Trent Reznor can't break himself up. He is Nine Inch Nails. All the other rotating band members are basically back up musicians.

I thought Trent did all the studio work himself and the musicians were basically tour guys.

should be too hard to find another guy who plays keyboards.

so meh.

So now it is Eight inch nails?

/got nothin.

how does Trent Reznor break up with himself?

Walker: Trent Reznor can't break himself up. He is Nine Inch Nails. All the other rotating band members are basically back up musicians.

RetroGnome: I thought Trent did all the studio work himself and the musicians were basically tour guys.

SushiJoe: how does Trent Reznor break up with himself?

All of these.

Oh no! Somebody else is going to have to hit "Play" on the next bank of samples during the next tour!

BKITU: Walker: Trent Reznor can't break himself up. He is Nine Inch Nails. All the other rotating band members are basically back up musicians.

RetroGnome: I thought Trent did all the studio work himself and the musicians were basically tour guys.

SushiJoe: how does Trent Reznor break up with himself?

All of these.

did anyone even know the "star" keyboardist's name before they read this?

What will we kill the bad guys with now?

My understanding is that after The Fragile, Reznor's producer left and that's why the hyper-layered sound that marked those albums is gone. I mean, his newer projects are still good, but as far as I'm concerned it hasn't really been Nine Inch Nails since The Fragile.

I still really liked Year Zero, but it wasn't the same.

NIN FIN?

FTA: Nine Inch Nails announced last week they plan to take a hiatus from the music scene after their world tour wraps up in February 2009.

That, to me, was the only important part of the article.

10's of emo kids are going to be even more suicidal about this news.

Satan_Sunburn: FTA: Nine Inch Nails announced last week they plan to take a hiatus from the music scene after their world tour wraps up in February 2009.

That, to me, was the only important part of the article.

Dear god do not let NIN turn into the Rolling Stones. We're retiring after this tour, well ok the next tour is our last, ok 1 more....

I saw Nine Inch Nails open for the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1990.

Now get the hell off my lawn.

BravadoGT: I saw Nine Inch Nails open for the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1990.

Me too... Glenn Miller Ballroom on CU Campus. Where were you?

unlikely: BravadoGT: I saw Nine Inch Nails open for the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1990.

Me too... Glenn Miller Ballroom on CU Campus. Where were you?

The Power Station, Melbourne,FL. Tiny little club! Maybe there were 60 people there. I remember at one point in the show, Trent Reznor took a microphone stand and hit the guitarist in the gut with it. Then he dragged the guy around by his hair around the stage. All in all-it was a great show!

And Jesus and Mary Chain was boooorrring. We watched for maybe 30 minutes, and then left. They turned their backs to the audience, stood there, and played! Fark that. We felt we got our money's worth from NIN anyway...(I think it was $15!)

BravadoGT: And Jesus and Mary Chain was boooorrring. We watched for maybe 30 minutes, and then left. They turned their backs to the audience, stood there, and played! Fark that. We felt we got our money's worth from NIN anyway...(I think it was $15!)

Ahh...the early 90s band with a gimmick to show that the hated the audience. I miss that.

/Seems appropriate.

John Coyote: did anyone even know the "star" keyboardist's name before they read this?

Heh, I thought the article kept using the qualifier sarcastically. :)

Pxtl: My understanding is that after The Fragile, Reznor's producer left and that's why the hyper-layered sound that marked those albums is gone. I mean, his newer projects are still good, but as far as I'm concerned it hasn't really been Nine Inch Nails since The Fragile.

I still really liked Year Zero, but it wasn't the same.

No I don't think that's it. Ghosts I-IV was at least as layered as any of the pre with teeth stuff and Trent has always been main creative and producing agaent behind all his music. He's worked with other producers like Flood but he's always been a producer in his own right like with Marilyn Manson.

I think With Teeth, Year Zero, and The Slip are just a creative decision do something different though Ghosts indicates he still has what it takes the do the soundscapy stuff.

Satan_Sunburn: FTA: Nine Inch Nails announced last week they plan to take a hiatus from the music scene after their world tour wraps up in February 2009.

That, to me, was the only important part of the article.

This could also just mean a hiatus from the touring. Not convinced Reznor who has been doing nothing but making music for over 20 years could just stop writing and recording or producing.

Pxtl: My understanding is that after The Fragile, Reznor's producer left and that's why the hyper-layered sound that marked those albums is gone. I mean, his newer projects are still good, but as far as I'm concerned it hasn't really been Nine Inch Nails since The Fragile.

I still really liked Year Zero, but it wasn't the same.

Are you talking about Flood?
He didn't have anything to do with The Fragile.

Gaboo: Oh no! Somebody else is going to have to hit "Play" on the next bank of samples during the next tour!

My favorite industrial music joke stolen from Al Jourgensen
"how many people does it take to make an industrial album?"

answer: 5
two to make the beer run
two to make find a coke/smack dealer
and 1 to stay in the studio and press play on the drum machine.

Who?

/always wanted to do that

Josh Freese is having another kid?

/most important thing I got out of that article
//Josh Freese kicks ass
///congrats to him on the new spawn!
//don't care about the keyboardist
/slashy pyramid!

Goonie_Goo_Goo: What's the story on Reznor's Strat in this picture?

That's not Trent. Trent's the shorn dude.

Hollywood Cole: So now it is Eight inch nails?

/got nothin.

Close, 7.2 inch nails

noheadphones: Goonie_Goo_Goo: What's the story on Reznor's Strat in this picture?

That's not Trent. Trent's the shorn dude.

Like I was saying, what's with the shorn dude's Strat?

Alessandro is a good guy, he used to teach at Musician's Institute in Hollywood. He was my project adviser, dude knows his stuff. Good to hear him continue his own music.

sterben: What will we kill the bad guys with now?

Nice, I remember that game fondly.

/ziggurat vertigo

this is just like when someone told me Jethro Tull broke up... I was like "dude, how can one man break up with himself?"

trent is the band. every single tour he's had new guys playing with him, so this is definitely not news, happened many many times before (hello Chris Vrenna!)

Tom_Slick: Satan_Sunburn: FTA: Nine Inch Nails announced last week they plan to take a hiatus from the music scene after their world tour wraps up in February 2009.

That, to me, was the only important part of the article.

Dear god do not let NIN turn into the Rolling Stones. We're retiring after this tour, well ok the next tour is our last, ok 1 more....

This! Last farking thing I want to see is a 60 year old Mick Jagger looking Trent Reznor screaming "I wanna f**k you like an animal".

Please Gen X and Y rock bands, go gently into that dark night, don't be like the Baby Boomer bands and expect us to believe that a sixty year old man with shoe polish dyed hair signing "Let's Spend the Night Together" is in any way not laughable.

As resident Nine Inch Nails Geek here. I will explain.

Josh Freese and Alessandro Cortini left. I was at both of their last 2 shows. Josh is leaving because he wants more time with his family, and Alessandro is doing other projects with modwheelmood (awesome band too)

Trent will continue touring as a four-piece including Robin Finck on guitar, Justin Medal-Johnson on Bass and Ilan Rubin (lost prophets) on drums.

After 2009 though...who knows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHz8xRrH4M

(the announcement from the last show in Vegas last week)

Also: http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/2008/12/hangin-with-trent-reznor/

(an interview discussing what the plan is)

PHewww I was worried for a moment, damn you subby.

Walker: Trent Reznor can't break himself up. He is Nine Inch Nails. All the other rotating band members are basically back up musicians.

This. I thought this was going to be an article about how Reznor died.

He was much too young.

Goonie_Goo_Goo: noheadphones: Goonie_Goo_Goo: What's the story on Reznor's Strat in this picture?

That's not Trent. Trent's the shorn dude.

Like I was saying, what's with the shorn dude's Strat?

The strat appears to have some tape on it - Trent is holding a Gibson.

/do you even know what shorn means?

Godscrack: NIN FIN?

WIN

T.rex: this is just like when someone told me Jethro Tull broke up... I was like "dude, how can one man break up with himself?"

Well, he was obviously too old to rock n' roll but too young to die.

NIN hammered???
/nuthin'

Hm, has anyone mentioned that Trent reznor writes and records all his music himself and the band members are mainly just for touring?

went gising for something, found and liked this even better:

BravadoGT: I saw Nine Inch Nails open for the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1990.

Now get the hell off my lawn.

Which is good, but I saw them open for David farking Bowie; and Bowie came out on stage and did some duets/with Reznor that were amazing. Bowie's Hurt is the secod best version I've ever heard...behind Johnny Cash's of course

emocomputerjock: T.rex: this is just like when someone told me Jethro Tull broke up... I was like "dude, how can one man break up with himself?"

Well, he was obviously too old to rock n' roll but too young to die.

He said, "My God!" why am I only living in the past...

/obscure?

Um, the keyboard player quit...probably to be replaced by a capable roadie.

BravadoGT: And Jesus and Mary Chain was boooorrring.

No joke.

I had broken ribs (flew a motorcycle off a cliff the day before) and it just wasn't worth the pain to watch JMC play everything but happy when it rains so we went and sat in the lobby. One of the guys playing with NIN (Daniel?) was out there, we talked about why he had cornstarch in his ears and how much of a pack of dicks the Jesus Mary Bunch absolutely were for the entire tour. "They get pissy if you even look at their dinner steam table thing funny. Thank god this is the last show of the tour" - so we talked him into eating everything on the steam table while JMC was playing. Strange night. Almost 20 years ago, wow.

And the rest of you can stay the hell off of MY lawn too.

I worked on the sound for a few of the 1991 Lollapalooza shows, and man, Trent and company are a bunch of knobs. They had fake keyboards/instruments that they would use just to smash up and look hard, and sometimes they were so out of it that they would smash the real ones instead.

Indeed, their set consisted of a guy backstage pushing the "play" button on the DAT machines on cue. Even most of the vocals were pre-recorded.

One of the easiest band's I've ever had to mic up. The drums had mics on them, but they weren't plugged into anything. We did have to tear down and move the FOH gear to the other side of the stage, because Trent INSISTED that the desk be stage right.

That, and in Detroit, we had to tear down and load out an hour early. Which is a lot of hustling gear around. I later found out it was so Trent and company could stop at a beauty supply store to get hair dye and make-up.

/never liked the NIN-nies
//lawn, off of it

This makes me sad. I saw NIN twice this year and Alessandro Cortini was my second favorite person in the band. It doesn't hurt that Modwheelmood is my favorite band. I'll miss Alessandro Cortini and I hope he returns to the band in a while.

Trent always wished he was cEvin Key and Ogre rolled into one. Him and Marilyn Manson should go bowling together and talk about ripping off their stage shows from Skinny Puppy.

Having said that, the "Happiness in Slavery" video (and the whole Broken Movie) are pretty awesome. Cool is cool, regardless of if it's derivative of someone else's ideas. That's just the music biz.

NIN was never really a band...the last few albums left a lot to be desired, but maybe I'm just growing old and can't listen to all that racket any more.