Please unearth a CD of Alice Cooper's Killer and listen to it!! Note the depth of the composition, the intricacy of the arrangement, the talent and skill of the players, and the quality of the production. Then, if you can suggest anything from Marilyn Manson's discography that even comes close, I'll give him another chance. I don't think that'll happen, though.

The root of the malaise we're trying to fathom here, is the sad fact that most of the product-buying target market demographic (the [u]only[/u] vote that counts with The Biz), will gladly "give that song 9 outa 10 cuz' itz gotta good beat 'n itz EZ2danss2".

The industry is based on these musically illiterate slobs because they're willing to part with good money for mediocre dreck.