

In the same lawsuit, Putesky was also awarded the rights to 21 unreleased recordings by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. In the meantime, he successfully sued Marilyn Manson for what he claimed were unpaid royalties for his contributions to Antichrist Superstar. Lauderdale to resume work on his own music, primarily seeking a live band to perform his Three Ton Gate material. Putesky himself was vague, but he related to MTV News that the parting was amicable. By early 1999, SMP was no longer a member of Jack Off Jill. His first recorded work with the band was the 1998 EP Covetous Creature, to which he lent guitar and some production. In late 1998, Putesky joined up with longtime Marilyn Manson collaborators Jack Off Jill, replacing departing member Ho Ho Spade and playing live guitar on their 1999 West Coast tour which lasted for only a handful of gigs. Due to unpaid royalties, Berkowitz filed a $15 million lawsuit against Manson, which was later settled under confidential terms. He is, however, credited for writing the music for four songs on the record, among them being the album's second single, " Tourniquet".

Manson had begun to work more with the other members of the band, and the dark environment of Antichrist Superstar 's production led to Berkowitz being muscled out of the group. In 1996, creative differences with Manson caused Putesky to leave the studio before Antichrist Superstar was completed. For this act, he took the stage name of Daisy Berkowitz, devised by mixing the names of The Dukes Of Hazzard character Daisy Duke and serial killer David Berkowitz. The two created the concept of Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids poking fun at American media hypocrisy and its obsessions with serial killers and beautiful women. Putesky and Marilyn Manson met at a Fort Lauderdale club called The Reunion Room and later at a local after-party in December 1989. His early loves were drawing, movies and Star Wars. He started playing the guitar when he was 15. Putesky's first instruments were the flute and the snare drum, and in 6th grade joined the school's chorus, for which he apparently had a talent. His family is Jewish, but he described himself as atheist. Scott Putesky was born in Los Angeles, California, and was adopted and raised in New Jersey.
