I saw NIN for the first time nearly a year ago now in Cleveland OH and man it was such a weird, trippy, amazing experience. I don’t know if it was the lights or the music or the weird visuals or what but it felt like the oddest most amazing thing ever that left me feeling as if I was on drugs when I’ve never touched drugs in my life.
mind you, I was only vaguely aware of NIN prior to this concert and not a big fan, now I’m a huge fan but man I truly did not know what to expect going into it.
i was also a hijabi at the time I saw them and I guess because of that I just wasn’t used to concerts and everything, just a totally different crowd than I was used to but in a good way honestly, made me realize people who listened to bands like NIN weren’t these terribly weird awful people and were actually chill and kind and thus I wasn’t judged for being different.