It's The Future

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Nine Inch Nails are giving away their new album.

Yes.

For free!

    Posted: Mar 3, 2008 at 2:40 pm / Email this  »

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    1. clare says – reply to this


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      Why?

    2. anthony says – reply to this


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      First! Whatever that means…

    3. carla says – reply to this


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      no way!!!

    4. shane says – reply to this


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      yeah but no one can download it because their freakin website crashed!!!

    5. Taylar says – reply to this


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      No shit? The boyfriend will be sooo excited.

    6. dalk;wi says – reply to this


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      diopahngoiawoivo;grifaen;oigfwaoroinhgoraewhogifvaoizvo;iksar

    7. lili says – reply to this


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      who cares

    8. Posh says – reply to this


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      So close TAI!!!

    9. KDub says – reply to this


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      wow, are they doing bad or something?

    10. aeriechild says – reply to this


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      FREE IS GOOD! THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE!! TRENT REZNOR IS HOT!!!

    11. K says – reply to this


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      No thanks.

    12. Alyss'sz says – reply to this


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      desperate?

    13. kayla says – reply to this


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      wtf

    14. 121 says – reply to this


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      whattttttt????

    15. IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!! says – reply to this


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      It just fucks up all of your internet settings and the "music" somehow does not manage to "download" to your computer. Something is FUCKED UP here. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS PROGRAM– IT WILL FUCK UP YOUR COMPUTER!!!!

    16. vote-k8-2008 says – reply to this


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      hahah yes, I love that yous guys is acknowledging Trent Reznor's involvement in the future… ;O)

    17. lightbulb says – reply to this


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      I'm ok with that

    18. lili says – reply to this


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      who cares really not i

    19. hannah! says – reply to this


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      FIRST BITCHES

    20. anna says – reply to this


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      trent reznor, i love you.

    21. yk says – reply to this


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      That's soo radiohead of them !:)

    22. dd says – reply to this


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      first!

    23. Angie says – reply to this


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      That Trent? He looks very odd.

    24. mambo boy says – reply to this


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      its an instrumental album so no trent on vox, listening to it now - it's alright to chill out too, background music so to speak - but i dont think i'd pay for it

    25. Tina says – reply to this


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      WHAT DO YOU MEAN FREE?

    26. c says – reply to this


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      NIN is only one person.

    27. sparksy says – reply to this


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      fuckin awesome…that is the only man in the world i would lick from head to toe…Trent!!!

      btw 5th!

    28. mama jama says – reply to this


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      swizzeet!

    29. sue says – reply to this


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      i like NIN. they're better than radiohead at leasttt

    30. dee says – reply to this


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      Who cares? I wouldn't want it even for FREE!!!

    31. Steve Hart says – reply to this


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      OK

    32. mr says – reply to this


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      cool, but yeah cant get to the site.

    33. cANDY says – reply to this


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      tHEY MUST REALLY REALLY SUCK THEN!

    34. Perez is no a&r says – reply to this


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      it's not the future prez!

      Stop thinkin you're an industry insider and that you've got knowledge about it just cause you put up a few artists on your website!! You're not an a&r, you only got offered such a job cause you're famous!! We can see through you!!!Free album is not the future, the bands that have done it can afford to do it, how do you want up coming bands to survive??!?? come on man…think, after all you're suppose to be an a&r lol!

    35. L loves M says – reply to this


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      Yay! Hopefully first bitches!! :D Love NiN

    36. JB says – reply to this


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      LAME!

    37. Z says – reply to this


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      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST

    38. Nicky* says – reply to this


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      That's exciting, but where can you get it?
      I am always up for anything that is FREE! :D

    39. LaLawyer says – reply to this


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      NIN's instrumental stuff is so freaking fantastic, even if you don't get Trent's sexy voice. I'm going to pay for it though, so I can get every track. I wish I had the cash to buy the signed one! *faints*

    40. IT DOES NOT WORK!!! says – reply to this


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      NIN SUCKS!!! NICE JOB TRENT!!! DID YOU SET UP YOUR OWN I.T. ON THIS FIASCO?!?!? THIS MAKES RADIOHEAD'S SITE LOOK LIKE GOOGLE. WHAT A BUNCH OF FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!!

    41. noone says – reply to this


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      Only nine tracks are free. The album on it's own is 5 dollars.

    42. He's frowning BECAUSE THE SHIT DOES NOT WORK!!!! says – reply to this


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      There IS NO DOWNLOAD! It just installs some weird .exe program onto your computer and then suddenly CRASHES your system! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT!!!! IT WILL FUCK UP YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!

    43. Lauren says – reply to this


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      Uhm… no? Only the first 9 songs are for free.

    44. Gaby says – reply to this


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      It's Nine inch nails IS, not nine inch nails are.. learn how to write dumbass

    45. Emma says – reply to this


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      NIN are amazing. Its cool that they are doing that, but tons of people will just illegally download it anyways

    46. Alyssa says – reply to this


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      Mkay, anyone who says they don't care that the Nine Inch Nails cd is being given away for free has their head shoved so far up pop music's ass that they can't hear when a real artist comes along since all pop music does is shit all over the music industry anyways.

      P.S. I would ravage Trent all day, all night, every day. MINE!

    47. Swt Issa says – reply to this


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      I've got mine!!!

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    48. Rose says – reply to this


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      Re: IT DOES NOT WORK!!! – Calm the fuck down. They're dealing with the crash as fast as they can - the site had a way bigger response than expected.

    49. Anonymom says – reply to this


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      Trent Reznor looks like Warren Beatty in this picture.

    50. bucksatan says – reply to this


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      man, prez is fuckin slow when it comes to rock news…fuck, the kiss of death will be him being an a&r guy for warner bros…

    51. Leni says – reply to this


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      NIN aren't the future. Radiohead were.
      Cheers duckling.

    52. Alan says – reply to this


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      It would be "Nine Inch Nails IS giving away their new album."

      Come on Perez!

    53. DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR COMPUTER!!!! says – reply to this


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      When I tried to download, there was an attached file (I am on a mac) which then tried to open itself (about 10% into the supposed "download" of the music). I have little snitch, so it could not– and then it CRASHED MY COMPUTER AND RESET ALL OF MY INTERNET SETTINGS!!! DO NOT TRY TO DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT!!!!

    54. kate says – reply to this


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      its not the entire album they are giving away for free, just part 1 of 4.

    55. Amanda says – reply to this


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      YES! Trent Reznor …. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

    56. Debbie says – reply to this


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      I paid my $5 and downloaded it last night. It's amazing!

    57. Swt Issa says – reply to this


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      I bought mine!!! I can't wait for the two disk to come and I was able to download the music right away!!!
      I [heart] Trent!!!
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    58. sasha says – reply to this


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      Re: Rez Trentnor

      lol Rez Trentnor- I agree with you all the way! Trent is an amazing musician and the majority of the pop singers out there (especially Disney bopper singers) are talentless!

    59. Brittany says – reply to this


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      Trent Reznor is a God to poor college kids. YAY for free!!! NIN's music is amazing. ^________^

    60. brian says – reply to this


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      Talk about fug - Trent looks like the perfect match for Rumor Willis. Icky icky poo.

      This man is fugs all the way. OyeVey!

    61. HeatSeeker says – reply to this


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      PEREZ,
      PLEASE LEARN PROPER SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT. IT'S NIN IS GIVING AWAY THEIR NEW ALBUM. YOU ARE A COMPLETE DUMBASS!!!!

    62. Amy says – reply to this


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      Gawd! He's so hot!

    63. noone says – reply to this


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      Whoever said NINE INCH NAILS must suck for giving nine tracks for free is stupid. Trent Reznor is at least thinking of his fans. He's not trying to cheat fans out just like every other fucking popstar and rapper there is. The album on it's own is five dollars. That shows you that he's doing it for the music and not the fucking money. Like everyone else that's under a fucking label

    64. Lenore says – reply to this


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      This is the best thing Perez has EVER posted.

    65. THIS WILL JUST FUCK UP YOUR COMPUTER!!!! says – reply to this


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      Re: Rose
      THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO "FIX" WHATEVER SPYWARE IS ATTACHED TO THIS SHIT!!!!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!! IT IS DRM SPYWARE GARBAGE!!!! IT WILL RUIN YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!

    66. noone says – reply to this


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      Whoever said NINE INCH NAILS must suck for giving nine tracks for free is stupid. Trent Reznor is at least thinking of his fans. He's not trying to cheat fans out just like every other popstar and rapper there is. The album on it's own is five dollars. That shows you that he's doing it for the music and not the money. Like everyone else that's under a damn label

    67. HOW ABOUT A NICE VIRUS!?!??! says – reply to this


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    68. ^^You Know What Really Grinds My Gears^^ says – reply to this


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      ****
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      Hey FUCK ALL OF YOU CHEAP ASS FUCKIN FANS!!!!
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      All you greedy bastards ruined the music business for any new Bands with your downloads and not wanting to pay $12 for an album..
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      WTF is $12 too much to ask for something that will be the soundtrack to your life for god knows how long..I hate all you fans!!
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      You all dont want to pay for music that can stir up real emotions in you, but are willing to pay $5 for a freakin starbucks, or food that will make you fat.
      ****
      Fuck off..

    69. ^^You Know What Really Grinds My Gears^^ says – reply to this


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      ****
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      Hey FUCK ALL OF YOU CHEAP ASS FUCKIN FANS!!!!
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      All you greedy bastards ruined the music business for any new Bands with your downloads and not wanting to pay $12 for an album..
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      WTF is $12 too much to ask for something that will be the soundtrack to your life for god knows how long..I hate all you fans!!
      ****
      You all dont want to pay for music that can stir up real emotions in you, but are willing to pay $5 for a freakin starbucks, or food that will make you fat.
      ****
      Fuck off..

    70. LAUREN JADE says – reply to this


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    71. IF YOU SELECT THE "FREE" DOWNLOAD IT WILL RUIN YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!! says – reply to this


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      I tried to do it and it completely melted my internet settings!!! Say goodbye to all of your bookmarks!!!!!! I shut down before it affected anything else– and then ran Disk Warrior on all of it!!! There are all sorts of weird fucking programs imbedded in this shit!!! Whatever is going on here– IT ISN'T WORTH THE FACT THAT IT IS FREE!!!! FUCK THESE CREEPS!!!! THANKS FOR THE BULLSHIT TRENT!!!!!!

    72. smarter than you says – reply to this


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      Oh yeah a big virus is going to get you! What the hell is wrong with you retards? Haven't you ever downloaded anything before? … oh besides photos of Britney's p*ssy? Lame-o.

    73. Whatever says – reply to this


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      Radiohead did it first and better.

    74. minky says – reply to this


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      pity they're shite.

    75. Anne says – reply to this


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      Thanks for the heads up!

    76. malice says – reply to this


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      butch walker did this as well… about two weeks ago i think….

    77. miss kat says – reply to this


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      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.
      RADIOHEAD DID IT FIRST. NIN ARE BUNCH OF HACKS.

    78. NINfreak7 says – reply to this


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      FINALLY!!!!!!!! I am so happy to see you're reporting on REAL music. Did you listen to the first 9 for free?

      Me? I paid my 5 bucks to get the higher quality, full length album. It's worth every penny and then some!

      I'm DROOLING over the ultra deluxe $300 version though… Hehehe.

    79. Caroline says – reply to this


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      there is good reason why REAL musicians are doing this
      Alan Wilder ( Recoil/Depeche Mode) wrote a brilliant "article" on this just a few days ago- it gives good insight as to why artists are going this way- I cannot link the artcle here.. Side-Line magazine ( side-line.com) has the article and it is 100% TRUE

    80. l says – reply to this


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      old news.

    81. noone says – reply to this


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      Re: ^^You Know What Really Grinds My Gears^^

      Why are you so upset? It's his decision on the price he puts not the fans. Go check out the pricing on the ways you can get this album. I know you don't mean only with NIN. Don't you know that the label was charging close to 30-40 dollars just to get a NIN album overseas? No one is being cheap, he's being fair to everyone and he's doing it for the music. I would pay $15-$20 but, the price he gives me is the price I pay. I will probably buy four copies of it just to make it fair to him but, its not the fans fault.

    82. lefty lady says – reply to this


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      I still don't want it….

    83. Tiff says – reply to this


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      Fuck ya! I'll still pay for NIN music any day!

    84. THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT DIDN'T COMPLETELY FUCK UP YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!! says – reply to this


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      Re: noone

      DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!!! IT WILL WRECK YOUR SYSTEM!!!!!

    85. Jessica says – reply to this


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      I remember reading about this a while ago. He's really mad at his record company for deliberately overcharging for his album in Australia just because they "can". I guess one of the record execs told him that they charged a ridiculous amount for the album because they know the fans would pay that amount. He was livid.
      I have to give him kudos for that. He's taking a personal loss for this, too. Most musicians would never do that, even though they're already millionairs. Finally, one who is willing to stand up for what's right.

    86. Meg says – reply to this


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      Too bad this shit sucksssssss.
      It's boring and not stimulating. Sounds like an extended version of those shitty interludes you skip on CDs.

    87. Kay says – reply to this


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      MMMM trent is sexy and nin is amazing! woot for free music.

    88. michelethebelle says – reply to this


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      I'd pay for it, NIN is awesome.

    89. WANNA~FUCK~TRENT says – reply to this


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      Re: Rez Trentnor

      Very Well Said!
      NIN puts on THE BEST concert. And most likely would buttrape the Jonas Brothers if they ever came into contact with theM!

      TRENT REZNOR IS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!
      I LOVE HIS TIGHT ASS IN THOSE LEATHER PANTS!!!!!!!!

    90. josie444 says – reply to this


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      NIN is one person - so he is releasing his album for free - not they.

    91. paul says – reply to this


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      RADIOHEAD SUCKS! TRENT DID IT FIRST OF ALL!!!!!!!

    92. Kate says – reply to this


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      The Charlatons are doing the same thing today! Go to their official website and click on 'Releases'!!!!!!!!!!!
      xxx

    93. VANITY RIVERS says – reply to this


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      GOOD GOD TRENT KEEPS GETTING HOTTER & HOTTER BY THE DAY!!!!!!!
      DADDY CAN U HEAR ME?

    94. Kevin says – reply to this


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      Does it honestly suck that bad they can't sell it so give it away. anyway No thank Trent 'you sell out'.

    95. Head Like A Hole says – reply to this


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      True, Radiohead did do this before. But not like this. Not a hint, not even a WHISPER, of this album being made was heard until the moment Nine Inch Nails chose to release it. Not a single track was leaked onto the internet beforehand, which is quite remarkable in this day and age of piracy! Imagine coming home after a hard days work with nothing to look forward to, and discovering your favorite artist just released a brand new album without any warning! I would say that the music industry could take a lesson from all this.

    96. teelime says – reply to this


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      trent is not doing poorly. he personally funded the entire project because he is no longer signed to any label. you can get 9 out of the 36 tracks of his new instrumental album for free. or pay $5, and get all 36 tracks downloaded plus a 40page pdf file, pay $10 get the aforementioned plus a 2-disc cd to be sent out in april, pay $75 get all of the above, plus a bluray disc and other goodies, or pay $300 and get a limited edition signed 4-disc package including bluray, sweet packaging, and other goodies.

      and the reason the site wasn't working for a while is because trent didn't expect such rabid downloading, and they've been working on putting up more servers to speed up the site. i downloaded mine last night the minute it came out, and it still took me hours. BUT IT IS WORTH IT.

      the $5 edition is available on amazon.com now too if you don't want to deal with nin.com

      and even if radiohead did it first, NIN is doing it better. they're offering several different formats including a PHYSICAL cd option… the average 2-disc album would go for upwards of $24.99 - NIN is offering it for $10.

    97. nicnacpattywack says – reply to this


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      Re: lili – fuck you spoiled bitch!

    98. Siobhan says – reply to this


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      It doesn't work properly if you're using a Mac

    99. vadnerb says – reply to this


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      just because it's free doesn't mean it will suck. radiohead did it first and it was one of the best albums of 2007.

    100. Kevin is a Major Retard says – reply to this


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      Re: Kevin

      Oh, Kevin, first please grow a pair and second, please do 2 minutes of research before posting your inane comment.

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