NIN Concert pt 2!

Whoa....

That was one hell of an AWESOME show. Trent Reznor performed NON-STOP for 2 hours plus. The audio was spectacular (deafening - key arena shook from the outside on the opening act - I was lining up to buy NIN swag... :p ).

I bought the tickets through a pre-sale on nin.com that was extended to members. These tickets gave me REALLY good seats. Also what I didn't know was that there was a special entrance for people who bought the tickets through nin.com. One that did not have any line at all (I was worried coz the general entrance already had a HUGE line). Instead the nin.com members had their own dedicated entrance with no waiting at all. Tickets were also real purdy too (this one is definitely a keeper).

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The opening act was Crystal Castles. Haven't really heard of them. They seem to be a mix of Thrash, House, and Punk-ish. The screaming parts were so so, but some of their songs was REAL nice. Check out the song Crimewave on their player on their myspace page. I will definitely be checking out their CD.

The lighting was spectacular. Words can't describe the visuals, sonic attacks, and the pure quality of the show. Trent Reznor is really talented. He played multiple instruments throughout the performance. I will DEFINITELY go again if he comes to Seattle (or near Seattle).

A must go if he is headed to your area.

Some YouTube vids of the concert.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FSA2k9A4ERI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FtR0qsglWK4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XPe07NLt8D4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BhOOO5_hzPw

NIN Concert!

Is on Saturday!

Wewt! Can't wait! 8pm @ Key Arena. I have been WAITING!

Saturday is gonna be cool. I have a Paella party at Nick's place before that.

Exciting times!

GOING TO SEE NIN!!!

WOOOOHOOOOOO!

First concert ever in my life!

And I HAVE TICKETS!

Not one BUT TWO!!!


Venue is @ Key Arena. Date is July 26, 2008.

I took the Lower Reserved ticket and not the General Admin floor (kinda like not being squished)...

Nick wanted to get floor but he lucked out and couldn't get one through the pre-sale for NIN members. :(

Hope he can score one through ticketmaster or through key arena. :(

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Nine Inch Nails. They are the massive driving force behind Industrial music.

And they are one of my favorite bands of all time (well I guess Trent Reznor as he is pretty much a one man band - apart from his live band - kinda need that for concerts).

NIN caused some heads to turn as Trent was always critical of the music industry. He later managed to leave the labels and immediately followed up with Ghosts I-IV. Ghosts is a 36 track instrumental and it took a different departure from Radiohead's In Rainbows. It gave the a few tracks for free and offered to sell the album in whichever format the customer/fan would like it (from virtual MP3 copies, to CDs and virtual copies, to some Vinyl, cds, and virtual copies). This sold real well and I personally have never seen a site go down faster short of a DDoS attack (NIN became overloaded with the amount of people wanting to download and order stuff).

Today, they released The Slip through multiple formats. I personally downloaded the FLAC for my music player and 24/96 WAV for listening at home.

He also left a comment on their front page.

"(thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me)"

Right on! Keep sticking it up to the recording industry!

They also have a concert in July here in Seattle @ Key Arena. Tickets go on sale on the 7th. Needless to say, I am very inclined to go. I promised myself that I only really have the desire to see two bands in my whole life. Megadeth and NIN.

Hopefully one of them will be fulfilled real soon.