Edited sentence: (citation needed).His "controversial" works are actually quite tame in comparison to both contemporary rappers and rock stars, and his work is largely derivative of Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath.His large appeal to so called "poseur Goths" is reflected in the derogatory term for such Goths: Mansonites; "true Goths" eschew Manson as punk fans eschew Green Day or rock fans eschew Michael Bolton.Much of Manson's fame is largely MTV/self driven.Protesters at his concerts have actually been found, in the instance of his Denver, Colorado concert where he read the Bible, to be actors hired by Manson to drum up news media for flagging sales