 The Nine Inch Nails album "The Downward Spiral" went to number two on the US charts and was widely acclaimed.Marilyn Manson's "Portrait of an American Family", The Toadies album "Rubberneck" and Helmet's "Betty" were commercially successful and critically embraced.In May 1995, the controversy related to gangsta rap and explicit lyrics intensified as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole accused Interscope of releasing music that glorified violence and degraded women.