Watch Trent Reznor on Keys in Pre-Nine Inch Nails Synth Pop Band
The darkness of Trent Reznor won’t have been on show fairly but, however the expertise of the musician had him touchdown gigs in a number of pre-9 Inch Nails bands within the mid-to-late ’80s. A kind of was a synth-pop group known as Slam Bamboo and photographs of his efficiency with the band on an…
The darkness of Trent Reznor won’t have been on show fairly but, however the expertise of the musician had him touchdown gigs in a number of pre-9 Inch Nails bands within the mid-to-late ’80s. A kind of was a synth-pop group known as Slam Bamboo and photographs of his efficiency with the band on an area Cleveland present has surfaced on-line (as tipped by Metal Hammer).
The efficiency was posted on-line by Scott Hanson, frontman for the late ’80s band, as they appeared on AM Cleveland in 1987 with host Scott Newell. The group undoubtedly has touchtones of that late ’80s synth pop sound that had been so standard on the time, and it is simple to see the place they confirmed promise. Throughout a mid-performance interview with Newell, Hanson reveals that they’d opened for such prime acts of the day as The Bangles, Glass Tiger, The Fashions, Starship and Michael Stanley.
Whereas a lot of the band is styled as many musicians can be within the ’80s, Reznor was already cultivating his look, positioned again towards the again of the staging on keyboards along with his jet black hair, a black T-shirt and black leather-based jacket, a glance he is continued to maintain through the years.
Slam Bamboo carry out their 1986 music “Home of Hearth” first, then cease for an interview with Newell who praises Reznor who had been serving to out with some youngsters on the present and educating a “good younger man” the way to play the synthesizer. That was then adopted by a preview of the band’s new music “White Lies” that will be launched in 1988.
Reznor really toiled in a number of bands earlier than getting his personal 9 Inch Nails venture off the bottom. Whereas nonetheless in highschool he had joined the group Choice 30 and had sang and performed keys for them. Footage of Reznor rocking Ric Ocasek’s “One thing to Seize For” whereas in Choice 30 could be considered here.
He had additionally performed in a canopy band known as The Urge (to not be confused with the St. Louis-area alt-rockers), spent a quick stint with The Harmless and was a part of native band Unique Birds (who really scored a movie position as The Issues within the 1987 Joan Jett-Michael J. Fox movie Mild of Day). He additionally performed with one other group known as Fortunate Pierre after his time in Slam Bamboo.
It was additionally throughout his time enjoying with Slam Bamboo that he was understanding of Cleveland’s Proper Observe Studio the place he began recording demos that will result in what we now know as 9 Inch Nails.
It is an attention-grabbing take a look at the event of a future Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer and this era ready him for enjoying for a wide range of audiences, together with their notorious Dance Celebration USA look within the early promotion for 9 Inch Nails’ Fairly Hate Machine album.
