NIN Goes Independent
From Podcasting News
Nine Inch Nails Tells Major Labels Where To Go
Nine Inch Nails announced at its site that it is going forward without a major-label contract:
I’ve waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate. Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008.
The real danger here is that Trent’s last album was both heralded and damned by his fan base, sharply dividing listeners that had remained loyal for over a decade to the songwriter. All eyes will be on NIN in the coming year to see how he fares, as the dog is now clearly free from his so-called leash.
