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From drinking urine to tormenting baby mice, we take a look at some of the freakiest figures in music.

5: Varg Vikernes

Founder of Norwegian black metal  outfit Burzum, Vikernes is currently in jail in for the murder of Øystein Aarseth, guitarist for rival metal band Mayhem. Although his motive is unclear, the murder is though to have been "a power struggle between rival leaders of the Satanic circle”.

4: Marilyn Manson

Marilyn, or Brian as he is known to his Mum, comes across as a nice enough fellow. Even serial doughnut eater Michael Moore was impressed at what an intelligent and articulate soul he was. On the flip side this is a man who, according to burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese, lives surrounded by “collections of Nazi uniforms, a foetus in a jar named Ludwig and a taxidermied baboon sitting on a rock with an erection”.

3: Ozzy Osbourne

The foul mouthed and self proclaimed Prince of Darkness is no stranger to freakdom. Even the legendarily debauched Motley Crue baulked when Ozzy got on all fours and licked up his own urine from a Las Vegas pavement. He followed this remarkable feat by snorting a line of ants that happened to be passing.

2: Amy Winehouse

Poor old Amy. Where did it all go wrong? It doesn’t seem like long that she was being lauded as the voice of her generation. Skip forward to early 2008 and she’s holed up in a crack den with Pete Doherty tormenting baby mice. How about giving your finger nails a scrub love?

1: Michael Jackson

All hail the king of the freaks! I’ll tread carefully here but suffice to say this is a man that is reported to bleach his own skin and who readily admits to sharing a bed with young boys. Out of all the ridicule that MJ has had over the years perhaps Southpark do it the best with their hilarious episode Mr Jefferson.