Madonna Wayne Gacy

Madonna Wayne Gacy, real name Stephen Bier, owns one of the most audaciously twisted stage names in rock, splicing a pop icon with a serial killer. As keyboardist and percussionist for Marilyn Manson from 1989 to 2007, he was a quiet architect of that band's unsettling, theatrical sound. I am fascinated by sidemen like him, the ones who build the atmosphere while the frontman screams in the spotlight. The textures and dread underneath those records owe a real debt to players like Bier. To me, these shadow-builders deserve far more credit than the genre usually gives them.

Name (English)

Madonna Wayne Gacy

Name (Japanese)

マドンナ・ウェイン・ゲイシー

Reading

まどんな・うぇいん・げいしー

Born

March 6, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Occupation

musician / keyboardist / percussionist

High school

Boyd H. Anderson High School

University

University of Fort Lauderdale

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna%20Wayne%20Gacy
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Tags

• Florida
• musician
• keyboardist
• percussionist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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