&Lunchbox& is the second single from Marilyn Manson's debut album, Portrait of an American Family.
In the credits of CD booklet from the Portrait of an American Family album, &Lunchbox& contains elements from the song &Fire& by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Inspired by a piece of Florida legislation from 1972, which illegalized metal lunchboxes in schools due to children using them as weapons, the song references Manson as a youngster who is pushed around by bullies, waiting for the day he can &grow up to be a big rock & roll star&. Manson stated the song was inspired by of one of his heroes, Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe.
The &Highschool Drop-outs& version is an edit which removes the profanity. (wiki)
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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With its relentless but danceable industrial beat and death metal guitars, &Lunchbox& was one of the standouts on Marilyn Manson's debut album, Portrait of an American Family. For its single, &Lunchbox& was paired with a cover of Gary Numan's &Down in the Park& and four reworked versions of the title track -- &Next Motherfucker,& &Brown Bag,& &Metal,& and &Lunchbox (Highschool Drop-Outs).& Apart from the latter, which is a radio edit of &Lunchbox,& the remixes are fairly intriguing, but the single remains of interest primarily to hardcore Manson collectors, not casual fans.