After almost 10 years since I last saw them, finally was able to catch Nine Inch Nails in concert again. My ears are still ringing..what?

It was an interesting evening as this was not the usual venue to go see a major rock act. Since I was not able to go see them the two times they played Chicago last year I had to resort to seeing them play in the Quad Cities on a Sunday night. Dave, my fellow concert junkie and I made the trek out to “The Mark“. It was easy enough to find, it sits right on the mighty Mississippi River. That part of town is fairly odd, a mix of old and new and there was no place to get a quick bite anywhere. So concession stand dinner it was! Mmmmmmm healthy.

So after downing our gourmet meals we went to our section. CURSES! I was really disappointed in our seats, instead of being off to the side yet still in front of the stage, we were exactly to the side, almost looking from the rear and this was not a concert in the round. We tried to get moved but no dice, I suppose we could have snuck off to somewhere else but alas we did not. Our mistake, as the opening band Moving Units (who?), came on the side fresnel light (a very bright spot light) shone right into our eyes! We were blind, and had to leave. Bah…

After they were finished we ventured back and awaited the mighty Trent Reznor and company to come out and kick our arses. They did not disappoint. Mayhem, anger, angst and sadness were the themes tonight. Great show with a mix of both old and new music and even from our crappy vantage point it was an excellent light show. Trent as usual delivered an amazingly intense concert, and during the finale the guitarist decided to take a flying leap off the stage right into the pit. I only wish we could have seen it from the front end. We also couldn’t see the film that plays during the instrumental Eraser, one of my favorites. We don’t have a camera currently so I borrowed some photos taken by others from the same show. The internet is a wonderful thing isn’t it?