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 ...
Colonel Kurtz has posted the full exclusive interview on her YouTube channel with Scott Alan Wade, the childhood best friend of Marilyn Manson. Scott discusses past experiences and shares interesting never-before-heard stories and also gives his opinion on the allegations against Manson. Scott also spent a lot of time with Manson in adulthood and discusses the evolution of Manson as a person and as a rock star, even clarifying stories we read about in Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell . He also hung out with Manson and his accuser Evan Rachel Wood on tour and has some strong opinions about her and the other accusers. Scott also talks briefly about the upcoming documentary on Manson which will be aired on Channel 4 in Britain, since he was contacted to offer his contributions to it.