Nine Inch Nails : tombée de rideau provisoire ?

Une page se tourne dans le monde de l’indus! Trent Reznor a officialisé la fin – qu’on espère réversible, de Nine Inch Nails et ce, après 20 ans de créations, productions et autres performances qui auront élevé le phénoménal Reznor au rang de “génie” de la musique actuelle.

A la fois très respectueux de ceux qui l’ont précédé et inspiré, et irrévérencieux à l’égard de l’industrie du disque et des mass médias; doté d’un ego subversif, volontaire et indomptable, Trent Reznor se détache finalement du projet artistique qui l’a porté aux nues.

Pour faire quoi ensuite? Il ne précise pas ses intentions. Probablement dans la production – Marylin Manson, Saul Williams, Jane’s addiction (?), Bowie dans ses bagages… peut-être une nouvelle identité sonore , à la Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) et son mystérieux The Tuss? Ou bien, une retraite anticipée pour aller siffler des margaritas dans un Jacuzzi au fin fond d’une résidence close et gardée pour vieux friqués???

Non… peu probable, en tout cas pas souhaitable…

Donc, 2009 sera l’année de la “tournée d’adieux” de NIN! On vous communiquera les dates dès qu’elles seront disponibles… D’ici là, vous pourrez passer en revue les 27 “halos” (surnom donné à chaque projet artistique de Nine Inch Nails), de 89 à aujourd’hui, en guettant la base de données vidéo géante que l’équipe de Reznor cherche à réunir sur le site officiel… Dernier contrepied aux positions d’Universal, vis-à-vis des droits que la major détient sur la plus grande partie des productions du projet NIN… Pour mémoire, en 2007, Reznor avait encouragé son public australien à voler l’album “Year zero” tellement il trouvait le prix de vente excessif!

Ci-dessous ses propos tirés du site officiel…

2.16.09: A note from Trent and a wave goodbye

“Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term “alternative” rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend – truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the “next level” (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.

Fast forward to the present. Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original Jane’s lineup play a tiny show in LA that was unbelievable. I break out my Jane’s records and am amazed by how vital they sound. These guys were the real deal and in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs and pussies it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE.
Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we’re in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they’re in the same room.

In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year’s “Lights in the Sky” tour was something I’m quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year – much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane’s to see if they’d want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Are there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope.
Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does.
Look for tour dates soon and I hope to see you out there.”

Trent Reznor – Nine Inch Nails