Following allegations of abuse by Marilyn Manson of former rocker Evan’s fiancée Rachel Wood and four other women, fellow musician and former collaborator Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails reprimanded Manson and said he “disliked” interpreter in a new statement. .
As Pitchfork reported, the denunciation of gang leader Nine Inch Nails comes after a story about Reznor in Manson’s 1998 autobiography, The long hard road to hell, reappeared following Wood’s February 1 accusation that Manson had cared for and abused her during their relationship. In the book, Manson tells of an incident in the 1990s in which he and Reznor allegedly physically and sexually assaulted an intoxicated woman.
On Wednesday (February 3rd), Reznor dismissed the story, his defense apparently responding to screenshots of passages from Manson’s autobiography that appeared on social media.
“I have been vocal over the years about my disappointment with Manson as a person and I broke off ties with him almost 25 years ago,” Reznor said. “As I said at the time, the passage in Manson’s memoirs is a complete fable. I was angry and offended when he came out and stayed that way today.”
The story of Reznor and Manson’s alleged debauchery was to appear in 1995 Empyrean Magazine interview with Manson before being canceled due to content objections. Its inclusion in The long hard road to hell highlighted Manson’s early relationship with Reznor – Nine Inch Nails’ brain helped produce Marilyn Manson’s first two albums, each released under Reznor’s Nothing Records.
In 2017, as Consequence of Sound remarked at the time, Manson allegedly claimed that he and Reznor had repaired, keeping the NIN frontman by e-mail telling him “something like” Even though I’m upset that the music it’s not dangerous anymore, it reminds me of how great you were and I was at that time. ‘”
In 2018, Wood testified before the US Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security that he experienced “toxic mental, physical and sexual abuse that started slowly but increased over time.” Her testimony, in support of the Declaration on the Rights of Sexual Assault Survivors, did not name the alleged abuser. But that changed earlier this week.
“My abuser’s name is Brian Warner,” Wood said on Instagram on Monday, “also known worldwide as Marilyn Manson. He started taking care of me when I was a teenager and abused me horribly for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated. In I ended up living in fear of reprisals, slander or blackmail.I am here to expose this dangerous man and to shout the many industries that allowed him before destroying other lives.I am with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”
Manson responded shortly afterwards by saying that his life and art “have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent statements about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been fully consensual with partners with the same idea. No matter how – and why – others now choose to distort the past, this is the truth. “
Following the allegations, Manson was dropped from the label and his talent agency, lost his planned television roles and was asked by a state senator to investigate his activities. Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit and another former Manson lover, Rose McGowan, shared their support for the alleged victims.