Nine Inch Nails - 08-18-08

[wes lee]

And go....

[Jess]

It rocked my socks off and I wasn't even wearing socks! The lights and special effects were great! They sound amazing live!!!! Overall good show! Can't top good music, your best friend and beer! My pictures don't even do it justice!

[Sindell357]

motherfucking win

[SmoothHeavy]

Excellent show, easily one of the most impressive stage setups I've seen. Sound was great and the band had a lot of energy. I was down at the very front about 6 people back so it was kind of a fight to stay standing up until the crowd calmed down some.

The only qualm I had was the fucker who kept yelling NINE INCH NAILS during the opening bands set. I (and many others) found that to be very disrespectful and embarrassing. And a big fuck you to the tool bag yaking on his cell phone during the Ghosts tracks. All in all it was definitely worth my money.

[JV]

Great show! LOVED the light set up, it really added another whole dimension to the performance. The visual drum machine cubes durign Echoplex - that was dope! Another highlight was the downtempo beats with Trent's pixelated face larger than life talkin' 'bout, "BREATHE, BREATHE INNNN". Totally sinister.

The band has clearly changed over the years - I'm digging some evolutions, others not so much. Was kinda interesting to see Trent on the Xylophones, another band member on cello, and another on the Recorder... wtf, NIN? Kinda cool though. And the digital rain that cascaded over the band for that segment of songs - lush!

As for the poppy sound of their newer tracks... the melodic deeper tunes show a new side of Trent that makes sense, its a more mature, filled out sound. But the poppier up-beat vocals seem a bit contrived, almost like he's trying to fit in too much. Some of the latest tracks are too cheesey for me.

Absolute best part of the show was the last song, "In this Twilight". Such a beautiful song - uplifting and ethereal, yet has the underpinnings of that dark mechanical NIN sound - total dichotomy. The visual of the city lights was perfect. A decaying industrial city going down in flames while the sun comes up... And then the spotlight calls them off stage one by one. DAMN, perfect outro!

- jv -

[SmoothHeavy]

Originally Posted by - jv -

The visual drum machine cubes durign Echoplex - that was dope! Another highlight was the downtempo beats with Trent's pixelated face larger than life talkin' 'bout, "BREATH, BREATH INNNN". Seconded

Was kinda interesting to see Trent on the Xylophones, another band member on cello, and another on the Recorder... wtf, NIN? Kinda cool though. LOL that was kinda funny watching this some what menacing industrial guitarist with patchwork hair playing a pan flute.

The guitarists was pretty cool, he'd toss out numerous bottles of water to the upfront row who were obviously hot as hell.

[darki]

Fucking awesome.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by SmoothHeavy

The only qualm I had was the fucker who kept yelling NINE INCH NAILS during the opening bands set. I (and many others) found that to be very disrespectful and embarrassing. And a big fuck you to the tool bag yaking on his cell phone during the Ghosts tracks. All in all it was definitely worth my money.

Yea I heard that guy too and I was sitting at a table eating outside from all the seats. That is very disrespectful!

[JV]

You wanna talk about disrespectful? This joker teen was shouting "FUCK YOU!" for the first 30-40 minutes of NIN set... for now fucking reason, just randomly. WTF?

The crowd sure has changed after all these years... instead of goth and cyber punks, it was a combination of obnaxious frat dudes, strippers, and a healthy dose of Dallas heffers who were passed out from drinking too much booze. Ugh... was not feeling the crowd AT ALL. Apparently, Trent thoughe the crowd was great though and said it was a pleasure to play for them.... maybe it was just my section. Joker fans FTL.

- jv -

[Jess]

Originally Posted by - jv -

You wanna talk about disrespectful? This joker teen was shouting "FUCK YOU!" for the first 30-40 minutes of NIN set... for now fucking reason, just randomly. WTF?

The crowd sure has changed after all these years... instead of goth and cyber punks, it was a combination of obnaxious frat dudes, strippers, and a healthy dose of Dallas heffers who were passed out from drinking too much booze. Ugh... was not feeling the crowd AT ALL. Apparently, Trent thoughe the crowd was great though and said it was a pleasure to play for them.... maybe it was just my section. Joker fans FTL.

- jv -

seriously??? that's crazy!

yea me and my friend were talking about how there were a lot of fake looking people up there....i agree with your observation of frat dudes, strippers and dallas heffers. it wasn't just your section!

[dallasmale33]

I was watching the show from my company's luxury suite which was cool because you can get a good view of the whole place and the totally awesome innovative and original stage lighting show they had, very cool. Had lots to eat and drink, cool music, and great stage/light show. Got there early and at first it looked like a super weak turnout but then did fill up pretty well by the time NIN came on

[JV]

Originally Posted by wes lee

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Good to see you out bro. Where's your review though?!?

[wes lee]

Originally Posted by - jv -

Good to see you out bro. Where's your review though?!?

Still collecting my thoughts over here ... first off, I'm a total fan boi so I'm a bit biased ...

This is my 13th show (I think) and my 5th show in the last 3 years. I would have to say that this was definitely the best one in recent memory. The energy was definitely there. Robin Finck was back on guitar which is a huge plus. Definitely my favorite guitar player over the years with the different line-ups he's had.

The visuals and lights have been taken to the next level. It's a multimedia extravaganza of epic proportions... ghost 19 live was awesome. Finally getting to hear the year zero tracks was wicked...

sad we didn't get the wretched or reptile but I'll trade those for the down in it, the line begins to blur and getting smaller that we did get ...

great show... wish I could catch a 2nd one before this tour is over and sit further back and center. We were 3 rows up directly at the corner of the stage. The sound was not too loud where we were which was nice... i agree with JV that In This Twilight was probably the highlight of the night. Excellent way to end the show with each member dropping off one by one. Only thing missing was the destruction of many keyboards.....

and watching people twirl shirts during discipline was awesome!

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[RIGHT]

I didn't make it to this show (which I'm pissed about), but last time they came through they rocked it for sure. They had a mesh like material roll down around the stage while they filled it with smoke from the smoke machines and then they played "Right Where It Belongs" and projected a video onto the mesh so there was video playing during the song, while still being able tol see the band through the smoke. Really amazing.

[JV]

Here's a compilation of video clips... amazing use of light for mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwV5cWLFM9U

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