Did the Columbine Killers Listen to Marilyn Manson?
by Evan Long
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There's been discussion over whether or not accused Columbine attackers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were listeners to recordings by Church of Satan reverend Brian Warner.
According to Warner, writing in a May 28, 1999 piece for Rolling Stone magazine titled "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?",
"Responsible journalists have reported [...]
that Harris and Klebold were not Marilyn Manson fans".
Warner seems to cite the reports of these unnamed journalists as proof that they were not and for many, this seems to have settled the matter.
However, as can be shown from government documents created during the government's "investigation" of the attack, the answer to this question would seem to, in fact, be yes.
In a release called 936 Pages of Documents Seized from Harris and Klebold Residences/Vehicles (p. 194, JC-001-026113) is an essay allegedly written by Eric Harris in which the reader is exhorted to really "HEAR" the music he or she listens to.
In it, there is a short list of bands the author apparently finds appealing.
The sentence reads, in part:
"Songs from bands like RAMMSTEIN, KMFDM, NIN, M. M."
For those not knowledgeable about this kind of recordings, "NIN" means "Nine Inch Nails" and in this context, "M. M." can only mean "Marilyn Manson", Warner's group having been promoted and their early recordings produced by the former.
Concerning the taste of Klebold, in a release called 11,000 Pages of Investigative Files (pp. 10,826-7, JC-001-010826-7) is a record of an FBI-transcribed phone call between reported CHS Trench Coat Mafia leader Chris Morris and former Harris/Klebold/Morris coworker Phil Duran in which Morris assisted in attempting to obtain evidence for the charge that Duran had illegally played a role in providing Harris and Klebold with a firearm allegedly used on 4/20.
Amid the chit-chat and Morris' repeated questioning about Harris' and Klebold's weapons procurement may be found the following exchange:
Duran: "I mean [...] they didn't even listen to Marilyn Manson."
Morris: "Yeah I know [...]. I mean Dylan did [...]."
However, as close to a hundred witnesses to the attack reported evidence of up to a dozen additional attackers at the school that day, focusing exclusively on topics such as whether or not Warner's recordings played a role in Harris and Klebold becoming homicidal would likely be detrimental to developing a complete understanding of how and why the attack occurred.
Who was the adult reported to have been seen in the Columbine science hall with a sawed-off shotgun and why, despite having been named by name as attackers, CHS students Chris Morris, Robert Perry and others were never convicted of their reported participation in the crime?
Mass shootings continue to directly impact lives all over the planet so let's reject inaccurate and potentially misleading articles like "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?" and find out more about the real events of and surrounding the April 20th, 1999 attack on Columbine High School.
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