and relates to this type of person. The same reason most right-wing Christians don't listen to Manson, they don't relate to it, they don't feel rejected or like a minority, they are the "chosen ones," the good guys. I'm willing to state that music alone will NEVER be responsible for suicide. A song may make you realize how sad you really are DUE TO YOUR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, or how pathetic and meaningless your life really is, but that's just reality. Life has no intrinsic value. Besides, these realizations can be overcome, as can everything else. The true message behind much of Manson's music when looked at in totality is exactly about this overcoming of having the world on your shoulders. His music is about POWER in a very Nietzschean sense, it's about growth and affirming life. It's about creating your own morality, finding your own place in the world, it's about the strength/struggle it takes to achieve this, it's about the satisfaction of having achieved this. In case you missed it, it's about hope. Many "fans" or "critics" don't realize this, or choose to ignore it, which could lead to suicidal ideation. Anytime Manson talks either implicitly or explicitly about suicide it's referring to either a personal time when he himself was suicidal, or a metaphor for killing the old part of yourself. The "Christian-follower-weak-victim" part of you in order to become something powerful/creative, in order to become something whole and complete.