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For|the Kabbalistic concept of the same name|TzimtzumInfobox musical artist|image = || name = Zim Zum| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Timothy Michael Linton| alias = Michael Linton| birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|6|25| death_date =| origin =| instrument = Guitar | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal | occupation = Guitarist Songwriter| years_active = 1989–present| label = Nothing Records|nothing Interscope Records|Interscope | associated_acts = Life, Sex & Death Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson The Pop Culture Suicides | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = 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 (band)|Marilyn Manson (1996–1998). His current projects are Pleistoscene, a solo project, and The Pop Culture Suicides , the latter being his main focus.
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The high point of Linton's music career thus far is his collaboration with Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson . Linton was one of 150 people to apply for the guitarist position for Marilyn Manson and one of the 15 to actually audition. He was then hired and travelled with the band for the 1996-1997 " Dead to the World (tour)|Dead to the World " tour. Fans got their first glimpse of Linton during Nothing Records ' now notorious showcase, "A Night of Nothing", that was held in 1996 at the Irving Center in New York. His first video for the band was " The Beautiful People (Marilyn Manson song)|The Beautiful People ". 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 . Linton contributed to all but two of the tracks on the band's 1998 release Mechanical Animals . In July 1998, Zim Zum walked out of Marilyn Manson. He explained that his departure was the result of his desire to "expand on my own music rather than spending the next 18 months on a tour bus or plane" and described the split as "amicable", despite later animosity with the frontman.cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url= http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/450080/19980723/index.jhtml |title=Zim Zum Quits Marilyn Manson To Pursue Solo Career |work=VH1 |publisher=MTV Networks (Viacom) |date=1998-07-23 |accessdate=2011-06-12 An interview in Guitar World with Zim stated that being in Marilyn Manson had open new doors and new opportunities in music. Linton left/was replaced before the Mechanical Animals supporting tour began. His replacement was John Lowery|John 5 .
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http://www.zimzum.com ZimZum.com, official website
MySpace-music|Zim_Zum|Zim Zum
http://www.zimzum.net ZZIV, official fansite
http://www.thepopculturesuicides.com ThePopCultureSuicides.com, official website
MySpace-music|thepopculturesuicides|The Pop Culture Suicides
http://thepopculturesuicides.zimzum.net Xtraction
http://www.pleistoscene.com Pleistoscene.com, official website
http://www.zimzumworld.com Zim Zum World, Italian fansite
http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1436964/20000927/index.jhtml Trouble in the Manson Family
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