A Message from Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor)

[Red State Prisoner]

...it was quite a surprise to get back home, turn on the television and discover we've apparently won the war in Iraq! Yeah, some woman from Alaska said so - apparently that troop surge was all we needed! That's good news, because I was starting to think all the shame and embarrassment I've felt as an American citizen traveling abroad the last few years wasn't going to pay off in the end. Now I can rest easy knowing we've successfully spread FREEDOM - AND we've stopped evildoers in their tracks.

US citizens: Nobody wants anyone preaching their opinions at them - particularly a musician - but PLEASE get involved and pay attention to what's happening during this election and try to see through the clutter to the substance of what is or isn't being said.
Wouldn't it be great to feel proud of this country for a change? Seems like it's within reach.

OK - I got it out of my system. Thanks for reading.

http://www.nin.com/

[MercutioATC]

1. Trent is actually a really intelligent guy.

I partied with him a couple of times in high school. He wasn't the "rock star" then...he was a little different and very smart.

[rep the dems]

6. That is SO cool. Doesn't surprise me to hear you say he was smart

though. I always got that impression from him.

[MercutioATC]

7. The funny part is that I didn't put it together until I saw a NIN video.

MTV or whatever was talking about "Trent Reznor" and showed a NIN video. Suddenly, I knew why the name sounded so familiar :)

[dchill]

9. Where did you go to high school?

[MercutioATC]

10. Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville, OH.

Trent was friends with one of the guys in my class.

[dchill]

12. I went to Pymatuning Valley HS in Ashtabula Co...

way before your or Trent's time. I knew Trent as keyboardist who hung out at our band's studio in Meadville, PA. The main thing to envy him for at the time was his red Fiero. It IS a small world, after all.

[MercutioATC]

15. Trent was (and I suppose still is) a year or so younger than me.

We used to have parties every other weekend or so...Trent came to a couple of them. I really only got to have a long conversation with him once, the other time we were just talking in the same group of people.

[YOY]

13. I always heard he was kind of a dick...

Nice to hear the opposite.

I still think the best song I ever heard live was "Burn" live..they used the lighting to make it look like the whole place was on fire...

[MercutioATC]

16. Not when I knew him,

but I suppose people can change. I have no idea what he's like now.

[YOY]

17. Was this in the days of "Exotic Birds"?

Brunswick boy m'self btw.

[MercutioATC]

19. I think it was just before his time with Exotic Birds.

I remember that he was writing a lot of stuff, but I don't think he was playing out much.

Small world! :hi:

[YOY]

20. Smaller than you think...

I've bumped into a former student of mine on the DC metro...from Bulgaria.

I've met a Nigerian who knew who I was through a Nigerian collegue of mine.

That makes you really laugh when it gets that small...

[awoke_in_2003]

22. "a Nigerian collegue of mine"

He didn't ask you to help him obtain his money which is in an american bank, did he? :)

[YOY]

23. Naw...a real dude...no MUGU spammer!

n.t.

[awoke_in_2003]

28. Yeah, I figured...

but couldn't resist now that the DUzy awards are back :)

[YOY]

32. This is true! I've made a few honorable mentions before!

Nigerians get a bad rap from those asshole spammers and from their ultra corrupt government. There are a few quite cool ones though!

[firedupdem]

2. I like Trent! n/t

[Initech]

3. Oh man I was at the Forum show on Saturday.

It fucking rocked. When they played "The Hand That Feeds", they used an unedited picture of Stupid Jackass as the backdrop. You should have heard the boos and seen the middle fingers that went up.

[Red State Prisoner]

8. Oh Man!

I remember him in 2006 during the With Teeth tour and he had, again, unedited footage of the carnage in Iraq, as well as the shit that went down in N.O. during Katrina. The song was Right Where it Belongs, and the last image shown was *Bush and Laura dancing a waltz. The place went crazy, I'm in Austin, and the place boomed with the boos from the crowd. It was an awesome moment...at least to me. :)

[jonnyblitz]

18. I saw that tour at Madison Square Garden, NYC, with Queens of

the Stone Age and Death from Above 1979. Then I saw him the following summer play with the Bauhaus at some outdoor place in Hartford, CT (used to be the Meadows but now named after some bank or credit card or cell phone service)

[d_b]

4. Trent rocks

was listening to NIN earlier today in fact.

"but PLEASE get involved and pay attention to what's happening during this election and try to see through the clutter to the substance of what is or isn't being said."

May all take his advice.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Link please! n/t

[timber84]

25. www.nin.com n/t

[KathieG]

11. I love Trent. NIN is one of my favs.

[dana_b]

14. actually I'd rather hear a well informed musician's opinion than

that of some uninformed, lying, wolf killer.

[TheWatcher]

27. Are you sure you aren't thinking about TED NUGENT?

Also, could you please provide some references showing how Trent is uninformed and kills wolves for fun?

Thanks.

[dana_b]

29. um... that's not what I was saying..

What I meant was that Trent is the well informed musician and Palin is the uninformed wolf killer. I'd take Trent's opinions over Palin's.

[TheWatcher]

34. Ahhh, I see. I misread your post. I apologize for that.

It's been a rather strange day.

But I WAS correct about Ted Nugent. He'll shoot anything that moves. :)

As for Trent, he's been a head of the curve for sometime now. Very intelligent, that one. And as for Palin, I think it's safe to say Tonya Harding has more credibility at this point. :)

[dana_b]

35. very true.

Ted - what a goof. I don't know how anyone can take him seriously - unless he's pointing a gun at them. ;)

[MiniMe]

21. Look at the Craig Ferguson video from last night in the video forum

It was amazing.

[Orsino]

24. That "woman in Alaska" governs a state right next to Asia.

When she talks about Iraq, I listen.

[timber84]

26. Trent Reznor is the shit!

and those eyes, mmmmmmmmm

[Mimosa]

30. NINow if he could reach the 40 and 50 year olds...

Met Trent in the French Quarter a few times. Kinky but nice. Had a rope burn around his neck first time I ever saw him.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

31. Ahem...

Some of us NIN fans ARE 40 and 50! :D Just sayin'......

[LynneSin]

33. I love Trent and I love his music

nuff said!