Ongoing History Daily: The Trent Reznor-Marilyn Manson feud

Once upon a time in the 1990s, Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson were fast friends. They shared a love for making very hard, very provocative music. When Manson lost a record deal with Sony, Trent had him and his band on his own Nothing Records, producing at least three releases for Manson. But then the relationship went south.

Why? The first problem arose when Manson repeated a rumour in his memoir that involved some serious #MeToo allegations, something that Reznor denied then and still does.

Then Manson was under the impression that Trent had destroyed the master tapes for his album Antichrist Superstar. That turned out to be untrue as well. There was a brief reconciliation in the early 2000s, but that broke down very quickly, with Trent being quoted as calling Manson a “dopey clown,” among other things.

Given the allegations and legal problems Manson has had over the last decade, Trent’s split with him was probably for the best.