Rock Is Dead is a song performed by Marilyn Manson appearing on their third studio album Mechanical Animals, 1998. Mechanical Animals is the second installment for what was to be a completed Rock Opera for Marilyn Manson. The First and third albums were: Antichrist Superstar and Holy Wood respectively.

Tainted Love is a well recognized song – even when performed by Marilyn Manson. Manon’s version was released in 1991 and appears on the soundtrack Not Another Teen Move 2. The video for the song Tainted Love features Marilyn Manson arriving at a teen high school party with several of his ‘Goth-friends (fiends?)’ and the turmoil ensues.

The Beautiful People is a song best known by the performance of Marilyn Manson, which appears on his second Studio album Antichrist Superstar, 1996. Written primarily by Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, the lyrics of the song follow two distinct lines of thought: the culture of beauty and the culture of being a slave to beauty. The song suggests that the ‘weak ones’ in a society are there to only ‘serve’ if not enforce the social standing of the elite. The song uses several double entendre references of sex and religion, The Beautiful People became the most famous and influential of Manson’s songs.