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Derek Shepherd
Grey's Anatomy character
Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd in 2012
First appearance
"A Hard Day's Night"
1x01, March 27, 2005
Last appearance
"You're My Home"
11x25, May 14, 2015
Created by
Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by
Patrick Dempsey
Information
Full name
Derek Christopher Shepherd
Nickname(s)
McDreamy
Occupation
Attending neurosurgeon
Member of the Board (former)
Chief of Surgery (former)
Head of Neurosurgery (former)
Title
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
Family
Mr. Shepherd
(father, deceased)
Carolyn Maloney Shepherd
(mother)
Nancy Shepherd
(sister)
Kathleen "Kate" Shepherd
(sister)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shepherd
(sister)
Amelia Shepherd
(sister)
9 unnamed nieces
6 unnamed nephews (one deceased)
Spouse(s)
Addison Montgomery (m. 1994; div. 2006)
Meredith Grey (m. 2009–15)
Significant other(s)
Rose
Children
Zola Shepherd (daughter)
Derek Bailey Shepherd (son)
Ellis Shepherd (daughter)
(with Meredith)
Relatives
Molly Thompson (half-sister-in-law)
Lexie Grey (deceased-half-sister-in-law)
Maggie Pierce (half-sister-in-law)
Owen Hunt (brother-in-law)
certifications
M.D.
F.A.C.S
Derek Christopher Shepherd,[1] M.D., also referred to as "McDreamy", is a fictional surgeon from the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey. He made his first appearance during "A Hard Day's Night", which was broadcast on March 27, 2005. Derek was married to Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) for 12 years, before their divorce in 2006. Before his death in 2015, Derek was happily married to his longtime girlfriend Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). The couple are often referred to as "Mer & Der" and they have three children together. Shepherd was formerly the Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, but abruptly resigned as chief in season 7 following the shooting. For his portrayal of Shepherd, Dempsey was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for the role, and the 2006 SAG Award for the Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series award.
Contents
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1 Storyline
2 Development
2.1 Casting and creation
2.2 Characterization
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links
Storyline[edit]
Derek arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital as the new Head of Neurosurgery from New York City. He is a Bowdoin College graduate[2] and attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons alongside his childhood best friend Mark Sloan and ex-wife Addison Montgomery and Private Practice characters Naomi Bennett and Sam Bennett. Derek was a student of Dr. Richard Webber and was enticed to come with an "offer he couldn’t refuse"[3] – the position of Chief of Surgery, which he eventually turned down. He specializes in highly complex tumors and conditions of the brain and spine[4][5][6] and came to Seattle Grace with a reputation for taking on "lost causes" and "impossible" cases[7] that most of his peers would turn down. As an attending he is both well-liked and feared — well-liked by patients and his scrub nurses for his compassion and gentlemanly bedside manner and feared by interns and residents who are intimidated by his reputation and high standards.[4][8] He is passionate about his job and has been known to expel staff or remove interns and residents (or at least threaten them) from his service for being disrespectful about patients or if he deems their attitude to be detrimental to his patient's well-being.[9][10][11][8]
Derek first meets Meredith Grey at a bar, and soon finds out that she is an intern at Seattle Grace. They begin to have feelings for one another and it causes some awkwardness at work, particularly after her supervising resident Dr. Miranda Bailey discovers their relationship. Meredith's housemates and fellow interns George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens both antagonized her for some time as they felt she was using her relationship with Derek to further her career. He generally tolerated them despite his dislike of sharing his living space with the interns who worked under him. While most of his family members accepted Meredith, his sister, Nancy, particularly disliked her and repeatedly called her "the slutty intern";[12] as of season nine she still refuses to speak to Meredith or acknowledge her as her sister-in-law.[13] His mother Carolyn approved as she felt Meredith's gray perspective of life complemented Derek's tendency to see everything in black and white.[14]
Derek's background was generally a mystery for the first season and source of speculation amongst his colleagues due to his sudden departure from an established and highly respected practice in New York. In the season one finale, his past eventually catches up with him when his estranged wife Addison moves to Seattle and is offered a position by Dr. Webber. Shortly thereafter, his childhood best friend Mark joins Seattle Grace as the new head of plastic surgery. Derek and Addison attempt to repair their marriage but attempts were futile. Since their divorce they have remained on amicable terms, with Addison even admonishing Meredith for breaking up with Derek in season three. In the Private Practice episode "Ex-Life" Derek finally tells Addison that his mother never liked her in the first place. He admits to Meredith that Addison cheating on him with Mark was partly his fault as an absentee husband.[15] Addison eventually leaves Seattle for a private practice in Los Angeles, spawning the spin-off Private Practice. In the season eight episode "If/Then", Meredith dreams of an alternate universe where her mother never had Alzheimer's; Derek and Addison are still married but their strained relationship and Shepherd's disillusionment causes his career to stagnate, earning him the nicknames "Bad Shepherd" and "McDreary".
When Derek is offered the Chief of Surgery position for the second time, he persuades the board to keep Dr. Webber on the staff. During the merger of Seattle Grace with Mercy West their relationship sours when Derek disagreed with Richard's handling of the merger and Richard begins to display uncharacteristic behavior, not unnoticed by his fellow surgeons. Derek learns from Meredith that Richard has since resumed drinking and feels forced to have him removed as Chief of Surgery. With mixed feelings, Derek offers him an ultimatum: go into rehab and possibly pick up where he left off after, or quit completely.
In seasons three and four, Meredith and Derek's relationship becomes rocky and they each take time to date other people. Derek's plans to propose were ruined by a series of unfortunate events in season five. In the season finale, they decide to give their planned wedding to Alex and Izzie. Due to their tight schedule, they instead informally marry and Derek writes down their "promises" on a post-it note. They legalize their marriage in season seven in order to adopt Zola, a young African orphan treated for spina bifida.[16] They briefly separate after Meredith tampers with their Alzheimer's trial, jeopardizing her career and tarnishing Derek's reputation. Zola is taken away from Meredith after a social worker finds out she and Derek are living separately. In later seasons, Derek often griped about how his subsequent interns and residents – mainly Lexie Grey, Shane Ross and Heather Brooks – did not quite measure up to Meredith.[4][10] The social worker comes back and announces they are the official parents of Zola. As Meredith nears the end of her fifth year of residency, she and Derek are torn between staying at Seattle Grace Mercy West or leaving for Boston where Derek would work at Harvard while Meredith would be at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Following his rescue from the plane crash that killed Mark and Lexie, Derek learns that he may only regain 80 percent of his hand's function. He comes to terms with the fact that his career as a surgeon may be over and is grateful that he is alive. When Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), head of orthopedic surgery, tells him a more risky surgery could give him back full function of his hand or reduce its function if it goes wrong, he agrees, accepting the possibility of never again holding a scalpel. Derek recovers well and Callie clears him to return to work, but it is still weeks later that he feels ready to operate. Derek, Callie and fellow resident Jackson Avery decide to do nerve transplant for his hand. Meredith, newly pregnant with their second child, goes behind his back and calls his sisters so they can donate a nerve to him. Lizzie (Neve Campbell), Derek's younger sister, agrees to donate a nerve and the surgery is a success.
Derek and Meredith's marriage is strained after he accepted an invitation from the President to participate in the Brain-Mapping Initiative. He went back on his promise to her that he would not add to his current workload in order to devote time to their two young children and allow her the chance to establish her career as a full-fledged attending. Eventually he was offered a position at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., but Meredith puts her foot down and refuses to leave her hometown and uproot their young family. His youngest sister Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) takes over his position at Grey Sloan. Meanwhile, he and Meredith fight bitterly on and off over whether they should move. After a bad argument, he accepts the job in the heat of the moment and leaves for Washington. While there, he and Meredith talk things out over the phone and come to a mutual conclusion that they both did not want to end their marriage. He tells her that just being with her, raising their children and operating on patients was more satisfying than "saving the world".
In season 11, Derek is involved in a fatal car accident while driving to the airport for his final trip to Washington. He is able to hear and process auditory input, but unable to speak. He is recognized by Winnie, one of the victims of a crash he assisted in earlier, who tells the surgeons that their patient's name is Derek and that he is a surgeon as well. The hospital he was taken to was understaffed and his head injury was not detected quickly enough by the interns on duty that night. Although the neurosurgeon on call is paged multiple times, he takes too long to arrive and Derek is declared brain dead. Police arrive at Meredith's door and take her to see Derek, where she consents to removing him from life support. At the time of his death, Meredith was pregnant with their third child. She gives birth to a daughter whom she names Ellis after her mother.
Derek was mentioned or referenced to a number of times in season 12 as the other characters struggle to cope with his sudden death. In the episode "My Next Life", Meredith had a flashback of their first ever surgery together when a patient named Katie Bryce was admitted to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Amelia took his death especially hard as he was the sibling she was closest to. At the end of the season, prior to her wedding to Derek's long-time colleague Owen Hunt, Amelia goes on a nervous rant about how Derek was supposed to be the one to give her away, him having given away their three other sisters at their weddings.
Development[edit]
Casting and creation[edit]
When Patrick Dempsey auditioned for the role of Derek Shepherd, he was afraid that he was not going to get the part. Creator Shonda Rhimes' first reaction was: "The very first time I met him, I was absolutely sure that he was my guy. Reading the lines of Derek Shepherd, Patrick had a vulnerable charm that I just fell for. And he had amazing chemistry with Ellen Pompeo." Rhimes admitted that Dempsey's dyslexia threw her at first, particularly at the first few table readings: "I did not know about Patrick's dyslexia in the beginning. I actually thought that he didn't like the scripts from the way he approached the readings. When I found out, I completely understood his hesitation. Now that we all know, if he is struggling with a word, the other actors are quick to step up and help him out. Everyone is very respectful."[citation needed] Isaiah Washington also auditioned for the part and when he did not get it, he said his reaction was like "I'd been kicked in the stomach by 14 mules." Washington was, however, later cast as Preston Burke.[17] Rob Lowe was also considered to portray Shepherd but turned the role down.[18] Some of the character's medical cases were inspired by real-life patients of Steve Giannotta, Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, whom Rhimes had consulted in writing for Shepherd's storylines and patients.[19]
In January 2014, Dempsey signed a two-year contract to remain on Grey's Anatomy (then in its tenth season) that would ensure his presence for potential 11th and 12th seasons.[20] However, in April 2015, Dempsey's character was killed off[21] while his contract was not over yet. Dempsey explained: "it just sort of evolved. It’s just kind of happened. It really was something that was kind of surprising that unfolded, and it just naturally came to be. Which was pretty good. I like the way it has all played out."[22] In August 2015, Rhimes commented:
“ The decision to have the character die the way that he did was not a difficult one in the sense of what were the options? Either Derek was going to walk out on Meredith, and leave her high and dry, and what was that going to mean? That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. For me, that was untenable. Meredith and Derek's love had to remain Meredith and Derek's love. As painful as it was for me as a storyteller, because I had never really thought that was going to happen, it preserved what felt true to me, was that Derek was going to have to die in order for that love to remain honest. Because I really couldn't have the idea that he just turned out to be a bad guy who walked out on his wife and kids be a true story. To me, it felt like that was the only way to make Meredith and Derek's magic remain true and forever frozen in time.[23] ”
The character was later written to be a graduate of Bowdoin College, a liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, after an alumnus led a petition signed by over 450 students to "adopt" the character as an alumnus.[24] Dempsey is from Lewiston, about 18 miles (29 km) away from Brunswick, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bowdoin in 2013.[2]
Characterization[edit]
Rhimes describes Shepherd as typical "Prince Charming". He was planned to be a doctor who doesn't really care about anything, who lives in his "own" universe and has a big sex appeal. A man who is charming, devilishly handsome and the type of guy every girl dreams of, and a man that often makes the wrong decisions, and is often known as a jerk or the ultimate heartbreaker. Rhimes planned to have this kind of character from the beginning, because he was the kind of guy whom girls fall in love with and a character whose storylines could easily be changed.[citation needed] USA Today writer Robert Bianco said: "Derek could, at times, seem like two people, warm and funny one minute, cold and self-involved the next. Dempsey's gift was in making those two sides seem like part of the same person, while keeping us rooting for that person as a whole."[25]
Reception[edit]
Dempsey's relation with Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey) has been the highlight of the series since its inception.
With the show concluding its second season, Robert Bianco of USA Today said that Emmy voters could consider him because of the "seemingly effortless way he humanizes Derek's 'dreamy' appeal with ego and vanity".[26] In the third season, Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger wrote that "the attempt to give the moral high ground back to McDreamy was bad. Dude, whatever happened in New York ceased to count in any kind of grievance tally once you agreed to take Addison back and give things another try. You're the dick who cheated on her, you're the one who knew that she found the panties, and still you act like her getting back together with Mark justifies what you did? Wow. I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike anyone on this show more than Meredith, but congratulations, big guy."[27]
Debbie Chang of BuddyTV noted the character's immaturity in the fourth season, saying: "The only character who did not make me love him was Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). How this character is still Shonda's golden child is beyond me. Yes, we get it. He's tormented by his love for Meredith, but that does not give him the right to lash out at her when his clinical trial patients are dying. If things don't go absolutely the way he wants them to, then he refuses to cooperate. How immature can this man possibly be? No amount of heavily styled hair or blue-blue-blue eyes is going to make me warm up to him unless he admits to being the needy, desperate one in the relationship."[28]
Entertainment Weekly placed Shepherd in its list of the "30 Great TV Doctors and Nurses".[29] The character was also listed in Wetpaint's "10 Hottest Male Doctors on TV" and in BuzzFeed's "16 Hottest Doctors On Television".[30][31] His relationship with Meredith was included in TV Guide's list of "The Best TV Couples of All Time".[32]
Victor Balta of Today listed Shepherd and Sloan's friendship in its "TV's best bromances". He called them "the most exciting couple on Grey’s," explaining "they’ve demonstrated an easy chemistry that makes for some of the great comic relief around Seattle Grace Hospital with their banter, sage wisdom on each other’s lives, and locker room-style teasing."[33] Their bromance was furthermore included in lists by About.com, BuddyTV, Cosmopolitan, Wetpaint.[34][35][36][37] However, following the announcement of Dane's upcoming departure from the show, Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald felt he and Derek "never clicked like you’d expect friends would. Any scene they had together ranged from uncomfortable to forced."[38]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Addison Shepherd Quotes – Season 4, Episode 13: "Piece of My Heart"". TV Fanatic. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "'McDreamy' in Maine for Dempsey Challenge, Tips Cap to Bowdoin". Bowdoin College. October 2, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Enough is Enough". Grey's Anatomy. Season 1. Episode 2. April 12, 2012. ABC.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Poker Face". Grey's Anatomy. Season 8. Episode 6. October 20, 2011. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Stand By Me". Grey's Anatomy. Season 5. Episode 18. March 19, 2009. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Give Peace a Chance". Grey's Anatomy. Season 6. Episode 7. October 29, 2009. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Support System". Grey's Anatomy. Season 8. Episode 19. April 12, 2012. ABC.
^ Jump up to: a b "Go It Alone". Grey's Anatomy. Season 10. Episode 20. April 17, 2014. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Brave New World". Grey's Anatomy. Season 5. Episode 4. October 16, 2008. ABC.
^ Jump up to: a b "What Is It About Men". Grey's Anatomy. Season 8. Episode 4. October 6, 2011. ABC.
Jump up ^ "The Heart of the Matter". Grey's Anatomy. Season 4. Episode 4. October 18, 2007. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Let the Angels Commit". Grey's Anatomy. Season 3. Episode 6. November 2, 2006. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Love Turns You Upside Down". Grey's Anatomy. Season 9. Episode 8. December 6, 2012. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Sympathy for the Devil". Grey's Anatomy. Season 5. Episode 12. January 15, 2009. ABC.
Jump up ^ "Yesterday". Grey's Anatomy. Season 2. Episode 18. February 19, 2006. ABC.
Jump up ^ "White Wedding". Grey's Anatomy. Season 7. Episode 20. May 5, 2011. ABC.
Jump up ^ Rhodes, Joe (July 15, 2005). "Today's News: Our Take – Vet Earns M.D. on Grey's Anatomy". TV Guide. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
Jump up ^ Keck, William (November 17, 2006). "Lowe knows political roles". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Meet the Real-Life McDreamy: The Doctor Behind 'Grey's Anatomy'". The Hollywood Reporter. September 10, 2014.
Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 23, 2014). "'Grey's Anatomy's' Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo Ink New Two-Year Deals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
Jump up ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (April 23, 2015). "'Grey's Anatomy': Patrick Dempsey Officially Leaving After 11 Seasons". Variety. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ Rice, Lynette (April 24, 2015). "Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey on tonight's shocking twist -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ Bucksbaum, Sydney (August 5, 2015). "Shonda Rhimes Finally Explains Why Derek Had to Die on Grey's Anatomy". E! Online. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Alumnus puts Bowdoin in the Spotlight". The Bowdoin Orient. April 20, 2007.
Jump up ^ Bianco, Robert (April 24, 2015). "Review: 'Grey's Anatomy's' accidental death". USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ Bianco, Robert (May 14, 2006). "The cure for bromidic TV: 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'House'". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Sepinwall, Alan (September 28, 2006). "Grey's Anatomy: You're kidding, right?". What's Alan Watching?. Blogspot. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Chang, Debbie (May 27, 2008). "How 'Grey's Anatomy' Got its Groove Back". BuddyTV. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Wilkinson, Amy (June 15, 2009). "Paging Dr. Feelgood: 30 Great TV Doctors and Nurses". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
Jump up ^ Martin, Rebecca (December 21, 2012). "The 10 Hottest Male Doctors on TV". Wetpaint. The Cambio Network. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
Jump up ^ "The 16 Hottest Doctors On Television". BuzzFeed. September 28, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Couples Pictures, Grey's Anatomy Photos – Photo Gallery: The Best TV Couples of All Time". TV Guide. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
Jump up ^ Balta, Victor. "How adorable! TV's best bromances". Today.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Thomas, Rachel. "TV's Best Bromances". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Best TV Bromances #15 McDreamy and McSteamy". BuddyTV. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Hottest TV bromances". Cosmopolitan. July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Hoffman, Kim (January 28, 2013). "Top 14 TV Bromances — I Love You, Man! (PHOTOS)". Wetpaint. The Cambio Network. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Perigard, Mark (July 27, 2012). "'Grey's Anatomy' drops another doc". Boston Herald. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
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The High End of Low
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The High End of Low
Studio album by Marilyn Manson
Released
May 20, 2009 (2009-05-20)
Recorded
March 2008 – January 2009
Studio
Sage & Sound Recording
(Hollywood, California)
Genre
Glam rock[1][2]
industrial metal[3]
Length
72:12
Label
Interscope
Producer
Sean Beavan
Marilyn Manson
Twiggy
Chris Vrenna
Marilyn Manson chronology
Eat Me, Drink Me
(2007)Eat Me, Drink Me2007 The High End of Low
(2009) Born Villain
(2012)Born Villain2012
Singles from The High End of Low
"We're from America"
Released: March 27, 2009
"Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon"
Released: May 18, 2009
The High End of Low is the seventh studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on May 20, 2009 by Interscope Records. Multiple editions of the record were released by the label, each containing unique bonus tracks. The album's lyrical content was largely inspired by the personal troubles experienced by the band's eponymous vocalist relating to his divorce from burlesque performer Dita Von Teese, as well as his later relationship with teenage actress Evan Rachel Wood.
Manson first began work on the album with guitarist Tim Sköld. However, Sköld left the band when the vocalist reunited with former bassist Twiggy Ramirez. The album was produced by Manson and Twiggy (who dropped the Ramirez moniker) along with former Nine Inch Nails co-producer and keyboardist Chris Vrenna, as well as Antichrist Superstar (1996) and Mechanical Animals (1998) co-producer Sean Beavan. It was the last album to feature the band's long-time drummer Ginger Fish.
The record received mixed reviews from music critics, with several publications praising it as their best album since Mechanical Animals; although others were critical of both its length and more personal lyrical themes. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, and was their second consecutive number one on Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums. It also peaked at number six on European Albums, and within the top 20 in 18 other territories.
"We're from America" and "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" preceded the album as single releases. A music video for "Running to the Edge of the World" was also released, which was condemned as a perceived glorification of violence against women. The band, which featured former Wired All Wrong member Andy Gerold on bass, toured in support of the record. While promoting the release, Manson made a series of disparaging comments about Interscope, its artistic censorship, as well as its-then CEO Jimmy Iovine. It was the band's final album released by the label.
Contents
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1 Background and recording
2 Music and lyrical themes
3 Release and promotion
3.1 Aftermath
4 Critical reception
5 Commercial performance
6 Track listing
7 Personnel
8 Charts
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Year-end charts
9 Release history
10 References
11 External links
Background and recording[edit]
Marilyn Manson announced in November 2007, while on the "Rape of the World Tour" promoting previous studio album Eat Me, Drink Me (2007), that the then-current incarnation of the band would begin work on new material by the beginning of 2008.[4] This included that album's co-composer, Tim Sköld, as well as long-time drummer Ginger Fish, Chris Vrenna and Rob Holliday.[5] The first leg of the tour was a series of co-headlining shows with American thrash metal band Slayer.[6][7] Manson indicated that Slayer guitarist Kerry King and former The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha would be contributing to new material,[8] along with Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who remixed previous single "Putting Holes in Happiness" for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.[4]
Twiggy performing with Marilyn Manson at the Hammerstein Ballroom during the "Rape of the World Tour".
However, the following month, Manson encountered the band's former bassist, Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez), while staying at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[9] He had quit the band in 2002 as a result of creative differences during the recording sessions for their fifth studio album, The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003).[10] It was announced in January 2008 that Twiggy would be rejoining Marilyn Manson as live bassist for the rest of the "Rape of the World Tour",[11] which resulted in Sköld exiting the band.[12] Manson explained: "There's too much tension there [between Twiggy and Sköld]. Those two couldn't be on stage with each other."[13] Work began with Twiggy on new material in March 2008,[14] although future collaborations with Sköld were not ruled out.[12]
Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland joined the band for their August headlining show at the 2008 ETP Fest in South Korea,[15] although Borland would quit to reunite with Limp Bizkit after just one other performance.[16] He later said he was reluctant to be a "hired gun", citing the band's refusal to record any of the nine songs he submitted for their then-upcoming album.[17] Manson clarified: "There was talk early on about collaborating with different guitar players on the record. That was before Twiggy and I got back together, because once Twiggy was back, there was nobody else, and I don't care what you have to offer—this was our record."[9] Manson and Twiggy announced at the 2008 Scream Awards in October that the album was "pretty much done", and indicated it would sound more like Antichrist Superstar than the band's recent material.[18] Manson later described the record as featuring "[lots of] guitar solos and brutal, reckless screaming",[19] and as being "very ruthless, heavy and violent".[20] The album was co-produced by Manson, Twiggy and Vrenna, along with Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals co-producer Sean Beavan.[21][22]
Manson recorded his vocals at his Hollywood Hills home studio between November 2008 and his January 5, 2009 birthday.[23] He described the album as containing "extreme" autobiographical content relating to the dissolution of both his marriage to burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, and his later relationship with then-19-year old actress Evan Rachel Wood,[23] explaining: "Some of the things I say here, it's sad to say them—they're relationship-destroying statements. Some of it is stuff I should have said to my ex-wife. Some are things I've never said to the world."[19] Manson used his home as a canvas to document the disintegration of his relationship with Wood, writing the album's lyrics on walls and coupling them with paintings and drawings, as well as used condoms, bags of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia.[9] Much of the album's artwork was shot there.[21]
Music and lyrical themes[edit]
The songs on The High End of Low appear on the album in the order in which they were written.[23] The album contains material which spans across a wide variety of genres, such as industrial metal,[3] glam rock,[1][2] garage rock,[24] blues,[2] country,[25] and synthpop.[1] Its first track, "Devour", is a mid-tempo rock song which begins with an acoustic guitar, with heavy drums and distorted, screamed vocals becoming more prominent as it progresses.[2] It was written in response to the "Shakespearean ideal of romance" presented on Eat Me, Drink Me.[9] Lana Cooper of PopMatters said the song "runs an emotional gauntlet", and could "very well be the most depressing break-up song of all time. The lonely plink of guitar strings being tuned give way to Manson's soul-wrenching eruption of "And I'll love you / If you'll let me". [But] he turns on a dime, and a few lines later is vowing revenge, spitting "I will blow your heart to pieces."[25] Metal Hammer later included it on their list of the 10 most underrated Marilyn Manson songs.[26]
This is followed by "Pretty as a Swastika", a "mosh pit-ready" heavy metal song.[2] Manson described it as one of his proudest moments lyrically.[9] According to Manson, its title was "something I said to a girl because of her complexion—with black hair, red lips and pale skin. I mean, it was a complex and poetic statement which soon led to intercourse, so I felt no reason for it to be seen as hateful or destructive."[27] At the insistence of Interscope Records, the song was re-titled on the album's back cover.[9] Manson was critical of this censorship,[28][29] saying: "Rather than take it off the album, I decided to produce it on the sleeve with a different name, so it'll be sold in Walmart or wherever stores sell guns but are afraid to deal with lyrics. So I put "Pretty as a ($)", because all of their motivations are based on money."[27] "Leave a Scar" was written by Manson "about and for Evan on the day we broke up. Maybe some of the things I say in the song are cruel, but it is how I felt at the time."[30][31]
"Blank and White" (uncensored)
Uncensored version of the track. This audio sample contains a portion of the song's final verse, which was censored by Interscope on all officially released versions of the album.
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"Four Rusted Horses" is a blues-inspired rock song, and was compared to the work of The Doors[2] and Johnny Cash.[25][32] Manson described its lyric as being "almost a nursery rhyme. [...] everyone thinks that I was singing about the apocalypse, but it's more just about the four of us, my band, that managed to survive through all of this, and where do we go from here."[9] "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" is an uptempo rock song which was described by The Quietus as "classic Manson".[2] Caren Gibson of Metal Hammer claimed that the song was reminiscent of "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross, as well as the work of Depeche Mode.[32] "Blank and White" deals with censorship, specifically the reaction to Time magazine's cover story "Is God Dead?", which saw protesters brandishing blank picket signs. The lyric "God is dead but god is still white / So shoot up the mall, the school or the president of whatever / Or whoever wants a fight" was censored by Interscope on all editions of the album. Manson has said that this made him happy artistically, as "the song is about censorship, and they censored [it]."[33]
"Running to the Edge of the World" is a David Bowie-inspired ballad, which features Manson singing in falsetto notes during its middle 8.[2] "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies" is a primarily bass-driven rock song.[2] At over 9 minutes, it is longest song on the album.[25] Its lyrics document the disintegration of Manson's relationship with Wood, and his fantasies of "smashing her skull in with a sledgehammer."[9] It was one of the first tracks the band recorded for The High End of Low, and was originally 25 minutes long. Reluctant to release a double album, they re-recorded a shorter version following the completion of the album's final song, "15", with Manson asking the band: "How many minutes do I have left on this CD [...]? And it was 9 minutes. I said, 'Roll it, I'm going to sing it.' What appears on the record is one [unedited] performance."[23]
"WOW" is an industrial dance song,[2] and Manson has described it as a turning point for the album, explaining: "The first half of the record is kind of bitter and angry, but there's a confidence that starts to rebuild itself [at "WOW"]. I wanted to do a song that represented who I am, and why I started doing this in the first place."[23] Manson plays a one-stringed guitar on the song,[23] which also features the sound of him "snorting lines of something - whatever it might have been - as a percussion instrument."[19] In a review of the leaked demo, which was originally titled "The WoW", James Gill of Metal Hammer described it as "genuinely filthy and intensely sexy. [...] It doesn't have anything in the way of memorable hooks, but it's the sort of track that would sound amazing in a goth strip club... if one existed."[34] "Wight Spider" is one of the heaviest songs on the album, and has been compared to the work of Mastodon.[31] Metal Hammer also said of the track: "whether conscious or not, what [the band] learned from Trent Reznor is back: the track builds and builds without changing direction."[34] "Unkillable Monster" is a down-tempo rock song which alternates between a quiet-verse and loud-chorus structure,[35] and features layered, distorted vocals and guitars.[2]
"We're from America" is the most overtly political song on the album, referencing various aspects of neoconservatism in its lyrics, such as pro-war and anti-abortion rhetoric.[34] "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" was described by The Quietus as a "maggot-infested ride into the trough of melancholy."[2] The penultimate track, "Into the Fire", portrays the vocalists' mental state on Christmas Day—wherein he unsuccessfully attempted to contact Wood 158 times, and cut himself on the hands or face with a razorblade for each corresponding attempt.[9] It was the original album closer, with Manson describing it as a "glorious epic that I think will make Twiggy forever recognized as a guitar hero."[21] The album's final song, "15", was completed on Manson's January 5 birthday.[9] He called it "the most important song that's been written by Marilyn Manson as an entity. It's the most unusual song I have ever heard. I thought that the album was done, [...] but what was happening in my life had not resolved itself. So on January 5, one five, I sang '15', and the lyrics tell the story of that day."[21]
Release and promotion[edit]
The title of the album was revealed through the 'Smoking Section' of Rolling Stone magazine on February 2, 2009, where it was also announced that a music video would be filmed for the track "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies".[36] Throughout March, five rough mixes of songs from the album were leaked.[34] In an interview with a fansite, Chris Vrenna said of the leak: "I hate stealing of music in any form. If a band chooses to put tracks online, that's great. [...] I think true fans know that usually songs found online before the record is released are rough mixes, and will wait to hear the music the way the artist intended."[37] "We're from America" was released as a free download on the band's website from March 27, with a one-track digital single released through online retailers on April 7.[38] A CD single was released on April 14, and was exclusively sold at Hot Topic.[39] It peaked at number three on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales, spending six weeks on the chart.[40]
Former Wired All Wrong member Andy Gerold performing bass with the band at Mayhem Festival 2009.
"Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" was the album's official lead single.[38] It was chosen as a single by Interscope after Manson played an instrumental version of the song to their artists and repertoire department, where an employee exclaimed: "This is gonna be a hit!". Manson is reported to have responded: "Well, I'm glad that you have no consideration for what I [might] put on top of it."[33] A heavily censored version of the profanity-laced track, re-titled to "Arma... geddon",[41] was serviced to radio in the US from April 13.[38] It peaked at number 37 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock, becoming their lowest-peaking single on that chart in the process.[42] A music video, directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker and photographer Delaney Bishop, premiered on the website of British music magazine NME on May 14.[43] Delaney had previously directed the 2005 short film The Death of Salvador Dali, which starred Manson's ex-wife, Dita Von Teese.[44]
The High End of Low was made available for streaming on the band's Myspace profile four days before its US release.[22] The album was supported by "The High End of Low Tour". Rob Holliday did not rejoin the band, with Twiggy taking over on lead guitar and former Wired All Wrong member Andy Gerold performing bass.[45] The tour was visually inspired by the art of cinematography production, and featured cinema-derived stage lighting. Manson removed the distinction between on- and off-stage, with stagehands reapplying the band members' make-up and assisting with wardrobe changes in full-view of the audience. Prior to the commencement of each song, a stagehand would re-appear and signify that a new act had begun by using a clapperboard in front of Manson.[46][47]
Aftermath[edit]
Prior to the album's release, Manson made a series of disparaging comments regarding Interscope and its artistic censorship;[9][27][28] as well as its then-CEO Jimmy Iovine, who Manson said "wasn't smart enough to understand what [we] do."[48] He also accused the label of caring more about Vitamin Water [the private equity venture of Interscope-signed 50 Cent[49]] than music.[50] Several days after the album's release, Trent Reznor – who, as of 2015, remains friends and business partners with Iovine[51] – called Manson a "dopey clown", and said that "He is a malicious guy and will step on anybodies face to succeed and cross any line of decency."[52] Manson responded by accusing Reznor of professional jealousy, saying: "Since I've known Trent, he's always let his jealousy and bitterness for other people get in the way. I'm not talking about me—I sat back and watched him be jealous of Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan and a lot of other musicians in the past. I just don't find time to do that. I stopped thinking about him a while back."[53]
While promoting the album in the UK in June 2009, Manson appeared inebriated in a series of interviews.[54][55][56] An interview for Alan Carr: Chatty Man recorded during this period remains unaired, reportedly due to graphic language and content, as well as partial nudity.[57][58] The following month, Manson issued a death threat against journalists whom he accused of making "cavalier statement[s] about me and my band." On a blog post on the band's Myspace profile, he wrote: "I will personally, or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech."[59] A music video for "Running to the Edge of the World" – in which Manson beats a Wood lookalike to death – was released on November 4, and was condemned as a perceived glorification of violence against women.[60][61]
The band parted ways with Interscope on December 3.[62] On parting with the label, Manson said: "a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied [has been regained]", and indicated that the band had started work on new material while touring. He also confirmed that he had rekindled his relationship with Wood.[63] The band's long-time drummer Ginger Fish stepped down as a member of Marilyn Manson in February 2011.[64]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source
Rating
Metacritic 58/100[65]
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [66]
Entertainment Weekly C+[67]
The Guardian [68]
IGN 6.8/10[35]
Los Angeles Times [69]
NME [70]
PopMatters [25]
Q [71]
Rolling Stone [72]
Spin 8/10[73]
The album received mixed reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score 58, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally mixed or average reviews".[65] It also holds an aggregate score of 4.6 out of 10 at AnyDecentMusic?, based on 8 reviews.[74]
The album was acclaimed by several publications. Spin writer Doug Brod referred to it as the band's best record since Mechanical Animals.[73] Ed Power of Hot Press and John Earls of Planet Sound both rated the album 8 out of 10 and also compared the two releases, with the latter complimenting The High End of Low's "strutting glam and magnificently OTT ballads".[31][75] In another 8 out of 10 review, Amy Sciarretto of Ultimate Guitar noted Twiggy's return to the band, and claimed that he "must be the catalyst sparking Manson's creative drive and gears, because [Manson] hasn't sounded this delightfully or determinedly pissed in quite a long time."[76] Similarly, BBC Music concluded that Twiggy's involvement saw the band resurrected after Eat Me, Drink Me, which they called "lacklustre", and said that the album provided a pointed satirical commentary on modern America.[1] Los Angeles Times reviewer Mikael Wood complimented its production, describing how the band had "sculpted a sound both harder-hitting and more finely detailed than on any previous Marilyn Manson record."[69] Allison Stewart from The Washington Post praised the album for its personal lyrical content, contending that Manson's divorce from Von Teese had led to a new musical high.[77]
Other reviewers criticized the album for its length, the level of experimentation, as well as its more personal lyrical themes. Rolling Stone reviewer Jody Rosen gave the album a mediocre review, citing its diminished shock value when compared to previous material. Rosen considered the ballads to be the album's best songs, as they illustrated a more endearing depiction of Manson–as a melancholic human, rather than the Antichrist Superstar.[72] Phil Freeman of AllMusic criticized the lack of variety on the album. He also criticized its lyrics, saying that they "feel like [Manson's] trying to convince himself as much as the audience."[66] Entertainment Weekly called the album "occasionally satisfying", but said it was "unlikely to leave even a superficial cut."[67]
The album received some of its most negative reviews from the British and Irish press. A review for NME was critical of the album's personal lyrics, and claimed that Manson had emasculated himself by opening up.[70] In a one-star review, The Guardian called the album unconvincing, and criticized it for a lack of experimentation;[68] whilst Entertainment.ie writer Lauren Murphy chastised several songs for sounding too experimental and "completely misplaced", summarizing: "If he'd stuck to what he was good at – ear-piercing yelps, liberal dashes of real controversy and big, brawny metal songs with tough beats – he may have [had] a 'comeback' on his hands."[78] Conversely, Mayer Nissim from Digital Spy commended the album for its diversity, but was critical of its length and "ill-advised attempts at stadium anthems." He awarded the album three stars out of five and said: "It's far from awful, but not for the first time, you can't help but feel that Manson could do so much better."[24]
Commercial performance[edit]
The High End of Low debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 as the highest new entry that week, with first-week sales of 49,000 copies. Despite reaching a higher charting position than their last studio album, Eat Me, Drink Me, which debuted at number eight, this was the band's lowest opening-week figure since the live album The Last Tour on Earth opened with 26,000 copies in 1999.[79] The album also peaked at number two on both Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums,[80][81] and was their second consecutive number-one album on Top Hard Rock Albums.[82] As of February 2012, The High End of Low had sold over 148,000 copies in the US.[83] In Japan, the album debuted at number nine on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 10,583 copies in its first week.[84]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Marilyn Manson; all music composed by Twiggy and Chris Vrenna, except "Wight Spider" by Ramirez, Vrenna and Manson.
The High End of Low – Standard edition
No.
Title
Length
1. "Devour" 3:46
2. "Pretty as a Swastika" 2:45
3. "Leave a Scar" 3:55
4. "Four Rusted Horses" 5:00
5. "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" 3:39
6. "Blank and White" 4:27
7. "Running to the Edge of the World" 6:26
8. "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies" 9:02
9. "WOW" 4:55
10. "Wight Spider" 5:33
11. "Unkillable Monster" 3:44
12. "We're from America" 5:04
13. "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" 4:12
14. "Into the Fire" 5:15
15. "15" 4:21
Total length: 72:12
[show]The High End of Low – Independent retailer standard edition (bonus track)[85]
No.
Title
Length
16. "Pretty as a Swastika" (Alternate Version) 2:26
Total length: 74:38
[show]The High End of Low – International standard edition (bonus track)[86]
No.
Title
Length
16. "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" (Teddybears Remix) 3:30
Total length: 75:42
[show]The High End of Low – Deluxe edition (bonus disc)[87]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" (Teddybears Remix) 3:31
2. "Leave a Scar" (Alternate Version) 4:02
3. "Running to the Edge of the World" (Alternate Version) 6:08
4. "Wight Spider" (Alternate Version) 5:28
5. "Four Rusted Horses" (Opening Titles Version) 5:02
6. "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" (Alternate Version) 4:07
Total length: 28:25
[show]The High End of Low – Hot Topic deluxe edition (bonus track)[88]
No.
Title
Length
7. "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" (Alternate Version) 3:39
Total length: 32:04
[show]The High End of Low – iTunes deluxe edition (bonus track)[89]
No.
Title
Length
7. "Fifteen" (Alternate Version of "15") 4:17
Total length: 32:41
[show]The High End of Low – Japanese deluxe edition (bonus track)[90]
No.
Title
Length
7. "Into the Fire" (Alternate Version) 4:34
Total length: 33:03
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from AllMusic and the liner notes of The High End of Low.[91][92]
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson – vocals, lyricist, composer, percussion, guitars, production, photography, art direction and design
Twiggy – composer, electric, acoustic and bass guitars, keyboards, production
Chris Vrenna – composer, keyboards, programming, drum programming, engineering, production, mixing
Sean Beavan – engineering, co-production, mixing
Ginger Fish – piano on "Into the Fire"
Legal
Emma Banks – booking agent for Creative Artists Agency
Tony Ciulla – management
Chris Dalston – booking agent for CAA
Michelle Jubelirer – legal
Rick Roskin – booking agent for CAA
Technical
Joakim Åhlund – remix, background vocals (Teddybears remix only)
Klas Åhlund – remix (Teddybears remix only)
Delaney Bishop – photography
Rod Crawford – background vocals (Teddybears remix only)
Pete Doell – mastering (alternate versions only)
Justin Hergett – recording assistant, engineer
Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R for Interscope Records
Wesley Michener – recording assistant, engineer
Robert Orton – mixing (Teddybears remix only)
Mike Riley – recording assistant, engineer, photography
Jeremy Underwood – recording assistant, engineer
Liam Ward – art direction and design
Jeff Witters – cover layout
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2009)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[93]
12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[94]
6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[95]
38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[96]
16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[97]
4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[98]
13
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[99]
32
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[100]
73
European Albums (Billboard)[101]
6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[102]
9
French Albums (SNÉP)[103]
9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[104]
11
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[105]
17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[106]
47
Italian Albums (FIMI)[107]
18
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[108]
9
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[109]
34
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[110]
8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[111]
26
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[112]
31
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[113]
22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[114]
20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[115]
9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[116]
15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[117]
6
UK Albums (OCC)[118]
19
UK Rock Albums (OCC)[119]
2
US Billboard 200[120]
4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[80]
2
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[81]
2
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[82]
1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2009)
Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[121]
41
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Edition
Label
Catalog #
Ref.
Japan
May 20, 2009
CD
digital download
Standard
deluxe
Interscope UICS-9107 [90]
Australia
May 22, 2009 0-602527-061825 [122]
Germany
[86]
France
May 25, 2009 Polydor [123]
United Kingdom
Interscope [25]
North America
May 26, 2009
Standard
deluxe
Hot Topic deluxe
B0013017-72 [87]
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