Rock Is Dead (song)

This article is about the song

• for the single see Rock Is Dead (single)
• for the tour see Rock Is Dead (tour)

"Rock Is Dead"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Mechanical Animals
Released	September 14, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
Genre	alternative rock, hard rock, space rock
Length	3:09
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
External links	Search ISRC Search at Musicstax

"Rock Is Dead" is the third single and the fourth track of the third album Mechanical Animals.

Appearances

Albums

• Mechanical Animals (1998)
• Lest We Forget – The Best Of (2004)

Singles

• "Rock Is Dead" (1999)

Soundtracks

• The Matrix (1999)
• Beat the Devil (2002)

Versions

• "Rock Is Dead" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.
• "Rock is Dead" (Live) — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth.
• "Rock Is Dead" (Live) — Appears on Guns, God and Government World Tour DVD.
• "Rock Is Dead" (Clean Radio Edit)
• "Rock Is Dead" (Bass Version) — Performed once on November 9, 2015 in Florence, Italy

Music video

Manson performing in the music video.

The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, features a basic performance from the band. The music video premiered on MTV during the second week of March 1999. There's also another version of the video, which includes scenes from the Matrix movie.

Lyrics

    All simple monkeys with alien babies
    Amphetamines for boys
    Crucifixes for ladies
    Sampled and soulless
    Worldwide and real webbed
    You sell all the living
    For more safer dead
    
    Anything to belong
    
    Rock is deader than dead
    Shock is all in your head
    Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed
    So fuck all your protests and
    Put them to bed
    
    God is in the TV
    
    1,000 mothers are praying for it
    We're so full of hope
    And so full of shit
    Build a new god
    To medicate and to ape
    Sell us ersatz
    Dressed up and real fake
    
    Anything to belong
         
    Rock is deader than dead
    Shock is all in your head
    Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed
    So fuck all your protests and
    Put them to bed
    
    God is in the TV

Personnel

• Marilyn Manson – vocals
• Twiggy Ramirez – all guitars and bass
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards
• Ginger Fish – drums

Trivia

• This song has been performed on every subsequent tour since the Rock Is Dead (tour).
• In 1998, a poll was held on MarilynManson.com to gather opinions on whether the band's next music video should be for "Rock Is Dead" or "The Last Day on Earth".
• A promotional VHS was issued in 1999 with the music video on it.
• The song was briefly mentioned in chapter three of the Japanese light novel "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya".
• The music video has not currently been officially released on YouTube via MarilynMansonVevo.
• The song is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Midnight Club 3.
• The song appears in the credits to The Matrix along with "Wake Up" by Rage Against The Machine.