NIN. Love or hate them?

Sonic Youth 37 · 05.05.2007, 08:21 PM

I've always knocked this band(man) since I can remember. I did this because I always dismissed him as a "gothy Marilyn Manson like black clad wanker".

But then.....
last week...
in a fit of late-night downloading....

I downloaded "Pretty Hate Machine" and I went crazy for it. It's so much more than I put it off being. Just great all around.

Discuss.

k-krack · 05.05.2007, 08:26 PM

Really good band/dude. The Downward Spiral is oviously his best, though. Fucking amazing album.

HaydenAsche · 05.05.2007, 08:27 PM

Downard Spiral is a bomb ass record. Everything else can go to hell.

Everyneurotic · 05.05.2007, 08:31 PM

broken is better
the fragile is way better

that said, i don't love them or hate them, i'm in the middle with them; there was a huge ass thread about them not long ago.

Sonic Youth 37 · 05.05.2007, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k-krack

Really good band/dude. The Downward Spiral is oviously his best, though. Fucking amazing album.

I got that today, I'm getting ready to listen to it.

HaydenAsche · 05.05.2007, 08:33 PM

It will teach you how to hate.

pbradley · 05.05.2007, 08:39 PM

Yeah, I'm pretty indifferent about NIN. Reznor's got some good tunes but a lot of what I heard suffers from wanting to be The Downward Spiral.

atari 2600 · 05.05.2007, 08:41 PM

I loathe them, but will admit that some of the first two albums and first ep are okay. If forced to pick a favorite, I'll go with Pretty Hate Machine.

I think I've made a post to this effect on the board ten times over the years.

val-holla-ing · 05.05.2007, 08:54 PM

i'd never buy one of their/his albums, but i don't hate the band with a captial "H".

Bal · 05.05.2007, 08:58 PM

a big NO-NO!
i dont even try.

Savage Clone · 05.05.2007, 09:25 PM

This music has never appealed to me.

Dead-Air · 05.05.2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

This music has never appealed to me.

We have to find some point of disagreement musically at some point, or I'm going to worry just whose clone you really are!

Actually, you are much gentler than I would be on this topic. I've always found his whole schtick to be among the most annoying in pop-culture. He makes Morrisey seem well adjusted on the self-pity scale, and at least Morrisey doesn't act like he should be scary in his self-loathing patheticness.

I'll bite that there are parts of his music which would work if it weren't for the personality, but the problem is - it's always there. What's more, even at his best he has a way of genericizing his sound to the point that it can be applied like a formula by anyone. Which is truly the worst part, because on top of all the awful sound-alikes, he's gone and "produced" both Bowie and Numan into sounding like second rate NIN wanna-bes.

krastian · 05.06.2007, 12:55 AM

Used to love them.....it's more nostalgia now than anything for me. I still like them a lot though.

Broken rules all.

SynthethicalY · 05.06.2007, 12:57 AM

Where's fishmonkey, he would have kicked your ass. They are an awesome band man.

PAULYBEE2656 · 05.06.2007, 05:17 AM

love reznors work. my favs gotta be broken/fixed. spiral (both album and the e.p.s and the fragile.. pretty hate machine is balls, very poor album.

The Usher · 05.06.2007, 09:31 AM

Trent rulz!

atsonicpark · 05.06.2007, 09:45 AM

broken ep is fucking GREAT.

the fragile, if a bit long, has some amazing shit on it.

actually, everything except with teeth is pretty damn good!

atsonicpark · 05.06.2007, 10:10 AM

i mean, they're no hang on the box or anything...

MellySingsDoom · 05.06.2007, 10:21 AM

NIN have always been a real "So what?" group to me. It does irritate me slightly that people think he's 'industrial', when in fact all he does is a form of techno-rock. He's got far more in common with Gary Numan than Throbbing Gristle.

dietzer123 · 05.06.2007, 10:24 AM

please justify saying that nine inch nails has more in common with gary numan than throbbing gristle using the following tools:logic

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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I've always knocked this band(man) since I can remember. I did this because I always dismissed him as a "gothy Marilyn Manson like black clad wanker". But then..... last week... in a fit of late-night downloading.... I downloaded "Pretty Hate Machine" and I went crazy for it. It's so much more than I put it off being. Just great all around. Discuss. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	Really good band/dude. The Downward Spiral is oviously his best, though. Fucking amazing album. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Downard Spiral is a bomb ass record. Everything else can go to hell. __________________ rip
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	broken is better the fragile is way better that said, i don't love them or hate them, i'm in the middle with them; there was a huge ass thread about them not long ago. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	It will teach you how to hate. __________________ rip
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Yeah, I'm pretty indifferent about NIN. Reznor's got some good tunes but a lot of what I heard suffers from wanting to be The Downward Spiral.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I loathe them, but will admit that some of the first two albums and first ep are okay. If forced to pick a favorite, I'll go with Pretty Hate Machine. I think I've made a post to this effect on the board ten times over the years. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	i'd never buy one of their/his albums, but i don't hate the band with a captial "H". __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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Bal the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Budapest city Posts: 1,011	a big NO-NO! i dont even try. __________________
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	This music has never appealed to me.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Used to love them.....it's more nostalgia now than anything for me. I still like them a lot though. Broken rules all. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Where's fishmonkey, he would have kicked your ass. They are an awesome band man.
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	love reznors work. my favs gotta be broken/fixed. spiral (both album and the e.p.s and the fragile.. pretty hate machine is balls, very poor album. __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	broken ep is fucking GREAT. the fragile, if a bit long, has some amazing shit on it. actually, everything except with teeth is pretty damn good! __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	i mean, they're no hang on the box or anything... __________________
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	NIN have always been a real "So what?" group to me. It does irritate me slightly that people think he's 'industrial', when in fact all he does is a form of techno-rock. He's got far more in common with Gary Numan than Throbbing Gristle. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	please justify saying that nine inch nails has more in common with gary numan than throbbing gristle using the following tools:logic __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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