Have any of you heard this band? Apparent the Danny Lohner from NIN fame produced their last cd
Nope. Totally clueless. Then again, I’m pretty ignorant of everything NIN outside of the “Pretty Hate Machine” era.
hollywood undead apparently had a record deal and the producer the label plugged them into made the music sound like crap, so danny lohner was enlisted to save the day. band apparently had great success on the net before the money men came around. all’s i know.
Then again, I’m pretty ignorant of everything NIN outside of the “Pretty Hate Machine” era.
Preach on brother Icepick! Besides Pretty Hate is probably the only NIN album worth knowing!
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I can understand not liking all NIN, but I can’t imagine Ministry fans not liking Broken. Hell, Paul even contributed by writing part of Suck 
Only liking Pretty Hate Machine is like only liking With Sympathy. It’s possible, sure, but strange.
I liked NIN until I couldn’t go to a bar or turn on the pop station without hearing Closer. After a while it got to the point where I couldn’t stand hearing Trent Reznor’s voice. Now I don’t even care for Pretty Hate Machine anymore.
Reminds me of when I saw NIN on the fragility tour. The place was packed and I was wondering how the hell they had gotten so popular since the self destruct tour. then they played closer and everyone starting screaming and standing up. then i understood. (and was sad).
I liked NIN until I couldn’t go to a bar or turn on the pop station without hearing Closer. After a while it got to the point where I couldn’t stand hearing Trent Reznor’s voice. Now I don’t even care for Pretty Hate Machine anymore.
Ditto. I got over it eventually, though. I like what he’s doing now, and I even enjoy Closer again.
i find myself on the side of the consensus that has reznor being a washed up whiny hack, generally. But having said that i totally agree that any ministry fan could & should get into ‘broken’, that thing blew me away for a while, it sounds like there’s at least 50 million layers of guitar and about the same number of layers of white noise contributing to that sound. I also have a soft spot for the fragile but haven’t actually bothered for years.
As to his recent revival, i never even got through my copy of with teeth once, but i hear they had some ok set-lists on their tour that time round. I feel my time would be better spent with deal or no deal then trying to get into the new nine inch nails albums, its just more “real”.
For all you broken lovers, don’t forget marteeen and his striped pirate shirt helped out a bit on a song or 2… i believe…
as far as trents writing abilities concerning with teeth, well the man was a junkie at that point… so his head was a little cloudy… but regardless as far as light and stage show, they are a never miss on tour… especially their last time around with the lights over north america tour… crazy crazy effects and groundbreaking shit…
back to his writing… he writes from the self point of view. “me me me” as opposed to a writer like les claypool or tom waits who for the most part write stories about characters and events and stuff… you can only write about how fucked up your life (or childhood if you’re jon davis) is so many time… that’s why year zero was such a breath of fresh air. he took on the standpoint of a story teller… but enough trent defending… we bash here at prongs… AL WEARS A WIG AND IS GOING BALD
NIN is the new Pink Floyd, light-show wise.
They do some really amazing stuff.
And yeah, I think Year Zero was clearly a deliberate attempt to branch out and try telling stories with his songs instead of just talking about feelings. I’m really looking forward to Year Zero 2 (Year One?).
mat mitchell and kyle ellison probably had everything to do with the NIN light show. they did a lot of work for ministry’s visual backdrops in the past, and mat’s been on the road on and off with trent for a long time.
Well, kudos to them. It’s excellent work.
It’s not just backdrops. There’s screens and led curtains in front of and behind the band, parts of which are either interactive with bandmembers or part of a well-choreographed stage performance. Miles ahead of the standard screen-behind-the-band bit.