November 12 [10:00 EDT] -- Former Nine Inch Nails drummer/programmer Chris Vrenna has been signed to produce Rasputina, the corset-clad celloists best known lately as the openers on much of the last Marilyn Manson tour.

This will be Vrenna's first project with the trio -- Agnieszka Rybska, Melora Creager and Julia Kent.

Rasputina released their debut album, "Thanks For The Ether," on Columbia in 1996 and issued an EP earlier this year that included a remix courtesy of Manson.

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May 29 [7:55 EDT] -- The Marilyn Manson remix of the female all-cello trio Rasputina that has been lurking on the Internet will soon be available in stores.

As we reported last week, Netizens can check out Manson's re-working of the group's "Transylvania Concubine" at the official Rasputina website (at www.music.sony.com/Music), and the track will hit record stores next month.

Manson actually turned in three versions of the track for Rasputina, who became chummy with Manson while opening for his band on its recent troubled U.S. tour. The two groups hit it off so well that the cellists are now opening for Manson in Europe, where he is now causing the same stir he caused here in the States.

If you can't catch the Victorian lingerie-clad cello outfit and the shock rock torch bearers in concert, you can check out the product of their combined effort in mid-June when an EP featuring the Manson remixes, called "Transylvanian Regurgitation," is released.

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May 21 [12:00 EST] -- Marilyn Manson fans, Rasputina lovers, and those just generally enamored with the bizarre may want to check out Manson's remix of the female all-cello trio's track "Transylvania Concubine."

The track is available at Raspuntina's official website (at www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/Rasputina), and is offered in RealAudio.

Melora M., Julia K., and Agneszka R., who claim to be "the finest Ladies Cello Society Brooklyn ever produced," spent a stint opening for Manson on his recent controversy-plagued U.S. tour. Apparently the hoopla surrounding the tour didn't hamper the groups' working relationship, as Manson agreed to re-work the band's track.

The original version of "Transylvanian Concubine" can be found on Rasputina's "Thanks for the Ether" album.

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