[DID NOT ATTEND: May 24 & 25, 2022] Nine Inch Nails / 100 gecs
I saw Nine Inch Nails open for Skinny Puppy on Halloween in 1988 at Irving Plaza in New York City. My memory is hazy, but I recall Trent Reznor playing all of his music on a giant reel to reel player and no one else on stage. No idea if that’s correct. I recall not thinking much of him/them. “Head Like a Hole” wouldn’t come out for another year and a half.
Obviously, things went pretty well for him.
I don’t really think I would have gone to this show even if it hadn’t sold out. I have nothing against the new version of NIN, I’m just not all that interested. Plus its fun to have my memory.
100 gecs are a crazy band who apparently put on a wild show (and sell out pretty quickly).
My son played us “Stupid Horse” a while ago and I thought it was crazy–funny, catchy, irritating–a perfectly weird pop song. When they announced a tour, I asked him if he wanted to go and he laughed and said no.
I looked up a concert review to see what their show was like and people said they played their entire catalog, which was like 30 minutes. And that was it. (Turns out they played for 50 minutes at their headline show in Philly).
There were some interesting openers on this tour. More power to Trent:
Yves Tumor, Boy Harsher and a little band called Ministry.
I just found out that someone ha a recording of that 1988 show
And here’s a poster for the 1988 show
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