NIN|JA
On June 6th, I attended the Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction concert in
Holmdel, NJ held at the Arts Center. I think I enjoyed it.
I ordered a pair of tickets through nin.com during the presale.
I managed to get through shortly after they went on sale and ended up
with two tickets for Section 104, Row S. This time I went with my friend
from college who now lives in Virginia. He drove up for the day and had
to head back down to VA the next morning.
As per the terms of the nin.com presale, we had to pick up the tickets
at the venue, just as we did for the show at the Meadowlands last
Summer. We arrived shortly before the gates opened, but were allowed in
immediately after picking up the tickets.
I stopped and purchased an overpriced souvenir t-shirt at one of the
merchandise stands. This time I was smarter and got a small. It fits
much better than the XL I picked up in August.
At 7:30 the opening act, Street Sweeper Social Club, took the stage. They
were pretty good. Let me clarify that. The guys with instruments were
good. Tom Morello was close to awesome and the other musicians were
good. I wished the vocalist would have just shut up.
At 8:15 Nine Inch Nails took the stage as Pinion played. As soon as it
ended, they immediately went into Wish, quickly followed by Last.
After Discipline, the band tore into March of the Pigs. The crowd
exploded.
The 19 song set, was about an hour and a half. It was an amazing show.
The stage show was incredibly stripped down compared to the previous
show, utilizing only lights and fog machines. It was also far more
aggressive.
At 10:00 Jane's Addiction took the stage. Unfortunately, because my
friend had to leave for VA the next morning we only stayed for the first
half of their hour long set. Dave Navarro was rather amazing. Eric Avery
was great. Stephen Perkins was really good. Perry Farrel was certainly a
good showman, but I found his voice a bit grating at times. If I have
the chance, I would like to see them again.
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