by Cai Trefor Contributor | Photos by Daniel Quesada

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Marilyn Manson vows not to vote in upcoming election

'Neither of them appeal to me'

 

Marilyn Manson election 2016 November Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Photo: Daniel Quesada

Marilyn Manson is not going to vote in November.

The legendary heavy metal star has not found a choice leader in either candidate and will abstain when the voting booths open.

However, the singer did vote for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, meaning he's not totally outside of party politics.

"I don't find either candidate to my liking, so I choose to stand out of this one," he told Rolling Stone.

"And I don't think that's a coward's stance. A lot of people might say that. I just don't really want to be a part of this piece of history. Last time, I did want to be involved in some piece of history as a voter."

Speaking about how the internet has changed perceptions he said: "It's a tough call because if you look back at old presidents that have been in the past, and you weren't old enough to know how they lived their lives, and you didn't live in the era that was so media-saturated and internet and just so many opinions swirling around, the world seems a bit chaotic more than it should be.

"But then when you simplify it, it isn't more chaotic," he continued. "It just comes down to two things: Who has more charisma, and who are they appealing to. And neither one of them appeal to me."

Meanwhile, Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine is very worried Trump will get elected and liked the Republican to Hitler

Elsewhere, Peaches, Miley Cyrys, Queen, Bono,The Rolling Stones, and Peaches - to name a few - have recently spoken out against the man who plans to build a wall across the southern border of the US and refers to undocumented immigrants as "criminal aliens". 

 


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