Another Purist Rant.

I felt like ranting after reading some of the comments on this video which was posted on YouTube. The video is the new Nine Inch Nails video for "Survivalism", from the forthcoming album "Year Zero" (which I am looking forward to, eagerly).

My rant has to do with people who have posted comments such as "this sucks" or "Trent should do more stuff like he did on the downward spiral".

For the record, when Trent did The Downward Spiral, he was really depressed. It shows in the music, as great as it is. And also... bands EVOLVE....and change, as time goes on. Trent writes differently than he did 10 years ago as he has a different perspective, and he as a person has changed. People NEED to realise this more, rather than just stupidly saying that something is shit or it sucks because it doesn't sound anything like their favourite NIN song.

But anyway, what I live the most about Nine Inch Nails is that it is VASTLY different from anything else you hear on the radio these days. And for that I'm thankful, Trent writes what he wants to write, and his fans either like it or they don't... but, no doubt they will still come to see him perform, because there's more to NIN than just a new album.

Green Gargoyle and I are going to see NIN in Brisbane in May, and we are both looking forward to it. This will be the second time I've seen NIN live... and the first for GG ;) ...so should be a lot of fun.

I just wish more people had an open mind when it came to music. Too many people miss out on good music because they tune out, as it's not what they want to hear. Musicians create firstly for themselves, and then for other people. You might not like it, indeed, you don't even have to. But to say that a musician should create something more like something they once did is perfectly stupid.

Anyway...that's my rant for the day.