♫ In the end I became them and I led them. After all none of us really qualified as humans. We were just hard-worn automatic and as hollow as the "o" in God. I reattached my emotions cellular and narcotic from the top of Hollywood it looked like space. Millions of capsules and mechanical animals; a city filled with dead stars and a girl I called Coma White. This is my Omēga. ♫
The Mechanical Animals era was the start of the band's journey into a more pop-influenced sound and represented the second part of what would become the Triptych. Casting away the violent and sinister tone of the previous era, the band had adopted a 1970s glam rock style, both visually and musically, which borrowed heavily from the aesthetics and music of David Bowie, Manson's biggest influence. The band frequently posed as Omēga and the Mechanical Animals, as seen on the album's cover and liner notes, various music videos and the subsequent Rock Is Dead tour, which resulted in both controversy and praise concerning their shocking new appearance. Despite appearing to be more lighthearted, the themes of this era were just as dark, if not more so, than its predecessor. Themes included drugs, fame, celebrity, love, and Nihilism. The beginnings of what would be later be known as Celebritarianism could be seen as early as this era, in songs such as "Posthuman" and the video of "Coma White".
The Mechanical Animals era was the start of the band's journey into a more pop-influenced sound and represented the second part of what would become the Triptych. Casting away the violent and sinister tone of the previous era, the band had adopted a 1970s glam rock style, both visually and musically, which borrowed heavily from the aesthetics and music of David Bowie, Manson's biggest influence. The band frequently posed as Omēga and the Mechanical Animals, as seen on the album's cover and liner notes, various music videos and the subsequent Rock Is Dead tour, which resulted in both controversy and praise concerning their shocking new appearance. Despite appearing to be more lighthearted, the themes of this era were just as dark, if not more so, than its predecessor. Themes included drugs, fame, celebrity, love, and Nihilism. The beginnings of what would be later be known as Celebritarianism could be seen as early as this era, in songs such as "Posthuman" and the video of "Coma White".