:45:01
Manson finally returned
to Denver.
:45:04
- The Oz Fest
at Mile High Stadium
:45:06
brings shock-rocker Marilyn
Manson to Denver tomorrow.
:45:08
- There were protests
from the religious right.
:45:11
But I thought I'd go
and talk with him myself.
:45:14
- When I was a kid growing up,
music was the escape.
:45:16
That's the only thing
:45:18
that had no judgements.
You can put on a record
:45:22
and it's not gonna yell at you
for dressing the way you do.
:45:26
It's gonna make you
feel better about it.
:45:28
- Some will be so brash
to ask if we believe
:45:31
that all who hear Manson
tomorrow night
:45:34
will go out
and commit violent acts.
:45:36
The answer is "no."
But does everybody
:45:39
who watches a Lexus ad
go and buy a Lexus?
:45:42
No. But a few do.
:45:44
- I definitely can see
why they would pick me,
:45:48
because I think it's easy
to throw my face on a TV,
:45:51
because I'm, in the end,
sort of a poster boy for fear.
:45:56
Because I represent
what everyone's afraid of,
:46:00
because I do and say
what I want.
:46:02
- If Marilyn Manson can walk
into our town and promote hate,
:46:05
violence, suicide,
death, drug use
:46:08
and Columbine-like behaviour,
:46:10
I can say, "Not without
a fight, you can't."
:46:14
- The two by-products of
that whole tragedy were, uh...
:46:19
violence in entertainment
and gun control.
:46:22
And how perfect that
that was the two things
:46:25
that we were gonna talk about
with the upcoming election.
:46:27
And also, then we forgot
about Monica Lewinsky
:46:30
and we forgot about...
:46:32
The president was shooting
bombs overseas,
:46:34
yet I'm a bad guy because I sing
some rock'n'roll songs.
:46:40
And who's a bigger influence,
the president or Marilyn Manson?
:46:43
I'd like to think me, but I'm
gonna go with the president.
:46:46
- Do you know the day
that Columbine happened,
:46:48
the United States dropped
more bombs on Kosovo
:46:51
than any other time
during that war?
:46:53
- I do know that and I think
that's really ironic,
:46:55
that nobody said, "Well, maybe
the president had an influence
:46:59
on this violent behaviour.