Why did Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson have a falling out?

Manson and Reznor went back to sniping at each other in the press. The source of the escalating tension was said to be the masters from Manson’s first albums that he wanted access to.

Trent Reznor issued a statement regarding his former friend and collaborator, Marilyn Mason. The statement shared with Pitchfork comes days after Manson’s former partner, comes days after Manson’s former partner Evan Rachel Wood alleged that the musician groomed and abused her during their relationship.

Reznor’s statement address an anecdote involving Reznor that Manson included in his 1998 autobiography, The Long Hard Road out of his hell.

In the story, which recently surfaced, Mason recounts a horrific scene in which he and Reznor allegedly physically and sexually assaulted an inebriated woman in the 1990s.

When Manson was asked by the Empyrean interviewer how he ended up working with Reznor, he told the aforementioned story. According to the book, this took place the night before Reznor told Manson that he wanted to sign him to Nothing Records.