Trent Reznor: Steal it! - Recorded by Ryan

The first NIN concert I went to, fantastic.

The fact that NIN has always been so open about their music has in fact encouraged me to buy his CDs and to begin my own NIN collection - $150 later, I own the vast majority of the Halo and Seed Collections.

I still don't regret buying them but does this mean I just fed the labels he hates, to support his music?

They were fucking amazing in Chicago at Aragon btw if anyone was there ^^

what? i have spent over 270 dollars, and I've only got about 12, but i guess music is way more expensive in Norway ...
but i agree with you, if you are a real fan, dowloaded files aren't enough, you have to own the albums, then the music means more, it feels more valuable in away

well, to be fair, I did buy most of them discounted - for example, I DO have the Closure VHS, BUT the original owner scarred the box. I'm not one to care much about condition, all I care about is the music. So while the average mint copy goes for at LEAST 60, I got mine for 10 bucks on Amazon.

In addition, ordering in quantity saves a shitload on shipping. ($2 flat rate per entire order saves a LOT more than I originally thought it would)

He was specifically aiming that at australia since they charged more for his CDs there, inpraportionally higher because his popularity is so high...

I know - copies of Year Zero there go for upwards of forty dollars. He thinks it's bullshit, and I'm sure everyone else does too.

Gotta love Trent Reznor =]

@DvineINFEKT

Yes. You did. But so did I. It's a dark tradeoff between supporting your favorite artists and supporting the bloodsuckers that run his/her shit. Though, bands tend to make most of their money from touring and merch, rather than album sales. I own all of NIN's major releases, and some EPs too. I like having a hard copy. The physical album is every bit a part of the artist's vision.

Agreed. The physical album is just as part of the experience as much as the music is.

Year Zero was a perfect example. I played the ARG as long as I could, which I found through the link hidden in both the liner notes and the phone number on the back of the CD case. Too bad I didn't make it all the way to the secret show =( :P

they own half the rights to basically all his cds except the ones under null corporation!

wouldn't consider myself a fan, but he's earned my respect with what he said