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Summary: Or, "An Amalgam of Earlier Articles, Interviews, etc."
Review: I was disappointed in this book; it seemed to quote from nearly every earlier article on, or interview with, Trent/NIN. There were a few tidbits I'd not run across before (but I was unimpressed with those - memories from high school acquaintences, etc.). However, it may be informative to those who haven't been keeping up w/NIN since the early days, and it does attempt to place all the earlier info into a framework. I just felt that too much of the book was derived from others' work (e.g., ROLLING STONE, SPIN), and that it could've used a bit more original material.
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Summary: For those who know the music but want to know the man.
Review: I'm a huge fan and have all the major albums plus a few and thought I knew alot about Nine Inch Nails. Then I read "Self Destruct" and i realized I didn't know half of what there was. The info I gained from reading the book made me appreciate Trent Reznor and his music even more. The book is also great for people who have not yet been introduced to the band and want to learn more. It's great reading- fast paced and even funny in some parts.
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Summary: Good summary of NIN
Review: I've always been a pretty big fan of Nine Inch Nails, as Trent Reznor is one of the few people with an actual musical vision or views worth listening to. While the book skips most of Reznor's adolescent life and teen-years, unlike the later released "The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell" by label-mate and fellow shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, the book does a better job of telling Trent's story of how he evolved into the music industry and how his life turned into using the studio itself as an instrument. While Manson's autobiography was pleasing in it's disturbing details of the lead singers troubled youth, "Nine Inch Nails" is better off leaving such details out, as Trent has always really wanted things to be about the music and not a bunch of out-played "my parents hate me, I was abused" drivel that would probably be in any book written by a member of KoRn or similar bands.Instead Martin Huxley decides to focus more on Trent's musical career prior to Nine Inch Nails, with the various successes and failures which filled his life in the musical world, also discussing the making of all the albums up to "The Downward Spiral", the stress of touring and writing an album, and Trent's fallout with one-time bandmate Richard Patrick of Filter. Piecing together pieces of articles and interviews, along with his own views on Nine Inch Nails' honest and disturbing message, Martin Huxley does a good job of compiling some of the best information on one of the best industrial artists in history (even though Trent prefers not to be called "industrial"). After all, genres can be real limitations. Pick this up whether you're a hardcore fan of NIN or not. Either way it's well-written and interesting and you'll learn something about the band that you didn't know before.
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Summary: Best NIN book I've read in years
Review: I've been a very huge Nine Inch Nails fan since 1998, when I got Pretty Hate Machine I fell in love with it. I saw them in concert in 1999 in chicago which was a spectacular show. when i got this book, I was a little surprised because I've read other NIN books before and they were boring but i got this book and it tells basicaly the whole story. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Nine Inch Nails or for anyone who enjoys industrial rock.
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Summary: Best NIN book I've read in years
Review: I've been a very huge Nine Inch Nails fan since 1998, when I got Pretty Hate Machine I fell in love with it. I saw them in concert in 1999 in chicago which was a spectacular show. when i got this book, I was a little surprised because I've read other NIN books before and they were boring but i got this book and it tells basicaly the whole story. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Nine Inch Nails or for anyone who enjoys industrial rock.
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Summary: Interesting book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Interesting book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great, but could have been written better
Review: Like what's been said, this is mainly a collection of interviews, but on the other hand it has different parts. The first part is sort of his life in Cleveland, and when he was in Option 30 and Exotic Birds. I didn't hear about the others as much. Then it gets into the part whenever he tours with Skinny Puppy, and spends time in UK. Then later, his not-so-good relationship with TVT, and Steve Gottlieb is one thing to mention on this. It also spoke about the PHM-era, and it talked mainly about the touring. It also had stuff on the Broken-era and then shortly after, TDS-era. In this one it has a lot. It even has reviews for it, about when he lived in "le pig", NOthing bands, etc. A must for a NINnie.
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Summary: Not so good...
Review: Nothing but recycled interview quotes, and not one instance of applied intelligence. Huxley appears to take everything Reznor says or anyone else says about him absolutely at face value, and makes no attempt at engaging the complexity of his work or his cultural position whatsoever. There's nothing shocking or evil in it, nothing that got me up on my hind legs, but what really disappoints me is that there is literaly nowhere (that I've encountered)where someone writes intelligently about this work. Huxley's book does nothing but cultify Trent's personality, and makes no attempt to approach his subject with anything but sensationalism. And nothing could be stupider than those captions under the photos.
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Summary: YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT IF A TRUE FAN!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Now i can't even begin to describe my love for that man Trent Reznor. He's hot, talented, he can do basically anything, and hes just plainly really cool. I would love to have his mind for a day and think up of all the things that he does. Now if you really like him or just Nine Inch Nails, then you just have to have this book. There is no two ways about it. A lot of it is based on interviews and stuff- but atleast you know that it is his own words. It's a great book. I really do reccomend it. Trent I love you!!!!!- Cant wait 4 the new cd- sept 21. everyone- pick it up in stores then!!!!!- hahaha- im out- oh just one more thing- i would ask trent to marry me but he has 22 years on me!!!- peace all!!!
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