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Concert review: Nine Inch Nails puts on dynamic show

Matt | 11:03 a.m. Sept. 4, 2008

He ended the night with "In This Twilight."
"Hurt" was the penultimate track. He opened with "999,999," although the lights did not come up until the drums kicked in for "1,000,000."

I agree, and was somewhat surprised, that "The Hand That Feeds" had the most audience engagement, although "Head Like a Hole" was right up there, despite the fact that many in the audience were wee lads when that album came out.

The mesh LEDs were pretty slick, and the Echoplex LED drum simulation was somewhat baffling as the keys were punched on the middle screen and it all looked to be taking place on the middle screen, but with some parlor tricks, the Echoplex lights moved from stage middle to stage back at least twice.

Anonymous | 1:45 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008

Trent Reznor is lived in the small town of Bay Village, Ohio where my family used to live. Our teenage son became interested in them because of that fact. I didn't find out until it was too late that this group had a VERY NEGATIVE impact on my son's life and was the beginning of him becoming involved with things no parent wants their child to participate in. No matter what this review states: PARENTS and YOUTH BOTH---BEWARE!

Anonymous | 2:43 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008

That's what happens when you don't check what your kids listen to.

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Matt | 4:00 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008

It's well known that Reznor himself had drug and alcohol dependency issues, which he kicked some time before With Teeth, so your blanket that parents and youth should beware is not well researched not productive. If anything, in 2008, Reznor should be a role model for anyone with substance abuse issues, and is to many.

When you see photos of him around the time of The Downward Spiral and The Fragile and compare them to what he looked like after With Teeth, and indeed at last night's show, you notice a stark contract from a near emaciated body to a vigorous healthy, fleshed out, body.

Additionally, this is rock and roll. All those records you grew listening to, those bands were high too.

Anonymous | 4:43 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008

Yeah, the problem is the music your kid listened to. Not your parenting. Keep saying that.

Big Fan | 11:31 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008

I am a big fan of NIN but frankly surprised the DesNews prints this type of news about them. Do you know what NIN stands for?

NIN meaning | 12:09 p.m. Sept. 5, 2008

Nine Inch Nails... it says so in the story.

And while people have ideas of what Nine Inch Nails are used for, the most common is to seal coffins back in the 1800s and early 1900s.

Keith | 1:56 p.m. Sept. 5, 2008

Wow, what exactly did Trent Reznor do to your child? Did you press charges? I did not hear about him going to jail or anything. Music did nothing to your child. The way you raised him or her did. The early stages of development are the foundation of a adult. This makes them able to distinguish what is real and fantasy. It allows them to make rational decisions. Please do not blame a musician, who admittedly has battled his own demons. If it was not NIN, it would have of been CNN.

Anonymous | 12:32 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

As Anonymous (4:43 p.m.), Matt, and Keith stated, Trent Reznor and NIN are not responsible for any problems your son might have. If he's under eighteen, then by all means tell him what he can and cannot listen to, but don't expect that to solve everything. Straight from the lyrics of the song Capital G:

"Have some personal accountability."

It would be nice if more parents would follow this advice instead of blaming music, movies, TV, video games, and everything else for what's wrong with their kids to make up for their own lack of parental guidance.

kelly christensen | 10:15 a.m. Sept. 16, 2008

i love the music of trent reznor. all of you anonmous people who degrade him, then i feel super sorry for you!
trent helped and saved my life! i would have commited suicide 10-15 years ago if it wasnt for nine inch nails(trent reznor)

Anonymous | 4:26 p.m. Oct. 8, 2008

I really don't know how you could listen to NIN and become an irresponsible person from listening to Trent's lyrics. I've been listening to NIN since I was teenager and haven't engaged in any negative behavior.

Parents need to accept responsibility for their own parental guidance failures instead of blaming music, movies, etc. Perhaps you should be helping your child get him or herself straightened out instead of coming online and slamming talented musicians like Trent Reznor when the fault just may be your own.

I hope your child bounces back from his destructive behavior, but blaming other people for HIS actions is utterly ridiculous.

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