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Nine Inch Nails is back, extensive US fall tour coming...

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Eric Avery: Bassist for Jane's Addiction.
Adrian Belew: Lead Guitar. Solo artist who has worked extensively with Trent's projects providing crazy sounds.
Alessandro Cortini: Keyboardist; modwheelmood and Sonoio; Worked with Trent on various track and albums.
Josh Eustis: Surviving member of Telefon Tel Aviv, an electronic band. Most definitely another Keyboardist for the band.
Ilan Rubin: Drummer for Lostprophets and Paramore; Worked with Trent on various live tours.

This is by far the most talented live lineup ever. Two keyboardists will make this a mind-blowing experience. Good god, I hope there is new music with the following lineup.

So stoked that Adrien Belew is on board. I've always loved the sound he brought to NIN. Great to see Ilan and Alessandro back too!
 
The LITS tour was so good. Probably will be less inventive. There's no way you can pay 6 dudes and tour with a high cost set in this economy.

Ha ha everyone's always on him about Robin, but it's like asking Nick Cave to tour with Blixa every time. It's just not going to happen no matter what we want.
Maybe he'll rejoin Guns and Rosies.
 
The LITS tour was so good. Probably will be less inventive. There's no way you can pay 6 dudes and get a crazy set.

Even though everything is about the money, the lineup gives a vibe that it ain't about the money. Everyone who is in the lineup has been a friend of Trent or have performed in the past and would jump on the chance to perform live any given day. Alessandro also had a track credited to him in the new 'How To Destroy Angels' album. I expect them to start with small club venues with simpler projection-based sets and moving to amphitheaters with more craziness. Full-scale arena would be so godly though!
 
Yes! Listening order should be chronological, so you're smart to start that way.

Pretty Hate Machine
Broken
The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition for the B-sides).
The Fragile
Still
With Teeth
Year Zero
Ghosts I-IV
The Slip

BONUS: The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack

When all is said and done, listen to Closure and And All That Could Have Been (I already mentioned Still. It's a fantastic EP on it's own!), and then listen to remixes (Year Zero Remixed is the best, following by Further Down the Spiral and Things Falling Apart. Fixed can be skipped but listen for shits and giggles).

Then there are demo tracks (especially Pretty Hate Machine demo tracks. So hilarious and awesome!)

Last but not least, remixes for other artists are amazing on it's own!

When shit gets stale, listen to How To Destroy Angels. Skip "An Omen". Self-titled EP and "Welcome Oblivion" should be in your list.

I think you should have also done "side quests" for Fixed and the other remix albums...a big part of my love for NIN was those. I was also a completist in hunting down all the Halos and various versions of songs. The Internet wasn't really around for this so I'd have to go to record stores to hunt these down or otherwise import them.
 
YAY!. I cant wait to see them again and an arena tour sounds awesome. Though, I must say, I really did enjoy seeing them at tiny venues on the Wave Goodbye tour. It was such a different feeling to see NIN with what felt like 150 people at Bowery Ballroom.
 
YESSSSSS now just let Radiohead tour again because I missed them last year and I can die happy

They only played "The King of Limbs" in their last tour so you didn't miss much (I believe). I saw them during "In Rainbows" tour and it was a snoozefest listening to "In Rainbows" tracks with two or so tracks from other albums clipped at the end.
 
YOU LIED TO ME, TRENT.

YOU FUCKING PROMISED ME*
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YESSS. Can't wait. Saw them 6 or 7 times but was so mad I couldn't get tickets to the NYC show where they played TDS straight through. Not expecting that again but very happy nonetheless.

They only played "The King of Limbs" in their last tour so you didn't miss much (I believe). I saw them during "In Rainbows" tour and it was a snoozefest listening to "In Rainbows" tracks with two or so tracks from other albums clipped at the end.


Huh? Radiohead was amazing last tour. They played lots of KOL and IR, yes. I happen to like those albums a lot...Bloom is incredible live. but they played a lot of other songs too.
 
They only played "The King of Limbs" in their last tour so you didn't miss much (I believe). I saw them during "In Rainbows" tour and it was a snoozefest listening to "In Rainbows" tracks with two or so tracks from other albums clipped at the end.

They did not only play KOL on their last tour...I watched the Coachella and Bonnaroo live streams along with a bunch of other live videos from last year (Radiohead are my favorite band, NIN used to be but I think they will sit alongside each other for now). I love KOL (and it's fucking stellar live) AND In Rainbows.

Sorry to derail. NIN are awesome, but I wonder what's going to happen to HTDA? They're touring but it seems like Reznor and co. have had a bit of trouble stirring up interest in them.
 
They only played "The King of Limbs" in their last tour so you didn't miss much (I believe). I saw them during "In Rainbows" tour and it was a snoozefest listening to "In Rainbows" tracks with two or so tracks from other albums clipped at the end.

I missed the Toronto show because of the stage collapse. =/

4 hours of driving for nothing.
 
They only played "The King of Limbs" in their last tour so you didn't miss much (I believe). I saw them during "In Rainbows" tour and it was a snoozefest listening to "In Rainbows" tracks with two or so tracks from other albums clipped at the end.

Simply not true.. I saw them last tour, it was amazing. Yeah its mostly post OK Computer, but anyone expecting The Bends songs to be played is crazy. Setlist statistics according to Setlist.fm for the show I saw:


The King of Limbs - 6 songs
In Rainbows - 5
Kid A - 4
OK Computer - 3
Amnesiac - 2
Hail to the Thief 2
And 2 post-KoL songs..
 
Simply not true.. I saw them last tour, it was amazing. Yeah its mostly post OK Computer, but anyone expecting The Bends songs to be played is crazy. Setlist statistics according to Setlist.fm for the show I saw:


The King of Limbs - 6 songs
In Rainbows - 5
Kid A - 4
OK Computer - 3
Amnesiac - 2
Hail to the Thief 2
And 2 post-KoL songs..

Yeah no, I take my statement back; Sorry! My memory was cloudy cause I missed the show due to stage collapse. I was "consoled" by others saying "It's the same as always! There's always next time!"

In Rainbows tour was very boring though... :( They did play "Everything In It's Right Place" so that made it happen!!
 
OH SHIT!!! Now I remember why I didn't go! My memory was clouding me. My brother was in front of line and I was 5 minutes away from Downsview Park! :/

Yeah, we rolled up in our car, saw news vans everywhere and a news chopper and was like "wow, all this for a concert?"...then we got to the parking entrance and the cops goes "show is canceled".

We thought they were fucking with us because we were from NY...lol
 
I got really into NIN in the past 2-3 years. I really hope they hit Indy. Also, I wish Brain and Robin were part of the band this time, but that's just the GNR fan in me, I guess. I never thought I'd get to see NIN live. I never thought I'd get to see GNR, either, but they showed up in Indy in 2011. He's hoping.
 
I got really into NIN in the past 2-3 years. I really hope they hit Indy. Also, I wish Brain and Robin were part of the band this time, but that's just the GNR fan in me, I guess. I never thought I'd get to see NIN live. I never thought I'd get to see GNR, either, but they showed up in Indy in 2011. He's hoping.

If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from Axl.
 
Yeah, we rolled up in our car, saw news vans everywhere and a news chopper and was like "wow, all this for a concert?"...then we got to the parking entrance and the cops goes "show is canceled".

We thought they were fucking with us because we were from NY...lol

I got a text from my friend saying "The show in cancelled". I thought she was fucking with me as well since she knew I was on my way to the show.
 
I got a text from my friend saying "The show in cancelled". I thought she was fucking with me as well since she knew I was on my way to the show.

I actually got a call from Ticket Master while we were in Hamilton...but I didn't answer because I don't answer numbers I don't recognize and I didn't want to get charged for roaming. Turns out they were calling with the cancellation information. LOL.

It didn't even occur to me that could be the reason and we didn't listen to the radio on the drive up....we were listening to CDs.
 
*High Five*

Still is, hands down, and without the teenage rebelliousness interfering, my favorite album of his. All those songs really shine when you strip them down, bare and raw.

In fact, fuck it. I'm gonna play it right now.

LOL! <3

You know what's the best part of nineinchnails? Almost all of their music is legally available online via streaming services or uploaded by TR himself.
 
Kind of sucks that Robin won't be a part of it, but that has to be the best lineup since the Fragility tours.

AARON NORTH 4 LYFE
 
The LITS tour was so good. Probably will be less inventive. There's no way you can pay 6 dudes and tour with a high cost set in this economy.

LITS was my first time seeing them live, was lucky enough that the tour went to Orlando. Incredible show, and some of the stuff they did with the screen or w/e it was in front of them especially during tracks from ghosts made it an event I'll never forget.
 
"Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me."

OH MY GOD!! Explosions in my head!

6 live members for the first time? I believe so!

Dude, that lineup is sick. I've been so hungry for new NIN, and now I'm practically quivering.

I CAN'T WAIT
 
I just got into NiN like a month ago. Have their 1989 album, and will be getting the rest after listening to them for weeks at a time. Awesome news!

But that's what I get

Oh man, such greatness ahead. Give The Fragile time to sink in. It's not as immediate as some of the others, but the relationship you develop with it will be so sweet and long lasting.
 
I think Closer still has my favorite sound palette of any song ever. My first experience of it was the cassette single, I already knew some PHM/Broken songs from my sister and she bought it for me. I was actually scared of some of the sounds/lyrics in TDS at the time. Then I remember being blown away listening to it in 5.1 years later, after I thought I knew the album really well. And on the floor in madison square garden, hearing Closer's "tickticktickticktick" sounds incredibly loud as some sweaty fat disgusting man shoved my 110lb skinny ass into a mosh pit.
I wouldn't mind a NIN setlist without the staples I've seen live so many times, but it's been adequately long that I'll be on board no matter what they're playing. I can see them playing more of the quieter stuff like "all the love in the world" and "i'm looking forward to joining you, finally" based on Trent's recent works and the thought that he might not want to scream about fist fucking anymore.

I listened to their footage from the 2000 Big Day Out fest recently and it made me really pine for some new live NIN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2q1vTbdFQQ
 
Oh man, such greatness ahead. Give The Fragile time to sink in. It's not as immediate as some of the others, but the relationship you develop with it will be so sweet and long lasting.

Best explanation of The Fragile. It's the reason I got into nineinchnails. It catches you track by track.

I consider it to have the same replayability power as "Master of Puppets", except MoP can be heard as an entire album and falling in love with it, whereas The Fragile can be heard disc by disc. Replaying both in the first go can be too overwhelming and you have to fall in love with each track individually before you can jump to album. Live shows tend to help there.
 
Oh man, such greatness ahead. Give The Fragile time to sink in. It's not as immediate as some of the others, but the relationship you develop with it will be so sweet and long lasting.

Easily my favourite album of his and completely agree - whereas some other NIN albums sound like the product of the times they were made in, The Fragile still sounds fresh and contemporary.
 
Best explanation of The Fragile. It's the reason I got into nineinchnails. It catches you track by track.

I consider it to have the same replayability power as "Master of Puppets", except MoP can be heard as an entire album and falling in love with it, whereas The Fragile can be heard disc by disc. Replaying both in the first go can be too overwhelming and you have to fall in love with each track individually before you can jump to album. Live shows tend to help there.

It's funny, it definitely took me the longest of all of the albums to get into, but it ended up being my favorite album of all time by anyone. The flow from track to track is just amazing.
 
We drove down to LA (from Sacramento) to see the second-to-last show at the Wiltern (and to visit Disneyland for a few days). That whole last set ended up being rescheduled due to the flu. That show was rescheduled to be the last show. I had to fly down that morning, sell my wife's ticket to a guy on CL, see the show, and then fly back at 6am the next morning (after sleeping in the LAX terminal). At the time it was worth it because it was the LAST SHOW.

That said, I'll happily attend one of these even though they defile my memory just a little bit.
 
Best explanation of The Fragile. It's the reason I got into nineinchnails. It catches you track by track.

I consider it to have the same replayability power as "Master of Puppets", except MoP can be heard as an entire album and falling in love with it, whereas The Fragile can be heard disc by disc. Replaying both in the first go can be too overwhelming and you have to fall in love with each track individually before you can jump to album. Live shows tend to help there.

I find disc 1 of The Fragile to be NIN's finest work. I mean, that WHOLE sequence from "Somewhat Damaged" to "The Great Below" is just eargasmic (although you could say that "No, You Don't" is a bit weaker than the rest, but still). A textural, atmospheric, emotional journey that is unparalleled.

And I like disc 2 a bit less, even if it features some great songs. I just think it's a bit more unfocused, a bit less gripping, the melodies aren't as strong... but it is still essential to the feel of the album. The journey wouldn't be complete without disc 2.
 
Hoping they play a show somewhere relatively near me. Would love to see them. Would be my first NIN concert experience. I only really delved into Reznor's stuff within the past year or so. I still haven't listened to all of the NIN albums, but have dabbled in a lot of it.
 
I find disc 1 of The Fragile to be NIN's finest work. I mean, that WHOLE sequence from "Somewhat Damaged" to "The Great Below" is just eargasmic (although you could say that "No, You Don't" is a bit weaker than the rest, but still). A textural, atmospheric, emotional journey that is unparalleled.

And I like disc 2 a bit less, even if it features some great songs. I just think it's a bit more unfocused, a bit less gripping, the melodies aren't as strong... but it is still essential to the feel of the album. The journey wouldn't be complete without disc 2.

I agree completely. I actually gravitated to disc 2 originally, but ended up falling completely in love with disc 1 over time.
 
Hell yes, I've been longing the opportunity to see them live again. Hoping for Trent to take a stop by Europe. Glad to see Alessandro Cortini returns as his live staple, it was a bit sad seeing him go after the Lights In The Sky Tour since he's my favorite "member" of the band. The dude needs to release a new SONOIO record!

Aside from that, I'm looking forward to new NIN material. I have to say though, Welcome Oblivion was a surprisingly great record which I actually liked a bit more than a deal of NIN albums. I was lukewarm about a few things that HTDA made at first but by the time I got to hear How Long, I was completely sold. What a fantastic track and album.
 
I pretty much jizzed when I first heard Just Like You Imagined...Jesus fucking Christ is that song amazing.

All of Left is...
 
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