9 Inch Nails had a reunion of kinds throughout their tour nearer at Cleveland, OH’s Blossom Music Middle. Trent Reznor welcomed former members Chris Vrenna, Donny Lohner, Charlie Clouser and Richard Patrick onstage with the band to carry out “Eraser” off The Downward Spiral, and so they stayed for the remainder of the set, helping on “Want,” “Sin,” “Gave Up,” “Head Like a Gap,” and a canopy of Filter‘s “Hey Man Good Shot.”
Watch fan-shot footage from the efficiency under.
Patrick is finest often known as the founder and frontman of Filter, however earlier than forming that band he was a part of the 9 Inch Nails reside lineup from 1989-1993. Throughout an interview a pair years in the past, he recalled quitting the band after Reznor steered he ship pizzas to make some additional money. At that time he had already written “Hey Man Good Shot” and had some label curiosity.
“I used to be like, ‘Hey, dude, I hate to let you know this now, however I give up. And I’m so sorry, however I fucking give up. I’m not gonna promote pizzas and I’m not gonna drive for a [pizzeria],” he stated on the time.
Since they had been in Cleveland, NIN bandmates previous and current joined collectively for a particular reside Q&A on the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame (Vrenna and Lohner had been inducted into the Rock Corridor with NIN in 2020, Clouser and Patrick weren’t).
Watch the complete Q&A under.
