Manson and his "The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour" at the Showbox Credit: KT Wright

Much like Emily Nokes, I was also a teenage Marilyn Manson fan. I really wanted to see him in Seattle last weekend, but I was too busy chasing around cheeseburgers and nipple-free summer-weather-leathers in California. HOW WAS IT? Somebody tell me! Also, please enjoy these pictures by live music sharpshooter KT Wright.

Manson and his The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour at the Showbox
Manson’s “Hell Not Hallelujah Tour” at the Showbox KT Wright
Manson and Twiggy Ramirez
Manson and “bestie” Twiggy Ramirez KT Wright
Twiggys bass is bigger than him?
Is Twiggy’s bass bigger than him? KT Wright
The Pale Emperor... with stripes!
The Pale Emperor… with stripes! KT Wright
WHAT DID THIS FRESH HELL SOUND LIKE?
I just wonder what this live hell sounded like. KT Wright

Kelly O—formerly a Stranger staff photographer, music writer, Drunk of the Week columnist, and more!—finished art school and a soul-crushing internship at a corporate advertising agency in Detroit,...