Rock Is Dead
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"Rock Is Dead" is a single from Marilyn Manson
's third studio album, Mechanical Animals
. It is also featured on The Matrix Soundtrack
and Midnight Club 3.
; in this particular case, at least for the title, his concept of God is dead
. It could also be referring to the incumbent Western culture that has been widely accepted, and therefore "Rock is dead" could be used in the same thinking that Nietzsche was using "God is dead": to break the accepted mainstream consciousness. However, the title may be perceived as a spin on the "Punk is dead" idea.
) features Manson in costume (as Omega) and his band (perhaps as the "Mechanical Animals" band) performing onstage. This is the only video to feature Marilyn Manson's back up singer, who sings on several other songs. She is most notably heard on the live version of "The Dope Show
" on The Last Tour On Earth
. They are later shown destroying their instruments, an allusion to Manson's destruction of the life-size statuettes of himself (as Omega) in The Dope Show
video.
Another version of the video contains the same performance footage edited with footage from The Matrix
for which the song was featured as a promotional single.
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
's third studio album, Mechanical Animals
Mechanical Animals
Mechanical Animals is the third full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on September 14, 1998, in Australia and on September 15, 1998, in the US, Germany and France through Nothing and Interscope Records and marked the beginning of the band's brief foray into...
. It is also featured on The Matrix Soundtrack
The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture
The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture is one of the two 1999 soundtrack albums from the blockbuster film, The Matrix ....
and Midnight Club 3.
Concept
The song's title itself seems to further allude to Manson's ongoing interest in the philosophy of Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
; in this particular case, at least for the title, his concept of God is dead
God is dead
"God is dead" is a widely-quoted statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It first appears in The Gay Science , in sections 108 , 125 , and for a third time in section 343...
. It could also be referring to the incumbent Western culture that has been widely accepted, and therefore "Rock is dead" could be used in the same thinking that Nietzsche was using "God is dead": to break the accepted mainstream consciousness. However, the title may be perceived as a spin on the "Punk is dead" idea.
Music video
The video of the song (directed by Samuel BayerSamuel Bayer
Samuel David Bayer is an American commercial, music video and film director, and cinematographer.-Early life:Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York...
) features Manson in costume (as Omega) and his band (perhaps as the "Mechanical Animals" band) performing onstage. This is the only video to feature Marilyn Manson's back up singer, who sings on several other songs. She is most notably heard on the live version of "The Dope Show
The Dope Show
"The Dope Show" is a song from Marilyn Manson's 1998 album Mechanical Animals, released in September of that year as the album's lead single...
" on The Last Tour On Earth
The Last Tour on Earth
The Last Tour on Earth is a live album comprising recordings from Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals and Rock is Dead tours. On the studio version of "The Dope Show", Manson says that drugs "are made in California", but in the live version, he says that "drugs, they say, are made right here in...
. They are later shown destroying their instruments, an allusion to Manson's destruction of the life-size statuettes of himself (as Omega) in The Dope Show
The Dope Show
"The Dope Show" is a song from Marilyn Manson's 1998 album Mechanical Animals, released in September of that year as the album's lead single...
video.
Another version of the video contains the same performance footage edited with footage from The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
for which the song was featured as a promotional single.