NIN means this...
cleopatra
I'm not sure of the passage but somewhere in the first four books of the New
Testament it says something like - and Christ was nailed to the cross with
nine inch nails -
I guess other people have used the reference lyrically including Tori Amos -
Forgive me if I don't have it exactly right - or if this info is old hat -
I've been seeing alot of the Tori Amos posts again -
ALSO you might want to know that Tori Amos had an earlier record out on
Atlantic called
"Y - Kan't Tori Read?" - It was real bad pop/dance producer driven crap -
find a copy and you'll recognize her on the cover wearing some kind of rock
bimbo get-up .
later
Matt Sottile
RMI FAQ, forgot which, but one has a list of all the meanings. I think
the fingernails on the statue of liberty are also nine inches long(the FAQ
mentioned it).
Dave Dalle
In a previous article, cleo...@cyberden.com (cleopatra) says:
>"Nine inch nails" is a reference from the Bible.
>
>I'm not sure of the passage but somewhere in the first four books of the New
>Testament it says something like - and Christ was nailed to the cross with
>nine inch nails -
>
>I guess other people have used the reference lyrically including Tori Amos -
That's ONE meaning.
Dave
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David Warner
the faq has *conjectures* as to what nin refers to. i find it much
easier to believe that trent named his band after biblical imagery,
considering the amount of religious shit in his music. somehow, i
don't see much connection between the statue of liberty and his
lyrics.
dave
John Mc Donagh
>In article <7672534...@kmfdm.industrial.com> ro...@kmfdm.industrial.com (Matt Sottile) writes:
>the faq has *conjectures* as to what nin refers to. i find it much
Well... They *are* only conjectures. No one knows for sure!
>easier to believe that trent named his band after biblical imagery,
>considering the amount of religious shit in his music. somehow, i
Right so that's what you believe... But don't make it look like
the other conjectures are all wrong because you like to think that's
the reason. (I agree with you... But try not to be so dogmatic)
>don't see much connection between the statue of liberty and his
>lyrics.
Well the Crown of the Statue of Liberty is what is on the cover of PHM!
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Christopher G. Macionski
Christ was buried with. But then over Good Friday, I found out that
they used 7" nails.
-Mush
Matt Sottile
Neither do I. Just remembered it from the FAQ. There is another religious/
biblical reference to nine inch nails too. I think it's another death
related one, other than Jesus and his Cross.
Matt Sottile
I think somewhere I read that is the traditional size to bury people with(9"
that is, not 7")
Stephen Mulrine
In a previous article, ro...@kmfdm.industrial.com (Matt Sottile) says:
+That's not the ONLY meaning of nine inch nails. Read the NIN FAQ, or the
+RMI FAQ, forgot which, but one has a list of all the meanings. I think
+the fingernails on the statue of liberty are also nine inches long(the FAQ
+mentioned it).
The FAQ is almost certainly wrong here, or else the Statue of Liberty would
only be 18 times life size.
Stephen
Sharon L Hinzpeter
: >don't see much connection between the statue of liberty and his
: >lyrics.
: Well the Crown of the Statue of Liberty is what is on the cover of PHM!
It could be, I guess... I kinda doubt it though. The little spike things
are at the wrong angle. It could be a computer-generated image of
garbage, too.
sharon
Ryan Kipple
Yeah, I know most of you are probably sick of hearing about NIN in here!
So end this particular NIN thread by saying what exactly the PHM cover is
a picture of!
I've heard it's the inside of a typewriter to the engine of a car and now
this!
I don't think it answers this question in the NIN faq either (I think).
Thanks.
Rick Denoble
>this!
I spoke to Trent on their tour w/ AJMC in 1990 and asked him about it
then. He said that it was a picture of a turbine stretched through the
use of computer imaging...
r.