Marilyn Manson is darker, more serious, and more vicious than Alice Cooper was.
( ( Marilyn Manson ) ( ( ( is ( ( ( ( ( darker , ) ( more serious ) ) , ) and ) ( more vicious ) ) ) ( than ( ( Alice Cooper ) was ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Marilyn) (NNP Manson)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ darker)) (, ,) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ serious)) (, ,) (CC and) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ vicious))) (SBAR (IN than) (S (NP (NNP Alice) (NNP Cooper)) (VP (VBD was))))) (. .)))
Marilyn Manson was not as dark as Alice Cooper is.
( ( Marilyn Manson ) ( ( ( ( was not ) ( as dark ) ) ( as ( ( Alice Cooper ) is ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Marilyn) (NNP Manson)) (VP (VBD was) (RB not) (ADJP (RB as) (JJ dark)) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (NNP Alice) (NNP Cooper)) (VP (VBZ is))))) (. .)))