yeah, I've read the Satanic Bible and the Devil's Notebook
they are considerably better, and indeed more sensible, than one would ever credit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 16:57, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I haven't read either
Not even as a teen, when Marilyn Manson made it all the rage. It mostly comes down to my utter laziness with reading books.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:00, Reply)

I was much the same
I spent a few months working in a sci-fi and cult bookshop before getting a real job, and one day a kid came in asking for the Satanic Bible. He wore PVC trousers, a black top with a red pentagram on it and sported staggeringly badly-applied eyeliner. I took one look at him and realised just how large a bullet my laziness had allowed me to dodge
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:04, Reply)

I have my brothers to thank for me not going too far down that route
they didn't actually do anything or say anything, but they would've done if I'd come close to that sort of look. As it was I only went as far as black combats and a Metallica t shirt.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:07, Reply)

Same here
I have been known to wear PVC when going to Slimelight (twice, while young and fucked on MDs; never again) or InFest, but only because it's wipe-clean and feels sooooooooo sexy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:09, Reply)

*coughs* Ha, yeah, fucking teeny goths
*clears throat* So how's about this weather, huh?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Seriously mate, I know we haven't met
but I'm confident you wouldn't have done that to yourself, even that young. Seriously, his eyeliner was all over the fucking shop.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:15, Reply)

Nah, I wasn't that bad
Didn't wear pvc trousers or eyeliner just out and about.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:15, Reply)

Exactly
Special occasions only. The number of times I've seen a bunch of emo kids and I've wanted to teach them how to apply makeup...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:23, Reply)

Clicking this.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 18:00, Reply)

I was fully prepared to slate him utterly.
I was almost disappointed not to be able to, I had to apologise to my brother.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:00, Reply)

You'll convert to whatever really deep and important religion that Applebite is currently part of in no time.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:02, Reply)

the names of the books and the fact that he looks, as you say, like Ming the Merciless do not do him any favours
but he does talk some sense. I read them in Sixth Form, when Marilyn Manson was all the rage, and a goth mate of mine had them. I got some stick for reading them in the common room, but frankly I probably would have got the same amount had I been reading any book.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:03, Reply)

When I was in the 6th form
Marilyn Monroe was all the rage.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:05, Reply)

it took me several attempts at reading that
to discern that it said Monroe, rather than Manson
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 17:06, Reply)