There
have been several attempts over the years at providing concert, setlist,
and live recording info for the NIN taping, trading, and collecting community.
Some of the better ones were NIN Historian and The Art of Self Destruction
(RIP). Trading sites like db.etree provide good recording info as well. The
biggest problem is that none of them have been comprehensive or regularly
updated or always accurate.
I got into trading game a little late (2005) but since then have tracked down a
vast majority of circulating live recordings and have compiled a ton of
information spread out over dozens of text files and Excel spreadsheets. Rather
than let it sit on my computer, I thought I'd share it with the rest of the NIN
trading community.
This site is not meant to be fancy. No doubt, you will notice my rudimentary
web designing skills. This site is primarily my attempt at keeping
as comprehensive and accurate of an informational website as possible.
Secondly, I am using this site to try and acquire as many live recordings as I
can (to eventually share of course). See wanted recordings.
I wanted to have this page finished by my self imposed deadline 10/21/88; the
20th anniversary of the first Nine Inch Nails concert, but I've had a ton of
previous commitments volunteering for candidates here in Michigan for the
upcoming US elections which have eaten up most of my free time. I should have
this site completed by year's end, probably earlier. Who thought going through
every live recording of a Nine Inch Nails concert would take so long? There are
only about 400!
There are certainly mistakes on this page, both in terms of content and layout.
Please let me know what I did wrong. If you have additional content you think
should be added please let me know. I'd really like input from other tapers and
traders.
The site has two main ways of organizing recordings and concert info, by Tour
and by Topic.
PART 1 by Tour, each page is divided into three parts.
1. A list of all concerts during that tour and whether or not a recording of
that show is in circulation. If there is nothing written next to the show, that
means I am unaware of a recording so please don't ask. If you know for sure
that I am missing any recordings please let me know. This section also lists
band members and other info about the tour.
2. A spreadsheet with all setlists for that tour. I tried to align all of the
shows like a DNA or protein sequence alignment so that with a quick glance you
can see setlist variations. This only works with tours where the setlist is
similar throughout. The first leg of With Teeth 2005 and Performance 2007 have
highly variable setlists which makes an alignment impractical.
3. A detailed look at each recording, including quality, duration, and any
silver pressed bootlegs. For shows with video footsage, I am including screen
shots. I try to include distinguishing features of each show so that shows with
identical setlists can be identified. This is usually something Trent says to
the audience or some sort of mishap, like fireworks or equipment breaking.
Obviously, this section will take the longest and is not complete for some of
the tours.
I have made significant headway with tours from 1988-1996 as well as the current
Lights in the Sky Tour. Fragility, With Teeth, and Performance 2007 will take
the longest to do and will be finished last.
Part 2 by topic, I have pages specifically devoted to things like, songs played,
soundboard recordings, samples used during shows, number of shows by country and
other fun facts.
Enjoy!
Greg (gladcarrot) gladcarrot@gmail.com gladcarrot on Echoing the Sound, Dimeadozen, and Demonoid