NIN/JA Tour Sampler

Trent Reznor is a master marketer for the new millennium.  He did all the free flash drive stuff a few years ago, gave away albums and continues to do so.  For the upcoming tour with Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper he has put up this tour sampler for free.  

Of course you have to fill something out, but, it's prolly worth it because he's always giving away free shit.

Track listing:

Jane's Addiction - Chip Away

Nine Inch Nails - Not So Pretty Now

Street Sweeper - Clap For The Killer

Jane's Addiction - Whores

Nine Inch Nails - Non-Entity

Street Sweeper - The Oath

More Free NIN Stuff!

I think Trent Reznor has quickly picked up what Radiohead started. Sure, he has perfected the "Radiohead model" of selling your wares online. But, he actually gives them a reason to buy something. He's quickly turning into a promotion genius.

His latest venture is Lights in The Sky, which consists of bands opening up for him, er, Nine Inch Nails. If I were part of Does It Offend You, Yeah? I would be super-stoked about this. It's a great way to expose new artists to his older fans.

The best part is it's for free, y'all! You can get it here. (Ultra8021)

Tracklisting:

A Place To Bury Strangers - To Fix The Gash in Your Head
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars (mp3)
Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)
Deerhunter - Like New
Nine Inch Nails - Echoplex

Trent Reznor Love His Fans...Again

Man, Trent Reznor sure does love his fans. So far this year he's treated them with a free album and just last week treated them with a new song "Discipline."

Now he's telling his fan "I still love you" by releasing another album for free on the interweb titled Slip.

You can go here to get you Slip on. And as always, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Rock & Roll Daily)

Track listing:

1. 99,999
2. 1,000,000
3. Letting You
4. Discipline (mp3)
5. Echoplex
6. Head Down
7. Lights In the Sky
8. Corona Radiata
9. The Four of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed (mp3)

Trent Reznor Loves His Fans

In an effort to beat scalpers hording tickets to see Nine Inch Nails this summer Trent Reznor is offering a deal to his fans.

He is offering a limited allotment of best available tickets 72 hours before the tickets go on sale to the public.

And, the tickets will have the name of the person who purchased them imprinted on the actual ticket itself, the day of the show, and must have ID that matches the name of the person who purchased them.

And as always, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Rock & Roll Daily)

New Nine Inch Nails

I really like Nine Inch Nails. I also really like the fact that Trent Reznor embraces technology as a way to get his voice heard. Granted, it's Trent Reznor and his fans will listen anyway. But, I digress.

Last night, at midnight, NIN made a brand spanking new single available for FREE download! It's not in the same instrumental vein as Ghost I-IV, this one actually has lyrics! But, it's not the industrial banger I was hoping for. It's good, but, it focuses more on the electronic side of their sound and not the rocky sound. Get it here.

And, as always, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Stereogum)

Robin Finck Leave GNR Returns To NIN

It seems that Mr. W. Axl Rose actually doesn't have to fire band members for them to leave the band. Buckethead left a couple of years ago. Now his latest hired Gun (get it?) to leave is Robin Finck who has gone back Trent Reznor's revised version of his Nine Inch Nails touring band.

But, apparently W.A.R. was the last to know Finck left because he is in the middle of "negotiations" to release Chinese Democracy.

Ol' Axl, when will he learn? People really just want to see you rock out with Duff, Slash, Izzy and Matt Sorum (sorry Steven). (Rock & Roll Daily)

Nine Inch Nails Announce Summer Tour

Trent Reznor announced yesterday, via the NIN website, the first leg of a summer tour. I'm pretty pumped about this one. I've only seen NIN once and was completely blown away.

And as always, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Rock & Roll Daily)

7/25/08 Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Festival
7/26/08 Seattle, WA @ Key Arena at Seattle Center
7/28/08 Edmonton, ALB @ Rexall Place
7/29/08 Calgary, ALB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
7/31/08 Winnipeg, MAN @ MTS Centre
8/2/08 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
8/5/08 Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Centre
8/7/08 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
8/8/08 Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
8/12/08 Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum
8/13/08 Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Arena
8/15/08 Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
8/16/08 Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
8/18/08 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
8/20/08 Saint, Louis MO @ Scottrade Center
8/22/08 Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
8/23/08 Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
8/27/08 East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
8/29/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
8/31/08 Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
9/2/08 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
9/3/08 Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center Of West Valley
9/5/08 Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
9/6/08 Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

Trent Reznor Starts His Own Film Festival

Trent seems to be a big, big fan of technology. First he has the whole alternate reality game where he left USB drives containing song for Year Zero, had the crazy websites to go along with it. Then he helped Saul Williams release his album online. Then he tweaked the model just a little bit and release his new NIN album online ahead of the traditional release, making a cool mil.

Now he's urging fans to create movies to go along with the music from Ghosts I-IV. Sumbitions are being submitted now on the NIN Youtube channel.

And, as alway, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Rock & Roll Daily)

Trent Reznor Nails It!

It seems that Mr. Reznor's grand experiment in self-releasing an album online, price tiered system has worked out pretty well. He is reporting that he made over $1 million buckaroonies by releasing his Ghost I-IV online. He also sold completely out of the "ultra-deluxe" package that cost fans $300. But, hey, at least they got an autographed picture, right? Oh, and as always, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. (Rock & Roll Daily)