Part provocateur; part philosopher – few in the modern rock world created as much controversy and ambivalence about their true nature as shock rocker Marilyn Manson. Whether the threat was real or imagined, Marilyn Manson – the personality who led the band of the same name and frightened parents everywhere – hoped to shake things up as they tore onto the scene with the MTV single, “The Beautiful People” and a ghoul-ified cover of The Eurthymics’ seductive “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” Once his shock-rock engine had run out of steam, the singer decided to try his hand at acting and