This picture has become somewhat infamous in the eyes of Nine Inch Nails fans everywhere. Now… let me just explain this then I will get to the rant… don’t worry. Today, December 03, 2008, Trent Reznor gave us some sad news on NIN.com. The news was this… there will be a live movie released for the “Lights In The Sky” tour. It would be in 3D in theaters, on DVD and Blu-Ray, it would have been shot on a special tour date that tickets were given away to, and they would of given away tickets to the filming party. Then Trent Reznor met big-bad Interscope records. They are the record company Nine Inch Nails used to be under, and they own the copyrights to all their songs made before “Ghosts I-IV” and after “Pretty Hate Machine”. He approached them to see if he could use those songs in the video, and also for help in production and funding. Well… it seems that Interscope (Yeah… I am not afraid to say your name) had plans of their own. They started messing up all the plans until there was nothing left but a generic DVD. Trent blames himself for not telling them to stop soon enough… and he shouldn’t. There is no reason he should. It’s the record company that should be at fault. So… now we are left with a sad message on NIN.com that was posted by Trent Reznor himself… the unstoppable force… the leader of the march of pigs… admitting defeat. The DVD has been scrapped… and we have TR going into a sort of self-blame stage when he didn’t do anything. THIS is when I start ranting.
Let me start with this: Record Companies are control freaks. They want everything to be radio friendly. They want everything to sound like everything else. They want it to be easy to shove down everyone’s throat through radio and MTV and that crap. They are afraid to take chances. They are afraid that if they take a chance with something new and fresh… that it will flop and they will just end up being screwed over by themselves. But… isn’t making something new the whole reason for making music? Yes, it is. Now, with me being an aspiring musician, this really makes me mad. I make a kind of music that isn’t that much like what you hear on your radio. Instrumental Electronic Rock. Kinda like The Crystal Method and The Prodigy. Now… how can these bands take chances but other bands, like me, or Linkin Park, or even Nine Inch Nails, can’t? How come record companies can’t just leave what these bands made… something unique and a breath of fresh air in a cloud of this toxic gas we call “music” nowadays. I mean… you all love the song “Lollipop” by Lil’ Wayne. Now… I do agree that the beat is pretty cool… but do you even listen to the lyrics? Do you even listen to the lyrics of ANY rap nowadays? It makes no sense! It is nothing but a person rambling on about sex, drugs, and money over a beat. You guys accept this as music? The record companies are knowing you accept this as music and are making millions by recycling the same ideas and beats, just with a different voice… and they know you will buy it. THAT is why they are afraid to make something new. They are afraid that YOU won’t buy it. YOU are the blame here. The record companies are at fault too… but YOU, the listener, that calls the crap that comes out today “music”, are the main reason record companies are afraid to try anything new. YOU are the force that drove Interscope Records to bring down the musical powerhouse Trent Reznor. YOU are ruining all of music. The term “Hip-Hop Is Dead” is being used a lot lately… I disagree. I am pretty sure MUSIC is dead. Everything is exactly the same as what you heard last on your radio. This whole method of getting a message across, of speaking your mind, or just you making awesome sounds you think other people will like, is being polluted by things like MTV and people recycling music like nobodies business. It’s really sad, actually. Music started as such a good art form. It was new. It was a way to get out there and just be like “HEY WORLD! THIS IS WHAT I THINK!” and no one would yell at you for that. Then people became uptight… afraid of what it may become. I mean… you don’t see people protesting against 50 Cent or Lil’ Wayne or Lil’ John for how much sexism and homophobia they have in there songs… but when Eminem says one thing about slapping a woman or uses a homophobic term… you guys go CRAZY! You have protests! You even go to the GOVERNMENT! Yet… you sit down and listen to your 50 Cent and your Lil’ Wayne and your Lil’ John. I have never seen a bigger group of hypocrites in my whole freaking life. You guys just make me sick. I know there are a few of you who don’t apply to this, and I am sorry if I offended you… actually… no… I am not sorry. I don’t care what you think and/or feel. I have the right to say what I want. When you read the word “rant” in the title, you should of known what you were getting into.
So… in closing: YOU are the reason the amazing and unique art form is digging it’s own grave. Thanks for that.
NIN FANS… LISTEN UP! Me and a few other fans are trying to set up a fundraiser to help fund the “Lights In The Sky’ Tour that Nine Inch Nails is taking. They had to cut their tour short because of stupid Interscope Records and we want to help. If we raise $1 or $1,000… it’s still something… and it’s the thought that counts. Let’s come together and prove Nine Inch Nails can never die as long as we are around! I will post more info about it as we get it set up more.