Marilyn Manson to me is one of those artists that are widely known for something but the thing they used to do hasn't aged well. There was so much hype and controversy around him, sometimes because of things he had nothing to do with and other times because of his antics, but his music doesn't fully live up to it. I think he's one of those "you had to be there to get it" things. It just hasn't held up well.
His main problem is that he won't just call it quits and let it go. Most of antics aren't that shocking anymore, when he makes the news it's always over trying hard to get attention by insulting other celebrities or being downright distasteful. If he had just retired when his popularity began to drop he could be much more beloved now, if nothing else than just for the nostalgia factor.
I don't think that most people hate him, just that the general public doesn't quite notice him that much anymore.
Personally, his music bores me.
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