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Marilyn Manson @ State Palace Theater w/ Godhead & Union Underground
November 4: 2000

My show review

Let just say that I had a memorable experience at the Marilyn Manson concert on Friday. Rather than bore you with after-concert details, I will just talk about the show itself. I am now almost certain that I could get into any concert at the State Palace Theater free of charge. Although I only paid $15 to get into the venue, it was a bad seat, way up in the balcony. After scoping out the entrance to the main floor for about 30 seconds, I snuck past the security. The same trick worked to gain access to the "pit" later. I watched from the side of the theater for about half the show. Quite a rockstar, this Manson fellow. Every song brought new stage props and a new atmosphere. My personal favorite was during "Tourniquet": He went backstage for a moment and emerged in these huge stilts (with arm braces) and hobbled creepily around the stage for the entire song. The sound was very good, and so loud that you could feel the bass rattle your windpipe when you inhaled (loud). Anyway, this was a very well attended show (the crew from Nine Inch Nails was also in attendance as Marilyn pointed out before a song). I finally saw a backdoor to the front of the stage after a few songs and got right in the middle of the crowd. I was blown away with the spectacle and took the rest of the show as an opportunity to demonstrate to the tough-guy slam dancers a thing or two about hardcore dancing. They played a great mix of the last two albums and about a third of the concert was new songs. Personal Favorites: Irresponsible Hate Anthem, Death Song, Fight Song, The Reflecting God, 1996.
[Guns, God, and Government Tour] Highly recommended.

Setlist:
Irresponsible Hate Anthem
Death Song
Disposable Teens
Great Big White World
Tourniquet
Fight Song
My Monkey (partial)
Lunchbox
Rock Is Dead
Dope Show
Cruci-Fiction In Space
Burning Flag
Sweet Dreams/Hell Outro
Valentines Day
Love Song
The Beautiful People
The Reflecting God
Encore:
Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes
Diary of a Dopefiend
1996

~pictures from marilynmanson.com

they hibernate,
but have they
kissed the ground?
pucker up and
kiss the asphalt now.

~at the drive-in
photo: jpurvis