Jan. 5 has been an important day for many legendary rock performers. It’s when Prince made his live debut, but also when Guns N’ Roses announced that Slash and Duff reunited with the band. Continue reading to learn more about these and other significant events that happened on this day in rock history.
Breakthrough Hits and Milestones
Some music giants celebrated important career milestones on this day, including:
1978: Prince made his live debut as a solo artist at Capri Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He had already signed a three-album deal with Warner Bros., but he showcased his debut album, For You, to studio executives who were hesitant to develop a full-scale tour for the artist.
1991: Iron Maiden’s single “Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter” reached the top spot on the U.K. Singles chart. It was the second single from their album No Prayer For The Dying, and it’s the band’s only U.K. No. 1 single so far.
Cultural Milestones
These are the culture-related events in the rock world from Jan. 5:
1969: Marilyn Manson was born in Canton, Ohio. He founded his band in 1989, selling over 50 million records worldwide.
2016: Guns N’ Roses officially announced that Axl, Slash, and Duff were reuniting for the first time since 1993 to headline the Coachella Music & Arts Festival that April. They played a warm-up gig on April 1 at The Troubadour in Hollywood and then expanded their reunion into the Not in This Lifetime… Tour.
Notable Recordings and Performances
Jan. 5 witnessed the anniversary of an infamous U.S. tour and a special debut, such as:
1973: Bruce Springsteen released his debut studio album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., via Columbia Records. Although sales were average at best, critics took notice and compared Springsteen to Bob Dylan.
1978: The Sex Pistols began their final North American tour with a show at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta, Georgia. The tour was marked by inner conflicts and drug abuse, ending suddenly after only seven shows.
From iconic debuts to historical reunions, these noteworthy events that took place in the rock world on Jan. 5 defined the industry. Come back tomorrow to discover what happened on that day in rock history.
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a fine on Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire.
The shock rocker, 54, wanted to appear via video for his hearing on the misdemeanor charge, but the judge required him to be in the courtroom in Laconia, about 30 miles north of Concord, the state capital.
Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the encounter with the videographer at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford on Aug. 19, 2019.
Musical artist Marilyn Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, waits for the judge to arrive in Belknap Superior Court on Monday in Laconia, N.H.
Manson pleaded no contest to just the nose-blowing charge in a fully negotiated plea agreement with prosecutors. The prosecutors agreed to dismiss the other charge, which alleged that he spit on the videographer. A no contest plea means Manson is not contesting the charge and does not admit guilt.
Manson was fined a little more than $1,400 as part of the deal, with $200 suspended. He needs to remain arrest-free and notify local police of any New Hampshire performances for two years.
The judge, who called Manson’s acts “egregious,” agreed to allow Manson to do his community service in California. Manson mentioned to reporters that he might choose to work with people in recovery. He has to give proof of his community service by Feb. 4.
According to a police affidavit, Manson approached videographer Susan Fountain in the venue’s stage pit area, put his face close to her camera and spit a “big lougee” at her. She was struck on both hands with saliva. He approached her again later, kneeling and covering one nostril before blowing the other on her arms and hands.
Manson, who was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault, was accused of approaching a videographer at his 2019 concert in New Hampshire and spitting and blowing his nose on her.
Manson “blows a significant amount of mucous at Fountain,” a police sergeant who reviewed concert video footage said in the affidavit. After that, the camera view changes and people can see Manson “point and laugh at Fountain as she gets down and walks away,” the affidavit said.
After that, the camera view changes to another one and people can see Manson “point and laugh” etc.
Fountain was not in court, but submitted a statement that was read aloud.
“For me, I’m a professional person and I’ve been in this industry for 30 years. I’ve worked for a lot of companies, and in all the years I’ve worked with people, I’ve never been humiliated or treated the way I was by this defendant,” it read. “For him to spit on me and blow his nose on me was the most disgusting thing a human being has ever done.
“I understand this was not a big criminal charge to begin with, but I was hoping that the defendant would receive a sentence that would make him think twice before doing something like this again,” the statement read.
Monday, Manson walked into the main entrance of the courthouse, through security. He was wearing a suit, dressed head to toe in black, and dark sunglasses. Security staff referred to him as “Mr. Warner,” and he identified himself in court as “Brian Warner,” using a soft speaking voice.
He otherwise only answered “yes” to the judge’s questions asking if he understood the proceeding, and made no statement. Prosecutor Andrew Livernois said it was his first offense and he had no prior record.
Manson initially pleaded not guilty to both charges in 2021. He was scheduled to go to trial in August. His lawyer had said that the type of filming Fountain was doing commonly exposes videographers to “incidental contact” with bodily fluids.
“The defendant’s performance for the past twenty years are well known to include shocking and evocative antics similar to those that occurred here,” attorney Kent Barker wrote. “The alleged victim consented to exposing herself to potential contact with sweat, saliva and phlegm in close quarters.”
Barker also had said Manson planned to argue that any contact related to spitting or sneezing was unintentional.
If Manson had gone to trial on the charges, each could have resulted in a jail sentence of less than a year and a $2,000 fine if convicted.
Manson emerged as a musical star in the mid-1990s, known as much for courting public controversy as for hit songs like “The Beautiful People” and hit album’s like 1996’s “Antichrist Superstar” and 1998’s “Mechanical Animals.”
In May, a California judge threw out key sections of Manson’s lawsuit against his former fiancee, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood, claiming she fabricated public allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to do the same. He is appealing the ruling.
Manson’s suit, filed last year, alleges that Wood and another woman named as a defendant, Illma Gore, defamed Manson, intentionally caused him emotional distress and derailed his career in music, TV and film.
Several women have sued Manson in recent years with allegations of sexual and other abuse. Most have been dismissed or settled, including a suit filed by “Game of Thrones” actor Esme Bianco.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly.
A new lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson alleges that the rocker sexually assaulted an underage girl multiple times on his tour bus and threatened to kill her family if she told anyone about it.
The woman — who filed the suit anonymously under the name Jane Doe — claims that Manson (whose real name is Brian Warner) assaulted and raped her many times over the course of four years, from 1995 to 1999.
The woman, who is now 44, also brought claims against the shock rocker’s former record labels, Interscope Music and Nothing Records, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in New York’s Nassau County Supreme Court.
She alleges that the labels knew about Manson’s abusive nature and “celebrated and promoted (it) for their collective financial gain,” reports USA Today.
The labels “were well aware of [Manson’s] obsession with child pornography and pedophilia and his desire to expose children across America to sexual themes,” the suit charges.
“This lawsuit goes beyond the named predator and targets the record labels that packaged and profited from their artist’s criminal behavior, and it is an indictment of the music industry for maintaining a culture that celebrates, protects, and enables sexual predators,” Doe’s attorney, Karen Barth Menzies, said in a statement provided to USA Today.
According to the complaint, Doe first met Manson in 1995 outside a concert venue in Dallas, Texas. She, along with three other underage female fans, were waiting to meet the singer.
The musician allegedly asked them “what each of their ages were, what grades in school they were in, and where their parents were at the time,” before inviting Jane Doe “and one of the other younger girls onto the tour bus,” reports Pitchfork.
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On the bus, the lawsuit reads, “Warner performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct upon Plaintiff (Jane Doe), who was a virgin at the time, including but not limited to forced copulation and vaginal penetration.”
The lawsuit continues, “One of the band members watched Defendant Warner sexually assault Plaintiff. Plaintiff was in pain, scared, upset, humiliated and confused. After he was done, Defendant Warner laughed at her. Plaintiff is informed and thereon alleges that all of the sexually abusive and harassing conduct alleged herein was done to satisfy Defendant Warner’s own prurient sexual desires. Then Defendant Warner demanded Plaintiff to ‘get the f— off of my bus’ and threatened Plaintiff that, if she told anyone, he would kill her and her family.”
The suit continues, reports Pitchfork, saying that after the alleged assault, Manson’s manager gave Doe Manson’s contact information and urged her to “stay in touch.” Manson, it is alleged, began calling Doe at home, “soliciting Plaintiff to send explicit sexual photos of her and her friends to his fan club, Satan’s Bakesale.”
The suit goes on to detail other descriptions of alleged abuse, including another sexual assault on his tour bus in 1995, as well as multiple instances of sexual coercion and abuse in 1999, when Doe was 19 years old.
Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood are pictured in 2006.
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“The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood wrote on Instagram at the time, although it appears the post has now been deleted. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.
“I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”
Shortly after Wood’s post, Manson was dropped by his record label. Several other women came forward with similar allegations and at least four of them filed lawsuits. Two of the lawsuits were dismissed, and just last week a settlement was reached on another.
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Manson has also filed a defamation lawsuit against Wood and her girlfriend, Ilma Gore, accusing the pair of fabricating sexual abuse allegations to ruin his reputation.
