Former Marilyn Manson Keyboardist Speaks On Injury: “I Hope He Suffers"

Former Marilyn Manson keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy had some harsh words for his old frontman, who was taken offstage on a stretcher after a large stage prop fell on him during a concert in New York City. Gacy, real name Stephen Bier, was Manson's longest band member before leaving on very bad terms, even suggesting the 48-year-old shock rocker should kill himself. 

Gacy has since released a statement after Manson's onstage injury, saying "this is why old wasted people shouldn’t fumble around in the dark" and that he hopes Manson "suffers." Read his statement below via Ultimate Guitar. 

“I guess he was close enough for my black magic to work.

“This is why old wasted people shouldn’t fumble around in the dark.

“If he had broken his ankle [onstage like he was saying the night before the accident], he wouldn’t be walking around like this, that is probably just more of his hyperbole.

“I recall the same excuse being used to cancel a Los Angeles show when all it was was a slightly sprained ankle.

“And anyways, if you’re going to climb the scaffolding, shouldn’t you be doing that during ‘My Monkey‘?

“Well, if it weren’t for the guns, the truss would have actually hit him pretty hard.

“Well, he is pretty famous for turning his wasted mistakes into serendipitous publicity events.

“The converse is also true: he often turns publicity events into wasted mistakes.

“The guns (I assume) were carved out of foam, which is really typical like Ozzy’s demons. And the truss maybe is aluminum. When you’re shipping things around the country you want them to be as light as possible and need as few crew hands as possible to move and set up.

“I’m only 16 miles away [from the venue]. And as the crow flies (or the voodoo works) it’s even shorter than that…

“I forgive him, but I hope he suffers.”

Since his onstage injury, Manson was forced to cancel nine upcoming shows. He is currently resting at home in Los Angeles. There has still been no official statement on his injuries. 

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