{"id":12102,"date":"2025-04-11T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12102"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:04:09","slug":"gillsaw-unleashes-epic-cover-of-marilyn-mansons-the-beautiful-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12102","title":{"rendered":"GILLSAW Unleashes Epic Cover of Marilyn Manson&#8217;s &#8220;The Beautiful People&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103\" style=\"width:433px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GILLSAW.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The vision behind our\u00a0<strong>&#8216;The Beautiful People&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0cover stems from a unique personal connection. Marilyn Manson&#8217;s groundbreaking original, released almost three decades ago, immediately struck me. Simultaneously, the imagery from the 1932 movie\u00a0<em>Freaks<\/em>, especially its legendary dinner scene, left a lasting impression. For me, the song always evoked the film. Our cover project makes this fusion explicit: the visuals (video\/artwork) directly blend these influences. Sonically, it&#8217;s a tribute reimagined through the heavy\u00a0<strong>GILLSAW<\/strong>\u00a0lens \u2013 respecting the core while delivering our distinct, powerful sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"The Beautiful People Official Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8okfj26US9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOG WATCH Narrative:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Fog Watch&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>tells the tragic story of Ian, a man descending into madness. 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Marilyn Manson&#8217;s groundbreaking original, released almost three decades ago, immediately struck me. Simultaneously, the imagery from the 1932 movie\u00a0Freaks, especially its legendary dinner scene, left a lasting impression. For me, the song always evoked the film. Our cover project makes this fusion explicit:&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12102\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GILLSAW Unleashes Epic Cover of Marilyn Manson&#8217;s &#8220;The Beautiful People&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12104,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12102\/revisions\/12104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}