Iggy Pop praised Nine Inch Nails’ “dark and lonely” party music and “master artist” Trent Reznor as the Stooges singer welcomed The Downward Spiral band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Listening to Nine Inch Nails’ music — which is so often called ‘industrial’ — I actually hear …
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Trent Reznor‘s secret weapon has always been his curiosity about electronic sound. Fuzzy synth beds, harshly grating electro shrieks, and airy atmospheres have comprised an exoskeleton for his vocals and guitar lines since Nine Inch Nails‘ Pretty Hate Machine, amplifying the despair, tenderness, and anger of his songs. Those same …
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At Mumford & Sons’ Saturday concert in Cleveland, Ohio, the British folk act paid unexpected tribute to hometown rockers Nine Inch Nails with a cover of “Hurt.” The acoustic rendition of The Downward Spiral closer resembled both Trent Reznor’s original version and the mournful take that Johnny Cash released in …
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