Patrick Stump (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz)Do you hate Nickelback? Okay. Ever stopped to wonder—why exactly do you hate them? What did they ever do to you, anyway?

That’s the question Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump posted on his personal blog Tuesday, with an extended lament on how society seems to be so darn critical in general these days.

"We derive our own identities from the act of hating,” Stump pointed out, adding, “We’re so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy.”

He noted that “everyone’s a critic” and it’s actually starting to affect art today as a whole. “’Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let’s laugh at her!’ has become more culturally relevant than ‘I really love this new Bilal record.”

“Criticizing art and the artists that make it is a lazier pass time than creating or appreciating it,” Stump wrote.

Maandig and Reznor (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez)It goes without saying that Trent Reznor’s managed to notch a lot of different accolades on his resume—from his early days with Nine Inch Nails to his Grammy-winning film score work. However, here’s one you may not know about: He’s actually married to a musician, and she happens to be his partner on his latest musical endeavor.

Here's the scoop on Reznor's talented wife, who's his main collaborator in the project How To Destroy Angels, which is releasing its first full-length album on Tuesday.

Mariqueen Maandig,(who goes by the nickname “Q” with friends), a striking Filipino beauty who grew up in Orange County, Calif. and dabbled in musical theater during her school years, claimed she never wanted to be a professional musician—she actually wanted to be a fashion stylist instead.

Accordingly, she entered the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise following graduation. However, finding the curriculum uninspiring, she jumped at the chance to enter back into the music world when a friend offered to hook her up with an emerging band.

Maandig ended up joining Los Angeles buzz band West Indian Girl and fronted the group from 2004 through 2009, meeting Reznor during her tenure there. She released two albums with the dance/psychedelic-rock outfit and managed to keep her budding relationship with Reznor under wraps until the announcement of their engagement in 2009.

To this day, the couple has managed to maintain an air of mystery about their relationship. “I tell people [Trent and I] met at a Mensa meeting, because we met under such unusual circumstances,” she noted to WWD in 2011—without elaborating on what those circumstances were.

Scott Weiland (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder)Grammy-winning and multiplatinum-selling rockers Stone Temple Pilots have apparently 86’d their lead singer, Scott Weiland, who’s fronted the band since its inception. The firing was announced in a single terse sentence Wednesday.

“Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland,” read the statement, which was posted on the band’s official site and social media. No further information was offered.

If you’re surprised by the seemingly abrupt decision, you’re not alone. Weiland issued a comment in response, noting that he himself was not even personally told of the news.

“I learned of my supposed "termination" from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press,” the frontman stated. “Not sure how I can be ‘terminated’ from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to seeing all of my fans on my solo tour which starts this Friday.”