12 Things Only Nine Inch Nails Fans Would Understand

5. There Is More To NIN Than Closer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFwQP86BRs "Oh, yeah, I dig Nine Inch Nails, they're, like, one of my favourite bands! Rent Treznor is the shiz, Closer is awesomesauce!" said countless bandwagon-jumping idiots ever since that booming tick-tock drum line ruptured a million bass speakers across the world's more open-minded clubs back in 1994. Yes, it's as infectious as an ebola-riddled mongoose, and yes, that delectably naughty chorus line will have you over teacher's lap faster than you can say "blatant disregard for family values", but we need to get over it and move on. Like any otherwise off-centre band which has managed to sneak a track in to frolic among the world's mainstream garbage, Closer was Nine Inch Nail's devious wolf in pop clothing. Marilyn Manson did it with his sublime cover of Sweet Dreams; Metallica still has Celine Dion fans claiming they like heavy metal because they once slow-danced to Nothing Else Matters and felt a funny tingle inside. It happens, and the artists themselves are surely secretly thrilled since it's cash money in the bank, but we need not dwell on it - Closer is a pretty solid track but it's hardly the pinnacle of Nine Inch Nailsiness.