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"Mister Superstar" is the ninth track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar. The song's opening riff is also used in the introduction of "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World." The lyrics "I wish you'd kill yourself on T.V" could be a reference to the televised suicide of R. Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania treasurer, in 1987. Antichrist Superstar is the second full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on October 8, 1996 in the US through Nothing and Interscope Records. The record's success in mainstream charts propelled the band to a household name and overnight turned its frontman into an bonafide rock icon. The band's anti-Christian stance as well as the transgressive and confrontational nature of their music, performance and appearance, led to numerous protests from religious and civic groups such as the American Family Association. The album's concept is that of a rock opera, and the first installment in a trilogy that includes Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). After the release of Holy Wood, Manson revealed that the over-arching story within the trilogy is divulged when listening in reverse chronological order. Holy Wood, therefore, begins the story, followed by Mechanical Animals, and concluding with Antichrist Superstar. It was recorded at Nothing Studios in New Orleans and produced by the band's frontman and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. #marilynmanson #music #metal #new #live #artist #song #antichristsuperstar #album #heavymetal