Thursday, August 14, 2008

NIN - industrial xylophone....

WOW... Nine Inch Nails put on a FANTASTIC show last night. I was impressed for the 35th time... Not only did they play great and put on a killer light show BUT the Gwinnett Center actually sounded good. (Even though it was only 2/3 full)

Trent came out playing songs from his new, FREE, album and they sounded great. He then went into some older stuff, and then they did a set change and they played an instrumental set of 5 - 6 songs from Ghosts I-IV. Really pulled it off well. Interesting point here was that Trent actually played Industrial Xylophone (actually it is called something like a miramba, but what the hell do I know - It's a Fucking Xylophone) and Tito Puente would be proud of him (I think that was the Cuban salsa xylophone player from the 50's and 60's) That just shows his versatility. Later in the show his guitarist, Robin Fricke (from ATL) actully played Industrial Banjo on March of the Pigs. WOW... I had never seen that before.

Show rocked and my ears were still ringing this morning. Thats a sign that Gwinnett Center has made the much needed changes to their sound system. NOW the only issue with the Gwinnett Center is the freaking 1hr 40min drive it takes to get there....

I know Trent made some major $$$ last night but I would have much rather seen him for 2 nights at the Tabernacle or 5 shows at the Masquerade...

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