Nine Inch Nails

Greg Site Admin

Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:40 pm · #442111

2005/08/17 - Melbourne, AUS [Rod Laver Arena]

Please post your photos, setlists, stories, and rantings about this show here! You do not need to register to post in this thread, but if you already have an account, it is recommended to log in. Registered users can upload photos.

-Greg

P.S. The subtitle is courtesy of eatyourblud.

Flibble

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:32 pm · #442919

Just got back from the show. Fantastic.
Pretty much the same set as Tokyo, but they played a couple of extras (Dead Souls, TDTWWA).
Only wasn't played

kungfuonion

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:33 pm · #442921

just back now. awesome stuff! people were in disbelief that the show ended as swiftly as it did. lots of old stuff. almost the entire upper section was curtained off, so, rod laver seemed much, much smaller. set looks pretty similar to the recent shows; opened with wish, ended with head like a hole, no encore. houselights went straight on. good stuff!

Flibble

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:35 pm · #442922

Yeah, they sort of didn't play up the "false ending" after Hurt, so it just... ended. Saw it coming, since it was pretty much the standard set.

Who else got lost in the outer courts after the show?

kungfuonion

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:35 pm · #442923

also neglected to mention birdblobs were really, really bad. i mean, really bad. got a big cheer when they said they were finished. then they gave the crowd the finger. sure, if you were a good band who played a good set, and the crowd was being shitty, you could justify telling them to get fucked. but, they must know deep down that they should just pack it in. what a bunch of idiots.

Flibble

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:39 pm · #442926

My Bird Blobs experience: Hearing them in the background while standing in the merch queue. Perfect!

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:52 pm · #442937

Great show!11!! DEAD SOULS!!1111!

Sorry to sound like a 14 year old AOL user. I'll post better comments later!

kungfuonion

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:13 pm · #442949

sounded like he was using an ebow... too loudly.

Mickey G

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:29 pm · #442961

I just got back from NIN just now
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.... dont want to sound like a poppy bitch, but fuck that was the most awesome live show i've ever seen, it totally shit on the fragility tour which i saw at Big Day Out 5 years ago,
umm where to start well they opened with Pinion, and then moved into Wish, then Sin and then Line begins to blur, and the whole show became a sort of blur after that, but every song played was fucking awesome.

I'm not just saying this either, their selection of tracks was unexpected, but very good in the same respect.. like they played reptile, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen they played reptile, fuck i love nine inch nails... but yeah, the lighting was astounding almost blinded me in a few sections, but on the whole created a very awesome atmosphere.

The band played for two hours without a break, and every second was of it was INSANE, the energy of the band was like amazing, they were all over the place, and they played pretty close to perfection... the crowd was great in the stands, but the pit left something to be desired, i donno if it was coz of all the teeny boppers, but whatever they still didn't change how crazy the show was.

they played Burn, and you could sort of tell only 25% of the crowd actually recognized that song, but Dead Souls went off its tits, oh and Home was the most unexpected surprise but it was just fuckin crazy... they played Something I can Never Have, the day the whole world went away, love is not enough, the hand that feeds, the frail leading into the wretched ofcourse, hurt(but it wasn't last, which was good). They finished on head like a hole.. o and starfuckers and closer were in there somewhere, i was kinda too busy being gobsmacked to remember the order... well yea

hope you all like the review, though its not much of a review, kinda gives you an idea of how much of a good time i had

Mickey G

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:39 pm · #442967

Man, i know i already said it, but REPTILE WENT OFF LIKE A FROG IN A WET SOCK! IT WAS CRAZY!!!!

o and i think trent still has alot of respect for melbourne, i remember from the Fragility tour him saying just how much he liked melbourne, and you sort of got hints of it tonight, like before home he said "Its great to be back, its been a long time" then straight into home, perfect...

PalaNIN Bricklayer

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:45 pm · #442970

Wow. That show was insanely cool. First time I've seen NIN live, and it went better than I expected. They seemed to play a lot more songs than I originally thought - the set went for about 2 hours.

Unfortunately, I thought Trent was a bit disappointed in the crowd - several times he (purposely?) didn't sing, and I felt like I was the only one who knew the words. I agree with what Mickey G said, there seemed to be a fair few teeny boppers who had no idea about NIN's catalog. I found a few guys in the pit from Adelaide (if you're reading this, yes I am the guy who you invited to the after-party, sorry but I have a uni assigment due) who seemed like true blue fans, but apart from that, the front of the pit was fairly bland.

I'm really annoyed by the fact that they sold out of lithographs after the show, I desperately wanted one! I got a t-shirt anyway, so I'm happy.

Oh, and Reptile fucking rocked. It's amazing how some songs just completely change and affect you differently when performed live.

Angy Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:49 pm · #442973

about five songs longer than osaka i think

tolly Bricklayer

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:56 pm · #442976

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen, perfect night...
well i was second row right in front of trent, yes 100% destroyed trent..

and let me tell u it was worth it

set list was good 2 hours of great songs
(i was the one screaming reptile in between a couple of songs before it, lol couldnt help myself..
my part of the pit was smoking.. nearly died about 10 times, loved it and i'm 20 and not a teeny bopper

anyways heres a go

wish
sin
line begins to blur
march of the pigs
something i can never have
hand that feeds
with teeth
terrible lie
burn
closer
reptile
home
the frail
the wretched
dead souls
suck
love is not enough
the day the world went away
gave up
hurt
you know what u r
star fuckers
head like a hole

thank u very much...

well worth the wait!!!
seeu all in bris monday

Angy Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:56 pm · #442977

we've had a crack at reassembling the set list from our exploded brains

wish
sin
march of the pigs
the line begins to blur
something i can never have
the hand that feeds
witha teetha
love is not enough
terrible lie
reptile
the frail
the wretched
home
closer
gave up
burn
suck
dead souls
the day the world went away
hurt
do you know who you are?
starfuckers
head like a hole

naut Prince Adept

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:56 pm · #442978

The setlist was more like that in Mexico, it was really long. They gave some out at the end so I'm sure someone managed to get one.

I'm too tired to post much at the moment but I will say it was cool to meet some ETS people, even though we had to put up with some absolute fuckwits in line

I was disappointed a little not to hear any new WT airings.

Oh, and I think its total bullshit that they were letting in non Spiral members to the Spiral meet and greet. That's supposed to be a "reward" for paying members and I really don't like the fact if you wheedle up to Sully or whoever in a tiny little dress you can get in.

edit: TLBTB was before MOTP, Home was before The Frail/The Wretched, Reptile was after The Wretched

Angy Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:58 pm · #442980

tolly's is better than mine

naut Prince Adept

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:00 pm · #442982

Ugh, the pit was awful, I couldn't get to the barrier so I got out to where I had a bit more space. I had some guy behind me with his hands on my shoulders using me as leverage to jump around-yeah, thanks. I always went right down the back of the front section-you had an excellent view down there, worth watching the whole show from that position.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:11 pm · #442990

hey naut, sorry if I punched you in the pit

I was wearing the "BeerMan" shirt!!

naut Prince Adept

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:14 pm · #442992

nah the guy behind me using me for leverage had a NIN shirt on.

tolly Bricklayer

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:20 pm · #443000

hope that wasnt me...
i had a downward spiral shirt on, but yeh, everyone was everywhere, some guy had his hand in my pocket at one stage tryin to get my wallet i swear, oh well hope his hand hurts now, haha

is it just me or did trent seem pissed off about 2/3'rds in of the set, he kept giving jordie evil looks

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:21 pm · #443001

i caught one of the four drum sticks that where thrown into the crowd!! All those years of footy training paid off!

absentgina Master Traveler

Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:48 pm · #443015

Perfect show.. Disappointing crowd tho.. I didn't expect the band to be so tight. Reptile, Suck, TLBTB.. The Wretched got the crowd going in the stands..
so tired..

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:17 pm · #443034

Hey pigs...

Someone's car.

Pants.

Charlie and Justin from wagga. good folk. they'll be joining up to see this pic, so welcome guys!

some Ternt guy...

For Orestes..a long lost cousin of that gal you snapped?

Full review tomorrow. and surprises. great meeting Rimb, Sickamongthepure and Bobble.

we saw soundcheck and got our shit signed.

TO ALL AARON NAYSAYERS- YOU SUCK. HE IS THE FUCKING SHIT! How good was it when he jumped on Alessandro's keyboards? technically he was spot on all night, WAYYYYY improved and a top notch fella who is great to shitrave to.

A million highlights, what a fucking night. GAVE UP came with real verse effects this time, just like the record. can't remember when i last heard it like that live! booyah. heard an audio boot from this dude on the way out, full of character and i want it but the audio was bass heavy and overloaded at times, sounds like the guy had the mic level set to low, but it sounds great otherwise.

Some gossip- Rob Sheridan got bottled in japan by some fuckwad at a bar, several stitches to his sliced up nose. the tour guys got called with the news "your video guy is bleeding to death" so they went and got him. Didn't happen on the Summersonic site, it was at a bar later.

gotta get some sleep.

nympholept Master ad Vitam

Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:31 pm · #443039

Hey, I'm cam, the guy with the blue shirt, and the black hair, was in line since noon

Setlist rocked, stage presence was pretty good, our spot slightly right of Aaron was good, minimal injuries.
Awesome show, very pleased, getting photos back tomorrow.
Awesome group of people in the line for 8 hours! Pity how at the end a lot of people just joined the queue anywhere!
A few other bad things of course, but it all turned out ok in the end, and that's all that counts, so i won't list them.
The afterparty wasn't too bad either, but i couldn't stay long.

All up: awesome.
Sydney forecast: awesome.

I think the meathead PDFs i printed out went down well, but i couldn't find hte box for the feedback forms

and I'll try to remember to pick up another few boxes of lollies of the sydney queue

Congrats on the drumstick hughman!
Mickey G, he says "great to be back, been a long time" at all the shows

edit: also, in case you missed it, Trent says that they will be back to Australia later in this tour, in about a year.
I know he's said stuff like that before, but i trust him because he's sober now

edit: the earplugs worked, my ears feel fine!
tim: my eyes are fine, but the lights weren't pointed directly at me

Tim

Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:58 pm · #443304

Does anyone elses eyes hurt? Great show, even if the lights were blinding (I did like 'bow down' motion they made durring 'Head like a hole', though).

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:20 pm · #443328

Anyone know what the official attendance was? the place looked bloody small once they curtained off all the upper stalls. i got told under 7,000 tickets sold, just over half of capacity. so a return tour may not be a monty. probably another BDO show in january by the looks of it.

Bloody young crowd, we felt old. gotta go work and make some money, all i want to do is sleep.

nympholept Master ad Vitam

Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:36 pm · #443345

eatyourblud wrote:so a return tour may not be a monty. probably another BDO show in january by the looks of it.

Yeah, you may be right there, or maybe just a smaller venue next time, but BDO wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility

eatyourblud wrote:Bloody young crowd, we felt old.

I saw a few older (late 20's+) looking people scattered around GA
The funniest part of the night, apart from Aaron's antics, had to have been the kids, who were obviously new fans, complaining afterwards that they didn't play enough stuff from With Teeth - which probably explains why The Hand That Feeds and Don't You Know What You Are went off so much.

Hughman, if at all possible, can you ask any of the band if they were happy with the crowd response in Melbourne?

Matty A wrote:Seeing the soundcheck in front of 60 people was one of the highlights of my musical life.
*snip*
(then my musical life became complete when they hit)
WISH !!!

Agreed, Wish at the soundcheck was also the highlight of my night!
You were pointed out to me, but when i walk away from the computer, i forget everyone's screennames

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:45 pm · #443352

wow. simply wow!

we arrived at 12:30 and lined up, good old bonding sessions

the day went on and on, more people pushed in front of us, ANNOYING.
But for some reason everyone was lined up from the side rather than directly in front where there were 3 entrances...so when the gates finally opened we quickly shuffled over to one of the unoccupied lines and ended up being one of the first groups let in

:D:D
a quick run into the arena, pickup an armband and more lining up(this time in front!) b4 the internal gates were opened

well, all i can say is, the drama starts here.
we got situated directly in front of trent, against the barrier, my g/f in front of me, who unfortunately 10mins b4 the gig started, started throwing up(don't ask, her body hates her

) and had to leave :\
she ended up seeing most of the concert, but a few times back n forth to the medical tent

but aside from all that downside, the concert was amazing, being against the barrier in front of Trent was well, fucking worth it haha, i think i got like 3 badly taken disposeable camera photos taken(had to avoid security guards who were infront of us all night)

have to say i was personally hoping for Only so i could get my funk on

but who cares it rocked eitherway

after the concert i went manically looking for my g/f as i hadn't seen her since she'd been pulled out, finally we found each other in one of those romantic scenes where the boy and girl run to each other and kiss, except replace kiss with g/f gag and nearly throw-up again

but alas our night wasn't finsihed, one of my friends came bolting out with an after party pass, who amazingly knowing how unlucky and big a fan my g/f was, gave it to her

According to g/f!
Trent was not at the after party(Which seems to be the do lately)
Jerome was lovely and gave her a kiss on the cheek cause she'd been sick

I beleive Aaron was nice to and allowed her to get a photo so i'll post when i get this disposeable piece of crap developed! But yeah, sounded rocking and a nice replacement to her night after being pulled out of an awesome position & 8 or so hours of waiting!

Edit: Sorry for all the smilies! haha

schteph. Prince Adept

Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:52 pm · #443358

There's a review in the Age today, attendance according to them was 6,500 which sounds accurate! Although I don't know what the reviewer was on but he got his facts a little wrong!

Woooooo TR said Happy Birthday to me!

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:02 am · #443360

What a great day!

The meet and greet was awesome. At soundcheck they played:
(a song before we got in - not sure)
Love Is Not Enough
The Frail > The Wretched
Dead Souls
TDTWWA (intro, then aborted)
Wish

All the band members were friendly and happy to chat (especially Jerome and Alessandro) and I got my With Teeth vinyl signed by the whole band and The Downward Spiral vinyl signed by Trent.

Alessandro is excited about touring with QOTSA and looking forward to rehearsing some new songs for the US tour. I asked him if he was going to do any production/remix work for NIN and he wasn't sure, but he did say that apparently there's stuff ready to go, so it was nice to hear that from a band member!

The show itself was great, although there didn't seem to be too much energy from the crowd. I didn't mind as I was able to get pretty close without getting squashed, but I wonder if the band felt it was a bit flat?
Setlist highlight was definitely Reptile, but many others as well, with a good mix from all eras.

My girlfriend and sister got backstage passes as they walked in, and decided to use them (despite the fact that they were there with my free tickets and are not even fans!). From their accounts it was a room with about 40 girls and 6 guys also with passes. 1 VB (!) each and the band (minus Trent) drifted in after a while. Aaron was more interested in his Blackberry and after a while Jerome disappeared with 5 girls and everyone else just sort of left.

Anyway it was a great day and was cool to meet eatyourblud (as well as Dave Callan from Triple J who was along for the ride with the comp winners!).
Sorry I didn't get to say hi to any other ETS'ers, but you may have seen me dressed as a tall guy with a Melvins t-shirt

Twiggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:15 am · #443369

Awesome show...

Similar to the Japan setlists with a few extra songs.

I was hoping for "Every Day is Exactly The Same" or "Only" but they played an excellent range of songs from all of the albums.

Going to Sydney Friday so i hope they had in a few new songs. I'd like to see more Fragile songs played as well.

Twiggy

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:27 am · #443380

Anyway else think the sound guys fucked up the drum mix? way too prominent, overpowering almost. turn those toms down.

Matty A Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:27 am · #443382

Seeing the soundcheck in front of 60 people was one of the highlights of my musical life.

Love Is Not Enough
The Frail
The Wretched
(Jerome teased us w/ one sec of drums into then into)
Dead Souls
The Day The World Went Away
(then my musical life became complete when they hit)
WISH !!!

50 people and the floor to myself. Musical Utopia.

naut Prince Adept

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:36 am · #443390

I thought the crowd was a little uninterested too. Even during Starfuckers no one bar the front floor section seemed to get going.

However there were some people in the seats on the right of the stage going off which was good to see

oh god, that jeordie tshirt was horrible

aenimeric-parabol Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:44 am · #443394

Best night of my life. I'm so happy they played Reptile, Home, Dead Souls and The Day The World Went Away. I can't get over how great it was.

Matty A Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:45 am · #443396

Could have been better. They didn't play Piggy. Other than it was perfect.

naut Prince Adept

Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:40 am · #443454

Yeah I was a bit surprised at no Piggy. No big deal for me though.

theone333 Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:02 am · #443475

Flibble wrote:Just got back from the show. Fantastic.
Pretty much the same set as Tokyo, but they played a couple of extras (Dead Souls, TDTWWA).
Only wasn't played

just woke up.
That fact totally slipped my mind. FUCK. they should have played only instead of dead fucking souls.

theone333 Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:07 am · #443481

kungfuonion wrote:also neglected to mention birdblobs were really, really bad. i mean, really bad. got a big cheer when they said they were finished. then they gave the crowd the finger. sure, if you were a good band who played a good set, and the crowd was being shitty, you could justify telling them to get fucked. but, they must know deep down that they should just pack it in. what a bunch of idiots.

i disagree.
they wernt bad at all.
bad is going to see manson and getting mandy fucking kane as support. totally gay.

these guys had a lot of low end happening, drum and bass was pretty predominant i think. i thought it was pretty neat. only problem thatt by the end of their set..well i couldnt differentiate between much of their songs cos it all sounded the same.. but maybe thats because thats the first time iv ever heard their music.

theone333 Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:17 am · #443489

jolt cola wrote:just got off the phone to the gurb, he said it was awesome, and trent didnt do the head shake thingy through TLBTB.

also oz didnt study the guitarist during hurt.

err thate because trent is "god". didnt you know? heard that a few times in the pit. got to fucking CRINGE to that shit. do you think trent wants to hear that fucking gay shit? (the answer to that is no)

i could only see trent and jerome most times. i was near the middle of the pit. hardly saw jeodie cos he was so far left. most times trying to catch a glipse of aaran my view was obstructed. alessandro i could see, but he didnt do too much behind the keys when i did look.

the whole front of the pit looked soo tightly packed it wasnt funny. couldnt see anyone move. i was a little way back and had a lot of room to jump and move around. i enjoyed myself.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:49 am · #443529

nympholept wrote:
I saw a few older (late 20's+) looking people scattered around GA

Hughman, if at all possible, can you ask any of the band if they were happy with the crowd response in Melbourne?

I will ask the question nympholept. It was a very young crowd, I felt out of it as I'm 31!!!

Mafu. Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:24 am · #443558

Just got back from Melbourne and my ears are still ringing!

It was simply amazing.

I will put more into a review of the show through they eyes of me later, but for now, it was great to finally put some faces to the names. I am fairly certain that I saw Hughman standing up in the GA section when we were waiting for Bird Blobs to do their thing (when everyone was sitting) and I was also quite annoyed with teh attitude of some people in the line and those that 'thought' they were in the line.

Special shout-out to Cam, Megan and the Adelaide boys, you guys made it awesome!

Matty A Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:08 am · #443585

theone333 wrote:they should have played only instead of dead fucking souls.

Never bag on Dead Souls. If anything they could have dropped SUCK, BURN or even HOME, but not DEAD SOULS for PIGGY. PIGGY would have completed the perfect show for mine.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:10 am · #443588

Matty A wrote:
theone333 wrote:they should have played only instead of dead fucking souls.
Never bag on Dead Souls. If anything they could have dropped SUCK, BURN or even HOME, but not DEAD SOULS for PIGGY. PIGGY would have completed the perfect show for mine.

Hey! leave Suck, Home and Burn out of this!

Dropping bloody Starfuckers for once would have been better. over it. was years ago.

Matty A Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:12 am · #443590

Yes agreed, they could have dropped Starfuckers as well. SO over that one....

theone333 Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:38 am · #443606

Matty A wrote:Yes agreed, they could have dropped Starfuckers as well. SO over that one....

i am in agreement on this, although was still good. would have liked more fragile tracks though(perhaps next time!)
even closer i could do without... sorry but dead souls doesnt to it for me..but i love burn..meh... everyone has different opinions.

samiam Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:47 am · #443608

They didn't do 'Only'...completely sucks. He better do it either Friday or Saturday night.

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:54 am · #443615

samiam wrote:They didn't do 'Only'...completely sucks. He better do it either Friday or Saturday night.

Have they played it anywhere yet? If not, then it's not a chance until the US tour.

Grentarc Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:13 am · #443627

HEy,
Great show, agree that starfuckers should have been substituted for something else.

Thanks eatyourblud for sticking the photo of us ( Justin & Charli) up!

tolly Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:51 am · #443648

stop complaining and just be happy u got to see them and they played over 20 songs, thats just fucking rad.

Dopefinger Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:52 am · #443649

Did the meet and greeters get to take photos with the boyz? I just brought a new digital camera, epecially for the occasion (although i was planning to get one for my birthday next month anyway) and I will be crushed if they get all gestapo about photo ops.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night in Sydney- I'll be the old skinny bastard in the brown Primus T-shirt.... I don't think anyone else will have one of those on.

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:59 am · #443655

tolly wrote:stop complaining and just be happy u got to see them and they played over 20 songs, thats just fucking rad.

Agreed.

I went not knowing what to expect. I hadn't heard any bootlegs from any of the shows this year. I went in fresh, and it was amazing. I thought I was going to die from too much light exposure during Wish. Heh, great show, glad I went.

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:03 am · #443657

Dopefinger wrote:Did the meet and greeters get to take photos with the boyz? I just brought a new digital camera, epecially for the occasion (although i was planning to get one for my birthday next month anyway) and I will be crushed if they get all gestapo about photo ops.

Check your PMs

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:28 am · #443665

Grentarc wrote:HEy,
Great show, agree that starfuckers should have been substituted for something else.

Thanks eatyourblud for sticking the photo of us ( Justin & Charli) up!

hey guys, glad you could make it! pm me your email addy and i'll send ya the full size pic, that one was reduced by 50%.

29k Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:50 am · #443688

What a night! I'm sore all over atm. We got tickets in the NIN pre-sale, but our tickets were on the side, the row before the curtain (WTF?). But we were jumping around most of the time up there, doing more movements than it looked like the pit was doing. Just wishing for a time machine to do it over again

...might right a slightly more decent post once I calm down

rustybones Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:31 am · #443700

Well shit that show completely blew me away, I felt that was much better than their effort at the BDO in 2000, but then again this was their own gig under control.

Dead Souls was damn cool, it's a shame some people are bagging but oh well. Oh another thing, whoever the hell it was making out with their girlfriend all night in the mosh pit, you might want to consider somewhere a bit more private than say a Nine Inch Nails concert. It was really off putting trying to watch NIN with a couple directly in front of you making out and being all cute all night... kind of a strange atmosphere to be doing that.

If anyone cares I was the bald guy with the ginger beard wearing the 'Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters' tshirt last night, I apoligise if someone got a stray elbow from me in the mosh last night... though I'm pretty sure no one did.

Did anyone swing by Camailla's last night after the show? What was the deal with all the Police cars outside around 1am?

Oh and what was that web address of the person who thought they might be bootlegging the show? possible video too I remember reading in the upcoming shows thread.

And please people photos of the show would be great, I saw heaps of digital cameras there last night, I would love to see your photos!

Oh and one last thing - The Birdblobs, I admire them for taking up the challenge for opening for NIN infront of such a "hungry" crowd, and they struck it pretty rough, personally I didn't like them (their name speaks for itself), but hell they must've felt shit coming off the stage after that gig... poor guys I felt sorry for them...

Anyways that show kicked ass, it's said to hear Rob Sheridan got bottled though. Anyways bootlegs and photos, bring em on!

PalaNIN Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:31 am · #443701

God is Dead wrote:Awesome show. Fuck the teeny bopping shit heads in the pit. I laughed because nobody knew the words to 'Dead Souls,' 'Burn' and everyone was like 'WTF?' when 'Suck' came on. How amusing!

I know, I felt really cool when I was the only one singing! It was even more funny to see the people on the right of the stage in seating dancing and grooving to the songs - there was that asian guy with the white singlet doing these retarded fist pumps through the choruses. Now THAT was hilarious.

Edit: Here is the scan of the review in The Age today. (770kb)

Tom

Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:36 am · #443703

I went to the show with a friend, it was our first concert. Man, I was blown away! Even though I didn't get in the pit and was stuck in lower seating, it was still nice. I sure hope NIN come again next year...I'm definitely making sure I get GA!

Fucking awesome show. I was the Asian with a black jacket and a black shirt with zebras on it, if anyone of you happened to see me.

I also shouted out "GO TRENT!!!" during The Frail.

Great show, best songs of the night were definitely Terrible Lie, Closer/Only Time, Hurt and Head like a Hole.

FIST FUCK!

samiam Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:01 am · #443715

I think i may be too old to be in the pitt now... don't even have my old steel cap boots anymore ( which came to great use when i had to kick some iddiots in the knee caps at BDO in 2000)

Seeing pictures of the kids at the concerts now always gives me a laugh ( not as much as the guy in 2000 wearing leather and a mesh top in 40 degree heat...ROFL)

Cant wait for tomorrow night...and being an oldie i know alllllllllllllllllll the words...LOL

" They keep calling me"...see im singing already!

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:19 am · #443722

can someone tell who the pirate in the queue was?

backwards inside of me Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:20 am · #443723

I am hitching from melbourne to sydney....if anyone is interested please send email to kellihurley@hotmail.com

The guy from adelaide is a mate of mine , he friggin rocks....twiggy is ...oh nevermind..not resorting to teenybopper talk....for point of reference i was the girl in the In tyler we trust t-shirt...if anyone wants to see photos of trent will post them soon as I was in the front of the mosh right infront of the photogs when trent was posing.

Matty A Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:32 am · #443732

Gig Highlight - Something I Can Never Have...

"you make this all go away.." at the top of my lungs while all around were silent. unforgettable.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:41 am · #443735

Matty A wrote:Gig Highlight - Something I Can Never Have...

"you make this all go away.." at the top of my lungs while all around were silent. unforgettable.

I would say during starfuckers, everyone (in the front rows anyway) was screaming back at trent "DONT YOU, DONT YOU, DONT YOU, etc....." Trent put his hand up behind himself to stop Jerome from playing..until we were finished.

rustybones Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:58 am · #443740

hughman wrote:can someone tell who the pirate in the queue was?

Lol I forgot about that guy!! the one with the eye patch right?! Hehehe maybe he could only handle half a show?

Highlight was easily Dead Souls, shouting 'They keeping calling me' at the top of my lungs in the mosh.. mmmmm good times!

Though Burn was pretty interesting considering a lot of people around me were a bit lost as to where this track was from... Imagine if they had of played 'Get Down Make Love' as they did back in 2000, now that was funny... fuck all people at the BDO knew what NIN was covering/playing... hehe

slaytanik_x

Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:20 am · #443749

Excellent show. First time I have seen NIN and was blown away.

I was in seating so I took the opportunity to record the show with my mp3 player. It came out pretty well except my player died at the 82 minute mark meaning I missed the last few songs (everything after the beginning of The Day The World Went Away). After I clean it up and split the tracks I will be back here and will post a link for those who would like to download it

.

Downside of the night was the 2 annoying 15 year old goth bitches next to us. Spastic drunk and pretty much knew about 4 songs other than the with teeth stuff. Fucking annoying. I think I threatened to kill them too many times as they kept falling on me and actually fell forward on top of the people in the seats in front of us at one point. I think there was a lack of knowledge of the band's older material by the crowd overall

. The aforementioned girls turned to the guy behind them and actually asked "what song are they playing?" during Head like a Hole

. WTF?

backwards inside of me Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:38 am · #443755

anyone who wants pics of trent at melb concert email me ...this thing is to fucking annoying to figure out with no photoshop

backwards inside of me Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:40 am · #443756

at kellihurley@hotmail.com ....man i am tired.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:40 am · #443782

Nin was amazing still in awe of the whole experience, can't wait to see a bootleg copy. It was great to meet up with some etsers. Bit sad its over but who knows hopefully next year we’ll be watching nin live all over again

I was a bit disappointed by the pit though, at times I was singing at the top of my voice and it felt like I was the only one, especially during burn and something I can never have. There wasn't much mosh either, wish there had have been more enthusiasm. Definitely felt like the younger fans (the category I guess I fit into) didn't know the old nin either, I heard someone saying they were shocked to hear “that old song” sin.... But they play that heaps at concerts.
Personally I thought the bird blobs were great, it’s the first time I’ve enjoyed the supporting band that much, I really felt sorry for them being unprepared and all and copping all the shit they did from the crowd…. But I guess if your supporting its an unavoidable thing no matter how good you are.
Aaron was amazing live! And of course so was Trent but that goes unsaid. Good to see Trent sober you can definitely feel/see the change in his performance. Little disappointed they didn't play the great below and more stuff of the fragile but I’m not bitching they played a lot of good stuff and gave us some pleasant surprises especially with dead souls and burn.

the whole front of the pit looked soo tightly packed it wasnt funny. couldnt see anyone move. i was a little way back and had a lot of room to jump and move around. i enjoyed myself.

We were! I was in front of Trent second row, after an hour I had to get out, and unfortunately was sick in the bin at the back during the wretched. That song is forever tainted by me throwing up during it lol

. But I got back into it afterwards it was all good.

Good to see all these noobs enjoying some decent music though- I pity their poor young lives growing up with today's crap.

I wish i had of been born 10 years earlier, this was my first nin show sorry i missed bdo but hey i might have one to add to it soon

Line begins to blur sounded awesome live, in fact hearing with teeth live had made me like it a million times more than before. Sooo happy they played something I can never have, I almost cried from joy to heat it lol it was amazing, Trent got all emotional during it was such a great atmosphere. Trent was awesome during Closer, that was definitely an unexpected highlight. I'll post about the meet and greet later and the sound check I think I’ve crapped on too much lol. I hope and I bet u guys enjoyed it just as much as I did!

Arkhan Grand Pontiff

Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:51 am · #443812

Flibble wrote:My Bird Blobs experience: Hearing them in the background while standing in the merch queue. Perfect!

Oh yeah, we were the last 4 people to get the green wristbands (for the front half of GA) so we figured since we were assured at spot in the front 1/2 of the court, we might as well miss the Bird Blobs, hearing them from the mech queue was bad enough (and the bastards ran out of hoodies

, but that's another story)

eatyourblud wrote: TO ALL AARON NAYSAYERS- YOU SUCK. HE IS THE FUCKING SHIT!...

...technically he was spot on all night,

No he wasn't (not to say he sucks at all). That said, he's fucking great to watch, and now I see what all the hype is about, he was all over the fucking place, throwing things around, jumping off stuff. Hell, I'm surprised that Strat was still in one piece after he launched it head first, halfway across the stage, into a PA stack.

eatyourblud wrote:Anyway else think the sound guys fucked up the drum mix? way too prominent, overpowering almost. turn those toms down.

Yeah, the drums pretty much overwhelmed the rest of the mix in Dead Souls, but for the rest of the show it didn't seem too bad. And the Bass was all the way up, = good for TLBTB.

Despite coming in late (we walked through the gate at about 8 ) I managed to get a decent spot in the pit, about 6-7 people back, right in front of Trent, for most of the time. Trent did fuck with everyone a bit, especially in MOTP (pausing for a bit before some lines, and letting the crowd get ahead of him), hence the head shaking, I don't think he was pissed at the crowd, as some people said, he was just toying with us. I loved the setlist, and am fucking glad we got Reptile, Terrible Lie, TDTWWA, and of course the Pinion/Wish opener. I also have to mention how fucking fantastic Love Is Not Enough is live, the uptempo chorus gives the song a life it never had on the album.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:57 am · #443815

Arkhan wrote: Hell, I'm surprised that Strat was still in one piece after he launched it head first, halfway across the stage, into a PA stack.

And after it hit the PA stack it missed the bouncer by about 5 inches!!

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:01 pm · #443816

Trent did fuck with everyone a bit, especially in MOTP (pausing for a bit before some lines, and letting the crowd get ahead of him), hence the head shaking, I don't think he was pissed at the crowd, as some people said, he was just toying with us.

Yea he defintely was teasing us lol it was pretty funny u could see him laughing during motp when the audience sang one line whilst he just stood there without his lips moving

naut Prince Adept

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:12 pm · #443818

I was all over the shop. Started in about the centre. Got out, moved about halfway between Aaron and Trent. Went to the back of the front half and got a great view of the whole stage, then went back in and ended up in front of Aaron. I actually got a bit alarmed when he chucked the guitar because it was coming right towards us. I was actually near sickamongthepure and that guy in the horrid fishnet top and makeup! He let me in front of him which was nice, said I was shorter than him so he could still see so it didn't matter to him

Artemisian Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:25 pm · #443822

It's all just making me look forward to Friday night even more. I hope they don't change the setlist, because it's got most of the songs I love on there. Not much could make it better ... Ruiner, maybe? Sunspots would be nice. Anything where "nothing can stop me now" comes into it, actually. It would kick ass to be able to scream that one at Reznor.

I really don't have any issues with Starfuckers Inc. I find it a really good song, if not great, and always fun to listen to. But then I'm not old enough to really remember when it was first released, being only 17. So if it got annoying then, I am entirely clueless. I only got into NIN about five months before With Teeth was released - go me not having to wait six years like everyone else for new material! Same with Tapeworm.

Anyway, see everyone there at Sydney. Reptile's going to rock my world.

keychains and snowstorms Master Traveler

Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:41 pm · #443864

I must also add my thoughts regarding last nights Nin experience

First of all the meet and greet..All of the guys were really polite and special mention must be made about Alessandro, he is incredibly friendly and took the time to introduce himself to everyone,... you just got the impression that he was such a lovely guy.
Trent, took the time to shake everyones hand and was happy to answer everyones questions. I was totally in awe so I just kind of stared at him and asked something stupid when he got to me (cant even remember what it was!).. but he made you feel appreciated as a fan, and yeah it was great. This still feels kind of surreal to me for forgive me for not being totally coherent

The actual concert: Well I had lined up since 10:30am, so I got a pretty awesome spot. If anyone saw me, I was the girl in the pinstripe jacket,dark reddybrowny hair, and purple sneakers .I ended up on the barrier, directly infront of Trent.
It got a bit intense and today I am nursing aching ribs and am hobbling around a bit, but it was totally worth it.
I thought it was a fantastic setlist, personal highlights include terrible lie, sin, with teeth, reptile, dead souls, the wretched,and gave up.
The guys put on a great show, heaps of energy, espeically Aaron,... he is damm entertaining to watch, running around, jumping on everything, it's great. The whole show was freaking amazing and I cant wait for Friday!

Machines Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:47 pm · #443866

When I excitedly said 'fuck YEAH' when they started playing Dead Souls, I got some really confused looks from people around me in the "pit", as if to say 'you know this song?'

Like everyone else... I thought that was a terrible crowd. But I didn't go for the crowd, I went for NIN. And I've gotta say, they exceeded my expectations. I loved every minute of their set.

Also, whoever was commenting on the guitar work... the opening riff for Suck only started halfway through... from the sounds of it, it was a technical problem. Anyone else notice?

plakstift Bricklayer

Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:48 pm · #443868

I found a few guys in the pit from Adelaide (if you're reading this, yes I am the guy who you invited to the after-party, sorry but I have a uni assigment due) who seemed like true blue fans, but apart from that, the front of the pit was fairly bland.

Hey man that was me! The taller of the two, pretty much next to you for like 5-6 songs yeah? Moshing and singin along to Hurt, TDTWWWA, Gave up and all the others with you made my night man, you rock!

Yeap, concert fuckin rocked. TDTWWWA was just fucken awesome, easily the song of the night, and he did the AATCHB version (cut up between original and quiet)which was awesome. Burn, Gave Up, Wish, Dead Souls, Terrible Lie, Hurt, fuck it was all good. I dunno where the rest of you guys were but 4th-6th row centre (dead in front of Trent) had the habit of going OFF.

FortheLoveofgoD Grand Pontiff

Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:21 pm · #444039

I am looking for the Australia litho. I am in the US and willing to pay $$$. PM me.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:25 pm · #444226

Ok, here's my review, as my US friends are all emailing me for details, easier to just type it once here. Halo:Maise especially was dying to get the lowdown

Soundcheck was cool, we came in when they were finishing march of the pigs (they did 2 songs before we were ushered in)and we got a nice little mini set. others have already covered the songs they played. great seeing TR using the effects pad on his mic stand up close..My highlights:

-The blond girl next to us asked Jeordie to sign her shoes. Jeordie misheard and replied "You want me to shine your shoes?"

-Having a chat to Aaron about budddyhead and when the band dressed up like mexican homies when they were in mexico. he's still hands on with buddyhead, whenever he gets "bored". the mexican incident also came out of boredom, a contest to see who would get recognized last. when i asked who won he replied "Me. i can walk down the street without the disguise and no-one recognizes me anyway!" he really is a top guy.

-Jerome was sick and feeling shitty, but he was still friendly and cool. i get the feeling he saves his best conversations for when he is talking to members of the opposite sex...said he was enjoying being in Aus without the oppressive heat of their last visit, and was enjoying playing with a fresh line up. winked at many of the girls, with or without male companions. lunch cutter of the highest order

- Alessandro was very cool too, friendly and unnaffected by it all. said he was having a great time touring with NIN. very friendly.

- Trent came across as a real father type figure, especially with those younger fans who were too awestruck to speak or introduce themselves by name. took his time and was interested and patient. said he was glad to be back, and felt better than ever. asked me what i was going to do with my cd cover (i got him to sign it under his picture in the opened WT cd cover) and when i told him i was gonna frame it with my pass collection and promo photos he said it sounded cool. great to walk away from meeting someone you admire without thinking they were assholes.

The show

Tight, energetic. Alessandro is coming into his own and starting to get a stage presence. great player, great vocals. Aaron is getting better all the time, and i heard HEAPS less fuck ups then in the 20 or so boots i've heard this year. jumped on the keyboards during terrible lie, Alessandro pushed him back off, he nearly landed on his ass but corrected himself. jeordie was jeordie, like i said somewhere else, he's a much better musician than i ever gave him credit for. he is good at what he does. jerome is a fucking awesome drummer, so underrated.

Terrible Lie was my highlight easily, total chaos on a big ass stage. Loved how they used the real vocal effects in the verses of Gave Up, haven't heard them live for some time. Burn was great. WT sounded big. MOTP had this weird ending with TR "whoa, whoa, whoaing" through some delay effect. Starfuckers was old and stale as usual, but it gave the kiddies a reason to yell swear words really loud, which is probably it's only purpose these days. the lighting was great, even if you've seen it on the boots it's bloody impressive in person.

all up a top night, skipped after show passes from a friend coz i knew it would probably suck and it sounded like it did. wouldnt have minded going just to chat more with Aaron, but had to get home and we were fucking wiped by that time. 12 hours in that god forsaken part of town was enough for us.

Comedic highlight of the evening: the young girl at the meet and greet, who after spotting and hearing that some of the guys had bad colds, said to her friend "Oh wow, maybe we'll catch it! we'll get sick from NIN! cool!"

priceless.

Edit: like i said earlier in this thread, it was great meeting Rimb, Bobble and Sickamongthepure. sorry i didnt get to meet more of you.

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:33 pm · #444229

eatyourblud wrote:MOTP had this weird, ending with TR "whoa, whoa, whoaing" through some delay effect.

That was weird - it reminded me of an eighties song. Not Livin' On A Prayer, but close!
Would like to hear it again as it sounded familiar.

Mafu. Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:15 am · #444251

I mentioned in the Trent is ill thread that I can remember seeing that Trent had, along with his usual bottles of water and a cup, a smaller bottle of something that he kept drinking from, it might have even been an asthma puffer, but it wasn't really shaped like a puffer.

Lame for me to spot,i know, but I wonder if it has anything to do with this 'illness'.

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:26 am · #444262

Some good photos up at fasterlouder

I Dont Know I Dont Know

Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:30 am · #444265

Hey there all.

Me and my brother came over from the Apple Isle (Tasmania) to see NIN. It was definitely worth it thats for sure. Around 80 minutes of NIN flat out the old the not so old and the new, what more could a fan ask for?

I told my brother I had read set lists from previous shows and he said "Do they play Dead Souls", and I said "No", "But it would be good to hear live". So yeah thanks NIN for that one! It would have been great to be a part of the meet and greet crew you lucky bastards!

We got General Admission tickets and after being f*cked around by crowd controllers didnt get in quick enough to be in the front barrier, ah well next time. I was really looking forward to hearing some of the new songs live to see how they replicated some of the studio sounds and I must say i was impressed.

Some of the highlights definitely "Something I Can Never Have", "Wish", "Burn", "A With A Teeth A", "TLBTB", and the fact that it was around 80 minutes long! The whole set was just awesome. Had afew boppers down the back though and there was a lot of WTF looks pointing in all directions when they played older stuff.

If anyone took pics or has a bootleg version of the gig please contact me at nathandublya@tasmail.com. Cheers guys!

Grentarc Bricklayer

Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:41 am · #444270

I have to admit (not really being a fan of the whole With Teeth album) that the new songs do sound better live, except "Awith Atheetha" which i cannot take seriously unfortunately. I was astounded that they played march of the pigs, dead souls but would have liked trading starfuckers for perfect drug. I was amazed at the fact it was a non stop set, where other bands stop to talk to the crowd, and take an intermission, NIN just kept going. somehow it has a bigger impact when they don't stop.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:56 am · #444276

I Dont Know I Dont Know wrote:and the fact that it was around 80 minutes long

ah, they didn't play for 80 mins, don't know why everyone is saying they did...Just because the Age(d) says they did don't make it fact. according to that writer it was also a surprise they didn't play WITT and ITV!

They played for a little under 110 mins. nearly 2 hours.

ekisentorikku Bricklayer

Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:02 am · #444278

Grentarc wrote:would have liked trading starfuckers for perfect drug.

I dunno about trading but I really wanted to hear Perfect Drug. Also would have liked We're In This Together and I really thought since they decided to go with a few other chill tracks they might play Right Where It Belongs. Would have even had a real crowd cheer in it!

Grentarc wrote:I was amazed at the fact it was a non stop set, where other bands stop to talk to the crowd, and take an intermission, NIN just kept going. somehow it has a bigger impact when they don't stop.

Personally I like it when the band interacts with a crowd. I would have liked it if Trent did a little more talking actually.

- n00b out.

miss_kate Bricklayer

Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:20 am · #444283

fantastic. absolutely fantastic

I got there with my b/f and some friends at around 12:30 so it was a long wait, but well worth it

The merch looked pretty good, I got myself a girly shirt so I'll have something to wear around for the next few weeks!
We managed to get an amazing spot, right up against the barrier directly in line with Trent, however 10 mins before the show I got sick and had to go to the ambulance tent :/ fortunately they let me back in and I didn't miss anything..plus my lovely boyfriend got my spot so he was happy

I thought the show was amazing, 'Sin' in particular was one I'd been hoping for. 'The Perfect Drug' and 'We're In This Together' would have been nice, but I wasn't about to get my hopes up

The people next to me were infuriating though, I don't think they knew anything older than 'With Teeth' and were confused by me singing along to everything and going nuts when I heard the opening of 'Sin'

Unfortunately I missed 'Head Like A Hole' due to getting sick again, I heard it while sitting in the ambulance section throwing up :/ all credit to the St. Johns people as they let me sit there swearing and cursing myself for not having eaten anything :/
Luckily a lovely friend of mine scored a backstage pass which she gave to me, so I went down and met everyone but Trent. Alessandro was sweet and wearing a funky white jacket, Jerome was really friendly and gave me a kiss on the cheek when I said I'd been sick, Jeordie devoted most of his attention to the attractive girls (meaning I got ignored heh) and Aaron was incredibly sexy, I scored a photo and a hug from him.
all in all it was an amazing night, despite the throwing up part.

oh and i can't believe i started crying during 'Something I Can Never Have', especially as I promised myself I wouldn't do that

i think it was not having my b/f with me :/ that being said we wouldn't have been one of the couples making out through the whole thing as I had people like that next to me, it was a little uncomfortable to say the least.

I Dont Know I Dont Know

Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:03 am · #444312

eatyourblud wrote:
I Dont Know I Dont Know wrote:and the fact that it was around 80 minutes long
ah, they didn't play for 80 mins, don't know why everyone is saying they did...Just because the Age(d) says they did don't make it fact. according to that writer it was also a surprise they didn't play WITT and ITV!

They played for a little under 110 mins. nearly 2 hours.

My bad

! I thought it was around 2 hours but my brother kept saying nah it wasnt that long coz I kind of lost track of time anticipating the beginning.

rustybones Master Traveler

Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:03 am · #444313

yeah the people making out was a tad off putting esp. during a NIN gig!

Tina

Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:32 am · #444371

Hiya

Does anyone know what they were playing on the loudspeakers before NIN came on at the Melbourne show on Tues night (16-8-05) - it sounded like a drum and bass/trip hop with female dark wave vocals - I would really LOVE to find out who the artist/s are to be able to get a hold of it...

Please contact me off list at tarotwithtina@yahoo.com.au if you can point me in the right direction

Tina

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:35 am · #444373

Tina wrote:Does anyone know what they were playing on the loudspeakers before NIN came on at the Melbourne show on Tues night (16-8-05)...

Secret gig?

deano

Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:53 am · #444387

the show didnt go for 2 hours
it started at 9:15
ended at 10.55

therefore, 100 minutes at the max

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:01 am · #444392

deano wrote:the show didnt go for 2 hours
it started at 9:15
ended at 10.55

therefore, 100 minutes at the max

109 minutes 05 seconds, including all of the Pinion intro. it's confirmed.

Matty A Bricklayer

Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:09 am · #444396

Tina wrote:Hiya

Does anyone know what they were playing on the loudspeakers before NIN came on at the Melbourne show on Tues night (16-8-05) - it sounded like a drum and bass/trip hop with female dark wave vocals - I would really LOVE to find out who the artist/s are to be able to get a hold of it...

Please contact me off list at tarotwithtina@yahoo.com.au if you can point me in the right direction

Tina

I emailed you the link where you can find any music they are playing before the shows at the moment. Hope this helps.

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:13 am · #444398

Matty A wrote:
Tina wrote:Hiya

Does anyone know what they were playing on the loudspeakers before NIN came on at the Melbourne show on Tues night (16-8-05) - it sounded like a drum and bass/trip hop with female dark wave vocals - I would really LOVE to find out who the artist/s are to be able to get a hold of it...

Please contact me off list at tarotwithtina@yahoo.com.au if you can point me in the right direction

Tina
I emailed you the link where you can find any music they are playing before the shows at the moment. Hope this helps.

Would you mind posting it please?

jackie burns

Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:35 am · #444411

The melbourne show was great, Trent didn't talk to the audience alot, the set list was pretty much the same of the japan show.. Worth the 5 years wait.
My only disappointment was there were no programs

Flibble

Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:58 am · #444422

eatyourblud wrote:109 minutes 05 seconds, including all of the Pinion intro. it's confirmed.

Is that a hint? Some kind of "track time" indication, by any chance?

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:13 am · #444435

Nope. i had a stopwatch on it for a friends website.

newchick

Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:19 am · #444439

hey I lost my virgNINity at the melbourne concert on Wednesday and it was absolutely awesome, I cannot get over how ace Trent is! Could not believe how crap the Birdblogs were, they should try to find a new bass line or drumbeat or preferably give it all up.

the_wretched_piggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:15 am · #444464

i don't have time right now to write about my experience because i'm just about to go the first of the [WITH_TEETH_2005] Sydney shows. i checked ther Hordern out at 2:15pm and there was already about 70 people/fans there so there's probably a shitload more now.

i'm a bit disappointed that no-one said "hi" to me... i guess i didn't have "THE_WRETCHED_PIGGY" written large enough on the front of my shirt (which was a South Park t-shirt with a small Kenny triptych on the front). i even wore a balaclava for part of the time while i was lining up so that i'd look somewhat like a Ninja (and a friend i made, Eric {http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/p ... ile&u=7979}, even exclaimed "YOU LOOK LIKE A NINJA!" and i responded that i knew and that was the whole point (well, that and trying to stay warm).

Anyways, i had a great time and met some great people regardless and was in the 2nd row of the moshpit for the majority of the set until "Suck" when i got pulled/pushed/shoved into the 3rd row.

Great venue, fucking great concert. i will write more later.

omek Master Traveler

Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:44 am · #444492

great show, cant be bothered writing up a review, tend to agree with what most other people have said.

But was well worth coming over from adelaide, seemed 1/4 of the people on the flight were coming over for the concert.

very happy to hear dead souls, sin, burn and many others.

The cops were at the afterparty cos of a car crash, looked pretty serious, they were carting of some guy in an ambo when i got there at about 12:30 (complete guess).

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:02 am · #444522

Post what you got signed guys.was thinking about getting my old fragile promo photo or 1992 vip pass signed, but i thought fuck it - new era, new day.

if the girl with the huge, cool old 94 tour poster is a member (i think it was by Hess?) could you please post pics? we wanted to get a pic of it but we didn't get time.

indiie Master Traveler

Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:24 am · #444533

Some questions for the Meet and Greet

Do they supply pens (like that white one)?

Also, how long did the whole process take from meeting at front of venue to after M&G ends?

What did you guys do in the following hours till venue opened?

Was the soundcheck first then signings/chat?

Cheers

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:22 pm · #444980

Hey Wretched Piggy, it's ERIC!! how are ya? Sorry i didn't get to see you after meeting you in line yesterday, we got early entry and... yeah... sold out crowd.

Spiral meet for sydney went like this:
Meet Sully, waited near the side gates for a while. Then you go in for the sound check, they play around 5-6 songs, then they come down from the stage to the little barrier thing, you all line up, shake hands, have a small talk and they sign 1 item.

They don't allow pictures because (according to Alessandr), when they allowed pictures it took too much time, and they had to rush to eat dinner before going on.

But hey, they're one of the few bands that allow some fanclub members to see the soundcheck.
Really good experience.

kungfuonion

Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:37 am · #445118

Tina wrote:Hiya

Does anyone know what they were playing on the loudspeakers before NIN came on at the Melbourne show on Tues night (16-8-05) - it sounded like a drum and bass/trip hop with female dark wave vocals - I would really LOVE to find out who the artist/s are to be able to get a hold of it...

Please contact me off list at tarotwithtina@yahoo.com.au if you can point me in the right direction

Tina

i think you might be talking about 'm.i.a. - pull up the people'.

Lady_K Master of the Ninth Arch

Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:52 am · #445124

EDITED

Photos have been removed, no longer hosted. Sorry. PM me if you are interested.

God is Dead

Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:10 am · #445201

rammsteinlurker wrote:Hey Wretched Piggy, it's ERIC!! how are ya? Sorry i didn't get to see you after meeting you in line yesterday, we got early entry and... yeah... sold out crowd.

Spiral meet for sydney went like this:
Meet Sully, waited near the side gates for a while. Then you go in for the sound check, they play around 5-6 songs, then they come down from the stage to the little barrier thing, you all line up, shake hands, have a small talk and they sign 1 item.

They don't allow pictures because (according to Alessandr), when they allowed pictures it took too much time, and they had to rush to eat dinner before going on.

But hey, they're one of the few bands that allow some fanclub members to see the soundcheck.
Really good experience.

Rammsteinlurker! Are you the guy in the Rammstein hoodie I hung out with?! You're awesome! Hahaa, do you remember me? Lost track of you after the show finished. House lights came on, we waved I think but I was too excited to think and didn't have time to chase after you.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:36 am · #445210

_precious_whore_ wrote:Melbourne 17 & Sydney 19 show photos (some) at:

www.designnoir.com.au/nin/

I have a tonne of images (100+) if I can be bothered I'll add more later for Melbourne & Sydney 19. I'll add some for Sydney 20 too.

Too tired to concentrate & gotta get ready for tonight now....

My versions of the photos are much larger than the ones on the site. If you want/need larger versions email contact at bottom of page.

Thank you

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:18 am · #445227

Yeah man, tis I!
I stayed around for a bit after the show finished, the drum tech guy gave me sticks with jerome's blood on it.

Pretty good show!... Sydney was a lot better though

Angy Master of the Ninth Arch

Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:40 am · #445229

why must they bleed everywhere

JR Bricklayer

Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:48 am · #445232

Here's what I got signed at the soundcheck:

Trent Reznor signed With Teeth CD

Band signed Fragile vinyl. I was only gonna get Trent to sign it but I felt sorry for the other guys so I let them scribble on it too! (lol)

Trent Reznor signed Pretty Hate Machine vinyl. Before he signed it - he just kinda paused for a few seconds and looked at me - then proceeded to sign it. Dunno what was up with that.

I've got some pics from the soundcheck at my blog www.dogmaticblog.com - the quality of the shots isn't great, all I had was my camera phone.

smilgurb Banned

Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:57 am · #445235

rammsteinlurker wrote:Pretty good show!... Sydney was a lot better though

Agreed, Sydney was shitloads better imo. Melbourne was still awesome though.

stuvmiester

Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:09 am · #445264

stuvmiester wrote:12346

^^^ guest post test

that show was great, it went of like 2 frogs in 1 sock, this is what i've been keeping money aside for the past 3 years, and it was well freaking worth it.

that was definatly the best show i've been to, there was a certain moment during terrible lie where when i was thinking "jesus christ", i just couldn't believe how intence and heavy it was, i thought that it could not get any better but it did.

something i can never have was beautifle, as a moment after a very intence song (forgotten which one) combined with the purple lighting it was most satisfieing.

some reviewer said the show "lacked momentum", he is sort of right, and that was definatly a good thing, because i was completely buggered after the first 2 songs in the mosh (so i drifted back to where i could breath) the varying intencity and pace of the setlist allowed me to catch breath and concerve energy.

i'm after a recording of this gig, if anyone's got one give me an email (joesmithnin@yahoo.com).

if you're that fellow hobart lad who i was talking to after the show in hungry jacks, we forgot to exchange emails.

fotos to come, hugh

indiie Master Traveler

Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:42 am · #445269

To people who are posting stuff they got signed... do the band have pens (black and white) or did you bring your own? Thanks

Ryan Prince Adept

Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:18 pm · #445343

wrong thread. *moving*

Christo Grand Inspector

Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:57 pm · #445540

heya, i was just wondering what the litho looked like apart from the NIN website. Can anyone with one post some pics? They look so cool.

Thanks again Mafu

bobble Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:06 am · #445544

I got the wt tour edition CD signed, a hug from trent, a hug and a kiss from jeordie. Yech, cooties i know. I'm risking STD here, but whatever. I also got a picture taken with_trent, I'm guilty for starting the picture taking thing.

But that was a great meetup. I was cool as cucumber and didnt freak out at all. Woo hoo. Jerome dillon kept on winking at me though, and I stared back dumbly.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:40 am · #445555

Bobble, I thought he was winking at me!!

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:11 am · #445601

Bobble- are you home already? Do you know when Megan will be back online?

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:41 am · #445610

ok, i won't put a big ass "review" up , cause it's all been said before,

it fucking rocked

my girlfriend and i were in front of twiggy all night, we may have been one of the couples making out, a bit before the show, but not during, i was way to awe struck,

did anyone like the new vocal effects used during starfuckers??? i thought it made it fresh and cool...
did anyone else think that sin (although i love the song) sounded a bit flat??
I maintain the opinion that the show really didn't start until terrible lie, after that there was this kinda tnsion in the air, a good tension, but i don't think it was there before terrible lie - not the bands fault though..
i want to say FUCK YOU to the girls infront of me who dropped some kind of acid into their cokes before the gig and screamed "i'll give you a hug trent" during hurt... oh and my girlfriend says fuck you to the handbanger who thought that during the hand that feeds we wanted to get hit by his hair...

i haven't seen anyone else write (i may be wrong) about the free dresden dolls DVD that was handed out when leaving the gig, i hadn't heard them before but they are really cool,

the lead singer of the birdblobs looks cool, i liked the first song... but the rest were....well...not as good...

if anyone has audio/video recording of the gig and in the spirit of bootlegging wants to share it (for free) please don't hold out and PM me... please...
i'll put your name in my avatar... i swear....

all and all by far the best gig i've been to... (only had manson, shihad, deftones and foo fighters to compete with)
Terrible lie, wish, burn, dead souls, WT and TDTWWA rocked my world...

oh and the guys from adelaide who were infront of me in the line outside, the WITHOUT_TEETH shirts were cool and the funny comments made the waiting in line actually entertaining, thank you.

-----------------------------------------------------

am i the only one who thinks that playing ringfinger live would be one of the coolest things ever????

smilgurb Banned

Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:43 am · #445613

Was anyone else disappointed with the crowd size? I wasn't as pissed off as eatyourblud would have been having to sit in the nosebleed's but it was kind of sad to see only 6000 odd people turn up.

Hopefully there is a bigger fanbase next time around.

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:47 am · #445615

i got really worried about the crowd size, until i turned around during TDTWWA, it actually looked pretty good i thought... decent for a band that in recent times has seen a bit of a popularity drop...

btw i turned around during the song to see jerome's giant shadow on the back wall...did anyone else see it? it was hypnotic....

nin to the void Bricklayer

Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:14 am · #445625

JR wrote:Here's what I got signed at the soundcheck:

Trent Reznor signed With Teeth CD

Band signed Fragile vinyl. I was only gonna get Trent to sign it but I felt sorry for the other guys so I let them scribble on it too! (lol)

Trent Reznor signed Pretty Hate Machine vinyl. Before he signed it - he just kinda paused for a few seconds and looked at me - then proceeded to sign it. Dunno what was up with that.

I've got some pics from the soundcheck at my blog www.dogmaticblog.com - the quality of the shots isn't great, all I had was my camera phone.

man thats awesome that you got three things signed.
i originally thought you were only allowed to get one signing...so maybe i might bring an extra cd with me.
definitely getting the fragile signed and ?....probly with teeth or downward spiral.
heck you got three..so maybe all three

good work!!..can't wait till tomorrow night...best day of my life it will be!!!.
read your blog too..impressive

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:10 am · #445664

smilgurb wrote:Was anyone else disappointed with the crowd size? I wasn't as pissed off as eatyourblud would have been having to sit in the nosebleed's but it was kind of sad to see only 6000 odd people turn up.

Hopefully there is a bigger fanbase next time around.

Yea i was a little bit disapointed by the lack of people at the concert. But it was good to see that pretty much everyone in the lower section where standing up and singing along. They where getting it into more so than some of the people in ga.

The shadows on the ceiling looked awesome!

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:28 am · #445669

smilgurb wrote:Was anyone else disappointed with the crowd size? I wasn't as pissed off as eatyourblud would have been having to sit in the nosebleed's but it was kind of sad to see only 6000 odd people turn up.

Hopefully there is a bigger fanbase next time around.

spiralingdownward

Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:41 am · #445673

dane_braddy666 wrote: btw i turned around during the song to see jerome's giant shadow on the back wall...did anyone else see it? it was hypnotic....

I turned around too. It was a giant Jerome! Looked very very cool

smilgurb Banned

Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:52 am · #445675

eatyourblud wrote:
smilgurb wrote:Was anyone else disappointed with the crowd size? I wasn't as pissed off as eatyourblud would have been having to sit in the nosebleed's but it was kind of sad to see only 6000 odd people turn up.

Hopefully there is a bigger fanbase next time around.

You've been going through my posts and stealing my tumbleweed gag? I didn’t know you were a fan?

jolt cola Troll

Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:06 am · #445687

smilgurb wrote:
eatyourblud wrote:
smilgurb wrote:Was anyone else disappointed with the crowd size? I wasn't as pissed off as eatyourblud would have been having to sit in the nosebleed's but it was kind of sad to see only 6000 odd people turn up.

Hopefully there is a bigger fanbase next time around.
You've been going through my posts and stealing my tumbleweed gag? I didn’t know you were a fan?

and you stole it from me. meaning you stole it from yourself, obviously.

indiie Master Traveler

Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:03 am · #445732

Could someone do me a favour and tell me whether or not the band already have pens to sign stuff with. Otherwise I'll have to go buy one tomorrow for Bris gig.

stuv

Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:09 am · #445736

how is 6000 people a small crowd?

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:25 am · #445743

eatyourblud wrote:Nope. i had a stopwatch on it for a friends website.

smilgurb Banned

Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:36 am · #445747

stuv wrote:how is 6000 people a small crowd?

When capacity is over 12000, 6000 is small. To put it into perspective, the foor fighters (ugh) will probably sell out rod laver twice.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:28 am · #445778

indiie wrote:Could someone do me a favour and tell me whether or not the band already have pens to sign stuff with. Otherwise I'll have to go buy one tomorrow for Bris gig.

they each had a black permanent texter when they came along signing but i'd have one on u just in case

Jusa

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:04 pm · #445794

I was really fucking impressed by the whole show. Aside from the Bird Blogs, I thought they were complete crap. I was 2nd or 3rd from the front in the pit the whole time, right in front of Jeordie.

My friend is the chick in the Jeordie shirt on the first page. She wrote on it just before the show on the pavement. She was also the chick up the front screaming "JEEEEEORDIE!" anytime there was a break in the music.
My question is did anybody notice a white ball thrown up onstage that landed at Jeordies feet and stayed there? Cause it was a balled up (brand new, not worn)g-string she'd prepared earlier with her phone number written on it. I lifted her up, she chucked it. To me it was the funniest thing ever. So disapointed he didn't pick it up before heading offstage.

the_wretched_halo Bricklayer

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:10 pm · #445796

by the looks of her, im not suprised he didnt pick it up

louise_duo Bricklayer

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:11 pm · #445797

Jusa wrote:I was really fucking impressed by the whole show. Aside from the Bird Blogs, I thought they were complete crap. I was 2nd or 3rd from the front in the pit the whole time, right in front of Jeordie.

My friend is the chick in the Jeordie shirt on the first page. She wrote on it just before the show on the pavement. She was also the chick up the front screaming "JEEEEEORDIE!" anytime there was a break in the music.
My question is did anybody notice a white ball thrown up onstage that landed at Jeordies feet and stayed there? Cause it was a balled up (brand new, not worn)g-string she'd prepared earlier with her phone number written on it. I lifted her up, she chucked it. To me it was the funniest thing ever. So disapointed he didn't pick it up before heading offstage.

hehe, that was great. we'll have to see em again!!!

Jusa

Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:24 pm · #445804

the_wretched_halo wrote:by the looks of her, im not suprised he didnt pick it up

You're a peach

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:14 pm · #445808

the_wretched_halo wrote:by the looks of her, im not suprised he didnt pick it up

Harsh.

But you're from Melbourne, so it's all good.

RedDeath Grand Pontiff

Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:59 pm · #445967

Dead Souls? Damn I'm jealous of that one.

miss_kate Bricklayer

Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:49 pm · #446055

i've been trying to post the pic of me with aaron north but it's not WORKING :/
it's coming up though i promise

uberlama Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:13 am · #446209

I'd been waiting to see NIN since my angsty teen-age days. I'd been waiting for this show for years.
It was all nostalgia. I was right up the front almost. Just in the middle moshpit. I almost drowned.
I noticed these things:

1. The piano part in the middle of with teeth is totally fucking super-gay. Worst shit ever.
2. Angsty teens like to try and sing the 'emo' songs louder than Trent. Someone said no one sang along, but that's not true. I couldn't frigging hear him because of some asshole behind me, screaming 'hurt' into my ear (completely out of key, btw)
3. Bird Blobs fucking rocked, as usual! They've never sounded more together. The sound like The Birthday Party or early Bad Seeds. Totally 80's post-punk. But the crowd sucked big time. It was too full of mall-goths in Manson-tee-shirts who didn't feel like clapping. They had some issues with a guitar that didn't work in between the songs. After a few songs Tim (the singer) says "Come on, we've been heckled worse than this, show us what you've got", or something like that. People start boo-ing. A song later he starts telling the audience to go get fucked, because they're all just standing there looking stupid, and not getting into the music. 35 minutes after they got on they leave the stage. "Thanks, bye, fuck you". It was hillarious!
4. Trent had no hair! WTF?! (sorry guys, not keeping up)

The Wretched and Reptile rocked it. Dead Souls and Burn were nice treats.

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:59 am · #446238

uberlama wrote:I'd been waiting to see NIN since my angsty teen-age days. I'd been waiting for this show for years.
It was all nostalgia. I was right up the front almost. Just in the middle moshpit. I almost drowned.
I noticed these things:

1. The piano part in the middle of with teeth is totally fucking super-gay. Worst shit ever.
2. Angsty teens like to try and sing the 'emo' songs louder than Trent. Someone said no one sang along, but that's not true. I couldn't frigging hear him because of some asshole behind me, screaming 'hurt' into my ear (completely out of key, btw)
3. Bird Blobs fucking rocked, as usual! They've never sounded more together. The sound like The Birthday Party or early Bad Seeds. Totally 80's post-punk. But the crowd sucked big time. It was too full of mall-goths in Manson-tee-shirts who didn't feel like clapping. They had some issues with a guitar that didn't work in between the songs. After a few songs Tim (the singer) says "Come on, we've been heckled worse than this, show us what you've got", or something like that. People start boo-ing. A song later he starts telling the audience to go get fucked, because they're all just standing there looking stupid, and not getting into the music. 35 minutes after they got on they leave the stage. "Thanks, bye, fuck you". It was hillarious!
4. Trent had no hair! WTF?! (sorry guys, not keeping up)

The Wretched and Reptile rocked it. Dead Souls and Burn were nice treats.

You are filled with too much anger.

Apart from that, your review made me laugh.

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:54 am · #446263

uberlama wrote:I'd been waiting to see NIN since my angsty teen-age days. I'd been waiting for this show for years.
It was all nostalgia. I was right up the front almost. Just in the middle moshpit. I almost drowned.
I noticed these things:

1. The piano part in the middle of with teeth is totally fucking super-gay. Worst shit ever.
2. Angsty teens like to try and sing the 'emo' songs louder than Trent. Someone said no one sang along, but that's not true. I couldn't frigging hear him because of some asshole behind me, screaming 'hurt' into my ear (completely out of key, btw)
3. Bird Blobs fucking rocked, as usual! They've never sounded more together. The sound like The Birthday Party or early Bad Seeds. Totally 80's post-punk. But the crowd sucked big time. It was too full of mall-goths in Manson-tee-shirts who didn't feel like clapping. They had some issues with a guitar that didn't work in between the songs. After a few songs Tim (the singer) says "Come on, we've been heckled worse than this, show us what you've got", or something like that. People start boo-ing. A song later he starts telling the audience to go get fucked, because they're all just standing there looking stupid, and not getting into the music. 35 minutes after they got on they leave the stage. "Thanks, bye, fuck you". It was hillarious!
4. Trent had no hair! WTF?! (sorry guys, not keeping up)

The Wretched and Reptile rocked it. Dead Souls and Burn were nice treats.

i think you smell funny.
I'd be interested in listening to the bird blobs album, however on that night they sound really bad.
really.

and i fucking love the piano in with teeth, it adds more drama to explosion that follows. I think you are the reason the papers call all nin fans "angry teens" or "goths"... the rest of us appreciate the quiet more beautiful parts of trent's music. not to sound too elitist, but those who appreciate all aspects of nin are the "real fans"... you are not one of these ppl.
so there.

ps.
if your post was a joke, sorry.
also, if you are older that 17, you don't sound it.

smilgurb Banned

Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:03 am · #446271

You didn't like the piano in with teeth? I thought everyone (with the exception of eatyourblud who probably couldn’t hear it from where he was sitting) loved that bit.

edit: eatyourblud, you know I love you

jolt cola Troll

Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:06 am · #446273

smilgurb wrote:eatyourblud who probably couldn’t hear it from where he was sitting) loved that bit.

i think the chick who was selling the nin merchandise (out back) had a better viewing seat than eatyourblud.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:11 am · #446299

Well it’s about time I stopped being lazy and finally got off my ass and posted about the meet and greets/sound check, (hope I’m not covering what everyone else has and its super boring...)
Anyways we all walked in to find the band had just finished playing motp. I went up to the barrier and stood in front of where Trent’s microphone stood. Trent was kind of walking around aimlessly. It was quite awkward as we all just stood there in silence kind of whispering to each other and watching Trent and the band, it felt like a complete intrusion of their privacy. Trent walked up to the microphone kind of shyly to say "its ok, don't be afraid" which put us all at ease and gave us a laugh.
It was awesome to hear them play the frail/wretched...I’ll never forget it. Whilst they played the frail I stood there in complete awe as I closed my eyes, it was just amazing. When I opened my eyes I noticed Jeordie was watching me smiling.
I brought the fragile with me to get signed (I’d put up an image for u guys...if I knew how...I’m demented when it comes to computers

)
Trent came along and he gave me a big grin and asked how I was, I smiled back all embarrassed and handed him the fragile to sign. As he was signing I started to think to myself.. say something say something. So I asked him something I’d been wondering for a while...
Me: "Have you ever considered covering a Bowie song live at one of your concerts?"
He kind of threw his shoulder back in surprise of the question...I guess I do look a little too young to be a bowie fan and probably looked like a bit of a try hard lol, so I guess he wouldn't consider me a bowie fan but anyways. It seems like a silly question to ask but I couldn’t think of anything else at the time
He kinda blushed and thought about the question, I think he was felt flattered by the question…obviously a huge Bowie fan. He answered the question very modestly
Trent: "the thing is he's just too damn good uno"
He said smiling at me…I think he said something else like he just couldn’t bring himself to do it…something along those lines
Then I shyly asked if I could have a hug and he just answered sure. I hugged him really lightly cause well frankly I don't know him and I thought it would be weird lol. He pulled me in really close and gave me this huge hug, which I thought was really sweet! He left me with a huge grin on my face lol. So afterwards I was kind of off in another world still in awe of meeting Trent and I looked over to see Jerome patiently standing there and waiting for me to notice him!

I felt really bad and apologised, he kind of laughed at me lol, I knew I’d embarrass myself some how.
Opening up the cd I said he could sign either the left or right cd whichever one he liked more. He quickly signed the right one saying "That's easy." I gave him another big thank you and thanked him for coming to Melbourne, he gave me a big grin and a wink and moved on. I wish I had of said something else to Jerome I have soo much respect for him, but oh well. I also asked Aaron which was his favourite cd he was quite indecisive and antagonised over the question for while looking from left to right, he finally signed the left album.
It was amazing to meet them and I’ll never forget it! Especially Trent I have so much more respect for him now…not that I didn’t have respect for him before, they were all very patient and respectful to everyone. Hope all you guys who didn't get a chance to meet them will too some day!

pigsoft

Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:40 am · #446326

So where's the bootleg at already?

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:06 am · #446338

miss_kate wrote:i've been trying to post the pic of me with aaron north but it's not WORKING :/
it's coming up though i promise

And here is that pic of my lovely miss kate and Mr North

I only got a couple of snaps from against the barrier as i was avoiding stupid security guards

However one of them if i do say so myself is pretty darn nice for a disposeable camera!!

These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/

reverendtimothy Bricklayer

Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:08 am · #446341

human_junk wrote:...Then I shyly asked if I could have a hug and he just answered sure. I hugged him really lightly cause well frankly I don't know him and I thought it would be weird lol. He pulled me in really close and gave me this huge hug, which I thought was really sweet!

I am insanely jealous. This reminds me... when I got off the plane in Melbourne, a friend texted me about being "gay for reznor", which made me wish I'd thought of this beforehand: had I thought of it earlier, I would have printed a shirt saying "I'D TURN FOR TRENT" before the concert.

I also have a bunch of random NIN disposable camera pics at reverendtimothy.com/nin/tour

hot_stuv

Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:20 am · #446351

uberlama wrote:I'd been waiting to see NIN since my angsty teen-age days. I'd been waiting for this show for years.
It was all nostalgia. I was right up the front almost. Just in the middle moshpit. I almost drowned.
I noticed these things:

1. The piano part in the middle of with teeth is totally fucking super-gay. Worst shit ever.
2. Angsty teens like to try and sing the 'emo' songs louder than Trent. Someone said no one sang along, but that's not true. I couldn't frigging hear him because of some asshole behind me, screaming 'hurt' into my ear (completely out of key, btw)
3. Bird Blobs fucking rocked, as usual! They've never sounded more together. The sound like The Birthday Party or early Bad Seeds. Totally 80's post-punk. But the crowd sucked big time. It was too full of mall-goths in Manson-tee-shirts who didn't feel like clapping. They had some issues with a guitar that didn't work in between the songs. After a few songs Tim (the singer) says "Come on, we've been heckled worse than this, show us what you've got", or something like that. People start boo-ing. A song later he starts telling the audience to go get fucked, because they're all just standing there looking stupid, and not getting into the music. 35 minutes after they got on they leave the stage. "Thanks, bye, fuck you". It was hillarious!
4. Trent had no hair! WTF?! (sorry guys, not keeping up)

The Wretched and Reptile rocked it. Dead Souls and Burn were nice treats.

agreed, the audience was way too harsh on birdblobs, how bloody rude, i can't say that they where that good but for 2 songs they had me hell pumped. for the most part it sort of bored me, but they didn't deserve that unnessirily hostile reaction.

two

Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:47 am · #446360

who got boots of the show?

PalaNIN Bricklayer

Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:50 am · #446362

hot_stuv wrote:the audience was way too harsh on birdblobs, how bloody rude, i can't say that they where that good but for 2 songs they had me hell pumped.

I don't think anybody hated Bird Blobs during those first few songs, but when you realise that all their songs sounded the same, THEN people were getting bored and pissed off.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:10 am · #446368

pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?

If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store

God is Dead

Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:27 pm · #446397

uberlama wrote:
3. Bird Blobs fucking rocked, as usual! They've never sounded more together. The sound like The Birthday Party or early Bad Seeds. Totally 80's post-punk. But the crowd sucked big time. It was too full of mall-goths in Manson-tee-shirts who didn't feel like clapping. They had some issues with a guitar that didn't work in between the songs. After a few songs Tim (the singer) says "Come on, we've been heckled worse than this, show us what you've got", or something like that. People start boo-ing. A song later he starts telling the audience to go get fucked, because they're all just standing there looking stupid, and not getting into the music. 35 minutes after they got on they leave the stage. "Thanks, bye, fuck you". It was hillarious!

Maybe that's because Bird Blobs weren't exactly the right choice for NIN... I thought they were shit, but obviously some people enjoy them (ie, You) ...just because you're a Bird Blob fanboy doesn't mean everyone else has to bow down to your idea of how good they were. It's obviously not everyone's cup of tea, I mean, it's a NIN show we're talking about here. So get real.

I didn't clap. Does that make me a Manson t-shirt wearing Mall Goth? You're expecting open mindedness but you're clearly acting very close minded indeed.

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:31 pm · #446400

Chill guys. No need to fight over a support band. Would have liked to seen Cog or TBE tbh, oh well.

Hopefully next tour, NIN will bring some cool support like APC :] (here's me dreaming here lol).

God is Dead. got msn?

stuvster

Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:10 pm · #446483

rammsteinlurker wrote:Chill guys. No need to fight over a support band. Would have liked to seen Cog or TBE tbh, oh well.

Hopefully next tour, NIN will bring some cool support like APC :] (here's me dreaming here lol).

God is Dead. got msn?

or tism, tism as an opening act for NIN. i'd bleed for that.

i bet they'll be back within a year, during fragility they where going to come back.

a

Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:12 pm · #446485

human_junk wrote:
pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?
If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store

what, silver pressed?

miss_kate Bricklayer

Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:46 pm · #446751

And here is that pic of my lovely miss kate and Mr North

I only got a couple of snaps from against the barrier as i was avoiding stupid security guards

However one of them if i do say so myself is pretty darn nice for a disposeable camera!!

These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/[/quote]

*blush* fugliest photo of myself EVER but Aaron looks way goth

pigsoft

Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:51 pm · #446784

human_junk wrote:
pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?
If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store

We were the annoying guys from Adelaide near you in the line.

pigsoft

Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:54 pm · #446786

And I hate Peryl they had Holy Wood posters up last time I saw that place.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:09 am · #446790

oh are u guys i got lost when i tried to describe where the station was

hehe oops, glad i don't have to describe where peril is lol. Yea some of the stuff in peril is a bit dodgy but they're better than hmm sanity lol.

Mafu. Master of Achievement

Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:34 am · #446855

pigsoft wrote:
human_junk wrote:
pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?
If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store
We were the annoying guys from Adelaide near you in the line.

Are you the guys that gave your belt to some random person???

stuv

Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:19 am · #447104

hey look what's shown up; http://db.etree.org/bs_d.php?year=2005&artist_key=838

the_wretched_halo Bricklayer

Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:37 am · #447125

cool...

but why sint With Teeth in the setlist.. either a screw up or they turned the camera off for the sanity of fans

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:16 pm · #447137

darkscreamz wrote: These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/

Whoever the girl is in the first few pictures with that guy, is hot. Nice work with the shirt.

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:30 pm · #447144

Spider2 wrote:
darkscreamz wrote: These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/
Whoever the girl is in the first few pictures with that guy, is hot. Nice work with the shirt.

Hehe thats me & miss_kate (my lovely g/f!)

I have to agree with you, i think i did not to badly at all hehe

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:09 pm · #447154

darkscreamz wrote:
Spider2 wrote:
darkscreamz wrote: These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/
Whoever the girl is in the first few pictures with that guy, is hot. Nice work with the shirt.
Hehe thats me & miss_kate (my lovely g/f!)
I have to agree with you, i think i did not to badly at all hehe

Nice work man!

sickamongthepure Grand Pontiff

Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:16 pm · #447157

eatyourblud wrote:Bobble- are you home already? Do you know when Megan will be back online?

Riiiiiiiight about... now!

Everything's a bit of a blur, but I'll do my best here:
Lined up at about 11am and met up with keychains and peterplaceminder, sat around eating lollies distributed by nympholept and caught up with Mafu, naut, schteph, bobble and human junk. The front of the line was fun, spoke to some cool people.

The meet and greet was pushed back a bit, and the Triple J girl told us that there would be no soundcheck or photos, I was pretty calm until they walked us down these corridors and Rob Sheridan walked past and I could hear NIN playing louder and louder as we got closer, fucking surreal. The soundcheck was awesome, one of the highlights of my trip. I was a little disapointed that so many girls from the line were let in though, since we were running late. I got my WT vinyl signed, I didn't say too much, I figure I'd only embarrass myself if I try too hard to leave an impression. Alessandro was a total sweetie, Aaron seemed tired, I didn't get to speak to Trent much since people kept asking him for photos while he was signing my gear. After the meet and greet I did a mad sprint to the cloak room and to my friends waiting outside so I could drop off tickets, and get to the doors.

I ended up on the barrier with bobble and nympholept, on the edge of the stage near Aaron. Great spot, aside from the drunken shithead who tired to assfuck me during MOTP (Yeah, that's going to bruise fucktard) I wasn't skquooshed much at all.

The show itself blew me away, although after seeing the Sydney shows they did seem to be lacking some energy, but being right down the front I didn't notice the crowd behind me much. Loved seeing the kiddies get confused by Dead Souls and Burn, SICNH and Reptile were a pleasant surprise. Cam and I got a couple of shitty photos (the flash broke) that I'll post later, I have some in line meet up fun photos somewhere too, waiting to be developed. Skipped the afterparty (sorry Mafu, I was hoping to have a couple drinks before you headed back to Tassie) since I had an early flight the next morning. I was surpised by the amount of new fans too, on the way home I heard a bunch of kids who were in the very thick of the pit talking about how they might "pick up the new album, it sounds tight"
On to Sydney...

pigsoft

Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:08 pm · #447179

Mafu wrote:
pigsoft wrote:
human_junk wrote:
pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?
If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store
We were the annoying guys from Adelaide near you in the line.
Are you the guys that gave your belt to some random person???

He was going to throw it in the bin but then his lady friend came and got it for him since she was seated. And yeah, the dopey bastards got lost trying to find the damn food place.

Novacide Master ad Vitam

Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:11 pm · #447183

I'll have to meet up next tour, but I don't think I'm as goth or whatever as you guys are.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:01 pm · #447199

Here are a couple of shots from the Melbourne show

rimb Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:19 pm · #447495

I've ripped the photos from the Triple J gallery (the larger ones) and uploaded them here for people that want to save them: http://rapidshare.de/files/4303700/nin170805.zip.html

schteph. Prince Adept

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:13 am · #447529

I couldn't fault the Melbourne show, missed most of Bird Blobs but Rod Laver Arena isn't really a good venue for their style.

Sound check and signing etc was totally fucking cool.

Hey to everyone I met, i know it was a week ago now but it was fun wasn't?!

Estheral

Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:15 am · #447736

Does anyone have a definitive (printed, or written down whilst listening) set list for the Melbourne show? It was so damn awesome (although playing so much old stuff was a dream come true, I have really taken to this new album & would have liked to hear every day is the same, or only).
Thanks for the help,
After jumping up and down all night (although most of the people in the pit either didn't move, or shoved others) I can barely remember the setlist, and would like to set it up on my MP3 player!
Thanks for the setlists already, just want to check the actual order.

Cheers.
Fucking hell what an awesome experience. It's a week later, and I only finished coming down yesterday (eg. I chose to listen to music that wasn't nails for the first time all week) Way more immersive than big day out when they came out for fragility

Dopefinger Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:27 am · #447780

Awesome shots Hughman, what kind of camera/ settings were you using?- I just got a new digital and I'm trying to work out how to get some really cool effects that keep happening by sheer accident.

miss_kate Bricklayer

Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:58 am · #447785

Spider2 wrote:
darkscreamz wrote:
Spider2 wrote:
darkscreamz wrote: These and other random photos from the days events:
http://rnd.missetiquette.net/2005/2005-08-17-nin/
Whoever the girl is in the first few pictures with that guy, is hot. Nice work with the shirt.
Hehe thats me & miss_kate (my lovely g/f!)
I have to agree with you, i think i did not to badly at all hehe
Nice work man!

*giggles*
you like me, you really like me!

pity i looked like such a skank when i met the band otherwise i may have gotten lucky :/
nah kidding...twas much more fun meeting them and not looking like most of the other girls did (like they hadn't been within 500 metres of a mosh pit!). at least they knew i enjoyed the show lots

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:18 am · #447792

so... anybody else suffering from a bit of post-nin depression?

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:18 am · #447793

suffering from post-nin fucked up throat

naut Prince Adept

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:19 am · #447794

yeah although I am feeling like Absolute Hell thanks to this cold so it's not as bad as it could be

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:25 am · #447797

heh, you try driving 16 hours back to adelaide (from sydney) in one hit the day after nin and see how you feel.

my voice was fucked, but i'm fine now. the other guys with me are/were totally screwed though, all suffering from some sickness. pikers bloody slept in the car while i drove most the way - but all good, i like driving (others may think i'm nuts)

this was worth every cent we spent, and metre we travelled. so good. i fear i'll never see a live performance that good again.

so surreal.

reverendtimothy Bricklayer

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:30 am · #447799

xf wrote:so... anybody else suffering from a bit of post-nin depression?

Yes, severly

I took Monday off work - not because I was sick or anything, but because I was still buzzing from all the NIN concerts... I eventually HAD to go back to work Tuesday, and being in a cubicle drained my NIN-high. Now I just stare forlorn at the photos on my mantlepiece.

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:33 am · #447800

heh.. yeah, well, "bit" was a tad understated.

aww man, can't you come back next week trent? please?

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:33 am · #447815

Dopefinger wrote:Awesome shots Hughman, what kind of camera/ settings were you using?- I just got a new digital and I'm trying to work out how to get some really cool effects that keep happening by sheer accident.

These are professional shots that will arise...soon The camera is a Nikon with a kickarse Canon lense.

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:21 am · #447829

hughman wrote:These are professional shots that will arise...soon The camera is a Nikon with a kickarse Canon lense.

sweet, can't wait! higher res the better!

hey were you the dude with the goggles i spoke to that went to the m&g in syd? met so many people; can't bloody remember who was who

theone333 Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:51 am · #447837

xf wrote:so... anybody else suffering from a bit of post-nin depression?

cheer up. they will be back in less than 12months.

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:58 am · #447840

theone333 wrote: cheer up. they will be back in less than 12months.

i heard him say that, and i still don't believe it

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:09 pm · #447845

xf wrote:hey were you the dude with the goggles i spoke to that went to the m&g in syd? met so many people; can't bloody remember who was who

I was the dude trying to chat up Rosie from Triple J

I couldn't work out which one of the Adelaide boys you where, everytime I turned around there was another bloke in an "adelaide without teeth t-shirt"

xf Master Traveler

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:50 pm · #447872

hughman wrote: I was the dude trying to chat up Rosie from Triple J

haha - no, don't remember you then

hughman wrote:I couldn't work out which one of the Adelaide boys you where, everytime I turned around there was another bloke in an "adelaide without teeth t-shirt"

heh, there were only three of us (with the shirts)! i was the one with the goatee

Opernimalus Bricklayer

Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:17 pm · #447949

xf wrote:heh, there were only three of us (with the shirts)! i was the one with the goatee

Were you at the m'n'g on Saturday? I think I met you...

naut Prince Adept

Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:05 am · #448308

hughman was on my flight from Melbourne and I didn't even realise it was him until Saturday night!

schteph. Prince Adept

Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:13 am · #448519

There was a review in the Australian last week for this show. If someone has already mentioned it i apologise (please don't hurt me) I'll try and get around to transcribing it tomorrow.

spookshow baby Bricklayer

Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:17 pm · #448595

xf wrote:
hughman wrote: I was the dude trying to chat up Rosie from Triple J
haha - no, don't remember you then

hughman wrote:I couldn't work out which one of the Adelaide boys you where, everytime I turned around there was another bloke in an "adelaide without teeth t-shirt"
heh, there were only three of us (with the shirts)! i was the one with the goatee

You boys were lovely. Did they like your shirts? (they being the members who knew where Adelaide was)

pigsoft

Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:43 pm · #448631

Estheral wrote:Does anyone have a definitive (printed, or written down whilst listening) set list for the Melbourne show?

1. Wish
2. Sin
3. The Line Begins To Blur
4. March Of The Pigs
5. Something I Can Never Have
6. The Hand That Feeds
7. With Teeth
8. Terrible Lie
9. Burn
10. Closer
11. Home
12. The Frail
13. The Wretched
14. Reptile
15. Dead Souls
16. Suck
17. Love Is Not Enough
18. The Day The World Went Away
19. Gave Up
20. Hurt
21. You Know What You Are?
22. Starfuckers, Inc
23. Head Like A Hole

This was off some other forum. I'm pretty sure it's right though.

Mismacbeth

Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:05 pm · #448778

To all who met Trent:

So, the trick to catching him (aside from the meet and greet which he DIDN'T go to for Bris) is to go into the theatre heaps early when they're doing a sound check??

If this is true I'm going to drive back to Brisbane and kick my sister in the neck. (miss...no, it's not cool to turn up early)

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:28 pm · #448816

And be one of the selected spiral members or triple J winners...

Dopefinger Master Traveler

Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:17 pm · #448900

Yeah the meet and greet you are talking about where Trent was absent was not one of the "Official" Meet and greets that we went to. Your just thinking of being scumbag lucky enough to get backstage after the show. Whoever you meet there is just, well, ... there!

the_wretched_piggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:36 am · #449123

OK, i said i'd write more later and it's later and i've finally read every goddamn post in this elongated thread (i really wish people who didn't go to a particular show, such as this, [especially ye Londoners] would refrain from clogging this thread up with your posts). So now i shall attempt to add a vague account of my experience of Wed. 17th of August, 2005.

Pretty much awoke and left about the time we (my friend and i) planned to, but didn't reach Rod Laver Arena until about 1pm or something due to transport mix-ups. it was really weird because we had no problem getting there and back the previous day when we were sussing the place out [and got locked inside and almost weren't able to get out] ...otherwise we would've been there around 12-noon although we knew there'd be people from here lining up at 11am.
i want to complain about the two tall skanky blonde girls that were bitches to us, but i don't want waste time or start a fight (if they're here or have friends here) and they're not worth wasting my hate on.
So, we sat down at the end of the line after walking around the outside of Rod Laver for a bit [my friend was the little short girl with glasses, long dark hair and red long-sleeved top] and started talking with some of the other people around us. We shared cashews and other food, listened to some funny and interesting stories and enjoyed the spectacles what was happening around us [such as the ADELAIDE: WITHOUT_TEETH shirts, the costumed hooligans, the NIN stencil, etc.] That forklift warning thing was rather annoying though. We made friends with this girl from Christchuch, New Zealand. We were talking about NZ bands and i told her that i was seeing The Mint Chicks support Regurgitator (that's happening tonight!) and to my surprise she was actually wearing a Mint Chicks (pronounced "The Munt Chucks") t-shirt and they're one of her favourite NZ bands.
So, yeah, lining up was fun, it's a shame i didn't realise the people throwing around those green non-fizzy fizz bars were Nympholet and friends. Thanks for those.

i was able to get in fairly quickly, but since there was a lot of people in front of us, i wasn't right at the front of my door (number 15). But when they let us in i managed to find a spot in the second row without pushing/shoving/stealing or anything like that. There was just this blank spot waiting for me, which turned out to be right in front of Jeordie's spot. The songs over the P.A. were an interesting selection... i had a very open mind for the support act and i was interested to see what they would be like. i didn't know what to expect before they came on, but i have to say overall i was pretty disappointed by their performance. The bass was really loud (at least where i was, which was near the speaker that the bass was coming out) and i thought the drums were alright. But the 'singing' grated on my nerves and they didn't exactly have a lot of variety in their songs. i barely heard anyone actually booing them, so i think they must've been more pissed off that most people weren't reacting in any way at all. Or maybe they could hear the people next to me talking. Either way, i thought it was weak of them to storm off stage the way they did. But at least it cut their set short, which i think resulted in less waiting for NIN.

Out of the over the P.A. songs, i think i liked M.I.A. the best. i should buy her album when i get the chance. Damn funky! Woo! i wish she was supporting NIN!

As for NIN, i there's not much i can say that hasn't already been said. Pinion/Wish was a great opener. Jeordie played to my section of the crowd heaps.
A lot of the songs felt like the ended rather abrubtly (although for "Suck", i'm used to it).
Trent's delay in the vocals during "March of the Pigs" has already been mentioned in this thread, but i want to add that it stuffed me up too, because i was singing along. i even anticipated 'some' of the pauses he made because i was looking straight at him, but... yeah, he did that in a couple of other songs too i think.

OK, i know photos taken at live concerts can look great and all (i've seen some stunners in this thread alone) but i have to say the thing that pissed me off the most at this concert was stuff like this:
"i... hurt myself today" *KATISHH!* "to see if i still feel".
and so on. i wish people could be just a little bit more considerate and NOT take photos during the quiet parts of the best songs ever made. it was so fucking loud and it disrupted the mood, the moment, everything. Taking photos during the noisy parts is fine, because the sound of those pesky cameras is drowned out, but during quiet songs like "hurt" (i mean, C'MON!! What's wrong with you people??!) and parts of songs, is totally fucked up. That also applies to talking and yelling things out. People should be more considerate of what they're doing. Maybe there's cameras that don't make that noise when you take a photo, if there is, maybe you should stick to those next time.
i'm sorry to bitch, but this is Nine Inch Fucking Nails and i care a great deal about enjoying my favourite songs in a live context.

human_junk wrote:...So I asked him something I’d been wondering for a while...
Me: "Have you ever considered covering a Bowie song live at one of your concerts?"
He kind of threw his shoulder back in surprise of the question...I guess I do look a little too young to be a bowie fan and probably looked like a bit of a try hard lol, so I guess he wouldn't consider me a bowie fan but anyways. It seems like a silly question to ask but I couldn’t think of anything else at the time
He kinda blushed and thought about the question, I think he was felt flattered by the question…obviously a huge Bowie fan. He answered the question very modestly
Trent: "the thing is he's just too damn good uno"
He said smiling at me…I think he said something else like he just couldn’t bring himself to do it…something along those lines

This is almost going off topic, but anyways. i have a burnt copy of a bootleg on CD which has NIN and David Bowie on stage together performing the DB song "Scary Monsters". i'm guessing this must've been during the dissonance/Outside tour in 1995. i don't know if that counts as a cover or not though, since DB himself was there. But either way, i have to say Trent's voice doesn't suit DB songs, or at least that song. His production skills suit DB perfectly though and i pray that there will be a Trent Reznor produced David Bowie album. They love eachother some much, i don't know why they haven't done it already. Anyways, back to the topic of this thread.

A lot of people here have been complaining about all the "teeny-boppers" at the gig (i'm 22 and sang along to all the songs, including/especially "Burn" and "Dead Souls") and i have to ask... was this even an all ages gig? i thought it was over 18s only. And as far as i know, i didn't meet anyone under 18. And up in the seats i saw heaps of people that must've been over 30 (at least!) so i thought the age distribution was fairly even. But maybe that's just me.

xf Master Traveler

Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:46 am · #449128

spookshow baby wrote:You boys were lovely. Did they like your shirts? (they being the members who knew where Adelaide was)

not even sure if they saw them. i was the only one wearing it to the m&g, and i was too 'holy shit, this is nine inch nails' to think of even mentioning it.

bobble Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:54 am · #449146

Yeah @ M.I.A. I couldnt remember any of the setlist but I could remember the songs that were played before the band came up.

I wish they played beside you in the time more (wait, was it Right where it belongs?) instead of pinion 3 times.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:37 am · #449180

These are courtesy of Kelli (backwardsinsideofme). thanks Kelli, great stuff! more to come...

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:23 am · #449706

the_wretched_piggy wrote: We made friends with this girl from Christchuch, New Zealand. We were talking about NZ bands and i told her that i was seeing The Mint Chicks support Regurgitator (that's happening tonight!) and to my surprise she was actually wearing a Mint Chicks (pronounced "The Munt Chucks") t-shirt and they're one of her favourite NZ bands.

A lot of people here have been complaining about all the "teeny-boppers" at the gig (i'm 22 and sang along to all the songs, including/especially "Burn" and "Dead Souls") and i have to ask... was this even an all ages gig? i thought it was over 18s only. And as far as i know, i didn't meet anyone under 18. And up in the seats i saw heaps of people that must've been over 30 (at least!) so i thought the age distribution was fairly even. But maybe that's just me.

This was an all ages gig

My g/f's friend was 15 for instance hehe

We must've been quite close to you in queue(we got there at 12:30) i was wearing a white top with 'CUM RAG' written on the front.

But my point, i went to the Gurg gig as well(not for Regurgitator mind u) to see Mint Chicks & Snowman !!
I have to say personally i thought Mint Chicks were a little flat that night, i previously saw them last year/early this year(cant remember) @ The Espy when they supported a crazy Japanese band(which name ive forgotten) n they were awesome that night, was great to see the singer hanging off the roof tho

i never understand how he just magically ends up places hehe.
& Snowman i personally think are a top Aussie band, would've loved seeing them support NIN instead

nin to the void Bricklayer

Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:17 am · #449768

Mismacbeth wrote:To all who met Trent:

So, the trick to catching him (aside from the meet and greet which he DIDN'T go to for Bris) is to go into the theatre heaps early when they're doing a sound check??

If this is true I'm going to drive back to Brisbane and kick my sister in the neck. (miss...no, it's not cool to turn up early)

actually there was a m&g in brisbane

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:42 am · #449771

Snowman suck :/

cadaverique Bricklayer

Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:03 am · #449773

darkscreamz wrote: Snowman i personally think are a top Aussie band, would've loved seeing them support NIN instead

As someone from Perth who happily gets to see Snowman quite frequently, I agree that they are fantastic.However, my partner and I had a long discussion about whether they would've been a good support and we thought that they probably wouldn't have been received very favourably.

Although I would have preferred them to the Bird Blobs anytime. Blech.

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:31 am · #449778

rammsteinlurker wrote:Snowman suck :/

Have you see Snowman live?
It is a COMPLETELY different experience to their studio stuff(which i love) but live is crazy

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:57 pm · #449805

I saw them when they supported Interpol and Wolfmother, I didn't rate them highly. The two bands I'd like to see support NIN would have been TBE or COG. They're our best exports!

xf Master Traveler

Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:33 am · #450093

Actually, after seeing TBE two years ago at BDO (I've been into TBE for ages, back when they were doing small pub gigs), I've lost a lot of respect for the band.

The thing that made me admire them so much was how much the lead singer was into the music; how passionate and emotional his communication of the songs was - ironically, the same qualities that Trent showed on this recent tour, in fact. At BDO, he appeared to be nothing short of an arrogant cock - no emotion conveyed, purely a show for the easily amused.

Maybe it was just BDO. I hope so. I haven't cared much for them since, unfortunately.

COG are awesome though, yes. Been a while since I've seen them, but at the last show I went to (they were support for the Test Eagles I think - I left after COG finished, haha) they still convey the same energy they did when I first saw them in 01 or so.

What the hell was up with the support bands, anyway?

Whoracle Bricklayer

Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:55 am · #450148

pigsoft wrote:
Mafu wrote:
pigsoft wrote:
human_junk wrote:
pigsoft wrote:So where's the bootleg at already?
If you live in Melbourne I know that in about 2 weeks (from Friday the 19th) Peril should have some copies in store
We were the annoying guys from Adelaide near you in the line.
Are you the guys that gave your belt to some random person???
He was going to throw it in the bin but then his lady friend came and got it for him since she was seated. And yeah, the dopey bastards got lost trying to find the damn food place.

Ah, that was me. Running up those steps while trying to keep my pants on was fun. Then I fashioned a temporary belt out of a large plastic bag.

And the food place took us an hour to get there and back, not 5 minutes which the Melbournite told us.

xf Master Traveler

Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:02 am · #450150

Mafu wrote: Are you the guys that gave your belt to some random person???

haha, maybe you meant us, or maybe not - one of the guys from adelaide i was with gave his belt to some random person to put into the cloak room. something's going on here.

adelaide without_belts, anybody?

entice82

Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:16 am · #450229

I went to the Melbourne NIN show and loved it!!! Trent was unbelievable! Wow, what a profound experience - I had to go on my own coz none of my friends are into this music so that was a tad sad! Would have loved to go to the after pary but I didn't know where it was (plus, noone to go with again!) Thanks to everyone who was posted pics on this site...that's awesome!! I dont know why, but I have been feeling so depressed for the last couple of weeks after the show...just feel so sad that it's over!!:( Does anyone know of any clubs that play NIN music? I don't want to sound desperate, but I'd like to make some friends that are into this kind of music....Anyone that can help me out (especially if u live in melbourne) pls PM me!! thx all!

entice82 Bricklayer

Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:29 am · #450235

My email is el_divino82@yahoo.com... for anyone who can give me some more info on the above or anything related to NIN! Especially any clips, pics etc on the Melbourne concert!! thxx

entice1982 Bricklayer

Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:54 am · #450249

Sorry guys, I left the '.au' off the above email address.

Whoracle Bricklayer

Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:26 pm · #450353

xf wrote:
Mafu wrote: Are you the guys that gave your belt to some random person???
haha, maybe you meant us, or maybe not - one of the guys from adelaide i was with gave his belt to some random person to put into the cloak room. something's going on here.

adelaide without_belts, anybody?

Might've been you guys. And my belt was hardly "studded", it wasn't going to harm or stab anyone in the mosh, but the ignoramus security guard insisted that it wasn't allowed and that I could use it as a "weapon". Oh well, it's all over now.

*strokes shiny white NIN pick* Yesss precious...

miss_kate Bricklayer

Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:30 am · #450589

whatever is said about support bands, i think most of us have probably seen worse...in my case Mandy Kane supporting Marilyn Manson in 2003 *shudders*

Opernimalus Bricklayer

Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:57 am · #450605

xf wrote:What the hell was up with the support bands, anyway?

Aaron North picked the support bands for the tour.

filth Master Traveler

Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:19 am · #450708

Opernimalus wrote: Aaron North picked the support bands for the tour.

If this is sarcasm (considering the vibe of former posts on the support) - I don´t get it

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:09 am · #450791

Here is a review of the melbourne show

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/2926/

entice1982 Bricklayer

Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:59 am · #450822

Awesome review!! Thx for the post!

Ryan Prince Adept

Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:05 am · #450823

Another treat for long term fans was the teaser of Kinda I Want To dropped into the breakdown of Closer, the song which broke Nine Inch Nails to the world.

that's bothersome.

bobble Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:35 am · #450828

Ryan. wrote:Another treat for long term fans was the teaser of Kinda I Want To dropped into the breakdown of Closer, the song which broke Nine Inch Nails to the world.

that's bothersome.

so is hit Brisbane's Rod Laver Arena. Hello editor..

naut Prince Adept

Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:44 am · #450832

nah Aaron did pick the support bands, Oper asked who was responsible

at the meet and greet she went to.

filth Master Traveler

Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:47 pm · #450997

naut wrote:nah Aaron did pick the support bands, Oper asked who was responsible at the meet and greet she went to.

Wow, that´s nice of Trents - strangely non-control-freakish

Were Oper and /or Aaron referring to the Australian part of the tour only, or USA, Europe etc., too ?

the_wretched_piggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:11 am · #452215

So somebody actually did ask NIN at one of the meet&greets? i was hoping someone would.
Well, i guess they do seem more "Aaron" bands than TR ones, but both Aaron and Trent watched and applauded The Follow from the side of the stage at the second Sydney show. It'd be interesting to know what they thought of Bird[turd] Blobs.

"this is the only time i really feel alive" (yeah, it's surprising/scary/bothersome how many people are getting "kinda i want to" mixed up with "the only time")

naut Prince Adept

Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:55 am · #452237

yeah, my friend asked one of them who had picked the support bands and they said Aaron. She then told aaron off for picking Bird Blobs

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:37 am · #452976

http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/v ... ht=#452368

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:22 am · #453074

Awesome. eatmyblud is my new best friend.

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:25 am · #453076

eatyourblud rather

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:53 am · #453081

Hey, it's all blud!

wysht Bricklayer

Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:20 am · #453572

hi guys.
yes that review is my fault,

, and the mistakes in it.

the brisbane slip is easy to explain, a few days after the show i flew up to brisbane to see them again, and i finished this review after getting back from there. so obviously that's what was on my mind at the time.

as for mixing up the song titles... it was late, and i slipped. whoops? sorry.

personally i didn't mind bird blobs last time i saw them. didn't see them at this show, but i can imagine they wouldn't have been suited to the show at all.

spando16

Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:03 am · #453688

Bloody good show, but i still maintain that the perfect circle show was better. Dead Souls, Reptile and Something I Can Never Have were massive surprises. Burn was awesome, but the definate highlight had to be the frail/the wretched. For those of you who thought they should have played piggy, i met one of the lighting guys after the show, who ran out on stage as soon as NIN finished and grabbed a set list. Piggy should have been right after MOTP. Dont know why they didn't play it. There definatley seemed to be some contention in the band too, Jeordie looked fucking pissed off about something, and apparently got in a massive argument about bass strings backstage with someone. Jumpy McJumperson went off!

the_wretched_piggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:51 am · #453723

That's very interesting.

schteph. Prince Adept

Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:31 pm · #455693

http://www.petitiononline.com/ninausnz/petition.html

cantbestuffedloggingin

Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:01 am · #464728

online petitions dont work.. everyone knows that

schteph. Prince Adept

Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:15 am · #464744

Democracy doesn't work either, but we still keep plodding along.

rammsteinlurker Master Traveler

Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:25 am · #464752

breakdancing works.

hughman Master of the Ninth Arch

Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:04 am · #464935

that review of the Melbourne NIN concert in this weeks copy of the street mag "Beat", also on there web site at the following link:

http://www.beat.com.au/live_reviews.php#lr245

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:47 am · #465060

hughman, you have the link to everything...

like a magical linking fairy...

sickamongthepure Grand Pontiff

Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:34 am · #468916

I just got some photos of the Melbourne line (aka the super dooper Australian ETS meet up!) developed, there was only a couple on this (nasty, cheap, disposable) roll since I had about 4 cameras going at once.

Nothing too exciting I'm afraid, but I'll post them anyway...

keychains and snowstorms perched on the table (with yods underneath), Mafu in the brown shirt on the right, naut with a pink jumper on her head, and human_junk way off in the background by the tree! (I think that's all)

"NE INCH NAILS"...oops, too slow.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:40 am · #469106

haha u can see us in the background spray painting the nin symbols on our clothes....we got bored. Worked pretty well...in fact i still have the symbol on my pants

Thanx for posting the photos

the_wretched_piggy Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:54 pm · #469177

Hmm... Megan, i think for most of the afternoon i was sitting near where those people standing up behind the tree are.

http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4706 ... 0057fx.jpg
If anyone has my ticket for the Melbourne show (#375 TN 2288) please let me know and i will swap two other used Melbourne tickets.
i just want my original one back.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:41 am · #471209

Last call if anyone else wants the Melbourne 2005 show DVD.

TRADES ONLY, as usual. doesn't have to be boots, i'll trade anything and everything.

i'll do one more round and then i'm taking a break from it. after that you'll have to get it from the Eghay creeps at ridiculous cost and shit quality.

theone333 Master Traveler

Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:56 am · #471216

share it on dimeadozen you fool.
do you like dillinger escape plan by any chance?

naut Prince Adept

Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:16 am · #471226

sickamongthepure wrote:I just got some photos of the Melbourne line (aka the super dooper Australian ETS meet up!) developed, there was only a couple on this (nasty, cheap, disposable) roll since I had about 4 cameras going at once. Nothing too exciting I'm afraid, but I'll post them anyway...

keychains and snowstorms perched on the table (with yods underneath), Mafu in the brown shirt on the right, naut with a pink jumper on her head, and human_junk way off in the background by the tree! (I think that's all)

HAHAHA thats a great one of me

I managed to get what you were trying :p
"NE INCH NAILS"...oops, too slow.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:25 pm · #471299

theone333 wrote:share it on dimeadozen you fool.
do you like dillinger escape plan by any chance?

ur hott wanna make out?

you have PM.

theone333 Master Traveler

Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:07 am · #475256

eatyourblud wrote:
theone333 wrote:share it on dimeadozen you fool.
do you like dillinger escape plan by any chance?

ur hott wanna make out?

you have PM.

errr.. you have a PM for a few days now. just in case you havnt noticed.

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:29 am · #480888

i'm desperate for a recording of the show... would someone please link me up... i sound like a bitch i know...

does anyone know if peril underground is selling the DVD yet?... last time i checked they only had the london astoria and cochella...

i really want the concert i went to... please PM me if you can help...

.................

it's been a month and a bit since the show and i'm still reeling... i want more!!

everytime my girlfriend and i listen to any album, when a song that was played comes on we start going "oh, wasn't this cool!"

and no matter how loud i turn my stereo up i can't match the bass in the wretched... i was in front of a speaker and my chest felt like it was going to be ripped apart... i loved it...

has anyone heard anything new on the next show?

anyway, if you can help on the audio recording or even video of the show it would be greatly appreciated.

rock on.

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:42 am · #481005

Yea I’m exactly the same! I’ve been visiting peril regularly and have been continually disappointed. The last time I visited peril (about a week and a half ago) I asked the guy when he thought they would come in. His reply was that the person who made the bootleg for him was taking longer than expected, he assured me that they were coming and promised me that I wouldn't miss out. He also said that they should be in the store in about a week’s time, however his tone wasn’t exactly definite. I guess a weeks time has passed by now so they might be there. I’ll probably be dropping into the store tomorrow so fingers crossed. I'll drop a message on this thread for you and anyone else who’s interested if i find out more info or better yet if they’ve arrived!

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:45 am · #481006

The dvd is widely available for trading already. it'll be torrented in the coming weeks. why pay for it?

louise Master of the Ninth Arch

Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:59 am · #481012

the only problem is that i really don't have anything worth trading

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:27 am · #481391

never mind... i have leaned to love PM,

thank you jesus.

eatyourblud Master of Achievement

Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:31 am · #481427

Are you 2 allergic to pm's or something?

naut Prince Adept

Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:30 am · #481650

the DVD is in Peril now. It looks the same as the one eatyourblud is trading so yeah, go for a trade.

I_DONT_KNOW Bricklayer

Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:56 am · #483091

naut wrote:the DVD is in Peril now. It looks the same as the one eatyourblud is trading so yeah, go for a trade.

What are Peril asking for it? I hassled those guys for about three weeks and didnt get an exact price of them. I live in tassie too but they said they can send it so yeah.

Eatyourblud did you get any of my PM's about trading? If your not keen do you know when it will be torrented and if it may be somewhere where demons hang out? I have seen the Sydney show (audio only) torrented bring on Melbourne! Probably not the right place to post this but whats the quality like?

theone333 Master Traveler

Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:31 am · #483146

naut wrote:the DVD is in Peril now. It looks the same as the one eatyourblud is trading so yeah, go for a trade.

when i get the melbourne. ill make a copy for a friend and we will help torrent it together on dimadozen, thats if he has an account yet.

DONT FUCKING BUY BOOTLEGS FROM PERIL. GEIGH.

schteph. Prince Adept

Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:03 am · #483198

I finally got around to de- tenting my tour date t-shirt on the weekend!

I_DONT_KNOW Bricklayer

Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:16 am · #487658

Anyone seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nine-Inch-Nails- ... dZViewItem

I really dont know that it is worth the $30 they are asking for it considering an official DVD would be near the same price? *cough rip off*

I know it takes alot of time and effort to do these things and of course you run the risk of getting your gear confiscated by security etc but come one you've gotta share the love a bit?

danebraddy Grand Pontiff

Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:35 am · #487670

because some ppl don't share the love and it is impossible to get this dvd otherwise... personally i don't want packaging etc.. just a blank dvd in a slipcase... but if i'm going to pay 30 bucks for it...it must be done...
i understand ppl want trades and stuff...but some of us don't have ANYTHING to trade...

there is just no other way for me to get this show...

i_don't_ know - any word on perils prices yet?? is that ebay link the same one they're selling at peril???

and i thought there were like 3 or 4 ppl here taping the show... what happened to those recordings?

I_DONT_KNOW Bricklayer

Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:54 am · #487690

dane_braddy666 wrote:because some ppl don't share the love and it is impossible to get this dvd otherwise... personally i don't want packaging etc.. just a blank dvd in a slipcase... but if i'm going to pay 30 bucks for it...it must be done...
i understand ppl want trades and stuff...but some of us don't have ANYTHING to trade...

there is just no other way for me to get this show...

i_don't_ know - any word on perils prices yet?? is that ebay link the same one they're selling at peril???

and i thought there were like 3 or 4 ppl here taping the show... what happened to those recordings?

When i called Peril they said about $30 (plus delivery as I live interstate). I have contacted eatyourblud about trading and just waiting on a reply. If I get it we should be able to sort something out that doesn't involve money changing hands. Will let you know.

Dizqord Bricklayer

Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:17 am · #494347

This is pretty delayed but here goes:

The guys doing the NIN stenciling cleaned up especially with my fiance modelling the tag off to everyone.

The other guys from Adelaide and the cousins from Perth provided great entertainment whilst lining up for 8 hours. Thanks guys.

Dave from Triple J / The original Rove Live on channel 9 was pretty funny and didn't believe Nikki's Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses were real, nor that there was a chick at a NIN concert wearing D&Gs to begin with.

Memories from the show:

Dead souls and Burn went off and I'm still amazed that I got to see these songs live.

Aaron North's jump off of the keyboard was great.

Trents umm 'butt bopping' during TLBTB got a few chuckles from the peeps at the front left side of the pit.

darkscreamz Master Traveler

Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:33 am · #506698

You don't need to rely on Peril for these type of bootlegs for non-city goers

Radical Records in Dandenong have the same bootleg supplier as Peril and have the Melbourne DVD in-stock

(and if not can order it)

For the record does anyone have a Melb Lithograph they want to offload to me

Dizqord Bricklayer

Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:54 am · #508864

Are there any more pictures around from the line up outside of rod laver?