The reason why I hope people like Nine Inch Nails is the lyrics. Not that that's any great leap for me, thematically. On this record, I was more concerned with mood, texture, restraint and subtlety, rather than getting punched in the face 400 times."ĭigging a little deeper he added, "The record also looks at certain vices as being ways of trying to dull the pain of what this person is hiding. Or rather, there are lots of times when I'll come up with musical ideas that don't fit that mold. I didn't want to box Nine Inch Nails into a corner, where everything would be faster and harder than the last record - where every song had to say, 'Look how tough we are.' I don't think that's really me. This time I wanted to make an album that went in 10 different directions, but was all united somehow. Not necessarily a well-rounded record - just one ultra-fast chunk of death. Speaking to Guitar World, Reznor stated, "I wanted it to be a departure from Broken, where I wanted to make a real hard-sounding record that was just one big blast of anger. The home had a studio dubbed "Le Pig" that Reznor used for recording both Broken and The Downward Spiral. Reznor set up shop at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, initially claiming he was unaware of the significance of the address when he rented the house, but as many are aware, it is the home where Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered in 1969 by members of Charles Manson's family.
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