You might remember Marilyn Manson from such hits as—okay, he’s never actually had a hit. And now that we’re solidly into the 21st Century, with its wondrous flying cars and undersea cities, his Satanic Lord of the Mallrats persona is getting seriously stale. But Marilyn is nothing if not an attention whore, and if getting your attention means crawling into a tub full of rattlesnakes, then bring on the viper-bath.

Scrambling for a way to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, Marilyn stumbled across Jackie Bibby, the Texas Rattlesnake King. According to the usual anonymous source:

Marilyn is desperate to get into the famous book, and wants to do it for something people will associate him with. He thought about all the wacky records he could try and break, and came across Jackie Bibby’s record. That’s when he decided he wanted to try and break it.

Mr. Bibby holds the record for holding the most rattlesnakes in his mouth (nine), and for bathing with the most rattlers (81). Marilyn thinks he can beat that last one. According to Jackie, it’s really not that difficult. “They can go wherever they want as long as they don’t start biting. The key to not biting is for me to stay still. Rapid movement scares a rattlesnake. If you move real slow and gentle, that doesn’t seem to bother them.” Hey, if Marilyn’s technique was good enough for Lindsay Lohan and Evan Rachel Wood, it’s probably good enough for the snakes.