Marilyn Manson Loses Drummer

According to Blabbermouth.net, Chris Vrenna, the Grammy-Award-winning musician and producer who was most recently the drummer/keyboardist for Marilyn Manson, has left the band to focus on his growing film and video game scoring, production career and DJ outings as well as work on the forthcoming 2012 Tweaker release.

"I'm incredibly proud of the work I did with Manson and look forward to the release of [the new Marilyn Manson album] 'Born Villain'. I wish my brothers well, but with the recording largely completed, I felt it was time to return to other facets of my career, which involves production work, film scoring, and future musical collaborations," explained Vrenna.

Vrenna rose to prominence in the early '90s as a full-time member of Nine Inch Nails, having been a permanent member of Trent Reznor's band since Marilyn Manson' inception and for the following eight years. His production and programming credits include the aforementioned Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses and most recently work on Evanescence's self-titled 2011 album. Vrenna is also a sought after remixer working on tracks by U2, Nelly Furtado, Rammstein and Slipknot.

Comments

[bassmike200]

I read the headline & immediately got the image of Brian Warner looking under the couch and in the cupboard under the stairs after a game of hide & seek gone wrong!

[kLeft]

Manson must be one tough-ass to work with, his previous drummer Ginger Fish left this year too lol
Or maybe everyone who joins realizes the gothic-clown troupe isn't as fun as it used to be.

[RDRUMMER]

Seriously, is it THAT hard to simply put "Marlyn Manson drummer quits" or something more accurate? By saying "loses drummer", one gets the impression (at least me, anyway) that the guy died...
Not cool UG... SO not cool...

[shiz.zle]

NNNNNOOOOO!!!!!

[Faustus333]

I wish all the best to Vrenna, being a huge fan myself, but the most important part of this article is that the recording of Born Villain is largely finished. I feel like the only person on the planet who enjoys mansons later music as much as the early stuff.

[InfernalFender]

I think it really shows the growing popularity and importance of musical scoring in the video game industry.

Wish him all the best in his future projects!

[GGM]

Manson can't keep anyone in that band, and that's why his new music sounds like shit. He may have Twiggy, but what you going to do without John 5 (Especially when his solo albums blow Manson out the water) or Pogo the keyboarder?