The Family Jams is the first cassette by the newly renamed Marilyn Manson, since changing their name from Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, released in 1992. Despite this it was actually the band's eighth official cassette, and the fifth to be sold publicly.
Album credits
℗ © 1992 BERKOWITZ/MANSON
DAISY BERKOWITZ: GUITARS, HARMONICA
GIDGET GEIN: BASS, FUZZ, CAT SHIT
MADONNA WAYNE GACY: THEREMIN, MUSETTE, HAMMON 83,
CUNT SEQUENCE, HARPSICHORD, BRASS, SAMPLED GUITAR, BASS AND VOICES
SARA LEE LUCAS: DRUMS, DIGITAL PROGRAMS
MR. NO NAME MANSON: CHARACTER DISTORTION, SORE THROAT
FOR MERCHANDISE
WRITE TO P.O. BOX
191190 MIAMI BEACH
FLORIDA 33139
special thanks go to Charlie Logan, Morgan, Paul Jenkins "the king of copies," Deidre, Laura Taylor and all at Players Magazine, Mia and Tanya, Glen Richards, WKPX, Bob Slade, WVUM, King Missile, Factory Black, Mort dillon, John Waters, Gen and the Genitorturers, Postface, Jessica (the dope mama), Arleen Mama, Mrs. Scabtree, Wade, Jen #1 and all the Florida lunchbox girls association, Norma, Flashbacks, Jeremy of Sinful Lust, Independent Sound, Arden Moody, Crispin Glover, Angel, Carrie Cardoor, Bill "bitch pussy" Lamorey, TJ, Brad Gaskill, Tim, Sister Venus, Mitch Comestain, Lydia, Joanne D., Adrianne and Duke, Jason Morgan, Wade and his girlfriend, Holly, Mephisto Waltz Dancers, Anton Lavey, The Biers, Hugh and Barb, Missy Freakwhore, Alan Hurtz, Charles Nelson Riley, Black Francis, Subculture, Donovan (tattoos), Charles (hat), Wendy (hairdos), Marsha (drugs), Holly and Stew, Open Records, Uncle Sam's, Big Dick from Y&T, everyone we have forgotten to mention unless we have done so purposefully.
ALL LYRICS WRITTEN BY MR. MANSON AND ALL MUSIC WRITTEN BY BERKOWITZ AND GEIN WITH ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY GACY EXCEPT "DOPE HAT", WRITTEN BY MANSON AND BERKOWITZ. THE FAMILY JAMS WAS RECORDED IN LIVE WAREHOUSE SESSIONS DURING 1991 AND 1992 ON A TASCAM PORT-ONE 4-TRACK RECORDER, BITCH, AND WAS PRODUCED AND MIXED BY DAISY BERKOWITZ WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF KURT MOODY, RESIDENT ENGINEER IT'S NOT THE EQUIPMENT IT'S THE TECHNIQUE
Trivia
■ The cassette was titled after the namesake of an album written by American serial killer Charles Manson, and recorded by the infamous Manson Family in 1970.
Personnel
■ Daisy Berkowitz – guitars, harmonica, producer, mixing, music
■ Gidget Gein – bass, music
■ Madonna Wayne Gacy – theremin, musette, hammond organ, harpsichord, brass, sampled guitar, bass, background vocals, music
■ Sara Lee Lucas – drums, programming
■ Marilyn Manson – vocals, lyrics, music
■ Kurt Moody – engineer
(The Marilyn Manson Wiki)