(When "Exit Wound" was released as a single, before Chapter 2 was released and prior to Manson releasing the artwork and commentary that accompany the song, I wrote my initial thoughts about it, titled " The Scar Left After the Spectacle: Marilyn Manson Releases New Single and Announces New Album ." Without repeating too much of what was written there, the following was written in light of the new information provided with the release of the whole album.) An exit wound is the mark left by something that has passed through the body. It is evidence of an injury, but also of movement: something entered, passed through, and left its mark behind. In Marilyn Manson's “Exit Wound,” the image takes on a much larger meaning. The speaker does not merely describe himself as someone who has been wounded. He identifies himself with the wound itself: “You shot the world I am the exit wound.” It is a strange identification. The speaker is not simply the victim of an attack; he...
Corey Feldman was interviewed by Billy Corgan on his show "The Magnificent Others" on March 26th 2025. This made for an interesting conversation, seeing that Corey Feldman absolutely loathes Marilyn Manson and will take any opportunity to spread lies about him, while Billy Corgan has been a long time friend of Marilyn Manson and continues to be friends with him, with Corgan attending Manson's last birthday party and Manson attending a recent Smashing Pumpkins concert . You don't have to wait long till the name Marilyn Manson comes up in this interview. In fact, Corey says his name within 20 seconds, in reference to the fact that the first time he and Corgan met was through Manson at the premier for Howard Stern's movie which Manson memorialized in his autobiography, to which Corey adds "I choose to try to forget." Corgan goes on to explain why he chose to want to interview him, because he found all the previous dozen or so short interactions with him ov...