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Stephen Bier was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to a Jewish father and Catholic mother. He earned a degree in engineering from the University of Florida.

Bier attended college for six years and sought a job at NASA but decided he wanted to be in a band with Brian Warner. He joined Marilyn Manson in late 1989 as a live prop actor after Zsa Zsa Speck left the band. Bier has played the following instruments on Marilyn Manson's albums, including

• Keyboards
• synthesizers
• calliope
• Hammond organ
• saxophone
• theremin
• various brass instruments
• overdubs
• loops
• samples
• drums/electronic drums
• keytar
• piano
• mellotron
• shakers

He is responsible for much of the Kabbalic and numerological meanings behind Manson's albums.[1] He did not contribute to Manson's album Eat Me, Drink Me, having been replaced by Chris Vrenna.

On August 2, 2007, it was reported that Bier filed a lawsuit against Manson for unpaid "partnership proceeds". Bier claims Manson spent the band's earnings on "sick and disturbing purchases of Nazi memorabilia and taxidermy (including the skeleton of a young Chinese girl)" and on various other luxurious items. Bier claimed that Manson "devised a campaign to drive Bier out of the band and rob him of his entitlement".[2]

On December 19, 2007, Manson filed a counter suit against Bier, accusing him of breach of contract.[3] According to metalunderground.com, the lawsuit was settled for a sum far less than what was originally sought by Bier with the total being $380,000. $175,000 was paid out by Marilyn Manson while the rest was ordered to be paid by Stephen Bier's former business managers.[4]

• Portrait of an American Family (Marilyn Manson, 1994)
• "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" single (US) (David Bowie, 1995) (uncredited)
• Smells Like Children (Marilyn Manson, 1995)
• Antichrist Superstar (Marilyn Manson, 1996)
• Remix & Repent (Marilyn Manson, 1997)
• Lost Highway Soundtrack - "Apple of Sodom" (uncredited, 1997)
• Mechanical Animals (Marilyn Manson, 1998)
• Dead Man on Campus Soundtrack (Marilyn Manson's cover of David Bowie's "Golden Years", 1999)
• Detroit Rock City (Marilyn Manson's cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell", 1999)
• The Last Tour on Earth (Marilyn Manson, 1999)
• Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (Marilyn Manson, 2000)
• Guns, God and Government (Marilyn Manson, 2000)
• The Golden Age of Grotesque (Marilyn Manson, 2003)
• Lest We Forget: The Best Of (Marilyn Manson, 2004)
• Lost & Found (Marilyn Manson, 2008)

• Marilyn Manson: Coma White (1999)
• Doppelherz (2003)
• Speed Dragon (2013) (Bones)