It seems that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails recently heard They Might Be Giants' new CD John Henry and absolutely loved it. Said Reznor, "It was a very exciting experience. After listening to it, I wanted to go carve something...it was very different." Well, needless to say, Reznor now has signed with TMBG to do a new CD under the pseudo-group They Might Be Giant Nine Inch Nails called Horny John. A preliminary track listing has been smuggled out of TMBGNIN headquarters....So it appears that all you fans out there should probably skip this one...then again, Vrenna's just the drummer, what does he know? At any rate, TMBGNIN has yet to find any label willing to take this project. Tracks 2-6, 10, and 14 have all been recorded, and Trent has been toting a demo tape around to various labels, but even Death Row Records won't take it.TMBGNIN:
horny john
Chris Vrenna said about the album: "Trent has completely lost his gourd. He has gone berserk. Someone come save me. John and John have him on some kind of New York drug and Trent thinks he's some sort of oatmeal treat."
- BLANK!
- Leaking on the Flowers
- I Should Be In Hell
- Extra Savvy Hair
- Why Musk Dad?
- Lie
- Why Hath Thou Forsaken Me?
- Nothing Can Stop My Plan
- Hurt Bike
- Destination Hell
- A Hell Called Nowhere
- Meet the Devil
- Out of Hell
- Stomp Box (Harder)
- The End of the Tour (Salve)
As a final note, track one is actually 15 minutes long and, true to its title, blank. Trent says this about it: "Well, my idea of hell has changed a lot over the years. First, there was 'Down In It,' then 'Help Me I am in Hell,' 'A Warm Place,' and now this. It's a blank 15-minute track; this is what I think hell is like now. I've gotten strange looks about this, but I'm really stoned so I don't care."
And stoned he was: After 15 martinis and a bourbon or two, plus three shots of heroin (so much for just ONE fix, eh?), Trent was flying.
-- dave matteson