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))))) (. .)))
Alice Cooper was not as dark as Marilyn Manson.
( ( Alice Cooper ) ( ( ( was not ) ( as ( dark ( as ( Marilyn Manson ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Alice) (NNP Cooper)) (VP (VBD was) (RB not) (ADJP (RB as) (JJ dark) (PP (IN as) (NP (NNP Marilyn) (NNP Manson))))) (. .)))