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Nine Inch Nails

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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.

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.

This is a definite buy for any NIN fan. After reading this book, you will definitely have a new outlook on Trent and NIN. Although I try not to believe everything I read or hear unless it comes from Trent's mouth. Everything in this book sounds true to the best of my knowledge, and believe me I've done my homework. Trent is a very non-public person, you will appreciate learning more information about him, his background, the way he thinks, his music and the coming together of Nine Inch Nails. You will be impressed by this book.........go buy it! Trent...your in *A Warm Place* in my heart!

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.

This book kicks ass! I enjoyed it, from Trent Reznor's past to the bands he once played in, to the live audiences partake of such a great band. it tells of Woodstock '94, looks in the future, the whole ordeal of TVT Records vs Trent Reznor. A must have for the NIN fan, get this, now!!!

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.

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.

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.

This book tells everything there is to know about nine inch nails andtrent reznor. After i read this book, i started to like nin even more. I recommend this book to all the fans of nin and even people who are not. It tells everything there is to know about trent through magazine interviews done by trent and his friends. Get this book. IT IS THE BEST!!! :)

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.