Updated June 17th, 98 - 7:25pm
December for UK Release
This isn't confirmed on
my part yet, but this is pretty reliable since the
Domestic release of
"The Fragile" is around mid-November... I'll
look into this and
get back to you all....
I
was speaking to an old friend in Missing Records
in SCOTLAND and he
said he had someone call Island Records the UK distributor
and they
said it would be December at the earliest for the UK release.
So that
seems pretty reliable from your earlier confirmation.
Thanks a lot to: ninbroken.
GnR wants more NIN help
This news
breif found on yesterday's Allstar....
Explains Axl is looking to work with some
more people who were associated/worked
with NIN. It appears GnR has
recruited everyone except Trent himself...
OK, it seems as if everyone is working with Guns
N'
Roses at the moment: to recap, there's former Nine Inch Nails guitarist
Robin Finck, ex-Replacement bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer- for- hire
Josh
Freese (name a good band, he's played with them), and others,
including
possibly Youth of Killing Joke fame as producer. Now, Mr. Axl
Rose has
even roped in Finck's former guitar tech and is "looking
to poach
some other folks known for their work in the NIN camp" as
well, according
to one of our snoops. Rose was also overheard talking
to a studio assistant
about his concerns over whether the
"public" would "get"
his new lineup, and that -- as
a means to make the transition a bit smoother
-- maybe they should just
do something like the whole Appetite for Destruction
album
over.
Thanks to: jocelyn.
More Opinion's of New NIN Sound
I
know there is enough reviews off TWO's debut album on SLS, but this
speaks
more of NIN than Halford... needs a quick glance through if not
more....
this comes from Issue #6 of Outburn
Magazine...
TWO - Voyeurs
(nothing/Interscope) You might be
asking youself, "Why would
Outburn review ex-Judas Priest lead singer
and fresh out of the closet
Rob Halford's latest musical project?"
Quite simply...because
Voyeurs lists Trent Reznor as "Executive Producer"
(whatever
that means) and was mixed by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie. Impressive
and curious. So is this another bombastic epic worthy of comparison to
Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar which was also shaped by the
Reznor/Ogilvie
team? Well, not exactly. Voyeurs is so overpowered with
Nine Inch Nails
cliches that I am beginning to thing Trent Reznor is a
master manipulator
and brilliant genius or I think the whole Nine Inch
Nails distorted bass
'n beats, cute little oddities, and stressed
vocals has become too predictable.
Maybe there's a special NIN button
on high end mixers that I am unaware
of. Sure, the guitars have some
good crunch and grind, and overall Voyeurs
does pack a strong sonic
punch (I really hate my noisy neighbors and this
CD might come in handy
to play loud on my stereo), but with Rob's surprisingly
un-Priest like
vocals, easy to spot NIN musical treatments, and weak choruses,
Voyeurs
seems to be another album to add to the NIN hard rock rip off pile.
In
which case, some of you kids might actually enjoy this album. But why
would Trent be a genius...maybe he's setting everyone up. Because then
when a new NIN album is released, everyone can ooooh and aaaah at how
vastly
different, innovative, and completely cool it is compared to
everything
else that NIN or Reznor produced bands have done recently.
One can only
hope.
My opinion.... I
believe it won't sound near to this...
Thanks to:
daredevil.
SLS Viewer Talks to Wink
I was
given a promo copy of Josh Wink's album about 2 months ago.. of course
featuring "Black Bomb"... Well a SLS viewer mentions this to
Wink
him self....
As Josh
Winks release of HEREHEAR, he appeared
at the Beat Non-Stop in Los
Angeles on June 16th. Well my friend was there
and he got to talk to
Wink. He told Wink that he had heard the Song "Black
Bomb"
(which featured the vocals of Trent Reznor) on the internet
at least
two months ago. He(Wink)was in total shock! He had no idea that
it was
on the internet!! Wink asked what site he heard the song on, and
if it
was on the Ovum Recordings Website, which it wasn't... So in terms
of
Josh Wink, Black Bomb on the internet was a huge shock!! He had no idea
of how it could've gotten on the internet, but said , "Oh
Well".
My friend also said that Mr. Wink was a real cool guy. He
signed autographs,
and then dropped some funky beats for about an
hour.
Thanks to: danny.
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Hopefully soon Trent will speak out
about his work... I would assume around
the Fall months this may
occur. |
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Updated June 16th, 98 -
11:00pm
Mtv reports NIN
I must say first
off... mtv news reports many stories off SLS including
my Interscope
confirmation, "Finnish magazine" , "Vrenna
studio sessions
w/ Morissette" etc, etc... Which I'm very flattered...
anyways... below is from mtv
online...
Trent Reznor
Looking For New Album Sounds
Trent Reznor, aka Nine Inch
Nails, has told a Finnish magazine that his
next album is going to
utilize a variety of vocalists, musicians and exotic
instruments.
Reznor, notoriously tight-lipped about his works in progress in
the past,
told Soundi magazine that he's gathered pieces from different
styles over
the last few years and that he's trying to find a way to
mix them. The
discussion with Reznor was part of an article centered on
the use of computers
in writing and recording music.
Previously on the NIN tip, guitarist Adrian Belew told fans that he had
been in the studio with Reznor in February and had laid down guitar work
for roughly 14 songs or song fragments. There were no vocals at that
point.
Meanwhile, net sources contacting Interscope have
been told the album tentatively
scheduled for release in November.
Previous reports say the working title
is "The Fragile."
Reznor's publicity firm declined to comment
other than to say they
could not confirm any of the information.
In related news,
former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna is close to
signing a deal
with Almo Records for his new band, Tweaker. Vrenna's latest
studio
project is sessions with Alanis Morissette. He's recently worked
with
Green Day, Seal and Hole, among others.
I
appreciate all of you writting in...
Thanks to you
all : justone,
mmt, heather,
mike, theodicy
and to aadalman.
NIN on Gossip Show
I can't say
much for this, but I'm reporting it just because... but since
this is
from a "gossip channel" we all know how
"gossip/rumors"
work so... take it only as you will...
I was watching The Gossip Show on
E! and they
mentioned Trent, and the new album. They did not mention a
releasedate,
however, they did say that Trent is hard at work on the
new album in a
new recording facility of his in a transformed FUNERAL
HOME. That's right,
Trent is writing and recording the majority of the
new album in a funeral
home. I do not know which funeral home it is,
except for that it is in
New Orleans (Trent's home town).
Yes, Trent has recorded in his funeral home, but we
don't know for sure...
if his "funeral home" is exactly where
he is recording "the
Fragile" if that is still the album name,
which we have to assume...
Thanks to: jonny, kim
and to james.
New "Musician" Mag, Vrenna
info
Musician magazine speaks much of Vrenna.
In this month's
"Musician" magazine,
a small magazine for the recording and
performing musician, there is a
section on Chris Vrenna and his work
with Tweaker and Rasputina. The article
is not completely about him,
but there is a section. Specifically, a question
is asked how his work
with Rasputina differs with the ex-Nine Inch Nails
material he was
accustomed to. He says (not a direct quote):
"with NIN
I worked with computers alot and everything was sequenced.
These days
alot of artists don't want to do six or seven takes of a song
so they
do it once and throw it into the computer to fix it. With Rasputina
and
Tweaker, the focus is on performance, so I tried to stay away from
the
computer as much as possible."
Check out this month's
"Musician" magazine for the complete article
as well as a
pic. It is $3.95 in stores but you can get a free subscribtion
at their
website. This article may be on their web site as well, but I
didn't
check.
Thanks to: shawn.
Joe's Apartment
Just a tidbit I
thought I would post, nothing more...
in the movie joe's apartment, joe is wearing the
closer
to god t-shirt in the scene where he is calling 911 and is left
on hold
for a few hours.
Thanks to: danielle.
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Sorry about no news yesterday. I left
in the middle of my update because
I had some friends drag me out of the
house, cause I was spending to much
time on SLS. But I'm back for the
night... Here's all the news from yesterday
till today.
Thanks
again everyone for writting us, supporting us everyday... |
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Notes |
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Updated June 14th, 98 -
2:40pm
More Information on Trent's Hacked AOL
Account
Below is more on the Appelbaum report from C|N
ET.
Some of the story repeats it selves, but later goes into
detail... If any
new information pertaining to this story- like Trent's
response etc... It'll
be on SLS like always...
Trent Reznor, lead singer and songwriter for the
industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails, has become the latest victim of an
America Online account takeover-- and the alternative rock guru plans to
take action against the perpetrator.
Amber Appelbaum, a
22-year-old Georgia woman, was arrested last Monday
for fraudulently
accessing Reznor's AOL account, according to the New Orleans
Police
Department. She was released on her own recognizance last Wednesday,
police said.
Appelbaum apparently obtained Reznor's
password by calling AOL's billing
department pretending to be Reznor's
wife. She then proceeded to use his
account, according to a report by
the New Orleans Times Picayune. Reznor,
who goes by the screen name
"MT Rez," reportedly hired a private
investigator after
discovering changes in his account. But AOL spokeswoman
Ann Brackbill
refuted the claims, saying that passwords cannot be "obtained"
when a user calls customer support. Rather, AOL resets passwords by
giving
the user a new temporary password, she said. New Orleans police
arrested
Appelbaum on charges of fraud, access device fraud, and making
harassing
phone calls to the rock star, according to police. The story
was also reported
in New Orleans newspaper the Times-Picayune.
"From what we know of this situation, this is the case of an
obsessive
fan," said AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose. "We are
working very
closely with the New Orleans Police Department in
investigating the situation."
Brackbill added, "At this time
there is no evidence that Appelbaum
didn't already have all the
information she needed to verify the account,
and no evidence that any
of AOL's policies were violated." In addition
to the charges on
the arrest warrant, the report said that nine long distance
phone calls
were charged to the rock star's credit card.
The report
comes on the heels of several privacy concerns that have confronted
the
world's largest online service of late. Last week, CNET NEWS.COM reported
a security breach in AOL's customer service division that lead to the
vandalizing
of the American Civil Liberties Union AOL page, and a
number of member
account takeovers. The hacker--or what many call a
"cracker"--"socially
engineered" his way into other
subscriber accounts without account
verification by simply convincing a
customer service representative he
was the targeted account holder.
The online service also came under attack when a service
representative
released the real identity of sailor Timothy R. McVeigh
to Navy investigators,
thus violating its own privacy policy. The
investigators discharged McVeigh
because his member profile said
"gay" under the "marital
status" category. McVeigh
has since been reinstated. AOL would not
say whether Reznor's account
was taken over by means of a social engineering
hack, but maintained
that it and the New Orleans Police Department are
investigating the
matter. Neither Reznor nor his agent could be reached
for
comment.
Thanks to: justone, fireangle and todd
Its confirmed no "Personal
Jesus"
This was found on mtv about the depeche mode
tribute album which kills that
Trent rumor on the net...
"For The Masses," which
arrives on August
4, and will also boast tracks from Apollo 440, God
Lives Underwater, Veruca
Salt, Failure, Dishwalla, Meat Beat Manifesto,
Hooverphonic, Locust, Monster
Magnet, and Rabbit in the Moon. Contrary
to reports (see "God Lives
Underwater On Skinny Puppy, Depeche
Mode Projects"), the album
does not carry cuts from Trent
Reznor, Smash Mouth, or Foo Fighters.
The album's release will come
two months before Depeche Mode itself releases
its 13th album,
"The Singles 86-98," which arrives on October
13.
Thanks to: cmachian.
Closure MP3s On SLS
I'm creating
a new section for SLS and I thought those who enjoy listening
to all the
MP3 I always put online would enjoy some Closure MP3s!! Below
are a few I
just made...
Terri
ble
Lie - 4.9 megs
Marc
h
Of The Pigs - 3.5 megs
If you get a message saying "not found"- they
are still uploading...
check back every so often...
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more information later tongiht... |
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Updated June 13th, 98 -
11:40pm
SLS Viewer Chats with Vrenna
Some
tidbits on somethings...
I
was at the stabbing westward show at the house
of blues in la last
night and i was able to talk to chris vrenna for a
moment. The only
real news i got from him was that Rasputina album will
most likely be
out in august, and his own band Tweaker just got signed
to Almo
(Garbage). I thought about asking him why trent can't keep any
friends
but decided against it.
Read my May
19th update to read the FULL blown report that speaks of
Vrenna and
Trent, if you haven't already...
Thanks a lot kraw.
New Trent Image
I'm not sure when
this photograph was taken, I don't have time to look upon
it... I just
got in from seeing "a perfect murder"... but here's
a pretty
cool image of Trent
along with David
Bowie and others...
Just wondering if you had ever seen this. i have
never
seen this photo anywhere and i had never heard that kind of comment
regarding trent and photo shoots. just thought it was a little
interesting.
maybe you already know about it...i dunno...it might be
old, i'm not sure.
just thought it was interesting and you might want
to see it if you haven't.
it has something to do with the photographer
being profiled by people online
or something. see for
yourself.
Thanks to: cat
Wink Album Review
Hear is a good
review by allstar
about what's
on the new Josh Wink album as well why he had sooo many artists
help out
with the album.... and READ the next report after this one... for
what's
up with this thing...
Coming
on the heels of a string of successful
dance hits, Josh Wink, the
Philadelphia- based electronic artist, has delivered
a second full-
length album that may surprise his hardcore dance following.
That's
because Herehear, due Tuesday (June 16) on Ovum/ Ruffhouse/ Columbia,
isn't just a dance record, nor is it merely a collection of songs that
are only at home in loud, noisy, blinking- light environs. Instead,
Herehear
aims -- and succeeds -- at giving the listener a glimpse of
the vast array
of musical styles Wink is into.
"I try
to approach everything differently," says Wink, "because
if I
don't, than to me, it gets stagnant and boring. I like a little
spontaneity
in things, so on this album, yes, I did approach it in a
similar vein to
[1996's] Left Above the Clouds, but it's a more organic
and mature album
for than that.
"I've now become an
album- oriented artist, rather than an artist
DJ that was just making
tracks for the clubs," he continues. "I
want to make CDs for
people to listen to anywhere, not just vinyl records
that people listen
to in the nightclubs."
Herehear weighs in on techno and
house as well as drum- and- bass to those
ol' familiar vibes of rock
and roll. Lending a helping hand to the diversity
of the album is
quite the roster of special guests: Trent Reznor ("Black
Bomb"), Philadelphia poet Ursula Rucker ("6th Sense"),
This Mortal Coil/ Shelleyann Orphan singer Caroline Crawley ("I'm
On Fire"), the Interpreters' Herschel Gaer ("Simple Man"),
and Philly jazz expressionist Elliott Levin ("Hard Hit").
"I want to collaborate," explains Wink on how he worked
with
his guests. "How I dealt with it was, I said, 'Look. I'm an
artist.
I did my art, now I want you to do your art.' We talked about
some ideas
and this and that, but primarily it was free for them to do
what they wanted.
And that's what I wanted to do. I appreciate their
talents and I wanted
to appreciate them more by not saying do this or
that."
As previously reported, Wink also collaborated
with Gaer on the video for
the second single from the album,
"Simple Man," which spoofs
the music biz as Wink and Gaer act
as managers of a humanized boombox (allstar,
May 28). Meanwhile, he's
in the midst of a tour, which wraps up July 11
in Germany.
Thanks to: mal
and commy.
Full Scans of Wink Album 
It appears that Record Stores in America who do have the
new release album
"WINK: HEARHERE" are releaseing it early...
Besides from my June
10th's update- I had recieved the cover of the album
featuring Trent's Vocal
track...
so on the right is the full
cover art of the release... June 16th is still
the release date...
That's what my stores say to me anyways...
The CD reads for
Trent's "section" on the inside sleeve
Vocals and additional stuff: Trent Reznor
post engineer: phil nicolo at studio 4, conshohocken, pa
Thanks a lot to: Jared
mind
you all he's SLS's graphic artist!!
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I'll have more news maybe in a little
bit. I have lots of work to be done
on SLS- so if your up- stick around
if you like... |
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Updated June 12th, 98 -
10:40pm
Vrenna Invloved with Alanis Morissette
Vrenna just keeps putting out. This is from the latest Alternative
Press
magazine...
How The
Mighty Have Fallen Department: After working
on the remix of Green
Day's "Brain Stew" for the Godzilla soundtrack
and completing
production on the new album by neo-classical Victorian underwear
models
Rasputina, former Nine Inch Nails drummer/programmer Chris Vrenna
is
involved in the production of the new album by the Prozac-seeking Edie
Brickell metaphor known as Alanis Morissette.
Sampling
avatar Jack Dangers, known to the electronic dance-music scene
as Meat
Beat Manifesto, will have a new album released Aug. 28 on Cleveland-based
Nothing Records. Titled Actual Sounds And Voices, the record is rumored
to be a brisk return to the cerebral dance music Dangers has carefully
cultivated in the past. Dangers and his new band will be opening the
dates
on this summer's major-market tour by the Prodigy.
Thanks to: rain
king.
Dave Navarro on Manson Album
Though I rarely do Manson updates, but I thought I would report this
since
it confirms my confirmation with Interscope on the November release
for
Manson... which The Fragile is also to be released...
Navarro Lays Down Guitar For
Manson Album
Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction guitarist and
former Red Hot Chili Pepper
Dave Navarro recently laid down some guitar
tracks for Marilyn Manson's
upcoming album.
The Manson
record is expected to arrive this fall, but how Navarro's
contribution will be included is not yet known.
The last
time Navarro and Manson turned up in the same story, the two were
differing over an account in Manson's autobiography in which Manson
claims
he had to fend off Navarro's unwanted sexual advances (see
"Manson
Book Tells Tales Of Navarro, Love, Reznor").
Since leaving the Chili Peppers in April, Navarro has been
concentrating
on a new project, dubbed Spread.
This report came from Mtv News.
Thanks to: kall.
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Can you all believe it? No NIN News
tonight... Sorry for the late update
though. I've been home for a while,
I've just been working on MP3s, Real
Audio and Real Video for
SLS... |
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Updated June 11th, 98 -
4:40pm
Trent Talks about Fragile
Trent
Reznor talks about how he uses his computers in making music and a
little
about the new NIN album:
When Nine Inch Nails recorded Pretty Hate Machine
in
1989, the audio tracks could not be put on computer. The album was still
sequenced with Mac Plus. Their third release album The Downward Spiral
was a different case. It was completely recorded with computer, just like
Marilyn Mansons Antichrist Superstar, which Reznor produced.
"Instead of recording to tapes, I played parts of the songs into my
computer and after that I could make loops and stuff ", Reznor says.
"If you want to write a song, just put a loop from a drum track, and
then add bass and guitars into it. After that you can do whatever you
like
with the song: use samples, put on the vocals and so on. This way
it's
easy to make remixes of a song when you have the basis of it saved
in your
computer."
On the next NIN album Reznor will
be using computers as well, but he has
something new in his mind too.
He's going to use different vocalists on
the backround, many musicians
and many real and exotic instruments. "I've
gathered pieces from
many different music styles in these few years and
I'm trying to find a
way to mix them." Reznor's music writing didn't
work out with
piano, so maybe he's getting help with that from his "assistant
musicians".
Thanks a lot to: eppu for
the scans, and
translating it.
Vrenna on Witchblade Soundtrack
In The Wizard Magazine issue 83 - and ad on page 99 states the following
on Vrenna and a mention of Trent...
An add for a cd called "Songs of the Witchblade-A
soundtrack to the comic book." It says that there's a song by Chris
Vrenna and Produced and mixed by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (Thanks
for the loan Puppy and Trent).
The CD should
be out August 19th on Dreamworks records and contains contributions
by
Chris Vrenna, Rave, JG Thirwell/Foetus (who has done nin remixes), and
a
slew of others.
Thanks to: jim and to: rorschach.
Parody of Gone Til
November
Here's a parody of "gone til november"
by wyclef.. that was written
as a joke because of Fragile to be slated
for a Mid-November release...
i've been waitin' all these years, for new nails
to
reach my ears
i ask myself why, oh why
when we think trent's
got it made, once again it is delayed
now we gotta wait 'til
november
we gotta wait 'til november, gotta wait 'til november
delayed again, we gotta wait 'til november
gotta wait 'til
november, gotta wait 'til november
delayed again, we gotta wait
'til november
january, february, march, april, may
trent
knows we're waitin', but no, not today
we'll be waitin 'til
november, gotta wait 'til november
i guess i'll just go watch
closure...
Thanks to: meathead.
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SLS and SLS NIN News for now on. More
updates- just the way you all like
it. |
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Updated June 11th, 98 -
4:50pm
Trent Talks about Fragile 
Trent
Reznor talks about how he uses his computers in making music and a
little
about the new nails album:
When Nine Inch Nails recorded Pretty Hate Machine
in
1989, the audio tracks could not be put on computer. The album was still
sequenced with Mac Plus. Their third release album The Downward Spiral
was a different case. It was completely recorded with computer, just like
Marilyn Mansons Antichrist Superstar, which Reznor produced.
"Instead of recording to tapes, I played parts of the songs into my
computer and after that I could make loops and stuff ", Reznor says.
"If you want to write a song, just put a loop from a drum track, and
then add bass and guitars into it. After that you can do whatever you
like
with the song: use samples, put on the vocals and so on. This way
it's
easy to make remixes of a song when you have the basis of it saved
in your
computer."
On the next NIN album Reznor will
be using computers as well, but he has
something new in his mind too.
He's going to use different vocalists on
the backround, many musicians
and many real and exotic instruments. "I've
gathered pieces from
many different music styles in these few years and
I'm trying to find a
way to mix them." Reznor's music writing didn't
work out with
piano, so maybe he's getting help with that from his "assistant
musicians".
Thanks a lot to: eppu for
the scans, and
translating it into English.
Vrenna on Witchblade Soundtrack
In one of the recent "Wizard Magazines" issue 83 - and ad on
page
99 states the following on Vrenna and a mention of Trent...
An add for a cd called
"Songs of the Witchblade-A
soundtrack to the comic book." It
says that there's a song by Chris
Vrenna and Produced and mixed by Dave
"Rave" Ogilvie (Thanks
for the loan Puppy and
Trent).
The CD should be out August 19th on
Dreamworks records and contains contributions
by Chris Vrenna, Rave, JG
Thirwell/Foetus (who has done nin remixes), and
a slew of others.
Thanks to: jim and
to: rorschach.
Parody of Gone Till November
Here's a parody of "gone till november" by wyclef.. that was
written
as a joke because of Fragile to be slated for a Mid-November
release...
i've been waitin'
all these years, for new nails
to reach my ears
i ask myself why,
oh why
when we think trent's got it made, once again it is
delayed
now we gotta wait 'til november
we gotta wait 'til
november, gotta wait 'til november
delayed again, we gotta wait
'til november
gotta wait 'til november, gotta wait 'til
november
delayed again, we gotta wait 'til november
january,
february, march, april, may
trent knows we're waitin', but no, not
today
we'll be waitin 'til november, gotta wait 'til november
i guess i'll just go watch closure...
Thanks
to: meathead.
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updates- just the way you all like
it. |
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Updated June 10th, 98 -
6:50pm
Josh Wink Album Cover
 Cover Scan of
"HEREHEAR"...
Soleh & Commy recently recieved the Import of
the new
Josh Wink album "HEREHEAR" which is to be released on
June
16th... Here's the cover scan of the album.
When it is released Domesticly next week, I'll have more information
on the album...
Thanks a lot to: Soleh & Commy.
Request Features Plaid
Request
Magazine speaks much of the new signed band "Plaid" to
Nothing
Records in this months issue...
Before Madonna's "Ray of Light" brought
techno to the masses, Trent Reznor was forging his own electric highway,
"Pretty Hate Machine" introduced industrial music to mainstream
America, a feat the Nine Inch Nails frontman duplicated for drum 'n' bass
with "Perfect Drug" and his remixes of Bowie's "I'm Afraid
of Americans." Now, experimental electronica is Reznor's latest
mantle,
as evidenced by his signing of free-jazz junglist Squarepusher,
minimalist
duo Autechre, and eclectic Plaid to his Nothing label.
Plaid's "Not for Threes" shares more than a little with
Bjork's
techno pop. In fact, the Icelandic pixie was such a fan of
Plaid's previous
incarnation, Black Dog, that she lends vocals to a
track, as does former
Massive Attack singer Nicolette. These
collaborations reveal the exact
coordinates of "Not for
Threes": Music that dresses up Detroit
electro, drum 'n' bass, and
funk with simple but unusual accouterments,
such as steel drums, and
symphonic strings. The resultant songs are staggeringly
original,
accessible, and absolutely uncompromising.
Thanks a lot to: jax24.
Sean Beaven for Kidneythieves
Not
much, but just something to talk about, if any...
Sean Beaven (Nine Inch Nails/Manson live
sound/producer)
has mixed the upcoming album (and currently available
single) by the "Kidneythieves."
For more information check
out the band's website -some of which is still
under construction
here the full album comes out on July 28th.
Thanks to: adam.
NIN Poster on TV Show
A Nine Inch
Nails poster was caught on the wall of the tv show "Home
Improvement".
hi... on
Home Improvement yesterday...[the one
with Brad getting caught with a
girl] there was a NiN poster in the backround
in brads room...i have
never seen that poster before, but i swear it was
nin..
Thanks to: nintrent71.
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I'll be working on those Closure (tape 2) videos again this
weekend... so
that all modem speeds can access them... |
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Notes |
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Updated June 9th, 98 -
5:40pm
NIN and Manson Month Releases Confirmed
from
Interscope
I can take credit on this one, because I
talked to Interscope my self! This
is a confirmed source on my
part...
I called the
"artist development rep"
from Interscope Records today at
5:00 pm EST and they said, as of today
NIN AND MANSON'S new
release albums are slated for mid NOVEMBER...
The lady that
I spoke to explained to me that they wanted to have the album
ready for
the "Christmas Planning Schedule." She said that she'll
keep
me posted on any new information that follows this November release...
but they didn't know anything else as solid information pertaining to NIN
that was liable to be given out. As the new news comes in... SLS will
report
official buisness... stay tuned...
On another note,
she was also telling me about MBM and 12 Rounds... information
we
already knew.... anyways... nice people they are.
Well lets hope no more delays appear any time soon...
that leaves us...
5 months!! At least we finally know something confirmed
about the Fragile.
That seems resonable anyways... considering... that's
MORE than enough time...
By the way, our old source still claims to have
the stupid-ass promo...
There is no promo... I was fooled- till I see
it... I'll believe it, case
closed.
Vrenna on 4 Angelique Tracks
Will
Podboy ever quit?? He's still at it...
I have a promo copy of the debut album from Angelique
(titled "Present"), on which Chris Vrenna is credited as the
drummer on four tracks. Vrenna drums on "Number," (the first
single) "James A Junkie," "What Love Is," and does
"additional drums on "Holy Waters." The album isn't out
yet and I'm not sure of a release date, but it should be out before
July.
Thanks to: rob.
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Should be more news later this evening... |
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Updated June 8th, 98 -
10:15pm
Bowie's Not Afraid Any More!
It
appears Trent's remix contribution to IAOA CD is no more...
I'm afraid of americans cd single
is now out of
print...
Some follow up news
on this report that just came in...
I remember reading before it came out that the
remix
single would be a limited edition, which would explain why it's no
longer being made.
Those who don't have the
cd single yet and still would like to buy it
before its to late, check
your local stores.. There might be some copies
left on the stands to
purchase...
Thanks to: ed and to: rob for the follow-up report.
Vrenna Remix of "From Your
Mouth"
It appears Vrenna is unstoppable....
Chris Vrenna remixed the track
"From Your
Mouth"by god lives underwater thus far it is only
available on a promo
of the "from your mouth" single and not
in stores. I did hear
it on KROQ (im sure you've heard of LA's radio
station...) one night a
few weeks ago. The remix is very heavily drum
oriented and has a "live"
sound to it- in fact its much
better than the original.
If anyone has
heard the track and may be able to get an MP3 file of it
let me know.
Thanks a lot to:doodle.
More Detailed Info of Trent's AOL Problem
Rolling
Stone online
reports more news further about the Trent's case with Appelbaum,
some of
it repeats what I reported on my May 30th update. If any further
news
pertains to this issue- I'll have it here...
The days of lurking outside high-priced hotels
and
tailing tour buses may be over for 21st Century celebrity stalkers,
who
are already boning up on ways to invade their idols' privacy via the
Internet.
In the most recent case of World Wide Wrong, a
Nine Inch Nails fanatic
in Georgia hacked into Trent Reznor's America
Online account and sifted
through weeks worth of private information
before being arrested by New
Orleans police last Monday. Amber
Appelbaum, 22, was booked under the misdemeanor
charge of making
obscene phone calls, as well as felony charges for access
device fraud
and computer fraud, a spokeswoman for the New Orleans district
attorney's office told JAMTV on Wednesday.
"She was
released on her own recognizance, and we have not received
a police
report, so we are still waiting to evaluate the case and begin
interviewing people involved," the spokeswoman said. If convicted
of all three charges, Appelbaum could be ordered to pay as much as
$12,500
and/or serve more than seven years in jail with the possibility
of hard
labor. However, because the overzealous fan has no prior
criminal record,
the judge may opt to suspend her sentence or order her
to serve all three
sentences concurrently, which would translate into
five years behind bars
at the most, the spokeswoman said.
Appelbaum's high-tech high jinks were discovered when the Nine Inch Nails
frontman noticed changes in his account and reportedly hired a private
investigator. Contrary to previous reports, Appelbaum did not likely
obtain
Reznor's password by impersonating his wife on the phone with
the AOL billing
department. The senior vice president of communications
at AOL, Ann Brackbill,
told JAMTV that the billing representatives do
not have access to users'
passwords, and can only assign new temporary
passwords to verified users
when needed.
"We're
working with law enforcement," Brackbill said on Wednesday.
"There's a lot we don't know. It's all being investigated now and
a lot needs to be found out before we can do anything."
AOL will likely step up to help Reznor sort out and mend his account
problems,
but Brackbill could not comment on the company's proposed
action.
Reznor had no comment at press time. This high
profile snafu follows months
of security-related trouble for AOL, which
is accused of involuntarily
allowing a hacker to infiltrate and
vandalize the American Civil Liberties
Union website last week.
Appelbaum may have used "socially engineered"
tactics similar
to those of the previous hacker, who conned an AOL representative
into
believing he was a valid account holder. (Anni Layne)
Thanks a lot to: heretic
and grant.
Closure For SLS On The Horizon
To start off... basically all the videos
for Closure (tape 2) are finished..
There have a few problems though.
First, I'm uploading 2 more small files making tape 2
complete...
Second, The files are streamed in Real Video
ready to go, but right now
only for only ISDN, Cable, T1 connections..
making many viewers with connections
such as 56k and below having the
videos stall every 15 seconds for 4 minutes...
eh.
I'll
have the videos soon in ALL formats... so.. hold out a little bit
longer... I'll have TONS more videos up soon following this... SLS will
be the biggest NIN downloadable movie web site along with many, many out
standing break throughs...
Major construction will begin in
about a week... After the movies are fully
finished with what I have in
stock. Audio will be out next project....
It won't just
be listen to this, oh wow... We plan on digging deep into
the mind of
Reznor's, comparing his thoughts with his music covers, etc...
I'll
give the scoop soon enough.
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Major construction on SLS will begin in about a week, news
like always will
appear daily on SLS NIN News. |
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Interscope Records News |
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Updated June 7th, 98 -
11:20pm
NIN Making Below 100
I reported
last month that "Tripple J" an Australian radio station
was
taking votes for the "100 Greatest Songs of All Time". Well
the
votes came in and NIN came in some okay places...
Closer as the 14th greatest song of all time,
with The Perfect Drug coming in at a respectable 72.
To see
the list of the "hottest 100", check out here.
thanks to: Stuart, sam, mandrew.
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Not any real news today, I have
some... but I'm working on getting Closure
streamed. i'll have it up for
tomorrow for you all... lots more tomorrow...
sorry for the delay. I've
been working hard on SLS. |
| Nothing/ Interscope Records News |
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Notes |
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Updated June 6th, 98 -
11:00pm
Closure Laser Disc Hits Delays
Those like my self who are waiting for this purchase... has to wait a
little
longer...
The LD has
been pushed back to Aug. 4. This is
quite normal for LD's, and I
wouldn't be surprised if it gets delayed again
and Closure is NOT
coming out on DVD, at least for the time being.
Thanks to: Doug.
Sam Goodie Reports July to September
Just to set the record strait, many of you are reporting
"new"
release dates that Sam Goodie/Musicland are giving out
with their Fragile
pre-orders. Some stores report dates July through
September and some with
no dates or pre-order sheets. (which is common)
But I don't know what to
say about that, if any solid information DOES
come in, it will be here immediately...
I work in the Musicland on Staten Island New York.
Sam
Goody and Musicland are all in the same company, the Musicland Group.
This is the deal. We will take a predorder on any audio selection,
regardless
of a date, no date, or anyhting. I checked the preorder book
today, and
we have a code number to put in for a NIN Fragile preorder.
However, there
is NO date whatsoever attached to it. In fact, all the
information I tell
my manager and customers regarding this album comes
from your site! So
don't go looking into our stores for a release date,
cuz the company knows
as little as everyone. Since there is a code for
it, that means it will
be released before the year is out, unless
circumstances change. That's
all I can say.
That's it for that, for now...
Thanks to: Hypre.
Lohner on Zombie's Debut Solo Album
Sonicnet
reports Danny Lohner of Nine Inch Nails has put guitar work into Rob
Zombie's
Debut Solo still-untitled 13-track album, due out this August.
As well as
confirmation on the rumored drop of the third instalment of
Crow 3, which
Zombie was expected to write and direct.
Rob Zombie Solo Debut Scheduled August release
set for White Zombie singer's first album.
Senior Writer Gil
Kaufman reports:
Rob Zombie won't be surprising anybody with
mellow acoustic ballads or
trip-hop experiments on his upcoming solo
debut.
No way. Zombie knows what his fans expect, and he
said he plans to give
it to them on the still-untitled 13-track album,
due out in August.
"It's hard for me to judge my own
sound," the leader and vocalist
of metal-core foursome White
Zombie said of the tracks on his album. "Everyone
said I've taken
it to a new place, but it's totally Zombie.
"My stuff
is not that different from the Zombie stuff," he added,
"in
the sense that it's what we would have done three years later
and what
I would have wanted the next Zombie record to sound like."
The nearly completed album, co-produced by Zombie (a.k.a. Rob
Straker)
and Scott Humphrey (Motley Crue, Metallica), will eature beats
from White
Zombie drummer John Tempesta as well as Motley Crue's Tommy
Lee and guitar
work from Nine Inch Nails' Danny Lohner.
Zombie said the album, like his other side venture, the recently aunched
Zombie A-Go-Go Records label, started out as a small project that just
kept growing. "I did that one song with Stern," Zombie said (of
"The Great American Nightmare," his collaboration with
"King
of All Media" Howard Stern for the soundtrack to
Stern's biopic "Private
Parts"), "which was a fucking
blast." Such a blast, in fact,
that it got Zombie thinking about a
full-length disc.
When his industrial sleaze combo decided
to take a yearlong break last
year, Zombie said he ended up recording
some songs that he'd written for
what he imagined might be an EP.
"That, of course, turned into a huge
production of an album,"
Zombie said.
With White Zombie-type sounds infusing his solo
disc, Zombie shrugged off
any fears that fans who lined up to push
White Zombie's Astro-Creep 2000
(1995) to 2.4 million in sales might
have moved on to electronica or some
other flavor-of-the-minute sound
since WZ last released an album. "In
a way, WZ have been around
long enough that you don't really have to worry
about musical trends of
the moment," Zombie said. "People are
still into anything as
long as it's done in a fresh way and it's not beating
a dead
horse." Just in case, though, Zombie said he recently spoke
to the
band's other members and set a tentative date to regroup and begin
working on new material.
One thing that fans can forget
about is the long-rumored third installment
of the movie franchise
"The Crow," which Zombie was expected
to write and direct.
The singer said he spent two years working on the
movie, drafting
multiple scripts and even getting as far as traveling to
Prague, Czech
Republic, to scout locations and beginning the casting process.
"We had the budget for set designs and I was really deep into
it,"
Zombie said, "then all of a sudden I came home and it
was not happening."
Zombie said that he has "no
idea" why the movie was tabled but
that he has given up on his
take on the fading franchise, which he described
as a "dark,
gothic Western with the Crow character as a Clint Eastwood/Man
With No
Name type of guy instead of a young guy in clown makeup."
"They talked about taking my script and taking out all the Crow
references
and making it into a different movie," Zombie said.
"But I said
'fuck this.' I never put two years' worth of work into
something and not
have anything to show for it."
Zombie said he has already started work on another film script, although
he said he'll be "taking my fucking time" before he decides
what
studio to bring it to.
In the meantime, Zombie said,
he has commissioned famed Marvel Comics artist
Gene Colan ("Howard
the Duck," "Daredevil") to create
a full-length comic
book as a companion piece to his solo album.
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Sorry for the delay
today, was installing my new flat bed scanner and software... |
| Nothing/ Interscope Records News |
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Notes |
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Updated June 5th, 98 -
6:00pm
No Single for Black Bomb
In the
new issue of SPIN magazine there is an article about Josh Wink and
Reznor
on page 91.
One track that
might prick up the ears of the
wallet-chain masses (& potentially tick
off techno purists) is the unnerving
"black bomb (jerry in the
bag)," an industrial-tinged panic-attack
featuring vocals by trent
reznor. Wink says it's not a blatant commercial
move, that he always
envisioned the song with lyrics, & reznor is simply
someone he
respects. The collaboration is a real coup, but wink has rebuffed
any
suggestions to release "black bomb" as a single. "i
don't want to," he says tersely. "i just
don't."
That's to bad there won't be a
single anyways.... The CD don't forget
is released June 16th.
thanks a lot to: mat.
The Load Down on the Fragile
Pre-orders
I'm told that Sam Goodie is taking pre-orders
for The Fragile- here's the
report when I checked into it my self...
Well I called my local Sam Goodie
record store
today see what the story was all about and "yes"
SG is taking
pre-orders for the new NIN release "the
Fragile". SG said the
only reason they are doing this is because
they BELIEVE that it's coming
out SOON (they didn't specify when-
because they don't know the date).
The exact words from the lady I
talked to was, "We just want to make
sure we have enough copies to
supply the demand..."
SG also took Pre-orders for the
"Nine Inch Nails: Closure" video
tape set last November as
well. So when I pre-ordered my video set on November
29th from SG, they
had such a HIGH demand for it- that they weren't positive
that they
would get my order on the first shipment. So SG is just is just
stocking up. No biggee...
Thanks to: michael for informing
me.
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Not much today... if anything else
comes up- it'll be here... |
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Interscope Records News |
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Updated June 4th, 98 -
10:30pm
Hit Parader Reports More Rumors
 Well NIN is in
the new Hit Parader magazine again,
with some interesting news and also
more rumors! But is the news they
report real??? You can read the full report
here
that I typed up. But below is a few snippets from the article...
... rumored to be called
Dissonance, supposedly
holding in-depth meetings with various music
buisness insiders over the
disc's quasi-controversial contents.
... During the last few months he's severed ties (or had those
ties severed)
with a number of his closet musical confidants- delaying
his own recording
schedule and confusing some of his closet confidants
in the process.
... The label folks were obviously seeking
NIN to produce "breakthough"
disc, a collection that would
take the platinum success attained by the
band's last album, The
Downward Spiral, to the next logical commercial
plateau.
... They wanted hits, not artistic experimentation. Of course, Reznor
wanted
just the opposite, and a series of conversations between both
interested
parties soon began.
Now what's
weird is... we all know how Hit Parader believes that the
new NIN album
is called Dissonance, they've been saying this for many HP
issues now.
But why is that they keep reporting it this title? They rarely
report
interviews, just non sense articles with live Trent images.
Well
we all know that the new NIN album as of now is titled "the
Fragile"...
you can read the strait up interview from Alternative
Press that says so
here
.
So HP says repeativly "our inside source" who
has been handing
them some new slight news concerning the album's
progress... well it's obviouse
coming from HP that if their source was
informing them with "inside
information" that they would be
getting the album title correct- for
once. Trent has already stated that
album wasn't going to be called Dissonance
on last years September 13th
issue "Kerrang" found here.
So either
HP has their sources crossed or they have no idea what they are
talking
about and are selling lies!
And also an extra note- This MUST
be stated for MY sake. Trent says that
there is "NO" album
called "Impossible Pain."
Exact words from Kerrang
Interview...
Last
December, a news piece appeared on the Internet
'revealing' that the
new Nine Inch Nails album was to be titled 'Impossible
Pain' - and that
Trent Reznor had enlisted a tramp to help mix it! Reznor
was quoted in
the news piece as saying: "I can't wait to see what
this Fuck-nut
comes up with!" Kerrang! and a number of other UK magazines
reported this story. We all later learned that it was, in fact, a hoax.
And how we laughed. "I heard something about that - where a homeless
guy came into the studio?" guffaws Reznor now. "Where did that
come from? Yeah, of course it was real," he adds, tongue wedged in
cheek. "Actually," he hoots, "a corpse came in and started
mixing the album!... Nah, it's flattering that people are going to the
trouble to come up with that shit!"
So
please stop writting in telling me the new album is called this, get
over
it!
Thanks a lot to Smashed
Up
Sainty for the scans, pictures, news... and to Happiness
In Slavery for their
Kerrang interview.
MBM Not on June 19
I've been told
a correction about one of the June tour dates that feature
MBM and
Prodigy...
For June 19, mbm
wont be with prodigy, its a local
radio station's concert. prodigy,
crystal method, propellerheads,blink
182, and harvey danger are there
... but no meat beat manifesto.
Thanks to:
saintX7.
Closure in Toronto
Closure in
Toronto, Canada after all!
I
was at Tower Records yesterday here in Toronto,
Ont (at the corner of
Queen and Yonge) and quite accidently happened to
see a big display of
Closure videos. As far as I was aware, Closure was
still not availible
here in Canada (at least in Toronto anyways) because
it had been
deleted after four days due to the graphic nature of the videos.
At
least, that was what I was told at Tower Records when I went to buy
one
before Christmas. They told me it would never be availible here again.
I ended up getting one in the States, but low and behold, there it is
yesterday.
There are a bunch of them there with a few of Manson's video
in the same
display as well.
here's a
quick report on the story on this issue...
Closure was banned by the gov't temporarily, then
the
ban was lifted, but the original ban caused store chains (canadian
division leaders) to review the video, and what happened was they felt
they coudn't/shouldn't sell it, but they had already ordered and recieved
their stock. So they sold what they had and didn't order more, until some
chains decided to begin selling it again = VERY few chains.
So those up there waiting to get their hands on their
copy, do it now!
Thanks to: cat and to jesse.
Classified ADs
Dead Souls sends
their regards about their new project, Classified ADs...
From the makers of the Nothing
Auction, comes
the classified ADs section! people can sell or request
their nine inch
nails or music related stuff for free! all users are
welcome to post and
have fun! for more info visit http://www.deadsouls.com/auction
/ or email class@deadsouls.com.
thanks to: ed.
NIN in Time Magazine
I saw this
on the stands yesterday and was to lazy to check it out... I'll
do so
tomorrow and get some scans...
In the June 8th issue of TIME (Time 100, Artists
and
Entertainers of the Century), they have a 4 page pull out with several
"big" artists and attempts to track their influences and their
genres. Out of the ROCK area comes David Bowie which then moves into Alt
Rock with Nine Inch Nails and finally Marilyn Manson.
Thanks to: hawk.
SLS Breaks 100,000 Hits
Well SLS
NIN News broke 100,000 hits yesterday at 11:30pm EST by a viewer
named james.
To me that's a big
thing, because we started out small back 5 months ago
and we are now one
of the heaviest, most populated NIN/News web site on
the net and we owe
it all thanks to our loyal viewers.
We will continue to update
SLS NIN News daily and our new home www.seemslikesalvaiton.com will
also be updated daily if not more starting the middle of June.
We have LOTS of things arriving soon for the site and we look forward
into
seeing you all there soon. I'll give you a list in a few days on our
recent
work...
thanks again everyone for Making
"SeemsLikeSalvation - NIN News"
your number one nin news
home.
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That's all the news caught
up to speed. Again sorry for not updating the
other 2 days... if things
like that happen again. It means I'm REALLY away
from my computer and
expect a large update with all the news that didn't
get posted...
eh. |
| Nothing/ Interscope Records
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SLS Notes |
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Updated June 3rd, 98 -
9:30pm
Personal Delays
Sorry for not
updating these last few days. I had a few personal problems
to tend to. I
don't have time tonight to report all the news that I have
because I have
to leave home again, but I'll finish everything up tomorrow
with all the
delayed news.. but below is some of the small tid-bits... that
have been
coming in...
Raygun Talks of Black Bomb
We've
all heard it, sounds great right? Well Raygun has their own
opinion...
Trent was
mentioned in Raygun's review of Josh
Wink's Here/Hear album. They said
that "Trent Reznor's vocals on Black
Bomb (Jerry in the Bag) seem
oddly out of place, but the whole song in
general could easily pass for
a NIN song."
Well we know the words can
pass as NIN, which we still don't know who
they were written vy since
Wink didn't write the them... but the music it
self can't pass as
NIN...
thanks to: rhardman.
Pleasant Smell's Track Listings
Here is the official track listing for the new 12 Rounds "Pleasant
Smell" promo vinyl (note that all the versions done by people
related
to NIN are "for the nothing collective."
12 ROUNDS: Pleasant Smell
(int8p-6369)
Side A::
1. rethought by trent reznor, keith hillebrandt
and clint mansell for the nothing collective*
2. original
album version
3. rethought by charlie clouser for the
nothing collective*
*mixed by dave "rave" ogilvie
and assisted by brian pollack at
nothing studios, new
orleans.
Side B ::
1. sniper's "hit 'n' run" vocal
mix**
2. rethought by clint mansell and keith hillebrandt
for the nothing collective*
3. sniper's "regular
specials" dub**
*mixed by dave "rave" ogilvie
and assisted by brian pollack at
nothing studios, new orleans
**additional remix and production by sniper
Thanks to: rob.
MBM Tour's with Prodigy
Meat Beat
Manifesto is on tour with the Prodigy this summer, here are the
tour
dates:
6/16 - Washington, DC
@ 9:30 Club
6/18 - Seattle, WA @ Seattle Center, Mercer Arena
6/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
6/20 - Laguna
Hills, CA @ Irvine Meadows
6/22 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
6/23 - Montreal, Quebec @ Du Maurier Stadium
6/24 - Detroit, MI @
State Theatre
6/26 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
6/27 -
Miami Beach, FL @ Bayfront Amphitheatre
6/29 - New York City, NY @
Hammerstein Ballroom
6/30 - New York City, NY @ Hammerstein
Ballroom
Meat Beat's new single "Acid Again" will
be arriving at radio
stations soon, and the new album "Actual
Sounds & Voices" is
coming in August.
Thanks to: rob.
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I have a large report on the new issue of Hit Parader.
There's pictures,
2 page report and more in the new Hit Parader mag. I'm
near compleation.
I'll have it up tomorrow a long with the scans, the
typed up report... Its
talk more rumors.... Ignore all that you read of
Hit Parader that concerns
NIN 90% of their topics of NIN are made up
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