Nine Inch Nails or Skinny Puppy?

[derby378]

Arguably the last big-name holdouts of the once-booming industrial music subculture, although one could make a strong argument for Front 242 as well. But what say you?

[KitchenWitch]

1. NIN!

Not that I do not like Skinny Puppy, but I liked Nine Inch Nails better.

[LostInAnomie]

2. After "Head Like A Hole", NIN will always have my vote.

GREAT song.

[derby378]

3. I've gotta hand it to Johnny Cash, though...

The man made Hurt his own. I can't think of many other musicians who could do that.

[flvegan]

4. My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult or (to compete) Stabbing Westward.

NIN is very cool, as is Front 242. Skinny Puppy? Meh...

Hell, industrial? I'll take A Homeboy, a Hippie and a Funky Dredd together with old Ministry over Skinny Puppy. Einsterzend Neubauten (sp?) makes them all look like idiots.

[derby378]

6. Einsturzende Neubauten earned the Henry Rollins seal of approval

He's got their hieroglyph tattooed on his body for time immemorial.

I do love how they tried to sell Jordache on their own little jingle. It would have been cool if they picked it up.

[flvegan]

8. Nobody is endorsing anything for sale in this country

by using music in another language. That is, unless, KMFDM sneaks yet another one past 'em.

[derby378]

10. When did KMFDM pull this off?

I do remember it faintly, but the details escape me.

I also remember Naked City being used in some older Sega commercials, too. Or at least it sure sounded like Yamantaka Eye screaming into the microphone - kinda hard to mistake him for anyone else, especially when he's pissed off.

[Forkboy]

12. EasterSunday NewButton are awesome!

Any band that makes their own instruments can't be all bad. :)

[enigmatic]

5. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJma2dXxE0

[derby378]

7. My personal vote goes to Skinny Puppy

Cult was a very personal song for me, back when I was at the lowest point of my life.

[datasuspect]

9. neither

[Forkboy]

11. Easily Skinny Puppy

NIN hasn't down anything I really like since Broken,while Skinny Puppy's last two CDs are very strong releases.The music is far more creative and original.

NIN dropped a real turd on the music scene with My Teeth.Hopefully their new CD (which comes out in April I believe) will salvage some of my former liking for the band.

I do like that they both go after Bush a lot though,and NIN is still better than 90% of the other stuff on the radio.

Frontline Assembly is still going strong too,though I prefer the earlier stuff.But their last two have been decent.As for Front 242 I still listen to Tyranny For You on a regular basis.Good shit!

[DBoon]

13. I pick Savage Republic, "Tragic Figures"

[Xithras]

14. NIN should be called "Trent Reznor and some unimportant people".

Seriously, how many people have filtered through that group? I've always wondered if he and Sascha from KMFDM had a bet going to see who could rotate more people through their band before folding.

As to your original question, I was always more of a Skinny Puppy disciple and yet somehow ended up owning more NiN CD's than Skinny Puppy CD's, even though Skinny Puppy has released something like ten times more albums.

[XemaSab]

15. NIN

Need you ask? :shrug: