Marilyn Manson of course, In my opinion, the best artist in all aspects musically and visually. He has a very unique mind and you can see that in the way he speaks, writes and performs.
*NIN
*Cradle of Filth
*Slipknot
*Static X
*Murderdolls
*Six Feet Under
*Dimmu Borgir
*Cannibal Corpse
*Children Of Bodom
*The Agony Scene
*Soil
*Shadows Fall
*Killswitch Engage
*Lamb of God
*Dying Fetus
*Coal Chamber
*Devil Driver
*Rob and White Zombie
*Mudvayne
The 69 Eyes
Brotha Lynch Hung
Xzibit
Eminem
My three favorite books would have to be; *The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell -Marilyn Manson Its really an amazing book I have read it a dozen times if not more all of those Saturday mornings in detention lol. It really is he has had an amazing life and if you haven't read you seriously should it's very entertaining from beginning to end.Even if you aren't a fan of his I think you will like it *The Night Stalker This is also very awesome the writing makes it that much better it is the story of Richard Ramirez the "Night Stalker" that killed lots of people down in Southern California all which were sleeping in their beds.Like I said the author does a great job and descibes everything vividly. Each chapter is a different murder.It starts out with him searching for the next house to break into and it's all writing as through the killers eyes, then the murder and lastly the discovery of the body or bodies in some cases *Dantes Inferno This is a very interesting book its a long ass poem a few hundred pages but its the story of a mans Jouney through the 9 layers of hell and it tells of what he see's through all of it