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Trent Reznor, his wife, and some friends offer this tribute to David Bowie

January 27, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Atticus Ross, Cover Version, David Bowie, NIN, Trent Reznor

Out of all the people who had an influence on Trent Reznor and the things he’s done with Nine Inch

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Funny/Weird 

A bigoted white guy getting nailed by a can of iced tea could be the last great viral music video of 2020.

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments NIN, Viral

As reported by Metal Injection, some white dude at a convenience store was a little too loose with the N-word

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Check out Sharon Van Etten’s cover of NIN’s “Hurt”

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Version, NIN, Sharon Van Etten

This cover is part of a series called The Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, which is

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Cool! 

Nine Inch Nails release a line of pandemic merch

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor

How you sell merch when you can’t go on tour? Create a line of merchandise that resonates with the times

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More new NIN released. Well, sort of.

January 2, 2019January 1, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Atticus Ross, Bird Box, NIN, Trent Reznor

Seen Bird Box on Netflix yet? If so, did you pay attention to the soundtrack? Like The Social Network and

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, June 5, 2018

June 5, 2018June 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeZToo, Alexa, Audiobooks, Bomba, Donald Trump, Gibson, Neil Young, NIN, Prince, Spotify, World Music

It was 50 years ago today that RFK was shot in the Ambassador Hotel in LA. Was there a second

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Music News 

Trent Reznor goes old-school for tickets to upcoming NIN tour. Nice try, but… (Oh, and a new EP is coming)

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 Alan Cross 4 Comments NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Scalpers, Trent Reznor

When tickets to a hot show get snapped up and fans are left in the cold, people go through five

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Trent Reznor finally announces the final third of the triptych of NIN EPs

March 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor

Two days before Christmas 2016, Trent Reznor dropped a surprise Nine Inch Nails EP on fans called Not the Actual

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Music History 

52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 32: Prick

August 6, 2017August 4, 2017 Brent Chittenden 4 Comments Interscope, Kevin McMahon, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Nothing Records, Prick, Trent Reznor

Really good debut albums are unusual but not unheard of. But what makes them more unusual is when there is

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Can You Mash Up NIN’s “Head Like Hole” and Carly Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe?”

June 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carly Rae Jepson, Mashup, NIN

Yes. Yes, you can.

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Music News 

New Nine Inch Nails Set to Do Something in July? Yes–And Here’s What

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Brent Chittenden 2 Comments NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor

At around 10 am this morning, Nine Inch Nails posted on their various social media outlets the following image. Done

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