Clever, noise, heavy, genius

So what direction are you heading in at the moment, musically speaking?

Synth-bass, but real aggressive and not in a synth-poppy kinda way. Using the power of samples and electronics in a pretty violent, in-ya-face way - almost the opposite of 'The Fragile', which I consider to be pretty organic and textual. This is more minimal and abrasive.

The listings are pretty bare-bones at the moment, but if you know your gear that probably doesn't matter anyway. Keep an eye out for more of this kind of stuff in the future! Many thanks to Evan @ SeemsLikeSalvation for the first heads up about this gearfest.

One of three(!) lead guitarists, as you probably know, is Robin Finck, who has performed live with Nine Inch Nails since 1994. During the show, Robin greeted the crowd in Portuguese, followed by a three minute long solo performance of Brazilian Tim Maia's track 'Sossego'. Following that track, the band kicked into Sweet Child o' Mine, with Robin effortlessly tearing through the solos.

Johan Hult was kind enough to send us this picture of Robin on the big screen at RR3 (click on the pic for a full stage view) Keep an eye out for a lot more on the Finckage over at SLS_news, including a nice photo of the man with his latest fashion of hair, and links to a realvideo clip of Sossego. (He passed along these things over ICQ, but we're not gonna steal his story!)

More stories on the Guns n' Roses performance can be found at CDnow's Allstar News and MTV News. Good luck finding Robin pics though ;)

Thanks go out to the mooman _||_|-_\[_--|-_\] and Andrew for sending in that bit.

The movie is also slated for a VHS release, however the VHS will only be available to rental facilities.

Thanks go out to thewayoutisthrough from Synthetic Rhythm for the news.

Weirdest fan request of the year?
“The latest trend is me receiving letters at my house, inviting me to high school dances. The other day, there was a whole rash of requests for my band to play at proms, or somebody’s birthday party. They say stuff like, ‘It’ll be fun: we’ve got a keg’. Maybe we should go, then just not leave.”

The site has a gritty look to it, and is put together pretty well, with the exception of the occasional broken image and an empty biography about "NIN - the TVT years". It plays host to videos for Head Like a Hole and Down In It, audio from Pretty Hate Machine and related singles, as well as archiving early press about the band. There are also a few cryptic 'easter eggs' buried in the site (some of which only lead to broken images)

The nominations are in! As one can read at www.grammy.com, Nine Inch Nails is up for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for Into the Void from The Fragile. Also nominated in this category are tracks by Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Lenny Kravitz, and David Bowie.

Also today, Nothing Records sent out a Press Release describing the recent events of Nine Inch Nails, including the Grammy nomination. Make sure to check the release out in our Press Release Archive.

Thanks to Steven Flores, Robin the Mad Photographer, James Reese, and Raine for sending that one in!

The latest and greatest issue of Sick Among the Pure has hit the NINternet. This month's issue contains a review of Things Falling Apart, a look over all of the new media put up on nin.com in the last month, an indepth look at The Great Below, a report on Einsturzende Neubauten and The The and much more! Some of the articles this month were written by yours truely, so make sure to check this out!
Sick Among The Pure is the greatest NIN Zine on the net, every month esteemed writers work up a whole magazines worth of reviews, previews, and editorials. Make sure to check out the January issue now! Make sure to check out all the articles, and if you feel like it, send in a letter to the editor and get your opinion posted!

"(...) I spent most of Nov./Dec. working here in New Orleans with Page Hamilton, writing more songs for his project and for my 'Tapeworm' songpile. We got a lot done and we're both pleased. Page is now locked in a room with his portastudio and a pencil and paper writing lyrics in L.A. for his project, so hopefully in a few weeks he can finalize his song list for his record. Trent has been talking lots about Tapeworm in the press, and the two of us made some new music beds to turn into songs for the future, so perhaps 2001 will actually be the year it happens. We spent about a month ripping apart his studio and putting it back together, with many upgrades and improvements, and in January I'm doing the same to my rig. (...) Other than that, it's been a lot of planning new equipment racks and tables for my studio, and changing my computer rigs around. Boring, but somehow fun! (...)"