The band 's founding guitarist , Daisy Berkowitz , died on October 22 at the age of 49 . He had been diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer in 2013 . Three days later , Manson announced that he had " decided to part ways " with Twiggy , after the latter had been accused of sexual assault by a former girlfriend , Jack Off Jill vocalist Jessicka Addams , while the pair were a couple in the mid-90s . He was replaced on subsequent tour dates by former Racer X and the Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete . Alderete 's first show with the band , at the 2017 Ozzfest Meets Knotfest festival in San Bernardino on November 5 , found Manson performing in a wheelchair as a result of injuries he sustained earlier in the tour . Manson also attracted criticism from some publications after he used a replica assault rifle as a microphone during the concert , with some commentators arguing it was insensitive considering the city had previously been the subject of a terrorism-related attack , and that the performance came just hours after a mass shooting in Texas , in which 24 people were killed
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