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Ashley Morgan Smithline, One of Marilyn Manson’s Accusers, Recants Her Accusations

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One of the women who accused Marilyn Manson of sexual assault and abuse alongside the actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2021, Ashley Morgan Smithline (AKA Ashley Lindsay Morgan), says in a new legal filing that the allegations were untrue and that she was “manipulated” by Wood, according to a new report. Last year, Manson, the rock singer […]

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Mark Lanegan Book Says Late Singer Co-Wrote Nirvana Song, Reveals Why He Didn’t Take Credit

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Without Nirvana the music world would be a whole different space. Nirvana’s Nevermind was released in 1991, which catapulted to the top of the charts almost immediately. According to a new biography,  Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan allegedly had a hand in writing one of the songs from the record, but was never credited for it. In

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Lorde and Sting call off New Zealand shows amid devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle

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The two musicians were due to perform early next month in the Hawke’s Bay region, an area hardest-hit by the severe weather event Lorde and Sting have postponed and cancelled their respective upcoming shows in New Zealand following the destruction caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The Category 3 cyclone hit the northern region of New Zealand’s

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Linkin Park’s ‘Lost’ Debuted at No. 1 on This Billboard Chart

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Last Friday (Feb. 10), Linkin Park unveiled a previously unreleased Meteroa-era track – “Lost” The  tune was so heavily anticipated and popular that it became the first song in over a decade to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart. The song “earned 10.1 million audience impressions, according to Luminate. That’s the best

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Mark Hoppus Mourns Death Of ‘The First Person To Believe In Blink’

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Producer Otis Barthoulameu (known to many simply as “O”) was one of the first people to really believe in the trio and produced their debut album Cheshire Cat. On Friday (February 17), Mark Hoppus penned an emotional message revealing that O had passed away. “Very saddened to hear of the passing of our dear friend O.

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Tony Hawk Has Special Plans for Kurt Cobain’s Hand-Painted Iron Maiden Skateboard

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Tony Hawk is planning to celebrate Kurt Cobain’s birthday on Monday. The Grunge Icon would have turned 56. In an Instagram post, Hawk wrote that he bought Cobain’s 1985 skateboard at an auction last year. An avid painter — sometimes of classic rock imagery— the deck is decorated with Cobain’s painting of Iron Maiden. It’s

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