Barely hours after news of the ing of Celtic Frost’s Martin Ain, we have heard that another influential musician has ed at a terribly early age.
Berkowitz (born Scott Putesky) created the stage name by splicing together Daisy from Dukes of Hazzard with the surname of serial killer David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam”. Together with Brian “Marilyn Manson” Warner, they created the concept for one of rock’s most controversial acts in 1989, an act which exploded with the release of “Beautiful People” from their second album Antichrist Superstar.
Berkowitz left the band during the recording of that album, but his talented and creative fingerprints are all over the finished product.
Another act he was associated with was Jack Off Jill, and it was this band that broke the news on facebook earlier. Berkowitz / Putesky died of colon cancer, a disease he was diagnosed with in 2013. He was aged only 49.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family and we ask you to us in enjoying a sample of his output, “Dope Hat”, from MM’s first album Portrait of an American Family.
Condolences…followed you from the beginning. rest in Metal Daisy!
Cardinal Rule of Journalism #101: Thou shalt not misspell the decedent’s name in his own obit.
Fixed and thankyou. I was exhausted when I posted it (poor excuse, I know).
Antichrist Superstar was their third album. Smells Like Children was their second album.
Smells Like Children is classed as an EP – so their second *release*, but not an album. It does have a fair few tracks (more than most albums!), but I assume is classed as an EP as it’s made up predominantly of remixes, covers and so forth. Having said that, both Wikipedia and Manson Wiki both drop the word “album” into the description now and again so I guess there’s some disagreement. I did actually look this up before drafting the article, but as both sources listed do seem to edge more towards “EP” overall, I classed it as such.… Read more »
RIP daisy/scott, such a unique and talented guitar player and songwriter. marilyn manson was such a better band when you were a part of it!