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Editorial Review Product Description
Sound, throb, and a long low wail of pure, hard pain...Nine Inch Nails.
The world's most disturbing rock band is in effect one man singer and songwriter Trent Reznor. Since stealing the show during the original Lollapalooza tour in 1991, NIN has limned the hard edge of the techno revolution. In Reznor's desperate, combative persona and disarrayed melodies the musical community has finally found a band that appalls, confounds, and undeniably attracts. Horrified yet entranced, NIN's fans are like moths drawn toward the disfiguring flame of their music.
From a well of previously unpublished research, Huxley has carved out the history of this improbably hero: Reznor's rise as an Appalachian outcast to dyspeptic sex symbol; his connections to Courtney Love; and his relationship with his spasmodically fixated fans. Ricocheting wildly between goth rock and grunge, Nine Inch Nails has emerged. Here, Martin Huxley digs hard and deep to unearth the truth beneath this, the ultimate noise.
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Nine Inch Nails
This book is a disappointing read for the average NIN fan - pretty much everything of interest in the book I had already read somewhere before (most online as they are from American magazines such as Spin).The author also pads out the book with information on other artists, some of whom have very little connection to either Reznor or NIN.This means the prose is sometimes more in line with that of an essay than an interesting book.I was excited to find and read this book given the lack of books on the subject but, ultimately, I was relieved to finish it.
read to much like a term paper not a story.
There was a lot of information in the book but it was all research from other magazine and newspaper articles.There was no NINE INCH NAILS in there just facts.I didn't find that to entertaining.
Interesting book
I've not listened to much NIN before.They / he started getting popular when I was in college but I didn't have any albums until recently - I just bought 'The Downward Spiral.'I'm not a huge fan but I thought this book was interesting just because it tells about how Reznor became successful and how he approaches music, etc.It doesn't bash him or portray him as perfect either, which I like.
I wish it had more about Trent
This book was pretty good.Kinda A short read though.Most of the interviews on here were pretty good and there was some information about Trent being that he is A very private person.I guess I was just expecting to learn alot more about him.
One of the best NIN books that I have read
When I first got this book, I figured that I would be dissapointed because I have read many pieces on Trent Reznor and all the authors that I have read do not do a good job to represent Trent's musical vision and honesty.After reading this book, I realized that Martin Huxley did quite the contrary of what I expected.Although the book was a little outdated (published in 1997, before "The Fragile" and other NIN halos), it still contained a lot of information on my favorite musical artist and person-Trent Reznor.
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