Before playing the main stage at Rocklahoma 2025, on August 29th, Marilyn Manson guitarist Tyler Bates sat down for a revelatory interview with Starcade Media. In the interview Tyler first of all reveals that Chapter 2 of the One Assassination Under God series of albums will be out soon, though a date is not given. He said: "We've had a great response to One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 , and we look forward to sharing Chapter 2 with people before you know it." He also shared how personal and cinematic the process is like when he and Manson create songs together: "The way he and I write together is, I mean, it's a very personal environment. It's just the two of us, and the songs are created on the spot together. And so there's a lot of, let's see, put it this way. As a film composer, I've become deft at helping empower stories with music, and help people tell the story in the way that they wish to tell it. And for whatever reason, because ...
James Dean and Marilyn Manson (and another interesting comparison between Natalie Wood and Evan Rachel Wood)
At the peak of his career at the age of 24, James Dean died on September 30, 1955 after crashing his Porsche Spyder, which he nicknamed "Little Bastard", on the highway. Within a year of the accident nearly four million people had joined his fan club and his studio was receiving up to 4,000 letters every day. Since today is the anniversary of his death, I thought I would share what I think is a relevant interview with Natalie Wood, his co-star in Rebel Without A Cause , where she analyzes the James Dean she came to know in the months before his death, as opposed to the pop culture icon the world came to love. Listen to this interview in light of the Marilyn Manson allegations, and the perception of Marilyn Manson and his art as opposed to the reality, and see if you can take from it what I took from it, which I think Natalie Wood explains eloquently and sincerely. Since we are on the subject of Natalie Wood as well, I thought it would be fun to share something I wr...