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Evan Rachel Wood Alleges Marilyn Manson “Essentially Raped” Her While Filming Music Video
Note: This article details allegations of alleged assault. The new documentary Phoenix Rising, which focuses on the life and career of Evan Rachel Wood, premiered tonight at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It was the first part of a two-part documentary, and Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg clarified that it’s a work in progress. The movie outlines the abuse allegations Wood made against Marilyn Manson last year. It also includes new allegations from Wood. In the film, Wood discusses the music video for Manson’s 2007 single “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand).” She starred in the video with Manson; the singer has said that the song was inspired by Wood. “It’s nothing like I thought it was going to be,” Wood recalled of being on the video’s set. “We’re doing things that...
JETHRO TULL’s IAN ANDERSON: Coronavirus Is ‘Not Going Away’
Progressive rock and roll legend Ian Anderson, founding member of JETHRO TULL, spoke to “The Five Count” radio show about the prospect of returning to the road while the pandemic is still raging in most parts of the world. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t think you’re looking at what I’m looking at in terms of the infection rates throughout many countries I’m [supposed to be] performing in, including [the U.S.], where you’ve actually had record infection rates of all time since the beginning of the pandemic, and the same thing applies, as of today, in Italy [and] in Germany. In the U.K., we’re down to, actually, 50 percent of the daily infection rates compared to a couple of weeks ago. And that’s kind of good...
KING’S X’s Gay Frontman DOUG PINNICK ‘Begged God’ To Make Him Straight
In a new interview with “The Chuck Shute Podcast”, KING’S X frontman Doug “Dug” Pinnick talked about his years in the metal Christian closet and the relief he felt after making a clean break with religion. “Being told that if you’re gay, it’s an abomination, and God hates that more than anything else other than blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “According to the Bible, a man shall not lay down with another man; it is an abomination. So I’m told that all my life and I’m gay. So I wouldn’t tell anybody. One time I decided, ‘Well, I’m gonna do like Jesus did: I’m gonna go fast for three days and ask God to change me.’ And I went and sat in a trailer ...
ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN Pays Tribute To His Father-In-Law MEAT LOAF: ‘There Are So Many Stories To Tell’
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has paid tribute to his father-in-law, iconic rock singer Meat Loaf, who died on Thursday (January 20) at the age of 74. Earlier today, Ian took to his social media to write: “There are so many stories to tell, and I know they will all be told over time. For now, what I know is that Meat‘s legacy will live on through his family – Pearl, Amanda and Revel. Their forever love for their father/grandfather (Papa Meat) outweighs the heaviness of their hearts. “Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of love, we feel it. “I love you Meat.” Ian and his wife, Meat‘s daughter Pearl Aday, celebrated their eleventh wedding anniversary on January 15. Scott and Pearl met in 1999 when ANTHRAX was out on the “Maximum Rock” ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s NIKKI SIXX: ‘I Love Being Sober For Many Reasons’
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, who celebrated the 20th anniversary of his getting sober last July, spoke about his journey in a new interview with Fox News. He said: “I love being sober for many reasons. Somebody told me recently, ‘Man, you look pretty good with everything you’ve been through.’ [Laughs] It was a journey. I was six years sober. I didn’t quite get it. I mean, I got it, but I slipped and went out one day and then I was four years sober. And then I slipped. I didn’t want to go back and forth. I checked myself into rehab 20 years ago because I wanted to get it. And then I wanted to pass that message on. I want them to see what recovery can look like.” Sixx struggled with substance abuse for years and was even supposedly declared clinic...
NBA YoungBoy Will Reportedly Take a Six-Month Break
YoungBoy Never Broke Again will reportedly be taking a six-month break following the release of his most recent project, Colors. The rapper’s producer Jason “Cheese” Goldberg took to Instagram to make the announcement, as well as share his gratitude to fans. “PSA: A select few songs probably (maybe) will drop from now until then but Top will not be seen or heard from into his album approximately #6months from now,” he shared. “We have some amazing songs for you thank you for everything #HealingTime #RockPeace #ForeverBro.” NBA YoungBoy did not announce this himself, but he did reveal in December 2021 that he wanted to quit music. He spoke with DJ Akademiks during a Clubhouse conversation and he shared that he has had that feeling for a while now. “I lost love for music and i...
Gunna’s ‘DS4EVER’ Outsells The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ For Second Consecutive Week
Gunna‘s DS4EVER has outsold The Weeknd‘s Dawn FM for the second week in a row. According to Billboard, DS4EVER moves down to No. 2 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with 96,000 equivalent album units earned. Meanwhile, The Weeknd’s Dawn FM steps down to No. 3 with 61,000 units in its second week. Elsewhere on the chart, the soundtrack to Disney’s Encanto returns to No. 1 while Adele and Morgan Wallen sit at Nos. 4 and 5. Making up the rest of this week’s top 10 are The Lumineers at No. 6, The Weeknd’s The Highlights at No. 7, Drake at No. 8, Olivia Rodrigo at No. 9 and Doja Cat at No. 10. In related news, The Weeknd has broken the record for most Spotify listeners with over 86 million monthly listeners. Read Full Article
Sundance Review: Director Amy Poehler Gets to the Heart of Two Entertainment Pioneers with Lucy and Desi
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: I Love Lucy is so inextricably tied to pop culture that many of its trademarks are still recognizable today, over seventy years since the show first aired. The central duo, brought to life by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, has been an object of fascination for almost as long — look at Aaron Sorkin‘s current project, Being the Ricardos, which has the edge in flashiness thanks to the star power of Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. Director Amy Poehler‘s thoughtful documentary on the subject has one extremely important thing Sorkin’s series lacks, though — access to the real thing. Thanks to a treasure trove of audio tapes and home movies shared by the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz, Luc...
Sundance Review: Ramin Bahrani Tests the Conscience of the American Id in 2nd Chance
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: America is a land of mythmaking: if you’re savvy and lucky (and often, unscrupulous) enough, you can carve out a legend of your own design. That’s what happened to Richard Davis, the oddball inventor of the bulletproof vest, who spun a tall tale about self-defense in a Michigan alleyway into a million-dollar company selling protective body armor to America’s police and military forces. A blustering showman with no small sense of spectacle, Davis hawked his wares with, as one flyer declares in bold letters, “SEX & VIOLENCE”: amateur films that featured everything from comedy skits to bikini-clad women to schlocky fictional shootouts that make Samurai Cop look like Dirty Harry. Oh, and he shot hi...
Watch ADRIAN SMITH + RICHIE KOTZEN Perform In Las Vegas
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen‘s project SMITH/KOTZEN played the second show of its U.S. West Coast tour last night (Saturday, January 22) at Count’s Vamp’d in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joining Smith and Kotzen as part of their touring band is Richie‘s wife, internationally acclaimed bass player Julia Lage, formerly of the Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian rock band BARRA DE SAIA. With a strong pedigree in rock, Lage has played alongside the likes of Pat Travers, Elliot Easton (THE CARS), Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) and Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY). In addition, SMITH/KOTZEN has enlisted drummer Bruno Valverde of ANGRA for the U.S. West Coast dates. Fan-filmed video footage of the Las Vegas concert, including SMITH/KOTZEN‘s rendition of the IRON MAIDEN classic “Waste...
K.K. DOWNING: How I Came Up With Idea For JUDAS PRIEST’s Twin-Guitar Sound
Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing spoke to “The Rock Show With Lee Graham” about how he came up with the idea of adding a second guitarist to the band’s early lineup, thereby creating the legendary twin-guitar sound that is synonymous with the Rob Halford-fronted outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We were just a four-piece for quite a long time, really. And that particular period kind of set a precedent, I think, for everything that I thought was in my mind as best as I could do it, really. The goal was to be heavy, whatever that meant. And what it really meant was to be emotional with attitude and to be different to what other people were doing, because what other people were doing had a different target audience. So kind of that’...
TONY MARTIN Says A Box Set Of His Recordings With BLACK SABBATH Will Arrive This Year: ‘It Won’t Be Individual Albums’
During an appearance on “The Ron Keel Podcast”, former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin confirmed that a new record deal has been secured to reissue the albums he recorded with the band. “I only found out yesterday,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I had no idea. You don’t get information very much from the SABBATH camp, really; they’re very protective of their thing. So I only found out yesterday that they’ve now got a record deal for them. And I don’t know what date they’re planning on to release this stuff, but it’s this year. And what I do know is that it won’t be individual albums; it’ll be a box set of the Tony Martin era. But they’ve got a deal for it now, and that was always the probl...
