Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Nine Inch Nails for Dummies: a guide,
Goth kids taking over your neighbourhood?
Don't wanna look like a retard in front of them?
This is a little guide that'll help you become chums with Reznor devotees in an instant,
Part one: basic facts
-In the studio, it is Trent Reznor and various producers putting together well constructed goth-techno, live, the band is a more metal-ish band with a rapidly changing roster
- Without Trent Rezor, there wouldn't be the Marilyn Manson we know and love today, he discovered and hired young Brian Warner in the early ninties after Warner interviewed him for a local newspaper, from there, it was anarchy, pure anarchy,
- All the discs released by NIN are marked as Halos, ex: Pretty Hate Machine=Halo Three
Part two: the albums
Down In It- The first one, it's cheap, and it's part of music history, and it was #5 on the modern rock charts in 1989
Head Like A Hole- An MTV classic video made this one a hit, good remixes, also cheap, with plenty of songs
Pretty Hate Machine- The one that really started NIN's rise to sucess, fantastic album, sold one million copies in less than a full year, making it the fastest selling indie album ever!
Sin- It's a sin to own this, "Get Down, Make Love" is the only good song, with sampling from a Japanese porn flick, remixes are total arse, avoid
Broken- A classic, went multi-platnium, won two Grammys and sent Trent Reznor throttling into fame as a musican and producer, Marilyn Manson guests guitar on "Wish", with former Pigface vocalist/drummer Martin Atkins playing and writing some songs
Fixed- Shit-poor remix album, vicious editng of Broken's songs are painful to listen to, and fuck are they long! Only ten thousand where made, and I own one, good luck finding it new, but don't buy
March Of The Pigs parts one&two- Okay, but sold separatley, part two is waaaaaaaaaay shorter than one, still worth it if cheap
The Downward Spiral- Recorded in the infamous Sharon Tate house, this album is really fucking upsetting, songs are beatifully crafted, and features Steohen Perkins on Jane's Addiction on drums
Closer To God parts one&two- A rather well mixed disc, some music was later re-written and used in Se7en's soundtrack, like March Of The Pigs, it's sold separatley,
buy it
Further Down The Spiral- Brilliant remixes, with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Dave Navarro on guitar, subliminal messages are hidden on this(see part three), well worth the ten bucks
The Perfect Drug- A great song, but only import versions have the origianl version, buy it instead of the basic edition
Closure- A fantabulous set of VHS' containing live performances, a rockumentary and all of the band's music vdoes from the '89-'94 period, soon out on DVD
The Day The World Went Away- A short little disc, good songs, and only three bucks, buy
The Fragile- A double-disc set, very popular, I don't like it that much, but it's got fantastic instrumentals, buy
We're In This Together- A three part series, good discs, buy the imports, they've got better material, buy all three
Things Falling Apart- Another remix album, if you like The Fragile buy it
And All That Could Have Been- An amazing live album, all of their key songs from '89-to'00, records during the Fragility 2.0 tour, must buy!
Part three: Subliminal messages-
I only know about two,
Eraser(Polite)- On double speed, after seventeen seconds, Reznor mutters "kill you"
Erased, Out, Over- Double speed, throughout the song, Reznor bellows "ERASE..........MEEEEEEEE!"
Now you know the basics,
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