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Originally posted by djhaziel for me the Downward spiral was the best album of NIN all the way

I feel the same way dude. Definitely my favorite. A close second would be The Fragile, and Halcyon is right; can't escape the charm of Pretty Hate Machine... I like that all the way through.

This is now officially a NIN appreciation thread, and with that in mind, has anyone seen the official video for 'Discipline' (from his most recent album, 'The Slip'):



Yes, that's right, official video; who said this guy didn't have a sense of humor? Make sure you watch until the end.

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Originally posted by woscar Even more so on Pretty Hate Machine But I agree, Trent Reznor has been way ahead of his time pretty much during his entire career.

He really hasn't been a pioneer of new sounds or anything like that. Industrial came years before PHM even, but Trent kind of repackaged it into a more accessible product. Coupled with his remarkable showmanship and dedication to his work, he became bigger than any "industrial" act before him, though he is not precisely such.

//Not to mention how feverishly the man toured. And he clearly valued live acts as each song was practically played different in each city he went to, the flavour of the band changing for each member he took along.

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Last edited by Halcyon+On+On on Dec-13-2009 at 06:35

The Fragile is definitely my favorite, with Downward Spiral a close second. Fuck I miss the music he made when he hated everything.

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Originally posted by Seppuku The Fragile is definitely my favorite, with Downward Spiral a close second. Fuck I miss the music he made when he hated everything.

la mer is such a good track

I know I have posted this before, but HOLY SHIT at 3:31-



Somebody's showing off for Dave.

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Its really too bad I was a baby during that era.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On In fact, here's Trent and the demon, itself:

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Trent sometimes reminds me the character in "Dead man on campus" - that pseudo emo kid that he wanted everyone wanted to believe he was a goth, while secretly wishing to sing in a broadway musical wearing pink leotards.

I read somewhere that after popularity of PHM, magazines started comparing him to the "synth bands" or "new wave" bands of the time and that pissed him off and the whole bashing of synthesizers was done before to prove he was not just another "synth" band. That's when his sound shifted more towards rock/goth, ditching keyboards as he went along. I knew NIN was pretty much done as a synth/industrial act when they started playing NIN tracks from later stages on a local "rock" radio stations.


Speaking of production ahead of it's time:

Track is T-99 "After Beyond"




...and one of my faves:
T-99 Anasthasia


and now back to the past to the future. 97 - how timeless are these tracks:





Chicane, aka Disco Citizens - sounds as fresh today as it did then



Compare it to something like Jerome Ismae's remix of Hold that Sucker down (bringing the pizzicato stabs back, making them sexxxxy again!)



ait, back on topic

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Last edited by aNYthing on Dec-13-2009 at 17:53

Just love all NIN's work

NIN are superb live i've seen them a few times now and each time they get better everytime....

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yum. drop the "e" next time.