Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversy Manson's controversial behavior, such as committing a sexual act with another male live on stage. In response, Manson claimed that this was not planned and was entertaining at the time. O'Reilly also challenged Manson by stating that never before in the United States had there been more corrupting influences on the nation's youth at one time, and that while Manson claims that his messages are not meant to be taken a certain way, young people can misinterpret his lyrics. Two years after Columbine, Manson was expected to perform in Denver, Colorado at the Ozzfest at Mile High Stadium. As a
Columbine High School massacre friend Dylan Klebold and others. The mascot of Columbine High School (CHS) is the Rebels, and he called these "Rebel Missions". Harris and Klebold adopted the nicknames "Reb" and "Vodka" respectively. Beginning in early 1997, the blog postings began to show the first signs of Harris's ever-growing anger against society. By the end of the year, the site contained instructions on how to make explosives. Harris wrote "the first true pipe bombs created entirely from scratch by the rebels (REB and VoDkA)...Now our only problem is to find the place that will be 'ground zero.'" Harris's site attracted few visitors,