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Puds [Edit] [Delete] 45 replies 15:23 February 25th, 2013

NOTE FROM TRENT:

Nine Inch Nails are touring this year.

I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show. Calls were made to some friends, lots of new ideas were discussed, and a show was booked - which led to another, which somehow led to a lot of shows.

The band is reinventing itself from scratch and will be comprised of Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me. The first shows will begin this summer, followed by a full-on arena tour of the US this fall, and lots of other dates worldwide to follow through 2014.

Lots of details and dates to come. See you soon.

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cowcow | 25 Feb '13, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

sean, Puds, roastthemonaspit, hanshotfirst, Cementimental, spiritofjazz, LastAstronaut, and chickenbones this'd this
Really excited for this

missed them the last time they came. Really interested to hear what they mean by the whole re-thinking thing.

Antelope | 25 Feb '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hopefully a head back to the Broken era
  
  Much as The Downward Spiral was brilliant, they sort of lost some of that intensity.
  
  funkycow @Antelope | 25 Feb '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pentargo and Antelope this'd this
Good news

I don't feel quite so depressed now for suffering a 100% memory blackout (while on my own no less) at what I thought was the last NIN UK show at Sonisphere a few years back.

drop_b | 25 Feb '13, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
oh yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOyZEZX5RBA

soapy | 25 Feb '13, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
i hope by rethink

he means not play anything from the last album or two

ethricdouble | 25 Feb '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- NOU
  
  chickenbones @ethricdouble | 26 Feb '13, 11:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nah
    
    ethricdouble @chickenbones | 26 Feb '13, 12:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- NOU
  
  chickenbones @ethricdouble | 26 Feb '13, 11:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great!

Really regret not watching them properly at Leed 07...

oojimaflop | 25 Feb '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
excellent

justanothersheeldz | 25 Feb '13, 16:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Didn't he say they'd never play again and then sold off all their equipment?

I mean, I know Refused said they'd never play again but they were gone a good 10 years, NIN have been gone... what, 3?

hanshotfirst | 25 Feb '13, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF MY LAST DAYS

shucks | 25 Feb '13, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- don't think you're having all the fun
  
  you know me, i hate
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRIr9MNmCwU
  
  ethricdouble @shucks | 25 Feb '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember seeing them at Reading 07

at the time I thought they were some shitty industrial metal band that only goth teens listened to. They blew me away, I'm now a fan, and want to see them come back urgently!

Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply

wecancreate this'd this
- that set was one of the best things I have ever ever seen
  
  guntrip @Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Yesiamaduck this'd this
  - Yeah it was incredible
    
    I remember the sound just tearing me apart and it really helped me forget my huge come down.
    
    Yesiamaduck @guntrip | 25 Feb '13, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - was that when they opened with loads of the downward spiral?
      
      ethricdouble @Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 17:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - no, opened with lots of Year Zero
        
        http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nine-inch-nails/2007/little-johns-farm-reading-england-1bd631ac.html
        
        guntrip @ethricdouble | 25 Feb '13, 23:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
i hope they buy all their guy for this tour on ebay

fuckyeahdubstep | 25 Feb '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- their gear, not guy.
  
  i hope they buy all their gear for this tour on ebay
  
  fuckyeahdubstep @fuckyeahdubstep | 25 Feb '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Welcome back

deep-blue | 25 Feb '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eric Avery

On bass, this is only a good thing. Jane's are a much weaker band with out him.

disconottechno | 25 Feb '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheGrudge this'd this
- Avery is a great bassist.
  
  Just an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGpjZJqgaeE
  Awesome!
  
  deep-blue @disconottechno | 25 Feb '13, 17:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eric Avery is currently Garbage's bass player (live member)

Garbage are still touring; so, he will left the band?

deep-blue | 25 Feb '13, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wow, I never knew that
  
  drop_b @deep-blue | 25 Feb '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - He also was the bass player on Garbage's previous tour from 2005 (Bleed Like Me)
    
    Here's a picture with Eric Avery & Shirley Manson on stage: http://i.imgur.com/3D82tGk.jpg
    
    deep-blue @drop_b | 25 Feb '13, 17:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Also check the youtube link posted by me (above)
    
    deep-blue @drop_b | 25 Feb '13, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Garbage or NIN

It's surely a no brainer. Eric has to leave Garbage.

Eric is up there as my favourite Bassist

TheGrudge | 25 Feb '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A no brainer? I don't think so.
  
  Eric wouldn't play bass in a band that isn't awesome (yeah, Garbage are awesome). But you probably don't care about this band anyway...
  
  "Eric has to leave Garbage". Eric is a touring member, so he will leave. But I guess he will return as soon as possible. He's a good friend with Garbage's members.
  
  deep-blue @TheGrudge | 25 Feb '13, 18:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I like Garbage and own 4 of their albums.
    
    But they are not a patch on Curve (who to me are their obvious influence)
    
    TheGrudge @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    pentargo, bruised_blood, and Antelope this'd this
    - Again, the endless Curve vs. Garbage? ;)
      
      Both bands are brilliant, but Garbage's music is more diverse. (Check also their B-sides.)
      
      "who to me are their obvious influence". Curve was ONE of the influences, esp. during Garbage's debut album (the others being NIN, MBV, Roxy Music, The Pretenders, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, The Clash etc). But after that, Garbage moved step by step from the darker sound of their debut.
      
      deep-blue @TheGrudge | 26 Feb '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Also
      
      I challenge you to find a similar Curve song to a Garbage song. One song from each band, side by side.
      
      After years of listening to both bands, I find that the similarities are shallow. Only the voices are a bit similar, but not too much.
      
      Drums: the drums in Curve songs are much faster, powerful and repetitive. They seem more electronic and generated mostly by drum machines. Definitely influenced by industrial-rock bands like Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, NIN etc.
      Bass: the Curve's bass is very prominent and throbbing. The bass in Garbage's songs is less prominent.
      Guitars: very shoegaze-style, wall of sound, tons of effects for Curve (MBV-style). Garbage's guitars are much more clear and diverse in tone.
      Synths: Curve used different kind of electronic sounds than Garbage. Compare for example "Coming Up Roses" with "Milk". Curve definitely used more exotic sounds, while for Garbage is more piano-sounding.
      Voices: quite similar, but Shirley showed a wider range of emotions.
      
      Conclusion: Curve are more on the industrial, shoegaze, electronic-ambient side (yes, check their ballads), while Garbage more on the alternative rock, post grunge, pop, trip-hop side. I love both bands.
      
      deep-blue @TheGrudge | 26 Feb '13, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Excited. Their Reading 07 set...

Is one of the best outdoor live experience. That stage show was incredible.

AntiChristJaffaCake | 25 Feb '13, 18:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Adrian Belew on guitar is incredibly exciting.

I love his video from the early eighties where he makes silly noises for an hour, the guy's incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NpBWPL93s

DeadJames | 25 Feb '13, 18:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
I haven't paid much attention for years.

Is his solo album any good?

crosseyedsniper | 25 Feb '13, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Not to quibble too much

but when bands are all like `these are our last shows/album/etc`, and then they come back within the realm of a normal album cycle, it's all a bit like they just had a sabbatical or gap year, rather that they ever intended to quit, which is fine whatever but it makes me more cynical that when bands say that they're trying to cash in through dishonesty which makes me queasy.

WhiteLightWhiteCity | 25 Feb '13, 22:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- if you discount his unusually productive period between 2005 and 2008
  
  four years is actually a short disappearance for old Trent.
  
  I don't know. He's always struck me as someone who does basically whatever the fuck he wants (seemless transition from synth pop to industrial rock; taking five years to follow up a huge seller, and doing so with a 'difficult' double album; quitting the major label game and giving away your releases for nothing) so I tend to err on the side of not really questioning his motives here or with that 'final' tour in 2009.
  
  guntrip @WhiteLightWhiteCity | 25 Feb '13, 22:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Fair enough, TR does seem pretty genuine all told
    
    WhiteLightWhiteCity @guntrip | 25 Feb '13, 22:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Can I get a refund on that Wave Goodbye t-shirt I bought?

drop_b | 26 Feb '13, 11:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

ethricdouble this'd this
- maybe they'll do a 'say hello' one for this tour
  
  proof that Trent's a Marc Almond fan and this hiatus was all part of a plan for a Soft Cell homage!
  
  LastAstronaut @drop_b | 26 Feb '13, 11:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - NIN have in fact recorded a couple of Soft Cell covers in their time
    
    So maybe this isn't so far from the truth!
    
    Woodchuck @LastAstronaut | 26 Feb '13, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
saw this yesterday

excellent news, seeing them at Manchester Apollo 6 years ago yesterday was one of the best gigs i've ever been to, just phenomenal.

chickenbones | 26 Feb '13, 11:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great news

Although, having seen NIN seven times already, I'd actually quite like him to bring How to Destroy Angels over here this year instead. Did anyone listen to the stream of the album on Pitchfork (it's finished now - album out next week)? I really like it. Some songs are a bit too derivative of NIN, but some sound really great.

Woodchuck | 26 Feb '13, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
First Euro date announced...

http://www.rock-n-heim.com/assets/poster-4af13f3cf6472a2ebb86c5adb37987b0.png

The weekend before Reading and Leeds.

AntiChristJaffaCake | 26 Feb '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply

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