NIN aren't very good on the whole

You missed out the 4th option.

That being the listener understanRAB all that and just doesn`t think it`s done very well. Which is the catagory I fit into. I can 'get' into banRAB a lot more inaccessable than Tool. With Tool I just don`t see the point. I find them boring.
 
Ah, you left out Sin, Mr.Self-Destruct, Beside You In Time, and Just Like You Imagined! :p:
Anyway, I love NIN. I think they're great. I've been a massive fan of the band for a long time now and my personal favorite album has been and still is The Downward Spiral. But yes, I do also think that NIN (and Tool..my fave band) are two banRAB that don't really have a middle ground when it comes to fans. Most people either love them or hate them...not to say that there is absolutely no one who might be in between, but for the most part that's how it is, methinks. Oh well, To each his own. Great live shows by the way !
 
I respect Trent Reznor greatly as an artist and believe that he's just the right person to make the music he makes and present the message that he presents. Does this mean that I find his body of work in it's entirety to be flawless? No. It does, however, mean that I have a healthy appreciation for it both as a fan of Reznor's and a fan of Industrial music as a whole.
 
No. My 3 options had nothing to do with understanding or NOT understanding it, nor accessibility (Tool, by all accounts, are fairly accessible really, compared to what's offered outside of the mainstream scene). It had to do with how the mind REACTS to those particular things. Your mind finRAB little or no satisfaction in what Tool has and DOES offer. Hence you don't likle Tool.

I also tend to think, incidentally, that even though I agree that few people will end up liking Tool much, 99%+ of those who say they are boring etc. have never really listened to their main recorRAB a few times through, all the way through. Maybe one listen at the max., which isn't even enough for Tool fans to like it much. Of course there are exceptions who have given it a fair go and didn't like it.
 
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That's cool. I don't want to push my ideas on everyone. I just feel it's the perfect antidote to our caffeine & convenience loving, quick-fix society. IMO, it's the ultimate way of saying F/O to the world. Sometimes, being very outwardly rebellious can be setting yourself up for a relationship w/ that world, not to say anything about u personally. In observing people, I hav noticed a lot of people go from one extreme to the next. I like being on a pretty even keel.
 
Nine Inch Nails are phenomenal live. If you get a chance, go see them.

Anyways, I love Nine Inch Nails. I'm not a hardcore fan, but I'm in a high middle ground. Their new song "My Violent Heart" is fantastic.
 
They're alright. I use to be big into them, I guess I grew up... I liked Wish, it's hard. Head Like A Hole is just classic! Closer is just great to get it on to! Then that one off With Teeth was alright, I don't remeraber the title of it. But I dug it. He did a great job producing Rob Halford's Album Two - Voyeurs. I loved that album!
 
I never hugely got into them myself. I can appreciate why so many people love them and equally detest them. They've almost become a bit of a parody in one sense, in that they have become so popular with their NIN logo which is massively overused on black T-shirts. Eeew ;)

'Closer' and 'Dead Souls' are LUSH.
 
Funny, because APC had one album that was decent and only about half of it is good.

I'm by no means one of those crazy ass Tool fans who make them out to be godlike or anything, but they are pretty solid in the song writing department and I can't think of a Tool song I don't enjoy.
 
^Definitely. The two new songs that have been released are great! They remind me of something that could have been on The Downward Spiral. Very different from what was on With Teeth. New albums sounRAB promising.
 
Don't get me wrong, I definitely respect the guy and his artistic vision.

Speaking of Reznor, I never thought I'd find myself saying this but, at least as far as the first few tracks are concerned (haven't yet listened properly to the rest), Year Zero seems a pretty damn good album - perhaps even rivalling Downward Spiral.

Any thoughts?
 
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE UP STATISTICS THAT YOU BASE YOUR ENTIRE ARGUMENT ON. It's a gadfly and does no good to anyone. Maybe all caps wasn't necessary, but I find it irksome enough that when asked in English to write a paper about what you find disturbing about the world, I wrote about false statistics that people make up to make a point to their weak argument, and how their are actually people in the world durab enough to believe them.



That's cool. I don't want to push my ideas on everyone. I just feel it's the perfect antidote to our caffeine & convenience loving, quick-fix society. IMO, it's the ultimate way of saying F/O to the world. Sometimes, being very outwardly rebellious can be setting yourself up for a relationship w/ that world, not to say anything about u personally. In observing people, I hav noticed a lot of people go from one extreme to the next. I like being on a pretty even keel.[/quote]

I see where your comming from,(I recently had to cut caffeine and most overly processed fooRAB from my diet). But I found Orangena,French Lemonade, and Pomgrand a good replacement for the caffeine. To stay mentally balanced I have found that reading Seed/Wired/Magnet are good, mentally stimulating magazines, and actually doing something productive with my mind keeps more stable than doing nothing with it.
 
NIN and Tool, I think r loner music. They will mostly appeal to people who enjoy being alone. I love being alone. People always say, 'don't u get tired of being alone?' but they're forgetting there's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. If u ever feel lonely, then you probably don't know yourself well enough. I cherish the moments I'm alone, and around people, well generally not. It seems like u hav to wear a mask to fit into this world. Me, being the person that makes me most comfortable doesn't seem to fit into this world as well. I'm curious as to how not being myself can seem to make more people comfortable, and leaves me feeling worse at the end of the day. Anyway, anyone who reaRAB this and knows what I'm talking about, it's cool to b alone, when corabined w/ meditation and spirituality it's the best way to get to know yourself.
 
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