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NIN and Saul Williams!

purple_chick79purple_chick79 Posts: 570
edited March 2006 in Other Music
One of the best non PJ shows I've been to in a long time. If anyone gets a chance to see them this tour, do it! They sounded so good and put on a good show. The show I went to got rescheduled, but it was worth the extra week wait!

Saul Williams was quite impressive. His music is not like anything I've heard in a while. Just him and his DJ. I met him for a second after the show. Nice guy, took the time to shake people's hands and what not.
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  • evoevo Posts: 185
    thats a good shout.

    I saw them in Glasgow last summer and it was amazing, i'd never heard of Saul Williams before but he really stood out. He's the best support i have ever seen at a gig.
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  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    i'm a big fan of both...
    too bad i couldn't see them share the same stage yet...

    but i think it's great that trent loves a lot of music that is very different from NIN... and i really hope that at least some NIN fans appreciate saul williams as well... he's such an incredible artist and one of the best lyricists/poets out there... i recommend both of his albums, "amethyst rock star" and the self titled... he also has a couple of books out... and he's an actor as well, "slam" is worth watching for his freestyle poem in the prison yard alone...
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  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 2,937
    I saw NIN last summer and Saul Williams was supporting too.

    What a crock of shite. Another jump-on-the-anti-Bush-bandwagon-to-sell-records-cunt.

    NIN, ruled BTW.
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    I saw NIN twice last year, and Saul Williams supported the second time (Dresden Dolls the first time). I have to say, at the time, I thought both were strange choices for support acts for NIN. I'd never heard music by either artist before each respective gig, but i'd heard about them.

    I was completely blown away by both of them. Saul Williams is fantastic, and I now understand why Trent would choose someone like that to support him, even though they are very different from a musical standpoint.
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  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    Eraserhead wrote:
    What a crock of shite. Another jump-on-the-anti-Bush-bandwagon-to-sell-records-cunt.


    i can totally see why a NIN fan might not enjoy his music... but this comment is just plain ignorant, mate...
    you obviously didn't listen to his lyrics at all...
    and if you were right about that, you'd also have to call trent and pearl jam the same, because they are all anti-bush (and i don't think it helps to sell records at all)...
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  • Penny453Penny453 Posts: 200
    I liked his performance, but it was last night that I truely appreciated him what what he said. It took me 2 concerts to do that. I loved Black Stacey (sp?). I will definitely buy his merch. great openener.
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  • IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    Eraserhead wrote:
    I saw NIN last summer and Saul Williams was supporting too.

    What a crock of shite. Another jump-on-the-anti-Bush-bandwagon-to-sell-records-cunt.

    NIN, ruled BTW.

    So it isn't possible that he simply doesn't like Bush? He's doing it to sell records?? If he really wanted to sell records he'd make videos full of half-naked women and act like a pimp. Pretty ignorant statement buddy.

    Saul Williams is awesome, his brand of hip-hop very dark and has a raw vibe to it. He seems like a pretty intense artist, and from that standpoint, I can see why NIN chose him to open.
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