Marilyn Manson announced on his Instagram page today (February 17, 2026) the return of Tim Skold to the band following last months departure of Tyler Bates. He did this with two photos of him and Skold together, captioning one with the anticipated announcement: "We are the things of shapes to come. MM + TS." According to the dictionary, "If you say that something is the shape of things to come, you mean that it is the start of a new trend or development, and in the future things will be like this." Tim Skold likewise posted the photo on his Instagram page, after wiping out everything else, including those who he follows, choosing to follow only Marilyn Manson. This indicates that he is all in on his return to the band. Skold was a pivotal member of the band from 2002 to 2008, serving as producer, bassist, and guitarist. He was the primary collaborator on the albums The Golden Age of Grotesque and Eat Me, Drink Me . Tim Skold has been one of Marilyn Manson's mos...
On January 24th 2025, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office issued the following announcement in the decision on the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault allegations against Brian Warner, a.k.a. Marilyn Manson: Within a few hours of issuing this statement, it was deleted from their website and all social media accounts and edited as follows. The difference between the two statements are they added an Update on top and they removed a line from the third paragraph which in the original statement said "necessitated by the facts and evidence in this matter." I have little doubt that Evan or Esme disputed this part of the statement and the LADA complied out of fear. Both Evan and Esme would never concede to having their "compelling evidence" downplayed. Eliminating this part of the statement instead allows them to ignore the evidence aspect and focus on the statute of limitations, which would help them elevate their victim status and promote their advocac...