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Started by matthew in Other Bands & Artists

I cant decide between pretty hate and downward spiral. I dont have broken but have listened to it many times and I find it just way too short. Dont get me started with With Teeth what was Trent thinking, he may just have imploded his fanbase with that dirge.
The Fragile is pretty amazing though if you sit on your own in a room and really focus and listen to the soundscapes that Trent creates.
Downward Spiral has helped me with depression and I’ve been drawn to tears many times from listening to it. I get some type of release in it. I picture myself on stage and I also make music videos in my mind with the music and it helps me a lot. Try it. It would be way cool to be a music director. I can definately identify with some of the confusion with the outside world and feelings inside that Trent is expressing.
How about you?

(Before changing the message boards’ software in August 2007 this discussion contained a poll, which may return in the future)

Posted on Mon, 17 April 2006 at 21:32

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I haven’t actually listened to anything post-Downward Spiral, so I can’t compare but I love PHM, it’s right up there with Troublegum on the soundtrack of my youth.

Posted on Mon, 17 April 2006 at 21:55

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ChrisDavies wrote:

im not much of a NIN fan , but they are a quality band. i’ll go for the downward spiral.it has hurt on it and id consider that to be one of the finest songs ive come across. all 5 of them are good cd’s though even with teeth :D

Posted on Mon, 17 April 2006 at 22:24

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Gav wrote:

I’ve Got the knives? wrote:

all 5 of them are good cd’s though even with teeth :D

Here, here!

Posted on Tue, 18 April 2006 at 07:02

#4

Dermot wrote:

That’s sooo difficult… I love ‘em all.

But I went for The Fragile.

Posted on Tue, 18 April 2006 at 07:18

#5

JSar666 wrote:

I voted for The Downward Spiral, but I probably love The Fragile equally. It really is a great album that’s often dismissed because of the instrumentals and more experimental tracks. They’re often labelled fillers, but I think they just make the album flow better, so it’s more than just heavy crushing song after heavy crushing song.

Posted on Tue, 18 April 2006 at 09:30

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Joel (Joel Wreford) wrote:

I’m surprised at the lack of votes for With Teeth. Its a great album!

Fragile should have been half the length in my opinion.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 12:25

#7

JSar666 wrote:

Oh dear. with_teeth sucks. There is one good track and three decent ones. The others = shite. Even if someone is deluded enough to think it’s ok, it’s nowhere near as good as previous releases.

FACT!

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 14:05

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

i would say pretty hate machine..as i just love the album and it was the tour that i saw them live on. next would be DS, but i was obsessed PHM for years.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 14:06

#9

JSar666 wrote:

Every song on PHM is about sex. I thought that was kinda cool.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 14:07

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matthew wrote:

I agree JSar666 with teeth is so bad. The last song could’ve been good but just listen to how poor his vocal performance is! Have you seen the latest pics of Trent, the guy has been lifting serious weights, going for a new look I guess. Hope he’s not mixing steroids with all the other shit he has taken in the past. Another person on ultimatemetal.com said he met him and he constantly offered acid!

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 18:52

#11

Dermot wrote:

I like With Teeth… but we’ve been over this too many times before JSar ;)

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 19:29

#12

Bad Karma wrote:

I voted for The Downward Spiral,but i like all the albums on the poll.The only NIN’s CD i’m not keen is the Fixed EP.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 21:07

#13

JSar666 wrote:

matthew \m/

with_teeth could be seen as good, I mean everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but if anyone thinks it’s as good as or better than PHM, DS or The Fragile, they must be on crack.

I thought Trent was clean now… oh well.

Posted on Wed, 19 April 2006 at 22:36

#14

Superunknown wrote:

matthew wrote:

I picture myself on stage and I also make music videos in my mind with the music

Ha, I know exactly what you mean. I get that with every album I’m REALLY into.

I also agree about With_Teeth being horrible. The albums before that are all good, though. I always choose “The Fragile” as my favorite, simply because there are more songs on it, even if Trent’s sound was already getting repetitive by then.

One thing that always put me off listening to NIN was Trent’s pretentious attitude or maybe just the pretentious attitude of a lot of fans. It’s good emotional rock music, that’s all it is. NOT some really important piece of art.

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2006 at 00:30

#15

Mekhet wrote:

matthew wrote:

Have you seen the latest pics of Trent, the guy has been lifting serious weights

He increased in size drasticly at the mid/end of the 90´s.
I´d seriously beat him for doing with teeth if his size didn´t scare me now…Preferd him when he was a whining skinny guy you could bitchslap if he pissed you of. Now though it´s a different matter. Henry Rollins could still whip his ass in size though…

No votes for broken?!?!? Have to do something about that…

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2006 at 02:32

#16

Dermot wrote:

JSar666 wrote:

with_teeth could be seen as good, I mean everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but if anyone thinks it’s as good as or better than PHM, DS or The Fragile, they must be on crack.

Yeah, that’s a good summary actually

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2006 at 07:23

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JSar666 wrote:

Superunknown wrote:

One thing that always put me off listening to NIN was Trent’s pretentious attitude or maybe just the pretentious attitude of a lot of fans.

Damn right. NIN fanboys are on par with Tool fanboys.

Mekhet wrote:

He increased in size drasticly at the mid/end of the 90´s.
I´d seriously beat him for doing with teeth if his size didn´t scare me now…Preferd him when he was a whining skinny guy you could bitchslap if he pissed you of. Now though it´s a different matter. Henry Rollins could still whip his ass in size though…

No votes for broken?!?!? Have to do something about that…

I think Henry’s a bit smaller now than he used to be. I guess age does that to you. No matter, then man is right about everything.

Broken is just an EP, albeit a damned good one. It’s not better than a full album’s worth of material though, surely? :(

Posted on Thu, 20 April 2006 at 09:04

#18

Superunknown wrote:

Mekhet wrote:

Henry Rollins could still whip his ass in size though…

I would have said the same about Glenn Danzig, but then again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvFHw-Ima0&search=danzig%20fight

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 17:51

#19

JSar666 wrote:

I believe the term is PWNED!

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 18:25

#20

WolfJazz wrote:

nin pisses me off, they have like 4 records and shitloads of ep’s with remixes and stuff..why? as for the albuns..probably fragile followed by downward

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 15:00

#21

joseph? wrote:

i still love NIN, bbbbbutttt THIS CD http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wellnowwhat.n … 26lr%3D%20 nearly made me cry

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 16:58

#22

joseph? wrote:

(because it was so shit)

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 16:59

#23

WolfJazz wrote:

i have all the nin stuff and i have only listened to the full records, something about remixes that i don’t like…any ep u recommend?

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 18:57

#24

Unrequited_lad wrote:

I chose The Downward Spiral, but Broken deserves a special mention…

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 19:32

#25

Dermot wrote:

joseph? wrote:

i still love NIN, bbbbbutttt THIS CD http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wellnowwhat.n … 26lr%3D%20 nearly made me cry

I got that when I was 17 or so… and yes, it’s completely shit

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 20:05

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not that kind of guy (Richard) wrote:

i voted for pretty hate machine although i love the fragile aswell. i went through a long phase before of listening to the downward spiral but i just find it a bit too intense and miserable for me to listen to nowadays. broken is a fantastic little cd but i wouldn’t count it as an album. with teeth i think is an okay-ish album but it just doesn’t seem like nin to me. mind you, i thought they were shit hot on that tour.

Posted on Mon, 24 April 2006 at 22:43

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