Trent Reznor on NIN.com:
2009 marks the 20th anniversary of NIN's first releases. I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from [the Lights In The Sky tour] — much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and [then] wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane's to see if they'd want to join us across the U.S. and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Is there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope. Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does.
Usually this kind of thing sets off all sorts of alarm bells but Trent Reznor is fucking cool and NIN doesn't need any help making money. It's easier to be suspicious of Jane's Addiction since none of those cats have done anything vaguely successful in a while (even I was surprised by the cold, quiet swandive of The Satellite Party whoa), so it could be that they're undertaking this tour for wont of other career options.
But Jane's was awesome enough -- even (though to a lesser degree) their corporate rock semi-reunion album Strays (a safe, skittish return not unlike Chinese Democracy) -- that we might consider brushing aside the why to focus on the what: Two incredibly influential, memorable bands plotting a potentially monster tour without record label backing. (Don't sign with AEG or LiveNation please.) Not only will these shows be intensely entertaining, but again Reznor is operating around industry standards with a wonder and boldness to the extent that even he is unsure of his success. Wow. Did anyone expect Trent Reznor to be the last Rock 'N Roll icon?
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