In honor of the reissue of Nine Inch Nails' 1989 masterpiece “Pretty Hate Machine,” I give you Trent Reznor's band before he discovered fishnets and, like, being dark. The Exotic Birds do amazing things with computers.
Style Buzz Someone in Germany was so bored he/she turned a bunch of bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Vampire Weekend and Bat for Lashes into costume jewellery. [via One Hand Band]
Music Buzz There were a ton of lame April Fools Day pranks today (IMO), but Trent Reznor knocked it out of the park with the “release” of a new full-length NIN album produced by Timbaland, called Strobe Light, which I really, really wish was real. What makes this even better is that the elaborate gag was all just a big excuse to make fun of Chris Cornell. Who recently put out a goofy-ass, Timbaland-produced album that is apparently not a prank.
Here's a vintage video of Nine Inch Nails performing on Dance Party USA. Fun fact: the unlisted eleventh track on Head Like a Hole is Kelly Ripa yelling “Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woo! They're good!” taken from this television appearance.
She’s gainfully unemployed, loves hearing herself on the radio, and will definitely put out if you play Nine Inch Nails. And guess what, fellas? She’s single! Trenita prefers dudes who - like her - are “wild and crazy,” meaning guys who refuse to work, consider white-collared crimes “cool,” and are first in line for free screenings of Vin Diesel movies. In other words, Trenita’s looking for love to last a lifetime.
Music Buzz One-upping himself (and Radiohead), Trent Reznor is giving away the brand new Nine Inch Nails album away for free online. You don’t even have the option of paying this time around. Just enter your email address and “The Slip” is yours, free, in a format of your choosing — you can also send the album to your high school friends who really loved NIN back in the day.
Music Buzz The new Nine Inch Nails album is for sale online, with your options ranging from a free download to the $300 deluxe set. Call it another In Rainbows-like moment of internet delivery, this time with more droning keyboards and eyeshadow.