Why trent reznor is a douche

But thank you, for telling me how I should… and how you think Reznor should too, btw. Were you aware that calling a person a troll is highly subjective.

From my perspective, it appears that Reznor has called Andrea a troll as a smokescreen to draw away from the message. Have you taken the time to comprehend what the real issue is here? Your comment above is an ad hominem strategy — a ploy to divert away from the real issue; which is that fame and fortune does not exempt one from following the rules like the rest of us.

You do realise that Reznor calling Andrea a troll is exactly what you describe in the above quote, right? Are you sure you understand what unbiased means? Not that this really makes much of a difference, With Teeth blew as did his ambient-music-done-wrong album. Year Zero was just unlistenable. Still, I might have at least been mildly curious about his new offerings before he flipped his shit on Twitter.

Seeing this new side of Reznor is way more entertaining than the Year Zero ad campaign. If he reads it or has , OK fine. In my first letter to him, that was exactly how I started it.

I wont lie. I then re-wrote it minus that line. And then, the myspace comment he had left to Stenchie truly shocked me not sure why though. My reasons for writing this, yes are more personal than his actions lately, but they go hand in hand.

Your letter is awesome and has received s of hits. You rock girl! That really means a lot coming from you! It still feels like I left something out from it. I love your blogs, your opinions and the way you put it out there. And you most definitely rock as well!!

I hope the good response you got here wakes the writer inside you. Let it flow, you got it in you! In future, if you ever want me to post anything for you I will gladly. Thank you again for trust me enough to let me post this letter for you. Never discard anything you wrote! Save it. You dont have to publish everything. Write on sister!

Sarah Why would it make you disinclined to follow future musical work by Reznor? Imagine what the personalities of other musicians you listen to are like. Half of them are probably no better than his. He just chose to show everyone what he was really like. Does that make him any worse than a celebrity who chooses to hide the fact that they can be an absolute douche bag at times? The emotional impact I felt is gone, now that I know it was mostly a sham.

Many artists are much more upfront about their personalities and shortcomings. He carefully cultivated an image to match his lyrics. But for some reason, he threw that aside on Twitter and decided to let loose with every childish, petty, and tacky impulse he had. Though other artists might have as many faults, they at least are courteous enough to not take their insecurities out on the public. I do realize everything I said was of course my opinion and I would never state it as fact.

Now, lets move on. I would like to point out that I never said that this letter should not have been written, I said that in response to your free speech comment jokingly. Again not criticizing the author or the message just the route taken. Not at all, I would rather a more respectful tone when criticizing ANYONE and in agreeing with the message of the letter I obviously believe this should apply to Reznor addressing other people. Then the message would be more personal and perhaps more meaningful.

This is the premise of my argument. It was people bugging him that made him say all these ridiculous comments. Obviously the trolling and hateful twitter messages and emails pissed him off to the point where he said these things. Why not stop the original trolling assholes!?

Why not stop trolling yourselves!? Help me understand why! You get pissed about what he says but I see people write back things as bad if not worse! R u kidding me??? This is crazy…a fanous man in a band.. In internet terms it means its as old as dinosaurs. Nonetheless, thanks for taking the time to read it and comment.

However, some of the fans have it wrong. If you are pretending he has no right to privacy for being a rockstar, how would you like it if it were the other way around? He has the right to not feel stalked or harassed or you to be a douche over his wife. He makes more money that you. Reznor is underneath it all still a person.

A sensitive one at that. If anything, Trent was probably right about whoever wrote this piss poor excuse for a sulky letter. I am not Trent Reznor nor any of his friends nor any of his bandmates. As a matter of fact, I could care less about him or any musician or any superstars. They mean nothing to me. He seems to do best when inspired by other music.

I think he lost that when becoming too famous, dealing with fans and lost his own inner fan which is why he probably hates not only fandom but himself for losing his own spark for sounds.

Errr… yeah…. But many thanks for the assay. Many of his asshole fans may not believe you, but I most certainly do. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Twitter Facebook.

Share this: Twitter Facebook Reddit. And I think our record of commitment to him is pretty demonstrable. To a certain extent, Trent is a performance artist. I can only speculate. Then it was other things. Look, I feel terrible. Rock News Advertising Staff Podcasts.

Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? It's a standard business move, done for lots of reasons, and not always due to troubles. A band might have a falling out with a label, but in most cases, it's not something ever brought out into public. Trent Reznor, however, has had public disputes with his labels not once, but twice. Pretty Hate Machine was their first really big success, and with the band's second album, they wanted more of the same. He eventually recorded 's Broken EP in secret and worked out a deal with a second label, Interscope, to release it in with TVT under a partnership.

Naturally, the EP's lyrics are basically a big middle finger to his old label. The band's relationship with Interscope actually lasted much longer, about 15 years, but after the release of 's Year Zero , Reznor grew angry about international pricing of his albums specifically in Australia and once again publicly trashed his label, according to Rolling Stone , which he left shortly after.

Hopefully, this won't happen a third time, because the band's record label since has been Reznor's self-owned label, The Null Corporation, and Reznor publicly calling himself out would be weird. When news that Nine Inch Nails was being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced for , one big question hung over the celebration — who, out of the band's dozens of members, would actually be admitted?

While Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are the only permanent members, the band has included numerous touring and studio musicians. Part of the reason for this, at least according to one of the band's earliest touring members, Richard Patrick, is because, well, Reznor's kind of a jerk.

While it's been rumored for years that Reznor was hard to work with, Patrick, after being denied a spot in the band's roster for the Hall of Fame, said in an interview he ended up leaving Nine Inch Nails specifically because of the frontman, according to Consequence of Sound.

Between Reznor's attitude and his own musical ambitions, Patrick was already fed up. It came to a head when, on a recording break, Reznor advised Patrick to deliver pizzas for extra cash. Patrick quit the band shortly after in to form his own band, Filter, which became popular in its own right. Considering many other members of the band have only stuck around for a few years or so, it seems like that rumor might have some truth.

While recording for the Nine Inch Nails' Broken EP and the band's second album, The Downward Spiral, Trent Reznor had his eye on a very specific place where he wanted to record — Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, better known as the location of the Tate-LaBianca murders, where actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski lived, and also where followers of cult leader Charles Manson murdered Tate and several guests who were at the house with her.

One of the more infamous scenes from these killings was the word "Pig" written in Tate's blood on the home's front door. Reznor found out the home was available for rent for cheap for obvious reasons and immediately signed the lease, according to Rolling Stone. He claimed not to know it was the Tate house before moving in, but once he did find out, he pretty tastelessly started calling his home studio "Le Pig. While he presumably did this to seem dark and edgy, it kind of backfired on him when, one day, he got a visit from Patti Tate, Sharon's sister.

She confronted him very plainly. He moved out of the house soon after. The home was demolished and a new one built on the same site a few months later. By far Nine Inch Nails' most popular album, The Downward Spiral spawned numerous singles including "Closer," which received significant radio and MTV play despite literally having the F-word repeated multiple times throughout its chorus.

The album is their highest-selling, at almost 4 million copies, per Spin , and brought them worldwide attention. Not only that, but it's one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 90s and of the band's whole career.

The concept behind this album is particularly disturbing, however. The songs and lyrics are all meant to tell the story of a man's slow descent into depression and self-destruction, i.

He grows angrier at himself, religion, and even his personal relationships as he falls deeper into self-loathing. There's no happy ending, either, as the final songs on the album, the title track, and "Hurt," strongly imply the main character finally succumbs to his depression and suicidal urges, ending his own life. Throughout Nine Inch Nails' success in the s, Trent Reznor maintained a heavy addiction to alcohol and drugs, namely cocaine.

This wasn't exactly secret, as a number of the band's songs imply or directly reference substance abuse. Reznor also, as previously mentioned, suffered from his own fight with depression.

This led to a lot of destructive behavior on his own part, such as frequently ending most of the band's live shows by destroying all of the equipment on stage.