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here's another review, ta muchly to tofu, much more indepth than my lame one!
in fact! if anyone else wants to post a NIN gig review here, give us a buzz
"I only attended the Friday show, so I'm not really aware of any differences.
I did hear that the second show on Saturday had better sound, and a guitar was
thrown into the audience at the end.
My evening began with my flatmate and I meeting up with another friend at
Fox Studios (now The Entertainment Quarter), and having some Subway.
On the walk in (at around 7pm), the crowd was lined up a fair way, but not
as much as I've seen for previous concerts at the Hordern. I was expecting it
to be going out to gate like usual, but as the three of us approached the queue
around an hour later, everyone was already inside (or not there yet) - so no line up time!
We all went in, checked out the tshirts (didn't get any - I didn't want to get a black one,
and the only blue one was ladies), and took seats in the rear stands before the support act came on.
The support act, who according to nin.com are 'The Bird Blobs', were terrible. It was a kind of experimental,
Mars Volta-esque/Rolling Stones which just sounded bad, not to mention they self tuned their instruments
for 5 minutes before almost every song. Respectfully, however, they weren't heckled by the crowd
(which I always think is lame, no matter how bad the band is). During this time, I also met up with an old
friend from Newcastle; while frantically urging Jade of your favourite nin source - The Soft Distortion -
via SMS.
NIN finally started playing at around 9:15 (which really isn't too late for a main band these days).
They segued in The Wretched from some spoken word/poetry which was soothing the audience while they
prepared. From there on it was a pretty balls-out, non-stop performance from NIN, going through a
hell of a lot of songs, which were pretty evenly spread over the NIN discography. I found a new love
for the song 'The Hand That Feeds', mainly due to Jeordie White, who I think was subtly mesmerising
during this piece. 'Reptile' was my favourite of the night, with a huge heavy sound, and seemed to be
played a little slower than the studio version. As already mentioned, Reznor stopped the 'Starfuckers inc.'
interlude short only singing half a line, blaming the crowd for messing up his timing with badly executed,
but loud clapping. The rest of the band didn't really know what to do and kept doing the riff loops a few
times until Reznor finally said something like 'Just stop, forget it'. Silence followed for a few seconds
and they blasted into the second section with increased furiousity.
Reznor's voice was amazing on the night, although you could notice it getting more hoarse/dry as the night
went on. All the instruments were great, probably the poorest was North's guitar which I think was more
due to the sound setup than his playing. White played bass, guitar and even keyboard on one song.
Cortini was great on the keyboards, and played some rhythm guitar on a few songs. North was the most
violent of the band (with the rest pretty calm, except for Reznor knocking his mic stand over a few times) -
at one point taking out half of Dillon's kit with a few swift kicks. I thought it came off a bit lame,
but I guess you have to make the roadies work for their keep. It was funny seeing Dillon playing on half a
kit while the roadie was trying for the most part of a song to set the rest back up! White and North did an
excellent job of backup vocals giving Reznor's voice a much needed rest at times.
Finishing up at around 11, the set wasn't particularly long, but they played a lot of songs in the timeframe,
which made it seem longer than it was. Reznor just said his thanks, and didn't really talk to the crowd much.
Took an hour to walk home, and had our own afterparty which involved me falling asleep on the sofa, and my
flatmate staying up on the computer - both listening to random NIN on speakers."
-tofu
Just gonna post a quick concert review. Saw NIN on Fri and Sat at the Hordern, they were awesome.
They were on at round 9pm and played for nearly 2 hours. Amazing sound and lighting.
On Fri during Starfuckers some people started clapping out of time before
"all our pain how'd we ever get by without you?..." Fucked Trent up and he lost concentration. Missed
out on that section =(
Highlists for me were hurt, the Frail/Wretched, terrible lie, piggy, something i can never have
Setlists (prolly not right - if someone can help just e-mail me):
Friday included pinion, the frail, the wretched, wish, sin, the line begins to blur,
something i can never have, the hand that feeds, with teeth, terrible lie, closer, the big come down,
burn, ruiner, reptile, you know what you are?, suck, gave up, hurt, dead souls, starfuckers inc.,
head like a hole
Sats included terrible lie, you know what you are?, sin, the line begins to blur, march of the pigs, piggy,
the hand that feeds, with teeth, closer, the frail, the wretched, the collector, reptile, burn, no you don't,
love is not enough, even deeper, suck, gave up, hurt, help me i'm in hell,
wish, and finishing off with head like a hole
Nine Inch Nails are gonna be touring Australia in August! The lineup for this With Teeth tour is
Trent Reznor, Aaron North, Allessandro Cortini, Jeordie White and Jerome Dillon.
Tour dates:
Wednesday 17 August 2005 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 19 August 2005 - Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 20 August 2005 - Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
Monday 22 August 2005 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Brisbane, QLD
The EU edition of The Hand That Feeds is available at
Red Eye Records for $19.98.
Nine Inch Nails' new album, halo 19 called With Teeth, is set to be released in Australia on the 2nd May.
Halo 18 is the upcoming single The Hand That Feeds and will be released on April 18th.
The Day The World Went Away has not been released in Australia yet but all those who want to
buy the US import of the single in digipak can get it from Red Eye Records for $11.98.
The Fragile WILL be out on the 9-9-99.
The new NIN single, The Day The World Went Away, will be out on the 20th July, 1999 in the US.
Also on the single is Starfuckers, Inc. and on the CD version a mix of The Day The World Went Away.
As of the release date of the album
it has been said to be relased on the 9-9-99 (but then again it keeps getting changed). I don't know
if the single will be released in Australia on the 20th. But doubt so since I have not seen -ANY- promo
shit for it at the record store or heard anything on the radio.
It seems the NIN will actually give fans a follow-up to 1994's The Downward Spiral
in the near future. According to a spokesperson for Trent Reznor, "the album will be out in 1999,
which is perfect, since the 1999 will me written in nine inch nails letters. It's not finished yet.
I think it's a case of having too much material and now he's figuring out what to leave out."
She went on to say that at this point only Trent is working on the opus, and she didn't have the
names of any on the other players. "You know now he works. After the record is done, he'll pick the musicians."
The long, long, loooong awaited new Nine Inch Nails album is tentatively titled, The Fragile.
The reason for the delay on the early new year due album?
"I tried to write the new
record from a different perspective, trying to write things that are simpler." said Trent, "Maybe you could
play it on a piano and sing it which I've never tried to do. (But) everything started to sound like a Billy
Joel song and shit that wanted me to want to kill myself and (so I) made sure all the tapes were well destroyed
before I offered myself".
Working from his New Orleans studio. Trent
Reznor is having doubts regarding his upcoming release, The Fragile. Working so close and so tirelessly
to his latest project, Trent fears he is losing prospective. "I'm in the home stretch and there's this question
nagging me; is this fantastic or so self-absorbed that I messed the mark?" The same self doubt preceded his last
studio release, The Downward Spiral, which ended up a critical and commercial success, despite his dire
predictions "it was the end of my career". He says, "I thought nobody's going to buy this."
After working on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack and The Perfect Drug Trent
has bided his time wisely. "For the past two years, I've been trying to reinvent myself. I didn't have
a plan, unlike the rigid set of rules I followed in The Downward Spiral. I let subconscious go in
an unpredictable direction. It's been a good learning experience."
Trent has already
apparently completed 20 tracks and has another 25 demos on the assembly line, which may result in a double album;
one instrumental disc and one with vocals. Despite his murmurs of worry, Reznor seems quietly confident that
the album will satisfy. "By the time it's sorted out, I hope it makes a pretty monumental statement in terms
of where I'm at."
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