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::Black Hearts Bar & Grill::
09.09.1998
From MarilynManson.Com (6pm)
"The next question is a real important one that I think I should addressed now to you directly so, that the media can't shape it into whatever they have in the past. It's referring to 'What happened to Zim Zum?'.
"Again when we moved here to California the city that also like New Orleans...that can break someone if their will is not strong enough...and as we began to write 'Mechanical Animals' together as a band and we began to record it together as a band - Zim Zum's participation, his attention, his drive and his focus began to dwindle because of his surroundings. I can't speak for him or explain why he lost interest or what he got sucked into. But when we began to rehearse for our European tour and we were finishing recording the album, he wasn't showing up and he'd forgotten a lot of the songs off of 'Antichrist Superstar'. And the entire band, not just me, took this as a grave insult. And we all felt that it wasn't fair to the fans, it wasn't fair to us and the hard work we've put into the band. So, we had no real choice after warning him three solid times over the course of eight months to replace him with John5.
I should add also that in the press I simply said that he was replaced, I didn't go into any details. And Zim Zum made several statements saying that he quit because he wanted to pursue a solo career. It was in everyone's interest to leave it on a good term so, I decided not to make any statements. BUT he was in fact fired and he did in fact participate on writing 'Mechanical Animals'. He co-wrote about half of the songs with Twiggy. But Twiggy and I still maintained the majority of the song writing credits." -- Marilyn Manson
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