Post #2703554
2026-05-06 07:01 UTC
For the onetime leader of the “industrial [rock] movement,” as SPIN crowned him and NIN in 1992, he ain’t no Al Jourgensen, whose chemically engineered multi-drummer Ministry then absolutely wiped the floor with Reznor.
But, Reznor is a fucking inspiration for showing that none of the above matters when one’s will and vision are honed so diamond hard that a creative force can become way way way way more than the sum of its parts. 2/4
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@ownlife@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 07:01
That’s how Reznor pushed through from the contrived highs of Pretty Hate Machine to the true extremes of 1992’s Broken and 1994’s Downward Spiral, as well as a wealth of evocative ambient music, and how through the 1990s and beyond this profoundly driven nerd on the tools became a refitter and creative resuscitator for lost old stars including David Bowie and Gary Numan. And then there’s the Reznor who, with Atticus Ross, made movie scores matter again. 3/4