Marilyn Manson/Brian Warner WAS NOT abused and he DOES NOT use this as an excuse. He sneaked into to basement and hid to see what his grandfather was doing down there.
In his autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (Co-written with Neil Strauss)
he tells he saw his grandfather masturbating in the basement (Hell meant grandfather's basement back then.) and hiding possible noises with miniature traintrack.
This is referenced in MM song Kinderfeld:
"When he...
This guy has too many references to occult elite in his works but one interesting is the cover work for Tourniquet single.
One eye hidden and butterfly...