NIN

[ZoomZoom71]

Got an email from the official NIN website today. They're apparently coming to Jacksonville on 10/29, and offered up a "preorder event" to their website fans. (forgot I was even registered there) Anyway, I decided to buy 2 tix for the wife and me to go check 'em out. I'm not sure if she's even a fan of NIN, but I guess I'll find out tonight! I suppose earplugs are on the short list of items to bring.

[pickleL7]

I want to pluck you like an animal.I want to feel you from the inside

Bring leather chaps zoom.I saw Trent about 4 years ago he puts on a great show.post pics when you can

[Thornes70]

Dang, NIN... Yeah, I remember that band from like forever ago. Like really, forever ago. Talk about milking one good album for an eternity!

I'd love to see how an old man like you stands up in the mosh pit (do they still do that? Do kids today know what "mosh" is? Do you realize I almost said mash? LOL). Give 'em hell, OLDSKOOL style, zoom!

[D_Litch]

I got that email as well, they're going to be in Charlottesville. I may go, but my schedule is pretty foggy. How good is the deal?

[ZoomZoom71]

Oh, it's not a deal by any stretch. For the 2 tix, it was $113 total. If it isn't Ticketmaster, its someone else throwing on a processing fee.

No moshpit for us. I could have selected it, but I'm just too old (and too much of a wuss) for that environment. I think I'll wear my Coldplay shirt to the concert.

[Thornes70]

the last time I was in a moshpit I was about 21 or 22. If I went into one now, I would crumble into dust.

Ahhh, the good old days, eh? Now if it aint E-Z listnin' it's too damn loud for me!

[Lord Geoff]

Originally Posted by Thornes70

Talk about milking one good album for an eternity!

One good album? You take that back right now!

Fine, have your opinion... all non-fans point to Pretty Hate Machine, so I imagine that is the one you meant.

[D_Litch]

Slap yourself, Thornes! NIN is one of the most consistently great bands around. I'm a Downward Spiral man myself, but each album has a camp of people that consider it their favorite.

[Epyon MX]

My two intros into NIN:

+ YouTube Video

Any video that includes a mac = win!

And a comic about Trent Reznor's car.

I haven't listened to a full album yet, but I've enjoyed what I've heard.

[Diego_Mike]

Time to dig up your old black trench and eyeliner. Broken would be my favorite NIN album, although they all are good in their own ways. Ringfinger is one of the greatest songs IMO. I'm gonna go smoke a clove...and think about my angst.

[ZoomZoom71]

Wife confirmed she is indeed NOT a fan of NIN. She'll still go with me, though.

[Desi Cuse]

I just started listening to NIN. They're pretty good. Right now I have every album but I've only listened to the newer ones.

[kingsfan2099]

Yeah the pits take their toll on me nowadays...I went to the rockstar mayhem tour and by the end of the night I felt like i'd been run over by a milk truck.....Slipknot rules....

[Thornes70]

Originally Posted by D_Litch

Slap yourself, Thornes! NIN is one of the most consistently great bands around. I'm a Downward Spiral man myself, but each album has a camp of people that consider it their favorite.

LOL man, I dated the biggest NIN fan in them days so I got to hear all that stuff. Hey - I never said I never liked the band, but they didn't really go anywhere (imo) after Downward Spiral, which seemed more like a mix tape of Pretty Hate Machine anyway.

To each their own... even if they are a freak!

[ZoomZoom71]

Well, just got home from this show. Not a bad concert, at all. Their opener was awful, but that was kinda expected. I really enjoyed the lighting effects from the LED walls (I guess that's what they're called). Pretty cool effects. I liked most of what they played, and they did a lot of their popular stuff, too.

During The Hand That Feeds, they had a picture of 'W' in the background, which slowly morphed into John McCain. The effects of that were pretty neat, but I could certainly do without the token political statements. That crap turns me off. Just play your frickin' music, morons! They weren't as bad with that junk as it could have been, but still...

Here's some photos and vids I took with my camera phone. For the vids, just turn down your volume all the way and look at the pretty light show.
zoomzoom71's Concert Channel

[Lord Geoff]

Cool effects! Who was the opening act? One of the times that I saw them Marilyn Manson and that Circus that has people picking up stuff with their piercings opened for them. Interesting anyway.