"Lunchbox" is the second single from Marilyn Manson's debut album, Portrait of an American Family.
In the credits of CD booklet from the Portrait of an American Family album, "Lunchbox" contains elements from the song "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Inspired by a piece of Florida legislation from 1972, which illegalized metal lunchboxes in schools due to children using them as weapons, the song references Manson as a youngster who is pushed around by bullies, waiting for the day he can "grow up to be a big rock & roll star". Manson stated the song was inspired by of one of his heroes, Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe.
The "Highschool Drop-outs" version is an edit which removes the profanity. (wiki)
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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With its relentless but danceable industrial beat and death metal guitars, "Lunchbox" was one of the standouts on Marilyn Manson's debut album, Portrait of an American Family. For its single, "Lunchbox" was paired with a cover of Gary Numan's "Down in the Park" and four reworked versions of the title track -- "Next Motherfucker," "Brown Bag," "Metal," and "Lunchbox (Highschool Drop-Outs)." Apart from the latter, which is a radio edit of "Lunchbox," the remixes are fairly intriguing, but the single remains of interest primarily to hardcore Manson collectors, not casual fans.