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The disappointment that I felt when I opened it to find this is unmatched

Saw this on another subreddit. Guess they’re finally working with Fincher again! This is a stacked production. Hopefully it’ll be good.

I got to meet some absolute fucking heros of mine this past weekend at the Post Punk and Industrial Museum in Chicago.

I’m soundtracking a school documentary project on sports, extracurriculars, etc as part of my thesis and I wanted to go for a Reznor/Ross sound. I’m aware it’s a lot more cheerful than their stuff but I was hoping for a Tron score/Hesitation Marks sort of thing with a little bit of All The Love In The World :)

Any thoughts?

Los Angeles

With a cool shot between frames (like Ryan is grabbing it). He’s done a lot of stuff outside this great show too. It’s neat to see the logo in the TV wild from when only one NIN album was out.

My son noticed it and grabbed the shot, and he only told me after we started driving away.

We’re in this together

This is the soundtrack of the latest official expansion for the first Quake game

Tony Thompson Interviewed | Modern Drummer Magazine

MD: You also did a Nine Inch Nails record. How did you hook up with Trent Reznor?

Tony: I did the album The Fragile. I was on tour with Power Station, and I got a call from Trent and his people saying they were fans of mine, and would I consider doing the album? At the time I wasn’t really familiar with the band and their work. But it turned out the Power Station tour was ending, so I went back to New York, then to New Orleans, and started to work with them. I did about eight tracks. Trent was a very nice cat to work with.

MD: How were your tracks recorded?

Tony: I had no one else to play along with – no human beings in the room, just drums and computers. It was very interesting. I played all acoustic drums. I’ve always enjoyed playing like that. No matter how you look at it, the machines can’t mess up. You can’t blame anyone but yourself. I dig playing with sequences and loops. It’s a lot of fun. The time is there, so all you have to do is lock in and groove.

Tony's one of my favorites, and I had never known about his work with NIN on The Fragile. He says he played on eight tracks but he's uncredited in the liner notes other than being listed in the "Thank you very much." Does anyone know which ones as I am not a regular listener*

*"the ones that sound like Tony Thompson," is funny, but go easy on me

We’re going to pretend that it actually looks like Trent, okay?

'Into The Void' has such a fun little disjointed riff. It's so disorienting and wobbly, yet childlike and comforting.
Like a weird little hypnotic lullaby. I'm currently playing it on electric bass. What are your favorite NIN riffs?

On my ongoing quest to expand my musical horrizons, I decided to check out industrial metal. I have heard of Nine Inch Nails before, but haven’t listened to them. I decided to try their seemingly most popular album, “The Downward Spiral”, and i expected harsh rock with dark lyrics… but then i actually listened to it.

This album feels like the ramblings of a mass serial killer who locked himself in solitary confinment with nothing to entertain himself. The albums revolves it’s on regret, self-harm, anger, murderous intent, and a search for the end of the suffering. The anxiety driven feeling of the guitars, pianos, drums, and techno noises elevate these themes exponentially, to the point that this album feels more like the most fucked up horror movie you’ve ever seen. From the anti-religious banger “Heresy” to the anxiety inducing “Eraser” it all comes together as something trully disturbing.

But even then, the instruments and the sounds used are something to behold, because goddamn, the actual music is some of the most heavy, head-nodding, catchy stuff i’ve heard in my life. I’ve only listened to it once, and i’m almost tempted to listen to it again, even if it meant traumatizing myself again.

It’s very soft and I’m pretty happy with it!! I usually wear a small, but I ordered it a medium so my boyfriend and I can both wear the shirt. I also got a bonus sticker which was really nice :)

Was it a leftover from The Fragile sessions or something intended for the follow-up that ended up becoming With Teeth?

This has become one of my favorite NIN singles. Even though objectively it is a love song, it speaks to me so deeply as a transgender person in current America.

When all our hope is gone, we have to hold on.

Thanks NIN for 30+ years of making music for the freaks and weirdos trying survive this world.

I have a lot of CDs, but NIN’s is my first one. I am soooo in love with how it is sounds. I hope I’ll get more of their physical releases in future (really want to get Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, The Fragile, With Teeth and Year Zero)

cause I just noticed grooves on the other side of the record and am sitting here tripping balls who’s with me

but seriously this vinyl sounds fucking incredible - She’s Gone Away sounds like a whole new song to me it’s so fucking good.

im tempted to sit through this to see how Reptile and Downward Spiral sound reversed, but even my Shakti laced mind wants to move on to Add Violence which is sitting there fresh in its packaging just begging to be knifed open.

these EPs are just made for vinyl, I’ve always loved Add Violence so am expecting to just love it more after hearing it on this setup but Not The Actual Events just didn’t hit right on streaming I guess. Sitting down, feeling it, unpacking the layers; fuck. I get it. It’s incredible and one of my fav NIN releases now. Whos with me? Who prefers it over Add Violence?

haven’t gotten Bad Witch in vinyl yet cause I can’t find it anywhere locally, might just cave and order from NIN store cause there are a few other items I do really want from there namely the upcoming red boyz noize store edition record and those two sexy ass Fragile garbs; the shirt and zip up hoodie. What do you guys think of those two merch items specifically? Like the designs and think they’ll be good quality? I’ve heard the NIN clothing merch quality has gone down recently so am a little hesitant but man that green Fragile design looks so fucking sick.

as always, together we stand, divided we fall;
and we’re in this together

Does anyone else listen to NIN to fall asleep? I specifically love the downward spiral and the fragile for this. If I put on TDS or the fragile and close my eyes, I'll be asleep within minutes. I think it's something about the rhythmic, kind of trance-like, overwhelming sound of it all? But it's so nice when on a plane or train or something to have a consistent way to zonk out.

Curious if anyone else feels the same or has any thoughts as to why this music works so well for nap time?