Nine Inch Nails is back. Fans have known for sometime that the industrial rock group would making its return to music for several months, but their powerful performance at Lollapalooza last weekend solidified the reality. The 90-minute set marked their first show in North America since 2009 and featured new, heavy hitting tracks tossed in with a handful of their decorated classics.
The band debuted new songs such as "Copy of A," "Find My Way," and the new single "Come Back Haunted" from their upcoming eighth studio album Hesitation Marks. In case you missed the earth shattering performance and had to hear about it from overly enthusiastic, obnoxious friends who had "the best weekend our lives," you can now watch it in its entirety. Check out it out below, but be sure to carve and hour and a half away from your day, because you're going to want to stay until the end.
In the spring, frontman Trent Reznor posted a personal note to his devoted fans on the Nine Inch Nails website officially announcing their return. "I've been less than honest about what I've really been up to lately. For the last year I've been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly f****** great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!"
Nine Inch Nails have had a long and unstable history. They first broke into the mainstream with their 1994 release, their first since 1989, The Downward Spiral, which debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at the number two spot. But Reznor didn't adjust well to his newly found fame.
He openly admitted his dislike for performing at large venues and suffered from a serious heroin and alcohol addiction due to social anxiety disorder and depression. The bands follow up album, The Fragile, debuted in 1999 at number one on the charts, selling 228,000 copies in its first week. The album was written and recorded amidst Reznor's heroin bout. His dark, twisted lyrics and raw, dissonant industrial beats attracted audiences, as it gave an eerie glimpse into Reznor's distorted mind.
Despite the band's farewell tour, Reznor claims that the band never ceased. "I never said that that wasn't going to happen, just that it couldn't go on as it was," he told Rolling Stone. And his statement rings true. They're back and they're here to stay.
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