Zim Zum

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Zim Zum
Birth name Timothy Michael Linton
Also known as Michael Linton
Born June 25, 1969 (1969-06-25) (age 38)
Genre(s) Experimental
Rock
Occupation(s) Guitarist
Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1989 –
Label(s) nothing
Interscope
Associated acts Life, Sex & Death
Marilyn Manson
The Pop Culture Suicides

Timothy Michael Linton (born on June 25, 1969, in Chicago) more commonly known as Zim Zum, is an American rock musician/songwriter and former guitarist for Life, Sex & Death and Marilyn Manson (1996-1998). His current projects are Pleistoscene, a solo project, and The Pop Culture Suicides, the latter being his main focus for now.

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The high point of Linton's career thus far is his collaboration with Marilyn Manson, after Daisy Berkowitz left the band due to constant disrespect towards himself and his equipment. While the guitar tracks on the Antichrist Superstar album were recorded by Daisy Berkowitz, Twiggy Ramirez and Trent Reznor, Linton was hired to play as the live guitar player for the Dead To The World tour after Berkowitz's departure. Linton contributed to all but two of the tracks on the Mechanical Animals album. Although the reasons for his departure were never made clear, Marilyn Manson stated in an interview that Linton was fired for "having too many problems and not enough commitment". Linton was permanently replaced before the Mechanical Animals supporting tour by John 5. By using the stage name "Zim Zum", Linton became the first member of Marilyn Manson to not use a stage name that combined a sex symbol's first and a serial killer's last names. According to Jeordie White (Twiggy Ramirez), he got his name from his Dungeons & Dragons character, though Manson has said that the name refers to the Kabbalistic concept of Tzimtzum.

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