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Trent Reznor: Fights for the Fans

WEDNESDAY MAY 16 2007 7:00 PM

Submitted by ZetaMale. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails recently took to the band's website and dropped a bomb on fans. Take a second to brace yourselves: record labels are ripping off consumers.

Reznor used the example of the inflated price of the current NIN release, Year Zero, in Australia that is selling for $34.99 while Avril Lavigne's latest is going for $21.99. Reznor wrote:

By the way, when I asked a label rep about this his response was: "It's because we know you have a real core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out - you know, true fans. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy."
So... I guess as a reward for being a "true fan" you get ripped off.

The frontman also decried Euro Maxi-singles as old material repackaged only to make additional money. He declared he would no longer play a part in this exercise and promised that the upcoming Nine Inch Nails remix album will be "of substance."

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scarekrow

USA

December 2005

MAY 16, 2007 07:11 PM

Rez for Prez 2008?

infernodragyn

Minneapolis, MN

January 2004

MAY 16, 2007 07:16 PM

i'm sure he'd do a killer remix of "Hail to the chief"...

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

MAY 16, 2007 07:18 PM

there's a great little blurb in the current RS (which you should all pick up for the awesome 40th anniversary interviews within) about how his record label didn't understand his kick-ass ARG marketing strategy with Year Zero, because fans started to share the purposefully leaked songs (the flash drives found @ venues) on P2P networks...this one German kid got busted by the RIAA and paid $670...one month later, the label contacted him, refunded his money, gave him concert tix AND a backstage pass to meet NIN once they understood the marketing ploy

Zortzico

Milton, ON

July 2006

MAY 16, 2007 07:27 PM

yet another reason proving that Reznor is the fucking man

pastthetaste

I'm lost

February 2004

MAY 16, 2007 07:32 PM

happy 42nd to Trent!

Sunflash

Fairbanks, AK

February 2006

MAY 16, 2007 07:33 PM

Yup trent for prez.

Evilgasm

Netherlands

April 2007

MAY 16, 2007 07:37 PM

Well said Reznor. very well said.

shapeshifter23

San Francisco, CA

September 2005

MAY 16, 2007 07:38 PM

So... who is it that's ripping off fans with the high concert ticket prices these days?... I remember seeing Led Zeppelin in 1970, for example, (already by that time a supergroup selling out stadiums) for about $5 or slightly more than the price of an LP back then. Nowadays, I can afford to buy a CD at $15-20 but can seldom afford to pay the $40 to $60 or higher that big name bands are charging (I mean, tickets for Iggy recently were $45, Prince is asking about $90 starting price... don't know how much NIN charges)...

Yaaka

I'm lost

August 2004

MAY 16, 2007 08:04 PM

reminds me of when he wanted to release Broken for $.99...

BrokenGlass

Kissimmee, FL

December 2006

MAY 16, 2007 08:07 PM

"of substance."

You have to love the idea of that.

Megoth

Naperville, IL

May 2007

MAY 16, 2007 08:09 PM

<3 Rez

NadirByte

I'm lost

May 2007

MAY 16, 2007 08:11 PM

hurrah for Reznor. The guy is being honest, y'know. Moreover, he's providing to the public, proof of definitive behaviors of agents and agencies in the domain of commercially incorporated works of musical format.

To know that shit happens, it is one matter of knowledge.

To know some definnitive details of ow shit happens -- shit, it's a matter plainly of science.

d20

San Francisco, CA

September 2003

MAY 16, 2007 08:14 PM

of substance? has he ever released a remix album that wasn't?

Joel_T

Springfield, IL

November 2006

MAY 16, 2007 08:17 PM

shapeshifter23 said:
So... who is it that's ripping off fans with the high concert ticket prices these days?... I remember seeing Led Zeppelin in 1970, for example, (already by that time a supergroup selling out stadiums) for about $5 or slightly more than the price of an LP back then. Nowadays, I can afford to buy a CD at $15-20 but can seldom afford to pay the $40 to $60 or higher that big name bands are charging (I mean, tickets for Iggy recently were $45, Prince is asking about $90 starting price... don't know how much NIN charges)...

Both times I saw NIN tickets were in the $30 range, but it's been a few years. The first time was with David Bowie, and the second with apc.