PDA

View Full Version : Rate The Musician/Artist #12 - Nine Inch Nails


El Fangel
11-22-2007, 09:07 AM
Ok, well, Hmmm, Last time We had a band rated Best in the world, well you guys tore them apart. Im so proud! U2 scored a rating of 40 overall. Making them debut at 9th.

Well This time I had a hard time choosing, so I asked a buddy of mine who?
and His reply

Nine Inch Nails

http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/N/Nine_Inch_Nails/Nine.Inch.Nails.jpg

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) industrial rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_rock) band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor) in Cleveland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), Ohio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio). As its main producer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_%28music%29), singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. NIN's music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_instruments) and processing. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails_live_performances) to perform with him; this live component is a separate entity from Nine Inch Nails in the recording studio.On stage, NIN often employs spectacular visual elements to accompany its performances, which frequently culminate with the band destroying their instruments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_destruction).
Underground music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_music) audiences warmly received Nine Inch Nails in its early years. The band produced several highly influential records in the 1990s that achieved widespread popularity: many Nine Inch Nails songs became radio hits, two NIN recordings won Grammy Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award), and the band has sold over twenty million albums worldwide, with 10.5 million sales certified in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) alone.In 2004, Rolling Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone) placed Nine Inch Nails at 94 on their list of the 100 greatest rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music) artists of all time. In spite of this acclaim, the band has had several feuds with the corporate side of the recording industry. Trent Reznor announced in 2007 that Nine Inch Nails would proceed independently of record labels.
In the past, NIN released major studio albums infrequently; remixes and live albums bridged these gaps in the band's catalog. Reznor cites his personal issues as the cause of these delays, and his songs often confront dark explorations of the self. The most recent Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_%28album%29), is an exception to the usually introspective nature of Reznor's songwriting and the long gestation between major releases.


1) Jimi Hendrix - 91
2) Tupac -85
3) Guns N' Roses - 83
4) Metallica - 75
5) Garth Brooks - 68
6) Wu Tang Clan - 64
7) Eminem - 60
8) NOFX - 59
9) U2 - 40
10) Staind - 31
11) 50 Cent - 27

El Fangel
11-22-2007, 09:09 AM
9.5/10

One of my favorites, and a person who did not sell-out to record labels with the amount of fame that has been amassed is a cause for my respect.

Kane Knight
11-22-2007, 09:36 AM
I'll give them a nine.

Trent's a bit full of shit, but he's good at pretty much everything he does.

El Vaquero de Infierno
11-22-2007, 11:32 AM
8

ron the dial
11-22-2007, 11:45 AM
6

I'm not much of a NIN fan, but I can't deny that Trent's got some talent.

FakeLaser
11-22-2007, 12:05 PM
6

ct2k
11-22-2007, 01:36 PM
6

Pretentious wankers, shame because they're decent

HeartBreakMan2k
11-22-2007, 04:53 PM
6.5

I'd like to nominate Talib and Common btw.

ddpBANG
11-22-2007, 10:07 PM
7

Skippord
11-23-2007, 01:00 AM
9

Funky Fly
11-23-2007, 02:14 AM
6

ehh

Downunder
11-23-2007, 04:21 AM
1

Fucking overrated shyte