Its emphasis on transgressive themes has made a few industrial metal groups vulnerable to attack from American social conservatives . For example , Sen. Bob Dole , then head of the Republican Party , sharply criticized Time Warner after a meeting between Michael J. Fuchs ( head of the Warner Music Group ) , William Bennett , and C. Delores Tucker , at which Tucker and Bennett demanded that Fuchs read lyrics from NIN 's " Big Man with a Gun " . A year later , Bennett , Tucker , and Joseph Lieberman launched a similar campaign against MCA Records for their distribution of Marilyn Manson 's music . Many of his concerts were cancelled by authorities after this uproar . In addition , Dennis Cooper cited Ministry 's video for " Just One Fix " , which featured footage of William S. Burroughs , as an early example of heroin chic . Some initial reports claimed that Columbine High School shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were Marilyn Manson fans . In fact , they preferred KMFDM and Rammstein . Asa Coon , another school shooter , was a Manson fan . Manson , a former journalist , published a detailed response to the controversy following the Columbine shootings in an article published in '' Rolling Stone '' . It concluded : Sascha Konietzko reported that KMFDM was " sick and appalled " by the shootings , issuing a statement the following day saying : Rammstein stated that they " have no lyrical content or political beliefs that could have possibly influenced such behavior " . Rammstein have also been controversial for their use of Nazi imagery , including footage shot by Leni Riefenstahl for '' Olympia '' in their video for " Stripped " . Alec Empire , a German digital hardcore musician , declared that " Rammstein is successful for all the wrong reasons . I think they 're not a fascist band at all , but I think in Germany there 's a lot of misunderstanding and that 's why they sell records and I think that 's dangerous . " In response to the controversy , Rammstein stated that " We are not Nazis , Neo-Nazis , or any other kind of Nazi . We are against racism , bigotry or any other type of discrimination . " The band went on to create the song " Links 2-3-4 " , released in 2001 , which responded to the Nazi allegations by insinuating that they reside left on the political spectrum
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