C/D--Nine Inch Nails

fragile is a fucking dope album

Reznor can definitely be guilty at times of overusing the same tricks, but that wasn't the problem on the Fragile for me! If anything the problem was that he awkwardly tacked on those 'predictable' pop song structures to songs that didnt work in that way. The best tracks on the Fragile by far are the instrumentals, and it would have been great if he had released an entirely (or almost entirely instrumental) album.

Overall, I still like the Fragile a lot despite its flaws.

-- latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:20 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

this post features a great summation sentence, its like a book report

OTM ^

The THX-1138 sample that Downward Spiral leads off with is classic in itself.

http://www.nin.com/strobelight/

Nine Inch Nails - Classic or Dud Funny Or Not?

i laffed, especially because of the chris cornell dis aspect

I'm beginning to wonder if there's going to be some sort of set piece on the forthcoming tour.

ilx needs to make STROBE LIGHT a reality

I see where you are going with this.

who's up for "coffin on the dancefloor"?

Thread for potential further follies:

"ilx needs to make STROBE LIGHT a reality"

strobelight funny, ILX strobelight would not be funny

anyone try putting in their email to see if they get more lols delivered?

especially because of the chris cornell dis aspect

Yes. And especially because I entered my email addy. I got got.

trent_reznor

I may have to actually write "pussygrinder"! Anybody have Sheryl Crow's #?
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Okay.. I totally expected this thread bump to be about the Digg Dialog with Trent Reznor thing, but since no one's posted about it here's the link..

http://digg.com/dialogg/Trent_Reznor?FC=UATDTR1

NIN laughing at chris cornell - is like the kid who got beat up at school is beating up another kid who got beaten up at school.

unlike the chris cornell album, strobeline could theoretically have been pretty good!

or strobelight

ok, chris cornell sucks...but it's as if NIN's last albums were a masterpieces or something

You clearly have not heard the chris cornell album. The special ed kids are making fun of it.

I suppose it is that old, yes.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28262

Apologies if this has already been discussed, there's a million nin threads.

Beginning at 4:00. Has anyone noticed the similarity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVU00zallHg

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/nine-inch-nails-will-tour-this-year.html

As promised, Trent Reznor is bringing Nine Inch Nails back, though with a brand-new lineup. "The band is reinventing itself from scratch and will be comprised of Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me," according to Reznor's statement. The arena tour kicks off this fall in the U.S. and goes international in 2014. More details (presumably with an album announcement?) to come, he says.

!!!! Eric Avery

Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv!

although I guess Adrian Belew is really the most notable? pretty crazy addition, there

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yeah and Belew too! i'm v excited

although I guess Adrian Belew is really the most notable? pretty crazy addition, there

It isn't crazy at all! That's him on guitar on "Mr. Self Destruct," check the credits. Two of them have been buds for a long while now.

just me being ageist, I guess. Didn't expect anyone born before 1950 to get added to Reznor's tourist roster in 2013!

Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv!

that's the best part of this for me, happy for him.

I am fearful that Nine Inch Nails "reinventing itself from scratch" with a slew of new musicians involved will approximate Guns N' Roses with just Axl Rose and we'll get another "Chinese Democracy." But maybe not since unlike the Gunners, Nine Inch Nails always was about Trent Reznor and never really felt like a collaborative project.

well, also Trent has worked with most of these people at one point or another over the past 20 years

Trent's always played mix n'match with his touring band, so this isn't any kind of deathknell for NIN.

GNR/Chinese Democracy is a whole different kettle of rotten, indedible fish.

can't wait for the NIN version of "Big Electric Cat"

Two things:

1) Chinese Democracy is a really good album, fuckyoushutup.

2) Adrian Belew is one of the worst things to ever happen to a guitar.

NIN live has been all hired guns, doubly so in the 2000s

all the live shows I saw in the 2000s were killer so he could hire circus animals at this point and I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

i was all 'uh huh' about this until i saw that it happened because reznor was working with belew on musical ideas

now i won't sleep until i hear something

One way or another I will finally see NIN live on this tour

1) Chinese Democracy is a really good album, fuckyoushutup.

2) Adrian Belew is one of the worst things to ever happen to a guitar.

Double wrong.

Has NIN ever made it an entire tour with the same line-up? Dude is always changing things and replacing people. Also, they have always been awesome live.

Also, anyone who does not think Belew a good fit has not heard latter-day Crimson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQ1aAaV2H0

I am fearful that Nine Inch Nails "reinventing itself from scratch" with a slew of new musicians involved will approximate Guns N' Roses with just Axl Rose and we'll get another "Chinese Democracy." But maybe not since unlike the Gunners, Nine Inch Nails always was about Trent Reznor and never really felt like a collaborative project.

I don't really think anything compares with the shitshow that was Axl Rose in the last twenty years but suffice to say, give Trent a little more credit than this

Yeah, Trent - is it OK if I call him Trent? - has yet to disappoint or give less than 100%. Unlike Axl, who gives what Axl wants to give, and certainly does not give a shit.

yeah and even though Trent disbanded NIN he was *productive* in the time that NIN has been away. The same cannot be said for Axl's looong hiatus of indecision and paranoia. Until Trent holes up in a mansion with a piano and no output for 5+ years I think we're good