♫ In the end I became them and I led them. After all none of us really qualified as humans. We were just hard-worn automatic and as hollow as the "o" in God. I reattached my emotions cellular and narcotic from the top of Hollywood it looked like space. Millions of capsules and mechanical animals; a city filled with dead stars and a girl I called Coma White. This is my Omēga. ♫
The Mechanical Animals era was the start of the band's journey into a more pop-influenced sound and represented the second part of what would become the Triptych. Casting away the violent and sinister tone of the previous era, the band had adopted a 1970s glam rock style, both visually and musically, which borrowed heavily from the aesthetics and music of David Bowie, Manson's biggest influence. The band frequently posed as Omēga and the Mechanical Animals, as seen on the album's cover and liner notes, various music videos and the subsequent Rock Is Dead tour, which resulted in both controversy and praise concerning their shocking new appearance. Despite appearing to be more lighthearted, the themes of this era were just as dark, if not more so, than its predecessor. Themes included drugs, fame, celebrity, love, and Nihilism. The beginnings of what would be later be known as Celebritarianism could be seen as early as this era, in songs such as "Posthuman" and the video of "Coma White".
The Mechanical Animals era was the start of the band's journey into a more pop-influenced sound and represented the second part of what would become the Triptych. Casting away the violent and sinister tone of the previous era, the band had adopted a 1970s glam rock style, both visually and musically, which borrowed heavily from the aesthetics and music of David Bowie, Manson's biggest influence. The band frequently posed as Omēga and the Mechanical Animals, as seen on the album's cover and liner notes, various music videos and the subsequent Rock Is Dead tour, which resulted in both controversy and praise concerning their shocking new appearance. Despite appearing to be more lighthearted, the themes of this era were just as dark, if not more so, than its predecessor. Themes included drugs, fame, celebrity, love, and Nihilism. The beginnings of what would be later be known as Celebritarianism could be seen as early as this era, in songs such as "Posthuman" and the video of "Coma White".
Mechanical Animals
ENHANCED CD SLIPCASE | 1998 | IND 90273 | EU
ENHANCED CD SLIPCASE | 1998 | IND 90273 | EU
Mechanical Animals
ENHANCED CD SLIPCASE | 1998 | INTD-90273 | AUS
ENHANCED CD SLIPCASE | 1998 | INTD-90273 | AUS
Mechanical Animals
CD | 1998 | IND 90273 (BMG) | USA
CD | 1998 | IND 90273 (BMG) | USA
Mechanical Animals
CD | 1998 | UMD-55009 | USA
CD | 1998 | UMD-55009 | USA
Mechanical Animals
ENHANCED CD | 1998 | INTD-90273 | AUS
ENHANCED CD | 1998 | INTD-90273 | AUS
Omega and the
Mechanical Animals
ENHANCED CD | 1998 | IND 90273 | EU
Mechanical Animals
ENHANCED CD | 1998 | IND 90273 | EU
Mechanical Animals
CASSETTE | 1998 | INC 90273 | PL
CASSETTE | 1998 | INC 90273 | PL
The Dope Show (#12469)
CD | 1998 | IND 95609 | AUS
CD | 1998 | IND 95609 | AUS
The Dope Show
PROMO VHS (NTSC, 09/02) | 1998 | PRODUCERS POST | USA
PROMO VHS (NTSC, 09/02) | 1998 | PRODUCERS POST | USA
I Don't Like the Drugs
(But the Drugs Like Me)
CD | 1999 | IND 95627 | AUS
(But the Drugs Like Me)
CD | 1999 | IND 95627 | AUS
Rock Is Dead
CD | 1999 | IND 95517 | EU
CD | 1999 | IND 95517 | EU
Brady Theater:
Tulsa, OK - Nov 3, 1998
12.5"x19" | Autograph: David Dean (LOWER-RIGHT CORNER) | USA
Tulsa, OK - Nov 3, 1998
12.5"x19" | Autograph: David Dean (LOWER-RIGHT CORNER) | USA
The Last Tour on Earth
2xCD | 1999 | 490-543-2 | AUS
2xCD | 1999 | 490-543-2 | AUS
The Last Tour on Earth
CD | 1999 | 4905242 LC06406 UN900 | EU
CD | 1999 | 4905242 LC06406 UN900 | EU
The Last Tour on Earth
CASSETTE | 1999 | 490 524-4 | EU
CASSETTE | 1999 | 490 524-4 | EU
God Is in the T.V.
VHS | 1999 | 0538643 | AUS
VHS | 1999 | 0538643 | AUS