Robin Finck Returns to Nine Inch Nails
If the official Nine Inch Nails Flickr stream is to be believed, guitarist Robin Finck has rejoined Nine Inch Nails. The Flickr peanut gallery seems to be very much behind this move. Me, I’m not loving it (yet). While I love Robin Finck, and while he will forever be a part of the “classic” NIN line-up in my mind, I think that the With Teeth-era line-up, the one featuring Aaron North and Jeordie White, put on far more entertaining and far more consistently solid shows than the Finck/Lohner line-up ever did. I challenge you to listen to In This Twilight (Live 2005-2007), the only Nine Inch Nails bootleg you simply need to own, and then tell me that the 2005-2007 version of Nine Inch Nails can ever be topped. These guys played songs like “Heresy” and “Last,” personal favorites of mine that older versions of the band seemed afraid to touch, and they pulled those songs off. They really did.
All that aside, you can be damn sure that I’m going to try my hardest to find the money and the time to see whatever version of the band is on the road this summer. They play the Worcester Centrum DCU Center on August 8. Anyone else going?
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Patrick Jordan says:
I couldn’t agree more. I feel that the North/White version brought another dimension to the Nails entirely. North’s chaotic and nihilistic guitar playing using all that feedback go hand in hand with the music. Finck seems much more structured and held back.
I feel like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJfWLVXUCQc is the version of Head Like a Hole that I would ever need to see.
ChrisClark says:
Thanks for the YouTube link. That’s a pretty good version.
I’m glad I’m not alone in my appreciation of the North/White version of the band. Although, I am also glad to be getting pleasantly surprised by the quality of the new lineup every time I hear them (the rehearsal DVD that came with the physical release of The Slip was very encouraging).
Finck is definitely a bit more structured, but I wouldn’t say he holds back. Have you seen Closure? He was always more than a little nuts back then, and though the band as a whole is less crazy than they were on that tour, I fully expect Finck to bring some insanity when he comes through town.
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