Nine Inch Nails

[SLCPUNK]

Yeah, I'm not really a fan of NIN, but I love that one.

Everybody loves that one. Even my kids love that one! If I play it, they want me to play it over and over.

[Hammy]

As reported by Reuters.com:

Nine Inch Nails Prepare To ?Bleed?

NEW YORK (Billboard) - After keeping a low profile since the 1999 release of The Fragile, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor has finally begun revealing details about his next album. Bleed Through is due later this year via Interscope and will find Reznor "touring extensively" in support of it, according to NIN's official Web site (http://www.nin.com).

"One of the 'rules' of this record has been to orchestrate using only monophonic voices. No chords. Anywhere," Reznor says. "Most of the synthesis has been done with a rather elaborate (and ever-growing) modular rig and recorded live." The set will feature a combination of live and programmed drumming.

Sessions are currently in progress in New Orleans, and last week found Reznor and engineer Atticus Ross sifting through all the demos created since "The Fragile." According to the site, "they are excited about a track they found which has no recollection of recording."

Further postings report that drummer Jerome Dillon's "playing has added a new element of violence they're experimenting with." One song described as "slow and brutal and heavy" was reportedly so loud that it blew up the speakers in the studio during playback.

The Fragile debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 875,000 copes in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was followed in February 2002 by the concert album And All That Could Have Been, Live.

[LeftToDecay]

Oh dear!
Apparently Mr. TR has been sodomized fairly badly by John Malm Jr, a long time friend/manager/Co-owner of the Nothing records.
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Nine Inch Nail Star Files Action Against John Malm for "Fraud and Deceit" to the Tune of Millions

This could get uglier than a Nine Inch Nail video.

Trent Reznor has sued his ex-manager (and longtime friend) John Malm, along with business manager/accountant Richard Szekelyi, charging their Ohio-based J. Artist Management (JAM) company with "fraud and breaches of fiduciary duties," and swindling millions of dollars.

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Ahhh such a pity. TR has lost a dear friend and few million dollars and, more importantly, this might mean that the joy-filled moment   I get my hands on Bleedthrough is delayed slightly.
Then again, last time TR had a major fall out with his managment it all inspired him to  create  Broken, a fabulously pissed off EP filled with er, angry rage!!1   Hopefully he is even more pissed off this time

[LeftToDecay]

Whilst Trent Reznor has apparently again forgotten that HE HAS A NEW FUCKING NiN RECORD TO MAKE there still seems to be remotely interesting(yeah right) TR-related news dripping in.
And also, holy fuck how drunk one can be right now. Jesus christ it's hard to type!!wootwootlolololo.


Taken from theNiNhotline.net
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After being turned down to do the score for the Broadway musical, Aida, Trent Reznor has apparently agreed to work with Chuck Palahniuk and David Fincher on Fight Club: The Musical.
Palahniuk has been giving lectures at colleges around the country. Last night he spoke in Eugene, Oregon and responded to a few questions regarding the possibility of a Fight Club musical. One frequent visitor of this site, Jesse, was in the audience, and here's his recap:
Chuck just started laughing, and explained how David Fincher caled him awhile back and said some financers from the movie were interested in making a Broadway musical, and had contacted him. Chuck then went on to say Fincher explained he had already called Trent Reznor to ask him if he would score it, and he said yes.
This was also reported on Ain't It Cool News and has been discussed on the boards at the official Chuck Palahniuk website.

[AxlsMainMan]

Ive just started getting into NIN. Can anyone tell me the name of a song that was on The Fragile and was actually a lead single from it. The music video was basically Trent running through a dessert or something under a grey sky. Its pretty vague, Im sorry, but i really want to get this song. I just remember liking it years ago.

[ClintroN]

I just bought and all that could have been DVD and it is amazing and i fucking love it.

Fink kicks arse too!!!!!..
i love NIN stage presence, Mansons a rip off

[Evolution]

My fave NIN song right now is Piggy


i love the way it's so calm then burst into action!

[AxlsMainMan]

I just started listening to NIN earlier this week, and Im startung to take a liking to them. Right now, I really like "Closer", and "Somewhat Damaged". I used to think Trent Reznor was over-hyped but when you really sit down and listen to his work, you really become amazed.

[jarmo]

According to Trent, "Closure" is being released on DVD later this year as well as a 5.1 version of "TDS".

"Meanwhile, we're releasing two other items this fall. The long-awaited 'Closure' DVD will finally see the light of day ? with extra content, and 'The Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition' ? a two-disc package remastered, remixed in 5.1 and more. We just finished remixing 'The Downward Spiral' in Surround [Sound] and it really lends itself to the format ? you will soon have a new disc to demo your system with!"


/jarmo

[LeftToDecay]

Holy shit, Reznor has given an interview! A rare thing, that.
Provided by our good friend Nayl girl.
It's a good read. Interesting to see that T.Rez seems to hate what they did during Fragility tour now.
The tour was loved by fans, got killer reviews and even the DVD ruled. Only thing that was a bit off-notchduring fragilities 1.0-2.0 was Reznor's voice. Well, he sounded great overall but seemed to be unable to go very high with it.
Er, aaanyway, here's the interview


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From AP 194:

The first party I ever went to was an accurate litmus test for the way my life would unfold. I got to the party, didn't talk to anyone, and I went straight for the stereo system. The record that was playing was Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine. I was completely stunned by the sounds pouring out of the speakers. I went home and dreamt about that record. The next day, I walked to the record store and bought the album on cassette. Every record that came out afterward -even the singles- felt like a present made just for me. After reading all the articles and going to way too many NIN shows, I felt like I knew Trent, like we would be friends if we ever met. I used to dream up interview questions that I would ask Trent if I ever got the chance. Here are a few of those questions. -Geoff Rickly


Geoff Rickly: How did you feel the first time you heard Johnny' Cash's rendition of "Hurt"'? How did you feel when you realized it would be his last will as a musician?

Trent Reznor: Rick Rubin has been a friend for a long time, and he called me asking how I felt about Johnny covering "Hurt." I was flattered, but frankly, the idea sounded a bit gimmicky to me. I really didn't put much thought into it, as I was working on something at the time and was distracted. A few weeks later, a CD shows up with the track. Again, I'm in the middle of something and put it on and give it a cursory listen. It sounded... weird to me. That song in particular was straight from my soul, and it felt very strange hearing the highly identifiable voice of Johnny Cash singing it. It was a good version, and I certainly wasn't cringing or anything, but it felt like I was watching my girlfriend fuck somebody else. Or something like that.
Anyway, a few weeks later, a videotape shows up with Mark Romanek's video on it. It's morning; I'm in the studio in New Orleans working on lack De La
Rocha's record with him; I pop the video in, and... wow. Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore. Then it all made sense to me. It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. Some-fucking-how that winds up reinter-preted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning-dif-ferent, but every bit as pure. Things felt even stranger when he passed away. The song's pur-pose shifted again. It's incredibly flattering as a
writer to have your song chosen by someone who?s a great writer and a great artist.


Rickly: As a lyricist, I've always been fascinated by the singularity of your narrative voice. Does it ever drive you crazy to be so alone in your lyrics?

Reznor: I think I always knew what I wanted to do with my life, but I seemed to have spent a lot of time governed by fear-in this context, fear of failure. Way back when, I'd played in a number of bands but avoided writing, because I knew what I liked but didn't know if I'd like what I could write. When I finally started, yes, it sucked. I was lyrically trying to be the Clash or Gang Of Four, and it was shitty. It read as insincere because it was. I was drawn to the pas-sion and sincerity of these artists and was attempting to emulate that, but what they were singing about were things that mattered to them-not so much me. It dawned on me that I'd been keeping a sort of journal-not daily events, but things I had to get It of my system for fear of exploding. These entries were written in almost a lyric-like form, so I tried an experiment of matching them up with some music. As little as I wanted anyone, let alone the world, to hear or read these, I realized there was power in there; I meant what I was saying and feeling, and I believe it came through.


RICKLY: One of the most haunting moments in a Nine Inch Nails song is when you momentarily bring another person into your world, in the line "Annie, hold a little tighter..." [from "The Becoming"]. Why does she appear? I'm not necessarily asking who she is; it's more about the decision to bring in another specific person.

Reznor: As I've written more, it's been hard for me to break away from that. I tend to write as me about how I'm feeling about something. When I stray too far out-side that, I feel like I'm getting into storytelling, and it feels less vital. With that said, I've acknowledged it and think it ultimately puts a finite timeline on nine inch nails. NIN will explore this path until it reaches the end, whatever that is. Oh, and "Annie" was abstractly referring to a college sweetheart/ heartbreak situation that, at the time I was writing that song, was a valid source of emotional pain to draw from. Her real name is Andrea Mulrain, and her phone number is [number deleted for privacy purposes. -Patriot Act Ed.]


RICKLY: Touring can be stressful. Was there ever a particularly dark time in your life on the road?

Reznor: The entire tour for The Fragile was the worst time of my life. I was very sick, and my life was falling apart. I'd lost my way and didn't feel very good about the way we were playing, what we were doing, who we were doing it with, the vibe, and myself. I really am looking for-ward to the new material coming out, and most of all touring to promote it. I have a lot to prove to myself and am re-energized and never been more ready to kick some ass. At least that's how I feel right this second...


RICKLY: When I heard Pretty Hate Machine for the first time, it was unlike anything I had ever heard. It blew me away. What record did that to you, as a kid?

Reznor: Thank you. That's an honor. It really does mean a lot to hear things like that, because I can relate. For me, there were several that come to mind. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, long before MTV and far away from college radio's reach... way, way back then, it was the first album by the Eagles. Way back then, Kiss' Alive! and Pink Floyd's The Wall. Then, Ministry's Twitch and Jesus And Mary Chain's Psychocandy. Fairly recently, Radiohead's Kid A.


RICKLY: The Downward Spiral was released on my 15th birthday. It's still one of the best albums I've ever heard. Did you ever have the feeling that it was your masterpiece? What was it like, trying to write in the wake of an album like that?

Reznor: I remember The Downward Spiral being fair-ly easy to write and record. There was an experimental feel in the air, and there was no great commercial pres-sure or expectations at the time. When I handed the record into Inters cope, I recall apologizing to them because I thought it had no commercial, "single" potential. I loved the record, but I felt sorry for them having to try and sell it As soon as [lnterscope presi-dent] Jimmy Iovine heard "Closer," he said it was a hit. That's when I knew he was crazy, and it goes to show what I know. I also remember a lot of people/fans bitching because it wasn't Pretty Hate Machine Pt. 2. For some reason, I think the record is appreciated by other [people] more in the last few years than when it came out. As far as feeling like it was my masterpiece? I don't, really. I love the record and it very accurately portrays where I was back then-and even became a self-fulfilling prophecy-but I think it's flawed in some ways, and I've got some more tricks up my sleeve. If I didn't feel I had anything different or vital to say, I wouldn't continue. That's also why I don't put out records that frequently. Writing was held up after that record for a variety of reasons: two and-a-half years of touring, working on [Marilyn Manson's] Antichrist Superstar, and just being burned out.


Rickly: How do you feel when you hear members of younger bands that sound nothing like NIN cite you as a huge inspiration? I bought a fake ID so that I could come see you at Webster Hall in NYC.

Reznor: Once again, it's very flattering. Having some success and getting older are two very strange things. When we first got big, there were some acts that I could see pretty clearly were either signed by big major labels because they were categorized as being like us, or other acts that felt to me like generic imitations, to be frank. As time passed and the "industrial revolution" never hap-pened-just like "electronica" never lived up to it's poten-tial-it is interesting to see new and younger bands coming up citing NIN as an influence and being sometimes able to hear bits and pieces of that in a much truer, less imitative way. Let's face it: It feels good to be appreciated.

[LeftToDecay]

Rickly: What are your musical plans now?

Reznor: I am finishing the new record, assembling a new band, and I'm considering the best approach for presenting this music live. I have a number of other things floating around, but if I mention them, they'll fuck up, so I'm keeping quiet.


Rickly: What are you listening to?

Reznor: In recent weeks I've been listening to: The Bug, Pressure; The Icarus Line, Penance Soiree; TV On The Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (terrible name for the band and record, but some really interesting stuff); The Polyphonic Spree, Together We're Heavy (My "everything will be okay" music. I love these guys); Slipknot, Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (heavy done heavy); Meat Beat Manifesto, ...In Dub (fucking fantastic; pisses me off that it's so well done); Cat Power, You Are Free (and I am not gay for loving this); Badfinger, The Very Best of Badfinger (unexplain-able); Wilco, A Ghost is Born (trying to like it, so far unsuccessfully).


Rickly: I've seen you play live over 30 times and every time, I experience a mixture of awe and terror unlike any-thing I've experienced since. What do you think a live performance should be? Can you remember a specific show that was above and beyond all the rest? What made it special?


Reznor: Thirty times? Hey... now I recognize you! I believe a lot of rock bands are lazy in their presentation The format of playing a show is a kind of accepted "thing" that everybody does because that's how you do it. Once you're above the club/theatre level, chances are you're playing in a venue that wasn't designed for music, so it sounds shitty. You're headed into your seats to endure an opening act you don't want to see. You then watch roadies fuck around for at least a half hour, seemingly doing nothing. You drink shitty beer. You piss in a trough. The band comes on, and it usually sounds terrible. They play all songs off the new record that nobody likes because they're "artists." You get bored. You start to watch things that don't matter, like the drummer. There's a hot girl in the fifth row that might show her tits. Sound familiar? Okay, I got a bit off the subject, but in a perfect world, shows should be more fun. You're paying to attend something that should be a special, memorable event, start to finish. That's what I aspire to do. I think we achieved that during the Self Destruct Tour of 1994-1995, except for the toilets part.
On another note, I saw the Polyphonic Spree 0pen for David Bowie in New Orleans a while ago, and it was one of the best things I'd ever seen. I was exhausted and had been writing lyrics, which always makes me a bit... sensitive. Anyway, when I walked in the theatre I saw 300 people on stage really meaning it... That was a really touching, powerful thing. I stayed in a good mood for a whole 24-36 hours after that!


If it's not quite perfect, I apologise, I tried to catch all the OCR errors... HP's OCR feature isn't the best, particularly where it concerns tiny fonts like the one in the article. And I still don't like Cash's rendition of Hurt. Not just because of the "fucking your girlfriend" thing (which I think explains it well), but also because I never liked Cash.  

~*~Nayl Girl~*~

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

cash's hurt is a great song, and i was telling the same thing to a friend , HURT is not an NIN song anymore, as Knockin on heavens door is not a bob dylan song anymore ...

NIN is the only band that actually creates something new everytime they pull out a cd.
Trent is da man, too bad a lot the NIN fans are loosers   (well i guess i am a looser   )

[Skeletor]

Really cool interview, it's always great when the interviewer is into the band and knows the subject matter.

And as for Hurt not being a NIN song anymore, I'm surprised how many people are in awe of Cash's version. I think it's total crap, and it sounds like some old man just mumbling Trent's (very personal) lyrics - which is, in effect, what it is. Well, maybe it's just because I don't think much of Cash. Had someone like Tom Waits done the cover, perhaps I would've been all impressed n' shit.

[kupirock]

Check out cool teaser : http://www.nin.com/current/index.html

2 disc set 90 min new footage : Fall 2004

[LeftToDecay]

As incredible as it may sound, a delay has appeared in the fabulous world of nin.
According to nin.com closure DVD got stuck in the middle of some random legal BS and won't be coming before 2005.
In english, this means we'll get it around 2007.

Re-release of The downward spiral is somewhat more interesting than i dared to hope. It comes with a bonus disc, which is loaded mostly with b-sides and previously available remixes. brand new old demos of ruiner&heresy there too. That and a brand new closer remix. To be released in november 23rd.

Some sort of ultra deluxe phatness TDS is ALSO going to be available. This comes with a DVD containing few TDS era NiN music vids.Incredible.
Everything comes with Dolby surround.
Reznor reminds me of Lucas.in a bad way.

http://www.nin.com/current/index.html

Really cool interview, it's always great when the interviewer is into the band and knows the subject matter.

And as for Hurt not being a NIN song anymore, I'm surprised how many people are in awe of Cash's version. I think it's total crap, and it sounds like some old man just mumbling Trent's (very personal) lyrics - which is, in effect, what it is. Well, maybe it's just because I don't think much of Cash. Had someone like Tom Waits done the cover, perhaps I would've been all impressed n' shit.

Never heard of anything that would have impressed me from Cash either..except Hurt.
What you said about his way to um, perform the song is pretty much true..

But...when those lyrics are sung by this old man who? quite literally is about to die...it adds so much, eh, credibility. And emotion. Takes it to entirely different level.
It was a perfect time for Cash to die, Hurt turned into his swansong. Hurt is one hell of a way to say adios to life, fame and music industry.Coolest death in ages.?
If he was some spiffy alive&well 55 years young lad no one would have cared of his Hurt.

As a meaningless sidenote,
Stephen King's latest addition to Dark Tower Series(great books, read em) has a short Hurt-quote at the first pages.

[LeftToDecay]

The NIN Hotline has managed to arrange an interview with Stephen King.
King talks about why he uses lyrics of hurt in his latest(and possibly last:( release,  Dark Tower VII.
Even more interestingly, King allows a vaque mention about possible movie version of the Dark Tower series.Which would be incredibly cool, since Dark Tower is by far the greatest Fantasy/Scifi  series eva.

Turning Dark Tower  into a series of movies....I can't imagine how anyone could success at it..but still,  I'd love to see the outcome.

The (short-ish) interview is available at http://www.theninhotline.net.

[LeftToDecay]

3rd post in a row here by ME! I feel lonely.
....which is appropriate since all NiN fans need to be lonely, moody and angsty And use black clothes all the time.
 ...So get the fuck out of here, this is MY THREAD NOW, reserved for my monologue and wisdom!
LTD is cool.


Bleedthrough has a (tentative)release date! Next march.
omg,to say atleast.Much sooner than i thought.
Also, bleedthrough isn't going to be bleedthrough. According to The TR, "consept of the record" has matured and the title of the record was one of the things that changed. Great news. i never was a big fan of that "12 brrrutal songs, no instrumentals"-idea TR initially had.

All in all, fir doze of new info, check out nin.com/access section.

[mr self destruct]

With Teeth (), coming soon.

I'm just wondering is it going to be the album title or just the first single's title? Maybe the last one, usually they release the single before the album.

[the dirt]

Apparently "with teeth" is the new album title

[LeftToDecay]

Apparently "with teeth" is the new album title

Yeah, it looks like it..*how come there isn't a vomiting smiley available here?*

In nin.com it says "with teeth" is halo #19. The latest release by nin is halo#17 so odds are that, like you said,..with teeth is the album. halo #18 would be the yet-to-be-announced single.

What a stupid fucking title. I guess it grows on ya but for now, I hate it. And miss Bleedthrough.Hah.
Can't wait to hear it though.