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A settlement has been reached between Stephen Bier, better known by the stage names Pogo and Madonna Wayne Gacy, and Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner.  It was Bier who brought his breach-of-contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2007 against Manson.

Bier, who was seeking more than $20 million, alleged Manson used money from their former band partnership to buy items ranging from Nazi paraphernalia to a $150,000 engagement ring for ex-wife Dita Von Teese.

Settlement or not, it is Manson who wants the last word.  In a post on his Myspace blog, Manson writes: “I want to make clear that, aside from the wasted legal fees, in no way did I pay off the person that stood behind a keyboard–pretending to play music other artists in this band wrote. And I would not piss on Pogo if he was on fire. Thee end. Or is it? Let’s wait until all the really bad things I covered up for him are suddenly uncovered. I got a far more severe type of karma for traitors and people that owe me, legally alot more than what I wasted tolerating your rape of a band you never deserved to be in.”

In a separate blog post, he continues: “I feel nothing for a person that betrayed me and my band. My band. And I’m sure that if anyone wants to discuss this with him personally, I won’t be so rude to NOT give you his or his family’s addresses. Since I payed for both soon to be destroyed buildings. That’s at least what I just had a dream of, that I awoke from. So good luck to you sir. You are gonna need it Sweet dreams.”

In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Marilyn Manson reveals a split from longtime record label Interscope:

“We’ve just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied on a lot of choices – the music videos – things like that. And the first example is the newest video, they clearly wouldn’t have allowed me to make that video.

“You’d be surprised how much restraint my creativity had which ended up often times in my life, not want to make music because I was so restrained from the music that I wanted to make – what they would allow, they would put out, what ideas they would allow to be conveyed in these videos. At least half of my creative output has been squashed, so now I think people can expect a whole lot more.”

Read the entire interview here.