HikariOblivion

@kidnicky: What are you talking about? He didn't "lock himself away for a decade", he had a really rough time recovering from his heavy drug addictions. Also, if you count Still, he didn't go away for THAT long before he released With Teeth. If you're only counting The Fragile as his last album before With Teeth, then yes, it took six years, but I have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to selling hats and T-shirts. Yes, there's merchandising, but have you done any research whatsoever into the amount of work he put into the world of Year Zero?
Year Zero had one of the most insane ARGs I've ever seen. I rank it up there with Halo 2's phenomenal "I Love Bees" ARG. From hidden messages left within sound bites on USB sticks hidden in bathroom stalls in concerts to the brilliant finale involving a secret concert that was interrupted by the pandemonium of "authorities" busting in in full SWAT gear, it's a brilliantly conceived universe that very few artists have the ability to come up with. Couple that with the fact that he made Year Zero largely on his own on a computer and you have no reason to call him anything BUT an artist.
On top of that, who are you to define what his music is supposed to be? People only call his music industrial because they have no other categorization to put it into. It's still brilliance, especially when approached from a technical/critical listening view of things.
Besides, who do you consider a good modern industrial artist? That genre has become such a mess since the 90s. And are you really going to argue that modern industrial isn't catering to "mallgoths"?

Mujah

fquick

That comment was not meant to be taken seriously. ;)

doubtful

Wow... some nin,and march of the pigs!

Teekan

kidnicky

Trekka

huffdaddy

CaptLtrl

And proud of it.

Xiatter

Xiatter

"Industrial" these days is not called "industrial" because it is not... "industrial". NIN is Industrial and almost everyone else has sold out their sound.

I'd rather have an artist selling t-shirts as an independent musician, than someone under a big-name label selling their talents short. Or worse, under a little-known label selling out in the first place because they don't have the BALLS to do anything interesting.

Other than Angelspit and Combichrist, I can't think of many artists that I would still consider Industrial.

But it still exists. You just don't know where to find it, apparently.

And you haven't been paying enough attention to NIN to see they're trying something different, again. Which just so happens to be another personality's version of "industrial music". I.e., NIN is not fucking woosing out and joining the crowd just because your favorites did. At the same time it's not completely senseless noise. It's like freaking Bach the way the music goes all over the place and winds up making its point. Somehow.

And no goddammit, it's not electropop. It's not as loud as Downward Spiral or The Fragile, but there is thought and feeling and emotion and that puts NIN above a lot of other "musicians" these days.

But you know, just go back under your rock. You seem comfortable there.

@Eville1: You guys got yourselves a duplex cave or what?

Just because he's been around for like two decades doesn't mean Trent's new stuff is crap. With Teeth I admit sounded like a warmup after a long break, but Year Zero is getting there.

Even his weakest stuff has merit. It's just not what you grew up on.

Xiatter

And yes Tool would be awesome, though I'd be surprised if it ever happened...still if they announced Ænima I'd order a imported copy to play it on and buy a PS3 (damn 360 region encoding >_<)

though there are other bands I'd love too see on there that are less likely....sadly kidnicky I don't think we'll ever see VNV Nation :(...or Lords of Acid :P though SirDanF's idea of a Nick Cave pack sounds awesome and actually within the realms of possibility ^_^ *lives in hope*

ChaoticLusts

Erwin

dowingba

...Actually, if I fantasize, I may as well go all out. Let's have some PIG. No One Gets Out Of Her Alive, The Sick, and Find It Fuck It Forget It. Oh yes. Please? I'm begging you <.<

HikariOblivion

marilyn manson was quoted as saying he wanted to do a country album one day. Why not? Even the eternally mopey have other thoughts and concerns they can share with the world.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

I'm also glad to see that this wasn't a pure commercially friendly pack. The Hand That Feeds may be a decent rock song, but it hardly gives you an accurate example of what NIN is like.

huffdaddy

Industrial's changed, yes, but that change is still heavily influenced by Trent Reznor. Did you listen to Year Zero? Did you see what he did there?

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Hiroken

Me too! I have to get this game.

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Hiroken

Haha, yeah. I'd love to see "The Good Soldier" or "Capital G" on RB. They seem a good fit.

Hiroken

shrume

Hiroken

Pancho_Villasan

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Hiroken

el_rezzo

onidavin

Comatose Turtle

TonyMcPwny

I can't bring myself to buy song, that could possibly be part of a later album pack, and would priced lower if the whole album is purchased instead.

SAKY

set89

NIN songs dont get much better than Perfect Drug and March of the Pigs

HavveK

ColoradoCNC

i have been made a very happy man today. [:

jerrt

Look, as long as they find a way to eventually release Broken as an album pack (INCLUDING Too Physical and Suck!), then all of my prayers will be answered. ;)

In further news, must find Points card ASAP.

Jazhuis

benmonkey

StevenRafael

redgopher

PissedPS3Fan

CancerMan

Samos42

yeah if you aren't Moshing while playing the song you ain't playing it.

Wife's going to hate these songs (as she has to do the drums) but i'll love it.

harlock_JDS

kidnicky

oblivionatm

PurpleMonkey

Gospel X

@Eville1: Hasn't done anything new since The Fragile? Have you even listened to the albums afterward? Sure, aspects of With Teeth did sound like a callback to aspects of Broken - just with less angst. Year Zero, however, sounds so different. Sounds like a blend of things, including a little KMFDM at times (in my opinion). If you haven't listened to that full album, it's hard to have respectable opinion of the work. If you have listened to it and hate it, though, just keep on rocking with it.

Despite not having Rock Band or a system that has Rock Band with downloadable content, I like the sound of this pack. "March of the Pigs" is an incredible song for a party including Rock Band, and "The Perfect Drug" is just a great song. "The Collector" is good, but I would never think to include it in any sort of compilation. I'd like to see the aforementioned "You Know What You Are?", "Only", "We're in This Together", "Head Like a Hole", "Wish", "Love is Not Enough", "Survivalism", and "My Violent Heart" someday. I do wish for a piano/keyboard accessory, though.

Gospel X

MrFatalistic

Fyren

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

Eville1: I agree, I'd LOOOOOVE to see some TOOL on there. Long, epic songs full of crazy changing rhythms and wicked guitars.

dudeman5000

mywhitenoise

That being said, Broken, Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral..ok give me DLC from that. Even some of the songs from the Fragile. Anything post...Sucks.

Now APC I could get behind. Tool..Same thing. Anything post Aenima is exactly the same. Sounds the same, same words, same rythms. I'm awaiting Maynards newest. Give me Sober, Prison Sex, Eulogy, H, Jimmy or Pushit. (Opiate, Jerkoff, Hush etc.) And I'd die happy.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

Erwin

BruzeWayne

mywhitenoise

COLDBLOODED_BMC

Boy Howdy

COLDBLOODED_BMC

These songs make me want an Xbox 360 and Rock Band even more!

ShirtNinja

Erwin

kidnicky

ManjiKengo

Saying Manson is the same as NIN shows that you've never really listened to either.

In any case, this is interesting because OXM had this scheduled for mid-March. Apparently something else will be coming out that week now.

skullivan

empathogen

ManjiKengo

Also I am just going to say it I know people are going to mad about it. I want some Linkin Park from their previous albums.

Deltakiral

waitinthecar

ManjiKengo

kidnicky

awwyeadatsright

I dunno, I think Harmonix might have some say, you know.

Drake Lake: Phase Lunaire

Furious_Liver

I think you made a mistake and forgot Cosmonaut.

Honestly though, it makes me think several things: People don't know who they were, the people at Harmonix either don't like AtDi, or maybe Fearless won't license or wants a lot of money for them. Who knows?

@mywhitenoise:
I know what you mean (except for Tool/ earlier APC). Everything else most fans listen to is awful. But forget them, still buying this and gonna play the crap out of it.

Drake Lake: Phase Lunaire

njhardcoreguy

J. Kyle

Some Tool would be nice... They have some crazy time signatures as well. The verse in the song Lateralus goes three measures of 9/8, 8/8, 7/8 in a row. I forget how the rest of the song goes, but it's equally weird. In fact, I think they only had one fairly standard song on that whole album (Parabola was entirely 4/4 I think).

Franklin Comes Alive!

Actually doesn't he control all of his rights now, after he founded his own record company and then closed it?

spinal77

while i'm all for perfect drug (love the song and video), the outro does seem a little weak for something like rock band. and the middle would be a mess... i guess i'm saying, trent did it best.

geekgrrl

Anyone remember that rumor a while back that Dragonforce was going to cover The Final Countdown? Why the hell didn't that happen.

StartingAces

the only thing that sucks about it is that trent hates the record industry now and they will probably be getting money for every download lol.

i dont think closer would fit for rockband at all. pretty sure they would have to censor it since rockband is T. (otherwise i would love to have it on there \m/ >.< \m/ )

demonknightinuyasha

Oh. Hell. yes.

SirDanF

Haven't you figured out by now that the real geniuses behind GH went to Harmonix and made Rock Band, and now Activision is just trying to milk the GH franchise?

Why buy GH where you can only play one instrument where you can buy RB and get 3 ways to play...that alone has given me months more of playtime than I ever got out of a frustrating GH game...Not to mention Harmonix wasn't kidding when they said DLC every week after release.

spinal77

mywhitenoise

The drums on 'The Perfect Drug' are crazy.

Rurik

5qu33

@HurricaneDave: Hell ya! Give me the worlds best trio ever. Sting, Adam, and Stewart singing all for love!

Also fail at the lack of Portal for this week. That's really the only song I am interested in playing for a while. Especially after seeing the songs for March aren't my taste. And beside according to OXM wasn't this set suppose to come out the second week in March?

Deltakiral

njhardcoreguy

neednorespect

Anybody realize this inconsistency?

Anarchist_Gamer

Throbbing Gristle and Skinny Puppy? Getting a little out there aren't we? Maybe a cEvin Key retrospective.

Fun fact: I used the Killing Game from Last Rights for a high school project where we had to analyze the meaning of a song. No one in that class ever looked me in the eye again.

As for the NIN songs, they shouldn't be that hard. Just press play on the drum machine. Haha.

doubtful

Bunta

Don't get me wrong. I like APC but I'd prefer a Tool pack.

ManjiKengo

+ Watch video

shagg187

IMHO, A Perfect Circle would not be settling ;) Mer de Noms ranks as one of my favorite albums of all time...

spinal77

But yeah, not arguing GH vs RB. If anything it sounds like it's time for me to pick up RB as soon as they release a guitar-only PS3 version.

fuchikoma

Honestly, I think we should tar and feather mycool but...to each his own. perhaps he thinks FalloutBoy is the best music ever.

And yes, now all we need is tool. Hell, I'd settle for A Perfect Circle.

ManjiKengo

symphony_of_the_night

ManjiKengo

Wow....I think thats the first time I've ever heard any of Trent's work referred to as garbage. I'd be curious as to why you believe so, when I consider his older stuff to be works of art, up through the fragile, and skipping with teeth and including year zero. What don't you like about NIN/reznor? You have to give the man credit for pretty much doing all of his own recording and song writing, and trying to push the sonic envelope.

Maybe its because I grew up in that era and his music is linked with my angsty teenaged past, but he will always be one of my favorite musicians. Now we just need some Tool.

spinal77

mywhitenoise

The full-court press in on the Guitar Hero franchise now.

jollydwarf

mywhitenoise

Xirj

HELL. YES.

awwyeadatsright

(I've never played Rock Band, so please forgive me if this is a completely stupid question.)

vudu

Tarv

WrenixPhight

The Collector - Sure, why not. Wouldn't have been my pick off of w/Teeth for RB, but it works. (Only might have been a good choice)

Perfect drug - Um... no piano in rock band? What the hell are you going to do with the outro? (I know the piano is way overemphasized in my head, but still! :-P)

Personally, I don't know how you can do NIN without doing Closer, but I don't know how well it would translate to Rock band.

Are the songs uncensored in RB? I know they cut them all out in GH. If they are censored, then I guess that is how you leave Closer off the list!

NateN

shintourismo

Tarv

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

my thoughts exactly. I can't wait.

awwyeadatsright

oblivionatm

Tarv

Mycool

Erwin

Impul5se

Erwin

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

oblivionatm

HurricaneDave

Sigma-D

IndustrialJones

oblivionatm

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

cristiana

That would rock. ^_^

wired_fenix

omses

Now, uh...how 'bout those full albums?

Archaotic

chemical_eng_mx

qbix

At the Drive-in. Please :3

But I digress, I'm definitely buying this pack. Can't wait to play March of Pigs.

Drake Lake: Phase Lunaire

Eddy666

Smidget

josh924

zemm

Slint

onidavin

EggmaniMN

lifeinthefridge