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05-17-2012, 11:30 PM
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Music Discussion #6 - Nine Inch Nails
 Trent Reznor's birthday was today, so I thought it appropriate to get around to posting this. Hard to believe NIN has been around since 1988, only a year after I was born. Reznor started his career as a janitor in a music studio. He got permission to use the studio in his spare time, and crafted his first album, Pretty Hate Machine, almost entirely by himself. He regularly records all instruments except drums by himself, though he does have help from various band members at times. Since the formation of Nine Inch Nails, he has put out 8 offical albums, and roughly 27(?) official releases labeled Halos for chronology purposes, consisting of remixes, first mixes, soundtrack work, alternate versions, etc. NIN is more than just music. It is Trent Reznor's brand. It is his brainchild, and he has allowed his music to be altered and enjoyed by anyone over the years through the use of the creative commons license. He has created a community of listeners that keep the music alive long after a release. At one time, he encouraged his fans to pirate his music after he found out his label was overcharging his Australian fans for his music. To me, NIN evokes such raw emotion that I've simply never felt from any other music. Reznor obviously loves and appreciates his fans with everything he does with his music. He released Ghosts I-IV and The Slip for free on his own label, and always encouraged fans to do whatever they wanted with his music. For Christmas a couple years ago, he released some 400gigs of raw HD footage to the fans so they could make a live DVD from his tour since his label at the time wouldn't come to an agreement about a DVD for the tour. So many years after the band was formed, and he still put top effort into every single show they played. He's doing other projects now, and has said NIN is on hiatus but will eventually make a return. Him being the only official member, it's not as if they have broken up or anything. My only regret is that I never got to see them in concert. Albums: 1989 - Pretty Hate Machine Head Like A Hole SPOILER: show Down In It SPOILER: show Something I Can Never Have SPOILER: show 1992 - Broken (EP) Pinion/Wish SPOILER: show Last SPOILER: show 1994 - The Downward Spiral Piggy SPOILER: show Closer SPOILER: show The Becoming SPOILER: show I Do Not Want This SPOILER: show Hurt SPOILER: show 1999 - The Fragile The Day The World Went Away SPOILER: show The Frail/Wretched SPOILER: show Into The Void SPOILER: show 2005 - With Teeth You Know What You Are SPOILER: show Love Is Not Enough SPOILER: show With Teeth SPOILER: show Only SPOILER: show Right Where It Belongs SPOILER: show 2007 - Year Zero The Beginning of the End SPOILER: show The Good Soldier SPOILER: show Me, I'm Not SPOILER: show The Great Destroyer SPOILER: show In This Twilight SPOILER: show 2008 - Ghosts I-IV Huge collection of instrumental music. Didn't feel like finding any from it. 2008 - The Slip 1,000,000 SPOILER: show Discipline SPOILER: show Echoplex SPOILER: show Lights in the Sky SPOILER: show After a decent start with his first 2 albums, NIN gained notoriety with the release of The Downward Spiral. It was in 1994 that NIN put on one of the craziest performances Woodstock has ever seen. Woodstock '94 - Full Show - 1:16:40 long SPOILER: show  |
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