FRESH RAGE

Related Content

• In Defense Of Dave Grohl
  February 17, 2012
• Oddsmaking: Should The Grammys Just Give The Album Of The Year Award To Adele Now?
  February 9, 2012
• The Grammys: Rock and Grohl
  February 15, 2012
• Oddsmaking: Will Louis C.K. Or Lonely Island Overtake "Weird Al" And Win Best Comedy Album?
  February 10, 2012
• The Allman Brothers Band
  March 7, 2012

More About

• Trent Reznor
• Justin Timberlake
• Dave Grohl
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media
• Celebrity News

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

With Dave Grohl courting Grammys, Billy Corgan squashing his own legacy, and Chris Cornell aping Justin Timberlake, Trent Reznor is looking like a mighty respectable alternative-nation ambassador nowadays. Free from the major-label slaughterhouse, the doomy hothead is riding an Internet-fueled creative crest that includes meandering instrumental wank sessions (Ghosts I-IV) and brutal signs of fresh rage (The Slip). Though the Nine Inch Nailssound hasn’t progressed much since H.W. swore in back in 1989, Reznor’s wonky attitude toward technology, distribution schemes, and Chinese Olympics–style opening-ceremony LED blind-sides lend his enterprise a winning illusion of evolution. Reznor gets older, but his angst stays the same age.
Wed., Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., 2008