A Rumor Destroyed Trent Reznor + Marilyn Manson’s Friendship
Did you know that a rumor ruined Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson’s friendship?
The pair had a exceptional partnership that started in 1989 when Manson, whose actual determine is Brian Warner, interviewed Reznor about his band 9 Inch Nails for a publication in Florida. At some point, Manson’s have band, identified as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Little ones at the time, opened for 9 Inch Nails at a tiny club.
After Manson’s band had a unsuccessful provide with Sony New music in the early ’90s, Reznor gave them a region at his individual label, Absolutely nothing at all Documents. He also developed their to get started with handful of releases — Portrait of an American Family (1994), the EP Smells Like Children (1995) and ’96’s Antichrist Celebrity.
It appeared like they had a fantastic issue heading, but the resourceful approach for Antichrist Superstar set force on their functioning romance.
Then, in 1998, Manson’s book The Very extended Road Out of Hell was unveiled, and it contained a rumor about Reznor that he is denied on far far more than 1 distinct predicament. He distanced himself from Manson as a consequence.
The duo worked alongside 1 one more all more than once more briefly in the year 2000, but then grew aside as soon as significantly far more. Reznor produced a couple of of critiques about their friendship in the press later on in the decade, saying that Manson knowledgeable turned into a “dopey clown.”
Manson unveiled a number of numerous years later on that he was angry at Reznor for a extended time because he believed he destroyed the Antichrist Superstar masters, but located out that Reznor nonetheless knowledgeable them ideal immediately after they reconnected and had a conversation.
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When actress Evan Rachel Wood, who’d been in a marriage with Manson for a number of a number of years in the late 2000s, ousted the musician as her abuser in early 2021, Reznor the moment as soon as far more condemned the shock rocker and denounced their friendship.
In our latest Driving the Feud episode, we verify out the friendship among Reznor and Manson,and dissect the various functions that eventually ruined it. Watch it down beneath.
