Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival 2000
Nine
Inch Nails
Other Stage
2300 Friday 23rd June 2000
It
took quite a while to remove Moby's stage setup and put on the Nine
Inch Nails gear, but the wait was worth it, as they managed a suitably
gothic scene for Trent Reznor's band to peform on.
Except
for Trent, the band was dressed up a bit like Zombies (imagine the
Thriller video in black & white), which was cool if that's your
sort of thing I guess (one of the guitarists was genuinely scary),
and it helped to emphasize who the real star of the band was.
Trent
was excellent, one of the few singers at the festival to actually
look like he was feeling the words and music he'd written. It's
difficult when the band are nobodies to enjoy their perfomance as
well, after all, they are just Trent's puppets, but the man almost
made up for it by himself, and it was great to appreciate a truly
creative indivdual.
The
crowd didn't get largely manic exept for right down the front, but
Nine Inch Nails' music is more to be appreciated as a listener than
some of the more commercial metal bands that are currently going
for the quick to please but little substance style currently dominating
the scene.
The
performance was something special to watch, because of the level
of personal expression that was lacking in so many of the other
main acts, but Nine Inch Nails maybe lost out because there were
few bits that you could grab and enjoy instantly, especially as
the only communication to the audience was the odd 'Thankyou' from
Trent.
But
the entertainment was in the songs and music, which made it one
of the highlights of the festival for me.
Review
sent in by
ROB
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