Tag: NIN

Trent Reznor and his conspirators in Nine Inch Nails are hard at work trying to destroy the music industry as we know it. Following a year in which Reznor told his fans to steal his music and then produced an album for Saul Williams that he gave away for free, the dark Prince (as in Prince, the artist, not Satan) has cobbled together a new album of material and is offering the first installment ...

With the successful release of Radiohead's 7th album, 'In Rainbows,' today, an experiment in treating fans like fans and not just empty-headed money dispensers has begun. We thought we'd take a look at the other artists going the label-free route. British pop rock stars and Beatles worshipers Oasis recently parted ways with their record label. The band has already announced that their next ...

Perennial geek idol and gloomy music star Trent Reznor is not making any friends at his record label, Universal Media Group (UMG). At a concert Sunday night in Sydney, Reznor let loose on the music industry. Commenting on the fact that CD prices had not dropped after an outburst in May (see below), he asked, "Has anyone seen the price come down? Okay, well, you know what that means - STEAL IT. ...