Marilyn Manson Working on New Biography with Former LA Weekly Web Editor Erin Broadley (Also, EXCLUSIVE Adorable Picture of Marilyn Manson with a Kitten!)

By Gustavo Turner Mon., Feb. 28 2011 at 8:55 AM

LOLManson!

It seems like only yesterday (ok, it was last week) that Erin Broadley, peerless LA Weekly web editor and hardest working woman in web bizniz, told us she was leaving our scenic Culver City offices for greener pastures.

Well, today Erin's greener pastures have been revealed: she will be writing the first authorized biography of Marilyn Manson (not to be confused with his 1998 autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell).

To celebrate the occasion, Erin has procured for us exclusively from MM himself a picture of him looking bookish and adorably holding a kitten. Awwww.

More on how this only-in-LA story came to be:

A couple of years ago, Erin wrote a cover story for LA Weekly about Travis Keller, the notorious blogger (and occasional LAWeekly contributor) behind the Buddyhead franchise. Keller was quoted telling some tales of debauchery involving Marilyn Manson and the wrath of the Mansonites was unleashed onto an unsuspecting Erin. (See "Marilyn Manson Threatens to Kill Buddyhead, LA Weekly, Critics".)

A long impasse ensued in which Manson and Erin were mortal enemies (ok, Manson tweeted a bunch about her and his followers called Erin names).

And then, in an only-in-LA moment, a truce was called. At the Magic Castle (yes, Manson hangs out at the Magic Castle).

Erin was then welcomed into Manson's inner sanctum (a normal-looking apartment, apparently) and became the star's confidante. She's even heard tracks from his closely-guarded new album, scheduled to be released by Cooking Vinyl Records in 2011.

And now they're BFFs! Here's Manson on his spankin' new biographer: "I asked Erin Broadley to write an objective account of my life because I have great respect for her. I think she has the balls to be the next Lee Miller." (Lee Miller, the press release explains, "was a Surrealist-era journalist, famous for her work with Man Ray and breaking into Hitler's apartment while working for Vogue during WWII").

Will they remain friends? Can Manson take the "objectivity"? Can Erin endure the Magic Castle and endless recitation of Eastbound & Down catchphrases (Manson's hobby, apparently)? Stay tuned!

Tags:

biography, Cats, Erin Broadley, Kitteh, Kittens, LA Stories, Marilyn Manson

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davidloganoliver

I didn't have a chance in new York or boston to even mention HW novel, book, screenplay if you want too put em I the book, at least by mention, thanks. dave

Chillywilly Justbreathe

а чо на русский слабо перевести было?!

Jeremi Blackeflay

да вабще ппц почему то русские в контакте если не все то 90% из фанов мэнсона а я свалил оттуда а всем кто там приятного взлома!!

FeralFiend

haha i love the new glasses by the way....its so mockery of the flockery....Feral Fiend......ps. is that a new tat Manson is sporting on his right thigh?

KinG

Waiiitinggg.......... F ckinggg............. Boring........

Terminal Cancellation

butt butt out

A.L.E.

ass-ass-in

Makeitquick

ass ass in

blah blah

um.. wtf is that ridiculous tatt on his leg? my god he reeeally needs to get sober!

Apathy_s_last_kiss

I m a pretty big Manson fan (lyrically and literary). This being said he s not always as bright as we(fans) think he is (and his followers can be less so). I can t wait to read the new book. I look forward to challenging the image I ve built of him since my pre-teens to my mid-twenties. I m sure, like most worthwhile things, it will be both painful and rewarding.

Ostap Denikin

stop fucking cats, darlingjust go to psychologist, not biographer :c

I want a good album, not a book, that I can't buy lol.anyway, love you sweety :*

alocer-indulgence

fucking right... i hope u come out with that book soon cause i'll be one of the first to get it :)!

Erievampira1

he already did one like 10 years ago

yuhee

Wow...so cute ♥♥I think cat n m.m's eyes same♥Both very cuty liver♥♥♥♥♥♥

Lhamaa

Lily?

Glnhiggins

Yes, that is Lily.

Stauffenberg

I love Marilyn Manson *-*

Super_fan

I still need to read the autobiography!- and I can't wait till Manson releases the new album!! Hurry up!!

Ly_la11

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☆★CHIAKI★☆

Hello!!

It is the cat which it loves very.(*^_^*)

I love a cat. ♪♪

I love your thing, too. (*^▽^*)

Please please come to Japan.　★＼(^o^)／☆

Fredericfmgomes

I'm your namber 1 fan...

JimmyStacy

Love Manson

sexwith4goat

I am so excited, The Long Road Out Of Hell was amazing so I'm sure this will be too

Ivonne-lo

here comes again ....yeahhh

GangoRango

Wow! OK thats kinda crazy when you think about it wow.

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Www Afshin_basket2000

wo0ow..

Charlieamos1993

eh. He's lost his touch and he seems to be desperate for attention these days.

CATSS FRIEND

PLEASEEEEE DON'T KILL THE CAAATTTTTTTTT!!!

Kat

Unless it's an AUTObiography, I don't want to read it.

Gian Faye

Sweet. She looks like my cat. :D

foreverdirt

Soo.. What's to add from the last? 'Oh hai guys, Marilyn Manson here, LOL, so after all that shit went down on my last bio, I released a couple of mediocre albums, married and divorced a few hot chicks, put my absinthe induced abortions on canvas and yeh.. Here I am. Oh yeh and I'm still totally into my delusions of grandeur and self absorbed enough to believe I am the actual antichrist LOL'. Here's a leaked excerpt for you fanboys and girls: Misanthropy something something misanthropy; obscure quotes; references 85% of you won't get; overt allusions to great thinkers so that you may think he is intelligent by association; more misanthropy and some hedonistic rockstar anecdotes to distract you from the fact that this book has no substance.. Don't get me wrong, still like his music and all but this dross of literature shall remain.. forever dirt...

SpottedJaguar

There IS a difference between an "autobiography" and a "biography".

The former would be written by Marilyn Manson, already completed, titled "Long Hard Road Out of Hell". The latter would be written by someone else, in this case Erin Broadley has taken the role of the author. When there is someone else writing, the tone which would be presented by the subject isn't there; thus, it wouldn't be the total angst-fest you described in so many words.

It's not his literature, it's Broadley's book about Manson. Besides. Manson isn't the only musician who had decided to have biographies/autobios, and I'm sure there are some that are even more drab than what this or the previous bio was. Also, the purpose of a biography is to note someone's life. Manson lives his life in grandeur, fantasy, and delusion. Something about him is going to be about grandeur, fantasy, and delusion, or else it wouldn't be about him.

=) Don't judge a book by it's cover. (Ba-da ch!)

Apathy_s_last_kiss

/liked twice

Jerrymacneil

My little girl who is only 15yrs old is in love with him

Amanda Demon

And he's so hot, even sexy in glasses and holding that kitty... I wish I could be that little kitty!

Domino

gross.

Sude Naz

He's the BEST!

Amanda Demon

I love Manson, one of my biggest influences when it comes to writing music and art. Cant wait to read this!

mbabagopi

I remember the controversy! Great fun reading this...can't wait to see what comes of this collaboration..."only in L.A." should be it's own column in the LA Weekly!