On Thursday evening, I had the great fortune to attend the final Nine Inch Nails live performance at The Wiltern Theater here in Los Angeles, CA. But before Trent Reznor took the stage to perform the last NIN concert, he graciously set aside some time to sit down and grant me a short interview for Pink is the new Blog:
As you may recall, I was able to interview Reznor on the last night of the Lights in the Sky Tour last December in Las Vegas, NV so I was thrilled he was willing to chat with me again on the last night of the Wave Goodbye Tour, the last for Nine Inch Nails. In our 20 minute chat, TR explained how he goes about crafting a setlist for each performance, which live performance in his 20 year touring history stands out most in his mind, his plans for new music outside of Nine Inch Nails and more. After the jump, you can watch my interview with Trent Reznor in full …
Altho I was very nervous to talk to TR again on film, he made sure to set me at ease so that we could have an engaging and comfortable conversation. I’m always taken with how candid he is in interviews and cannot express enough how much I appreciate him taking the time to talk with me. His answer about his plans for new music left me hopeful and excited, which is much different than many NIN fans feel about the end of the band. I hope this interview will leave those of you who watch it just as hopeful and excited. Below is an audio version of our interview in case you’d rather hear it instead:
Many thanks to Trent Reznor and all of his support staff who helped make this interview possible. I should mention that the videographer who oversaw the official filming at all the NIN shows also filmed my interview with TR for possible usage … tho his camera was focused on me the entire time so I doubt it’ll be useful at all. You can hear me talking with him at the start of the MP3 of my TR interview. Much love and thanks goes out to David and to Ollie who helped out with the filming and photography. I hope you enjoy my interview with Trent as much as I do. I’ll have a review and photos from the final NIN show at The Wiltern this past Thursday night later on today.
Great job on the Interview with TR! This was the reason I got out of bed this morning and it was worth it! Thx Man – been awesome following you via twitter while going to the shows.
@MIckey — I wish we would’ve run into one another at the show, hope to see you around Twitter tho!!
Thank you for this great interview! Glad to hear about Trent having new projects in store. Can’t wait to hear/read more about his new music…
Great job and tthanks for sharing!
You did a great job. Thanks for doing this, I loved it. :)
Mariqueen is not pregnant….stop drawing conclusions when none are there…THIS is how rumors get started. It’s lame.
Oh, and great interview Trent….you look great and you did a great job.
Trent – For sure man. You’ve earned yourself a fan and I’ll still be here and around twitter.
oh shit!!! lol I was right next to Trent Vanegas in the henry fonda show and didnt even know!!! lol wow
nows the time to say Hi ;P
Awesome interview!!! can’t wait to what TR does in the future.
Thank you (to both Trents!)
It’s so weird to be able to see you and hear you Trent, i love it though! :) You’re like a real person now haha instead of just being some imaginary supper cool blogger guy. Great job in the interview, Trent Reznor seems like such a cool guy and he’s a mad genius so I’m super jealous. Keep up the good work kiddo, LOVE YOU!
Awesome, AWESOME interview, Trents. Thanks for posting it up for all of us to see and enjoy. :)
What an honor. As bummed as I am that NIN is officially dunzo, we’re lucky enough to have 20 years worth of great music, videos, and memories from shows. I too am excited for new TR music (once he gets hitched and enjoys his new non-NIN life!).
You know i get really confused because they are both named Trent so its like wtf, when people post comments here lol
Where can i find this video that you speak of where Trent shows a kid how to smash a guitar??
i’ve looked all over youtube and i cant find it =(
Excellent interview once again.
This is not the END of nine inch nails…. Trent has said in other interviews that he will continue to make NIN MUSIC aside from his other ventures, he’s just done touring…. VERY good interview by the way.
…….but I do suspect NIN WILL tour again….someday….don’t forget, there was a 5 year gap between “The Downward Spiral” and “The Fragile”, and a 6 year gap between “The Fragile” and “With Teeth”….. NIN will tour again :-D
Can anyone make a transcript?
Not really a music fan but had to leave a comment on the nice legs! Woo hoo!
Amazing interview, and so happy to hear Trent looking into the future.
Hi Trent. You did a fantastic job interviewing TR! You definitely seemed much more comfortable this time around. :)
Also, it brought a HUGE smile to my face when you pulled out your piano key. At the PIne Knob show in May, you were telling me how you didn’t want to have him sign it because you didn’t want to seem like such an uber fan. So, I’m dying to know…did you have him sign it after this interview?!?!?
Thanks for sharing this!!! <3