Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
If there is one genius at making beautiful compositions of music out of depression, darkness, anger and despair it's Nine Inch Nails. Like it or not, Trent brought Industrial to the masses! One thing is for sure! He did it without compromise or lack of creative genius! This guy can create sounds with anything and is a meticulous perfectionist. He puts an insane level of thought into the process and how everything is put together. There are very few mad geniuses in modern times and Trent is definitely one of them! I came into NIN's music like most of the average fans. I had heard Head Like a Hole as a single and later down the road I caught on to the wave that was The Downward Spiral and became immersed. Since this I've bought most of NIN's catalog and I'm rarely disappointed with anything except for his excess of releasing a 1,000 remixes of the same song. That's just the perfectionist quailty of Trent though. He is so immersed in the potential of his art or art in general that he will never be satisfied. Maybe it's good that's he released himself of NIN so he can come back fresh later down the road.
Anyway, here are my picks for NIN masterpieces!
Pretty Hate Machine
Head Like A Hole
(My Intro)
Something I Can Never Have
(Wow! I love this version of an already beautiful dark masterpiece)
The Downward Spiral
Hurt
(Not only is this a classic in it's original form but it inspired Johnny Cash's most resonating moment)
Soundtracks:
The Perfect Drug
(not on a studio album but my favorite NIN song bar none)
Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
Anyway, here are my picks for NIN masterpieces!
Pretty Hate Machine
Head Like A Hole
(My Intro)
Something I Can Never Have
(Wow! I love this version of an already beautiful dark masterpiece)
The Downward Spiral
Hurt
(Not only is this a classic in it's original form but it inspired Johnny Cash's most resonating moment)
Soundtracks:
The Perfect Drug
(not on a studio album but my favorite NIN song bar none)
Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
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