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Nine Inch Nails tour

2008-03-31T03:44:00.000-07:00

Nine Inch Nails Collection. Nine Inch Nails frontmanTrent Reznor has taken to the web to to confirm the US upcoming tour.

He said:

"We are coming! Lots going on in the world of nine inch nails... Confirming a very poorly kept secret, the band has been reformed (details coming!) and we are about to embark on an extensive tour. The first wave of dates I can mention at this time appear below. Many more to come! See you soon."

July 25 Pemberton BC Pemberton Festival
July 26 Seattle WA Key Arena at Seattle Center
July 28 Edmonton ALB Rexall Place
July 29 Calgary ALB Pengrowth Saddledome
July 31 Winnipeg MAN MTS Centre
August 2 Minneapolis MN Target Center
August 5 Toronto ONT Air Canada Centre
August 7 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena
August 8 Worcester MA DCU Center
August 12 Knoxville TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum
August 13 Duluth GA Gwinnett Arena
August 15 Oklahoma City OK Ford Center
August 16 Houston TX Toyota Center
August 18 Dallas TX American Airlines Center
August 20 Saint Louis MO Scottrade Center
August 22 Cleveland OH Quicken Loans Arena
August 23 Auburn Hills MI Palace of Auburn Hills
August 27 East Rutherford NJ Izod Center
August 29 Philadelphia PA Wachovia Center
August 31 Lexington KY Rupp Arena
September 2 Morrison CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
September 3 Salt Lake City UT The E Center Of West Valley
September 5 Oakland CA Oracle Arena (formerly Oakland Arena)
September 6 Inglewood CA The Forum

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails

2008-03-18T05:42:00.001-07:00

What hasn't already been said about Pretty Hate Machine, Trent Reznor's Industrial but accessible CD from 1989? I actually purchased this CD when it was released (as a cassette!) - and bought this particular one on eBay for a friend of mine who is just discovering Nine Inch Nails - I'm not a big fan of re-issues, so I insisted that it be on the original label, TVT, and not Rykodisc. For those of you who think that NIN's influence on music today began with The Downward Spiral, you need to own this - and get Broken, too, while you're collecting...there is not one bad song on PHM, it never gets tired and is as current today as it was 16 years ago. Get a copy. Now.

Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor (vocals, various instruments). Additional personnel includes: Richard Patrick (guitar); Chris Vrenna (drums). Although Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor became the poster boy for industrial rock in the early 1990s, his '89 debut, PRETTY HATE MACHINE, actually has a stronger foothold in '80s synth-pop. The guitar-heavy opener, "Head Like a Hole," is the most aggressive track on the album and proved to be the signature song for Reznor's initial breakthrough, but much of the disc sounds like Depeche Mode in a particularly bad mood. All of the tracks on PRETTY HATE MACHINE are based on synthesizer lines and programmed beats, with other elements--such as the distinctive bass on "Sanctified" and sampled explosions on "That's What I Get"--filling out the sound. Despite Reznor's morose lyrics, a number of HATE MACHINE's finest moments are energetic dance tunes, particularly "Down in It" and the surging "Sin." Oddly enough, Reznor's fiercer--and seemingly less accessible--subsequent work (the BROKEN EP and THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL) led directly to his mainstream success, but PRETTY HATE MACHINE reveals where the Nine Inch Nails aesthetic started out.

Track Listing
1. Head Like A Hole
2. Terrible Lie
3. Down In It
4. Sanctified
5. Something I Can Never Have
6. Kinda I Want To
7. Sin
8. That's What I Get
9. Only Time, The
10. Ringfinger

Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral

2008-03-18T05:10:00.000-07:00

The Downward Spiral - This, in my opinion is the best Nine Inch Nails album. I have them all, including the bootlegs, and this is the only one I can honestly say that I don't skip any of the songs. This album is not for kids, as a young parent myself I can't listen to this kind of stuff anywhere I wish anymore. It plays in the car when I am by myself. "Ralph's World" gets played in my car so much its like some kind of torture. Oh well, gotta keep the kids happy.

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Album Notes Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor (vocals, various instruments). Additional personnel: Danny Lohner, Adrian Belew (guitar); Flood (synthesizer, programming); Andy Kubiszewski, Chris Vrenna, Stephen Perkins (drums). Engineers: Sean Beavan, Chris Vrenna, Alan Moulder. Recorded at Le Pig, Beverly Hills, California; The Record Plant A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California. THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. "Hurt" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Personnel: Trent Reznor (vocals, guitar, electronics); Andy Kubiszewski (drums). Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor became an instant alternative-music hero with 1989's PRETTY HATE MACHINE, an angry-yet-accessible album that appealed to rock fans and club kids alike. Record-label woes led to a five-year delay for Reznor's follow-up, with two hard-edged EPs (BROKEN and its remix disc, FIXED) issued in the interim. Finally released in 1994, THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL seethes with an almost unhinged industrial ferocity, due, in part to both Reznor's frustration with messy bureaucratic entanglements and time spent with Ministry's Al Jourgensen during the peak of that band's guitar-heavy phase. Although, SPIRAL does reveal the influence of latter-day Ministry (particularly on the blazing opener, "Mr. Self Destruct," and the scathing, distortion-filled "March of the Pigs"), Reznor also incorporates elements of progressive rock and funk into the proceedings. More than any other Nine Inch Nails song, the provocative, groove-laden "Closer" (and its shocking video) established Reznor as a bold, audacious artist. In contrast, quiet and emotive songs such as Eno-esque instrumental "A Warm Place" and the spare, haunting "Hurt" (famously covered by Johnny Cash shortly before the country legend's death) revealed Reznor's sensitive side. Here the intense performer works with his largest sonic palette yet, and the results are fascinating.

Track Listing 1. Mr. Self Destruct 2. Piggy 3. Heresy 4. March Of The Pigs 5. Closer 6. Ruiner 7. Becoming, The 8. I Do Not Want This 9. Big Man With A Gun 10. Warm Place, A 11. Eraser 12. Reptile 13. Downward Spiral, The 14. Hurt

Surprise: New Nine Inch Nails

2008-03-16T09:47:00.000-07:00

The new album from Nine Inch Nails, "Ghosts I-IV" is a new psychedelic scratching post for hardcore fans. Other listeners, however, may find this a bit polarizing.

In an instrumental effort by Trent Reznor, "Ghosts" offers a more eclectic ambiance than some older albums, but the result is worth hearing. The tracks range from typical NIN grunge, complete with mixing board effects, to softer compositions that are intricately arranged. The different song structures meld together, giving a fuller meaning to each track. It might seem frustrating, moving between these different types of songs and their accompanying emotions, but it instead focuses more on an intense balance.

The sound seems to be more of a personal relationship with the listener. On his Web site, Reznor explained the genesis of the album: "I’ve been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years," he said, "But by its very nature it wouldn’t have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective—dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams."

In fact, that’s exactly how you can describe "Ghosts I - IV," it’s like a soundtrack of Trent Reznor’s daily life. Could this mean that Reznor could be on his way to more instrumental music, even to real soundtracks? Experimental rock and electronic giant Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead does ambient and eclectic that sounds fairly similar to "Ghosts." Now he’s scored several films, including the haunting score to Oscar nominated film "There Will Be Blood."

I can’t help but think of Brian Eno’s "Airport" when listening to the album. It’s clear that Reznor put a great deal of work into it, but it’s almost the simplicity of the result that makes it both listenable and more meaningful.

The 36 tracks of almost two hours of listening could try a listener’s patience. It truly plays like a soundtrack, which can be a pro or a con, depending on the listener. It’s like watching a movie without knowing its story line or even a general idea to go by.

Maybe this is the reason that its release is strictly online. This album is not as commercially viable as past Nine Inch Nails albums. But Radiohead did release "In Rainbows" on their Web site long before the album’s January release, when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

Unlike "In Rainbows," "Ghosts I-IV" seems to be more of a fan appreciator, rather then a full album. Nonetheless, it’s an easier Nine Inch Nails work to listen to than some past albums.

Nine Inch Nails to Release Remixable Album

2007-12-18T08:31:00.001-08:00

It looks like Nine Inch Nails has decided to give fans what they want, and that includes giving remixers Live Sets to work with.

Scheduled for release on November 20, 2007, Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D will feature fourteen tracks from NIN’s Year Zero album remixed by a select group of Trent Reznor’s “heroes, friends, and strangers.” Saul Williams, Ladytron, Bill Laswell, Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert, The Knife’s Olof Dreijer, The Kronos Quartet, and many more contribute crafty reinterpretations of the NIN originals.

Ableton Live users will find the DVD ROM included with the CD release contains Live Set files separated by instrument for every track from Year Zero. The band also plans to have a dedicated website for uploading, sharing and rating user remixes.