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The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

By: Marilyn Manson,Neil Strauss
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
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Summary

When this best-selling autobiography was originally released, everyone was shocked: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell was the darkest, funniest, most controversial and best-selling rock book of its time - and it became the template, both visually and narratively, for almost every rock book since. Marilyn Manson is not just a music icon, it turned out, but one of the best storytellers of his generation. Written with best-selling author Neil Strauss and modeled on Dante's Inferno, this edition of The Long Hard Road out of Hell features a bonus chapter not in the original book. In the shocking and candid memoir, Manson takes listeners from backstage to emergency rooms to jail cells, from the pit of despair to the top of the charts, and recounts his metamorphosis from a frightened Christian schoolboy into the most feared and revered music superstar in the country. Along the way you'll hear what happens to fans - and celebrities - who dare to venture backstage with the one of the world's most dangerous rock stars. In the words of Elle magazine, the book "makes Madonna's infamous Sex seem downright wholesome in comparison".

©1998 Marilyn Manson and Neil Strauss (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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Suitable For White Trash (And You)!

Had lost my hard copy of the book so I'm glad that I was able to get a free audio book!

Other than the insightfully dark experiences, told within the story, James Patrick Cronin almost sounds like Marilyn Manson, which made it that bit better.

Also, the reading was delivered in an enticing and believable manner.

Overall, I'm happy that I put aside my unreasonable, unjustified, assumed dislike for audio books and moved with the times!

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Interesting and intelligent, but uncomfortable

At times this is not easy listening because Warner/Manson doesn't seem to be a nice person - but I guess any book entitled 'The Long Hard Road out of Hell' is not going to be about a good samaritan! This autobiography is also now 20 years out of date (it was published in 1998). I wondered if it was deliberately written in such a way as to prevent anyone from knowing or understanding who Brian Warner really is; and, if it is wholly accurate from Warner/Manson's point of view whether, during the last 20 years, he has had any revelations in terms of emphathy and self-awareness, as both seem disturbingly lacking in him in this book.

Interesting that Neil Strauss was involved in the writing of both this book and Mötley Crüe's "The Dirt" as they are written in the same style and, as with "The Dirt", there are tour stories in here that are uncomfortable to hear: abuse of seemingly willing but intensely vulnerable people - women in particular - does not sit well with me. The members of Mötley seemed more self-aware than Warner/Manson of the effect that their destructiveness had on other people, and they certainly seemed to pay for their sins and find redemption in the end. Manson, apparently, has not.

Those criticisms aside, this is an interesting and intelligent read, and it is well-narrated. When Warner/Manson simply allows his reflections about life, religion, and the world to come through without applying the 'shock and disgust' filter he is insightful and thought-provoking, revealing a clever mind that is never idle and highly creative. Definitely worth a credit.

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just, why?

As someone who grew up loving his entertainment, it's so disappointing to find out that he was a messed up guy for literally no reason than just wanting to be edgy and gothic. He really is the personification of a wolf and skull hoody.

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It isn't well written down

Interesting but poorly written. A lot of metaphors ends randomly. Unsure whether to recommend this book

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Kinda sounds like butthead is the narrator though.

Kinda sounds like butthead is the narrator though. good book i thought all in all

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Manson has things to say. And they really are worth listening to. And at times blisteringly funny.

I listened to this as a companion to my teenage kid listening to it. It genuinely is laugh out loud sometimes with anecdote after anecdote that reveals the story of a bunch of kids that follows their turbulent successes and car crashes anecdote after hilarious and at times painful anecdote in both their music but their personal lives. From trying to kill a stalker to meeting the head of the Satanist Church before he died, The establishment and church that Manson rails against is deservedly lambasted for its stupidity and illiteracy in seeing what he is doing. He is on stage quite literally screaming for everybody to wake up from our zombie lives and understand the failings of our consumer driven society and recognize the dogma in our hypocrisy. Smart, at times even shocking - even to him I think - this book is a great listen offering up an at times hilarious, vulnerable but ultimately very serious portrait of Manson and why he does what he absolutely should keep on doing.

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loved it

some mad stories and an interesting insight into the life and mind of Brian Warner aka Marilyn manson

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Fascinating stuff. It really made me think and look at the man behind the image. He has more heart than some of these people parading around as the people's mouthpiece.

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Totally messed up

What a messed up dark intriguing piece of work by Marilyn Manson always true to form. Fantastic

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What the band got up to backstage this fucking crazy

I’ve wanted to read this book for a long time, not being able to read very well. I’ve really enjoyed listening to it on Audible. I’ve watched Manson a few times and enjoyed all the gossip and bullshit that went behind him in the band. This is just a little bit more of an in-depth View into the bands, crazy antics and Manson early life.

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