Zim Zum

For the Kabbalistic concept of the same name, see Tzimtzum.

Zim Zum
Zim Zum in 1996
Background information
Genres	Industrial rock, experimental rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Nothing Interscope Reprise
Member of	The Pop Culture Suicides Pleistocene
Formerly of	Life, Sex & Death Marilyn Manson
Website	www.zimzum.com

Timothy Linton, known by the stage name Zim Zum, is an American rock musician-songwriter and former guitarist for Life, Sex & Death and rock band Marilyn Manson (1996–1998). His current projects are Pleistoscene, a solo project, and The Pop Culture Suicides.

Biography

Linton joined Marilyn Manson in 1996, first appearing with the band at Nothing Records' "A Night of Nothing" showcase that was held in 1996 at Irving Plaza in New York City. He toured with the band for the 1996–1997 "Dead to the World" tour. His first video with the band was "The Beautiful People". 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.

Linton contributed to all but four of the tracks on the band's 1998 release Mechanical Animals. In July 1998, he left Marilyn Manson, explaining 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. In an interview in Guitar World, Linton stated that being in Marilyn Manson had opened new doors and new opportunities in music. Linton departed from the band before the Mechanical Animals supporting tour began. His replacement was John 5.