As Trent Reznor puts the finishing touches on the upcoming Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero, which is due in April, he took to his fan club web site, The Spiral, to clear up some rumors about the CD. "Let me clear a few things up so some of you don't kill yourselves (or maybe you now will)," wrote Reznor. "This is not a f**king hip hop record, for f**k's sake. I imagine my referring to old Public Enemy records as an influence and the fact I'm working with [Rapper] Saul [Williams] sparked that. To clarify what I meant by being influenced by Public Enemy: Hank Shocklee's 'Bomb Squad' had a unique and highly influential way of constructing tracks — layers of samples and loops that combined together to form something chaotic and new. Do not expect Flavor Flav to appear here."
Reznor continued, "
As far as the sound and content of my new record, you'll see and hear soon enough. I am certain some of you will HATE it. I am also certain some of you will find it the best thing I've ever done. It is different in a number of ways and it is who I am now. I am creating right now and I do not care what the record label or marketing people think about what I'm doing. I also do not care what the public think about what I'm doing. I certainly appreciate your patronage — and I HOPE you will get and enjoy what I'm working on, but I will not patronize you or pander to what you want. I assure you I am pouring every ounce of my life, heart and soul into this and it will be the best work I am capable of — and that's all I can do."
Meanwhile, NIN has a number of European and Japanese tour dates scheduled from February through May, and a new DVD, Beside You In Time, is due on February 27. It will contain 24 live songs from the With Teeth tour, five bonus videos and an image gallery.
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