Formed the band Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids with guitarist Daisy Berkowitz; later added Gidget Gein (bass) and Madonna Wayne-Gacy (keyboards)

The band reduced its name to Marilyn Manson; named "Best Heavy Metal Band" by the New Times magazine

Signed with Nothing Records, the record label of Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor

Released their debut album, Portrait of an American Family; opened for Nine Inch Nails; bassist Gein was replaced with Twiggy Ramirez

Released second album, Smells Like Children; Berkowitz quit the band due to conflicting musical interests and was replaced by guitarist Zim Zum

Film debut was in David Lynch's "Lost Highway" as a pornographic actor

Released the controversial album, Mechanical Animals

Played a minor role in “Jawbreaker” opposite former love interest Rose McGowan

Published his autobiography written with Neil Strauss, The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell

Contributed to “The Matrix” soundtrack

Earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song “Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes”

Recorded a remake of “Tainted Love” for the film “Not Another Teen Movie”

Had cameo in Michael Moore's political documentary “Bowling for Columbine”

Cast as a psychotic drag queen named Christina in “Party Monster”

Featured in the film “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things”

Provided the voice of the alien Edgar in the video game “Area 51”

Opened the gallery, The Celebritarian Corp. Gallery of Fine Art in Los Angeles; gallery opened with a showing of Manson's watercolors

Will play Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll in a movie that also marks his writing and directing debut