EXCLUSIVE Marilyn Manson Interview

And I bet you thought we do nothing but sit around and play videogames all day. No - our lives are a constant barrage of celebrity-strewn cocaine-addled parties, baths that are full with milk instead of water, and necklaces with little hens' teeth on them.

I wasn't sure whether to put hens' or hen's there, but I decided you'd need the teeth from several hens to make a decent necklace, so I went with hens'.

So anyway. We caught up with Marilyn Manson the other day to ask him about recent claims that he's a bit of a DS fanatic. The claims appeared to be true right off the bat, as he stood there in the middle of HMV, happily solving a case on Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney.

"It's fucking wicked, mate", he told us. "It's a proper leap forward in gaming. The PSP can lick my anus - because I'm into that sort of thing."

Wise words indeed. And what games have you been particularly enjoying, Mr. Manson?

"Oh, fucking... fucking all of them. Yeah. That driving one... what's it called? Burnup? Burnout. Yeah, Burnout. That's fucking Reznor, that is. Trauma Center is amazing, too - oh, oh, hang on. Watch this.... OBJECTION!!! Haha. I fucking love this lawyer game. But yeah, Trauma Center. Playing that means I can relieve myself of the urge to cut up human flesh without having to do it to my 14 year-old groupies or my own arms for fuckin' once. Still, check this out..."

He rolls up one of his sleeves, and explains that he's been practicing his Castlevania DS runes on his arms.

"That fourth boss one... I think it was the giant ice fish? That was a right pain in the arse, that", he says. "I fucking beat him, though. Fucking Reznor, mate".

Clearly he's not a gamer to be messed with, then. Still, we imagine simple patterns are easier to remember once you've carved them into your wrists a couple of times.

Anyway, we had other celebs to go and meet, so we swiftly exchanged Nintendogs trainer info with him, and parted ways.

Marilyn Manson. A true rockstar.
1969 - 2006