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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:01 AM
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Nine Inch Nails--yes or no?
Edited on Tue May-26-09 09:02 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
Definitely Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral, and I'll add in The Fragile to boot. Methinks despite Year Zero being a clever concept album, Reznor's sort of over saturated himself in recent years, though.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:04 AM
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1. Love "Pretty Hate Machine". I'm also one of those rare people that likes "Ghosts".
But I tend to enjoy that sort of pseudo-Robert Frippian kind of music in general. I need to listen to "The Downward Spiral" again. I remember not caring much for it when it originally came out, and I don't think I've listened to it since then.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:08 AM
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3. Pretty Hate Machine is in my Top 3 Albums of all time.
Edited on Tue May-26-09 09:10 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
I can listen to it from start to finish without ever wanting to hit the skip button once. Along with Siamese Dream and Tori Amos's To Venus and Back, it constitutes the perfect album for me where every song on the album is as good as the last and never gets old.

The Downward Spiral is very good, but "Closer" is way, way, way overplayed and overrated. I usually skip it.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:04 AM
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2. Throw in Broken, too.
And Further Down the Spiral for some excellent dark ambient industrial. I just made up that classification.

slave screams he thinks he knows what he wants
slave screams thinks he has something to say
slave screams he hears but doesn't want to listen
slave screams he's being beat into submission

don't open your eyes you won't like what you see
the devils of truth steal the souls of the free
don't open your eyes take it from me
I have found
you can find
happiness in slavery
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:48 AM
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32. "dark ambient industrial"
Good one. :thumbsup: Shoutcast should include that on it's list of genres.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:45 AM
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4. Like Pretty Hate Machine and Downward Spiral....
but have not been much a fan since then.

I have the opportunity to see NIN at Bonnaroo in a couple of weeks, although the performance is 1-3 am (Sat-Sun) and there are a couple of other acts at the same time that I would probably go see before them (if I venture out the the stages at that time.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:47 AM
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5. Eh.
Don't really care enough about them/him either way to have a strong opinion. "Pretty Hate Machine" came out my senior year of college, and it was in heavy rotation then, but in retrospect it was only so much toughened-up Depeche Mode when compared to the likes of Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:11 PM
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6. Courtney said it was more like a 3 inch nail, but
I do love their music. :hide:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:20 PM
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7. Yes, however, Courtney Love's vagina probably looks like a black sheepdog panting in summer
Edited on Tue May-26-09 07:22 PM by DS1
/also stolen
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:34 PM
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10. No tread left on those tires; it's like throwing a hotdog down a bowling alley.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:26 PM
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8. My buddy and I dissed Trent Reznor to his face back in the 80's.
Well dissed might be too strong of a word but we failed to be impressed by his presence in a music store where he was introduced to us.

Owner of the store: "Hey guys, this is Trent Reznor from NIN"

Buddy and I look at each other, look at him and say: "Whatever dude. How much for the 18" Paiste Rude crash?"

Reznor sort of winced and walked away.


With that said, I like a few of his songs but I don't see him as a genius or any of that. I'm not much for the Industrial sound.

"Wish" is probably the song from him I like best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KxXeeHXHk
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:28 PM
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9. Yes!
I saw them in Camden NJ about ten years ago and they were a great live band! They opened for Bowie, who was on his "oddities" tour and played none of his hits!:wtf: Not even for the encore! :grr: I came into downtown Camden for his thin white duke ass!:scared:

Oh, where was I... :rant:
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:59 PM
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14. That's why I take the ferry from Philadelphia.
Of course, if you live in Jersey already, that's kind of pointless.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:35 PM
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11. Absolutely yes!
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:42 PM
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12. No
I kinda like "Hurt" when I'm in a bad mood. That's about it.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:40 PM
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18. Normally I don't like covers, but I like Johnny Cash's cover of that one.
Very different, but very powerful.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 02:19 AM
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24. He totally took that song and made it his own. Make NIN's seem ridiculous, honestly.
I mean, what's Reznor's (then) 30-year-old drug addict angst in comparison to a lifetime of pain, loss, and regret? I think he wrote the song for Cash without knowing it...
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 02:44 AM
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25. absoulty.......
the first time I herd it, all I could say was "Trent who?"
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:57 PM
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13. Hells yes
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 08:02 PM
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15. I always prefered the remix/alternate halos to his main stuff.
The remix 5in was divine. Further Down the Spiral, Fixed, March of the Pigs (Halo 7), Closer.

Yum
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 09:31 AM
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29. Me too. I typically wait for those more than the main release
Fixed is pretty intense, I certainly wouldn't start anyone on it.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:32 PM
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16. Yes to the NINs.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:36 PM
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17. Fixed has some fun songs.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:41 PM
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19. Loved Pretty Hate, Broken, and TDS
Tepid about everything since. :shrug:

(Seriously, they've gone from being teh favorite to barely being on the radar. That's the kind of tepid we're talking about.)
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:41 PM
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20. yes. last Friday..
NIN was here with Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper Social Club. Very cool show!

I love your mentions as well as Broken.
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:53 PM
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21. Yes. Absolutely.
:thumbsup:
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 11:59 PM
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22. Yes
especially The Fragile and Pretty Hate Machine
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 12:53 AM
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23. In medium-sized doses.
I can listen to them, but I don't own any of their music.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 02:45 AM
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26. NIN is hit or miss.
When they hit, they really hi though. Head Like A Hole is one of the best anti-capitalism songs ever made.

I don't know how anyone can like The Fragile though. Trent REALLY phoned that whole album in.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 04:01 AM
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27. Oh hell yes! I like his entire catalog less "With Teeth"...
...he lost me on that one. It's all good apart from that.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 09:10 AM
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28. Maybe.
I like some of their stuff (Broken is nicely aggressive) and I dislike some. He has a great voice though.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:03 AM
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30. Hell yeah. Saw them live last week.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:52 AM
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33. good show, eh?
My kid loved it.

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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 12:01 PM
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34. Hell yeah, both NIN and Jane's Addiction rocked the fuckin' house.
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LeftOfSelf-Centered Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:04 AM
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31. Big Yes
I like pretty much all of the albums. Apparently I'm the only one here who really likes Year Zero. "Capital G" really gets me going.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 02:32 PM
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35. Then "yes", now "no".
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 03:19 PM
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36. A week ago I would've said No
then I saw Ava's film (yes, our Ava):

http://www.iraqfallout.com

to which NIN's "Ghosts" forms much of the score.

Additional plus: Trent lived on Magazine St. in NOLA for some time.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 03:21 PM
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37. Trent Reznor just raised $650k for a fan's heart transplant.
Music aside, he's okay with me.
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