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The New Symbolism of Marilyn Manson's Stage Show Since 2024

   Since Marilyn Manson returned to the stage in the summer of 2024 with the One Assassination Under God tour, pulsating illuminated upside-down double crosses have been a consistent part of the stage design. The double cross itself is nothing new in Manson's work. It has been part of his imagery for many years and became particularly prominent again after the Heaven Upside Down era. What is new since 2024 is the way the symbol has been incorporated into the lighting of the performance. Rather than functioning simply as a static emblem, the crosses now pulsate and change as part of the stage itself, becoming one of the most noticeable elements of every concert. Manson's return to the stage has also involved bringing back many features and images from earlier periods of his career, which has naturally given the performances a nostalgic quality for longtime fans. What interests me for this analysis, however, is what has actually been added during this new period that has not be...

The Disturbing Truth Behind Corey Feldman's Bizarre Accusations Against Marilyn Manson

The Accusations In a recent interview with Consequence Sound on August 15, 2022, child actor and now musician Corey Feldman made some heavy accusations against Marilyn Manson. He believes Marilyn Manson personally sabotaged his 2017 Heavenly Tour by infiltrating it with spies.   “The Heavenly Tour was definitely the exact opposite of that,” Corey Feldman told Consequence . “It was the Hellish Tour. But that was due to infiltration. We had people that were sent in that were spies that were not there to be musicians but were there to cause mayhem.” Watch below the segment of the interview where he discusses this infiltration and sabotage: However, this is not the first time he has made this accusation. This accusation first came to light on Perez Hilton's website on January 11, 2018, when Corey Feldman was named in a sexual battery case issued by a former bandmate of Corey's, and the former child star's legal defense claimed he was framed. He claimed that the female accuser...

A Closer Look at Marilyn Manson's Encounter With Daniel Ash from Bauhaus

Love and Rockets Concert Poster from March 1996   In the journal section of Marilyn Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell , he describes his first meeting with the band members of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets - Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins and David J. It is dated January 29, 1997 and says it was written in San Diego at 7 A.M. It is an interesting description of their first meeting. It basically begins with Daniel Ash wanting to hang out with Manson, Manson showing hospitality to his guests and musical idols, and him kissing Manson's ass and wanting to remix a Manson song. But then Daniel Ash takes a 180 turn out of nowhere and starts making accusations against Manson based on rumors and tells him his career is going nowhere. Manson seemed to be very disappointed with the fact that a musical idol of his turned on him over a bunch of false rumors that he was a devil worshiper and rape advocate. When you read this in light of the accusations brought against Manson to...

A November 2017 Marilyn Manson Interview to Add Context to the Recent Unsealing of a Private Text Exchange With Johnny Depp

Shock Rocker Marilyn Manson chats how death impacted his latest album Heaven Upside Down and creating controversial art — after holding a fake gun to a US crowd The legendary musician opens up about his gun-totting video for single We Know Where You F****** Live and defends his buddy Johnny Depp from bad press By Rob Lewis November 10, 2017 The Sun "I’M just admiring myself in the mirror – I’ll only be a second . . .” Manson preens, reclining on a bed fit for an orgy in a dimly lit room on the upper storey of his quaint villa in the Hollywood hills. I’d been expecting something more gothic, more of a Marilyn’s mansion, if you will, when I was invited to his home. But why would anything be predictable in the world of the man who hit the headlines this week for pointing a fake gun at his crowd in San Bernardino on the day of the Texas church massacre? He’s one of the more unnerving people I’ve been stuck in a bedroom with and I leapt at the chance when he said: “I have the new vide...

An Annotated Examination of the Unsealed Text Exchange Between Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp

      What follows is a commentary on the unsealed text exchange between Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp, in order to offer a better and clearer understanding of what is going on instead of the false reports in the media. They were part of the Plaintiff's trial exhibit in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial. The owner seems to have been the sister of Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, and Johnny Depp himself. The texts revolve around the period from June 23, 2016 to November 4, 2017. During this time Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp were collaborating on music and music videos, while also supporting each other in their troubled relationships (Marilyn Manson's girlfriend Lindsay Usich and Johnny Depps' wife Amber Heard), besides their own separate projects. It is impossible to accurately interpret these texts unless you get as much context as possible, and that is what I will attempt to provide below.       The exchange begins on June 23, 2016 at ...