Refrigerator

Refrigerator is the ninth demo by Marilyn Manson, released on January 17, 1993 at the band's performance at the Fort Lauderdale club Rosebud's; this sale was promoted beforehand on advertisements for the show. It is the last demo the band issued before recording their first major label release, Portrait of an American Family, on Trent Reznor's vanity label, Nothing Records. Of the 100 copies that were pressed, each was hand signed a corresponding number, and each copy contained one original piece of "refrigerator art". Album credits THIS IS CASSETTE #____ OF 100 EACH LINER CONTAINS REFRIGERATOR ART RENDERED BY MEMBERS OF MARILYN MANSON (SEE SIGNATURE) extra special thanks go to EVERYONE, who has helped and supported Marilyn Manson for the past 3 years. We love you more than you know. printing courtesy of COPYright staff (Paul Jenkins, Deidre, Ian, Todd), tape mastering courtesy of T.A.G.R. and pig studios. tape duplication by Audiocraft. band photo by Loree Weirdo. liner art by M. Manson cover design: D. Berkowitz hair by Christopher tattoos by Donovan live crew consists of : Kurt Moody, Anton, Wade (killer), Ed, Fish. live sound by Jeremy merchandise courtesy of Satan's Bakesale (staff: Arleen, Roby, Missy, Jessicka) Spread me open, stuck to my ribs are all your infants in abortion cribs. Disease, disease is draining me, anymore it's not so "pretty please." Satan is a glass of milk and a bedtime story that mommy and daddy jesus scare babies into submission with. Fascism spreads its cancerous tendrils into the soft guts of bible-belt wearing white trash, organizing their lives around old testament cartoon characters. We f**k each other with hatred and kill the things we love. We scapegoat what we don't understand. 13 year-olds, dirty and swollen, are sold into a porno-nation, sedated and devoured by their fathers. With its rabbit ears smugly erect, the t.v. talks in hard-ons and acne medicine while a boy dreams of stardom and lives in fear of failure. Denial leads to addiction that leads to denial. Sadistic and constantly inflicting a slow demise. Who ever said tricks were for kids? Do you wanna see me pull a rabbit (monkey) out of my hat (back)? I have never pretended to be anything but an asshole. I am what you make me. I'm everything you hate and all you think of being. I am nothing but your fear. And a fear of something will only call it near, in the end only fear is here. Our substance-abusing, sexually deviant, devil-worshipping children are not the "problem." They (we) are merely a symptom of Christian America, the biggest Satan of all. Save yourself (me), M. Manson SIDE ONE (live tracks recorded on WYNF's "Radio Clash," taken from the LIVE AS HELL) SIDE TWO (4-track recordings, past and present recorded and mixed by D. Berkowitz) all songs copyright Berkowitz/Manson all lyrics written by M. Manson music by Berkowitz, except 4 and 5 by Berkowitz and Gein/ 6 and 8 by Manson and Berkowitz/ 2 by Berkowitz, Manson and Gein/ 5 by Berkowitz, Gein and Gacy. MARILYN MANSON is gidget gein: bass guitar daisy berkowitz: guitar, drum programming sara lee lucas: drums, drum programming madonna wayne gacy: sampler, keyboard m. manson: vocals Trivia ■ The cassette was titled after the incident where following the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on August 10, 1969, Patricia Krenwinkel, a member of the infamous Manson Family, wrote the phrase "HEALTER SKELTER" (a misspelling of the title of the popular Beatles song) on the LaBianca's refrigerator using a blood-soaked piece of paper. ■ The version of "Dope Hat" that appears on Refrigerator is the exact same recording that is featured on The Family Jams Albeit, With a sound byte of Charles Manson as an Intro. ■ Tracks 1-4 can aslo be found on the Live as Hell Cassette. ■ In the credits section, the words, "Spread me open, stuck to my ribs, are all your infants in abortion cribs," would later be reworked into the song "Man That You Fear." ■ Contrary to popular belief. The Version of Thrift Found on Refrigerator and Live as Hell is not the same version from the unreleased Thrift (cassette) Demo Personnel ■ Gidget Gein – bass, music ■ Daisy Berkowitz – guitars, drum programming, cover design, music ■ Sara Lee Lucas – drums, drum programming ■ Madonna Wayne Gacy – samples, keyboards, music ■ Marilyn Manson – vocals, liner art, lyrics, music ■ Charlie Logan - host, producer ■ Tom Morris – live mix ■ Kurt Moody – live mix ■ Paul Jenkins – printing ■ Deidre – printing ■ Ian – printing ■ Todd – printing ■ Loree Weirdo – band photo ■ Christopher – hair ■ Donovan – hair ■ Kurt Moody – live crew ■ Anton – live crew ■ Wade – live crew ■ Ed – live crew ■ Fish – live crew ■ Jeremy – live sound ■ Roby – merchandising ■ Missi Romero – merchandising ■ Jessicka – merchandising (The Marilyn Manson Wiki)