Axl Rose: Formed a band whose monicker features his middle name.
Marilyn Manson: Formed a band whose monicker features his whole name.

Axl Rose: Had a reputation as a paranoid control freak who runs the band with a rod of iron.
Marilyn Manson: Has a reputaion as a hard-headed control freak who runs his band with a rod of iron

Axl Rose: Refused to have his photo taken with the rest of the band once he'd sold 10 million records.
Marilyn Manson: Refuses to have his photo taken with the rest of the band now he's sold one million records.

Axl Rose: Wrote a song called 'Mr Brownstone', an undisguised paean to heroin.
Marilyn Manson: Wrote a song called 'I don't like the drugs (but the drugs like me)', an undisguised paean to chemicals of every hue.

Axl Rose: Has had flings with models Stephanie Seymour and Erin Everly.
Marilyn Manson: Has had flings with 'models' Traci Lords and Jenna Jameson.

Axl Rose: Clashed with Courtney Love backstage at the 1993 MTV awards.
Marilyn Manson: Clashed with Courtney Love onstage at virtually every date on their recent ill-fated co-headlining tour.

Axl Rose: Fired drummer Steven Adler for being useless.
Marilyn Manson: Set fire to drummer Sarah lee Lucas for being useless.

Axl Rose: Has a turbulent relationship with his guitarists.
Marilyn Manson: Has a turbulent relationship with his guiarists.

Axl Rose: Attempted to lure Dave Navarro into the fold as a replacement for Izzy Stradlin' - and failed.
Marilyn Manson: Attempted to lure Dave Navarro into the studio to play on a track on the 'Mechanical Animals' album - and succeded.

Axl Rose: Hasn't released any new material for eight years.
Marilyn Manson: Let's see shall we.

Source: Kerrang
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