What is the weirdest thing that has happened to you at a NIN concert?
 
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12/03/08 12:07 AM

OH!

and there were 3 guys behind me, and they kept asking me

"what song is this"

-________-

 

12/03/08 6:22 AM

joandarc posted:
I cried. Only one other artist has done this to me -Tom Waits. I just had this huge rush of past memories. It was like an emotional ship wreck. I guess that is the awesome power of music. The rest of the show I rocked out and danced. The positive thing was I really got back into my painting and drawing after that.


~J

wow, that's amazing.... smiling smiley
This music moves the soul....
I did not draw anything in a loong time :/ I think of making myself NIN music session at home

 

12/03/08 8:18 AM

at the hamilton show i saw the two creepiest looking people in the entire world make out against my arm. then i saw a meathead guy and his son try to sneak by them and become mortified when they realized that they were standing beside the two grossest people in existance. their reaction was priceless haha!

 

12/03/08 8:19 AM

joandarc posted:
I cried. Only one other artist has done this to me -Tom Waits. I just had this huge rush of past memories. It was like an emotional ship wreck. I guess that is the awesome power of music. The rest of the show I rocked out and danced. The positive thing was I really got back into my painting and drawing after that.


~J


i did this at lollapalooza. it started during hurt and then when they went into in this twilight i lost it again. very embarassing untill you realize you're not the only one C:

 

12/13/08 6:18 PM

1991-ish. NIN was opening for Jane's Addiction and between sets, some guy fell off the balcony at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

 

12/14/08 11:04 PM

I lost my passport on the subway on my way to the Philly show. Than on my drunkin explorations after the show, I met Charles Barkley at some tequella bar. Man what a strange night!!!

 

12/14/08 11:17 PM

Lollapalooza 1 I rushed to the front of the stage when NIN came on(literally, you were up against the stage back then, no rails yet) and some guy stage dived and kicked out my front teeth with his boot. The crazy thing is I just spit them out and stuck them in my pocket and continued on. Being 20 was great! i really didn't give a shit, until i got home and had to face my Dad with no front teeth. Also, this pit was the craziest I was ever in. Thousands of people freaking out, once you were in that sealed your fate. No security back in the day to save your ass. It was hardcore!the finger smiley

 

12/15/08 12:51 AM

The weirdest thing that has ever happened to me at a NIN concert happened on Friday 12/12/08 at the Sacramento show. About into the third song of NIN's set some asshole felt compelled to bite me on the right shoulder really really hard. As you can see, it broke the skin. I immediately went to the security and requested to be taken to the venue medic. The medic team were very helpful in getting the wound rinsed out as quickly as possible. I thank them for that. A friend of mind whom was attending his first NIN concert also hurt his ankle in the pit. I have been to five NIN and on TOOL floor shows and have never been hurt till now. Since there are idiots out there whom feel that they need to bite people in order to get to the front, I feel that this will be my last floor show at any concert. http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n250/Nailedteeth9/IMG_0470.jpg

 

12/16/08 2:08 AM

As these things go, is it not up to everyone to keep the people from biting? The wierdest thing that has ever happened to me at NIN concert was attending.

 

12/16/08 4:40 AM

ladytron. but on a serious note i met some guy i had not seen for many years and we were both nearly 200 miles from home. not that weird but hey.

 

12/16/08 8:01 AM

Shamrock69 posted:
... some asshole felt compelled to bite me .. really really hard.

I feel that this will be my last floor show at any concert.

Sham, at my last concert I was targeted, the girl knew me. I know this because of a comment she made -- something she'd only know from the NIN forums. Harassment during the entire show is an understatement. The reason I didn't directly address that behavior to security is because I'd most likely get tossed from my rail view -- not happening.

But getting bitten is fucked.
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Will NIN tour the states sporadically? That 4-man band, white lights and going back to the beginning as Reznor stated. If concerts becomes exclusive I'd gladly pay for the right to enjoy the music.

Vomit, piss, concussions, hair pulling, assaults, torn clothing, scrotum grinding, and now human bites. Not to mention energy and time lost addressing jerks. I'm not saying his music won't bring you to your feet but well, we'll see what happens in 2009.

I'm very sorry for your memory from a NIN show. That's horrible.

 

12/17/08 9:32 PM

Not to mention the most phenomenol music I have ever heard, for every person bit like that there is another willing to correct this action, if not 50. With Teeth was not written to encourage biting. When you are at the next NIN show at the Univ. of Reno N.V., wear leather to protect you from biting, I will see this and be prepared to correct any further apprehension in regard to flooring by immediate intervention and corrective biting maneuvers. No one should be able to bite someone from N.V., or anywhere for that matter, and think its acceptable unless they are being jumped and fighting off men who fight like b@#&!*$.

 

12/18/08 12:39 AM

The guy in front of us in Vegas stood to let some people scoot past his seat, and exposed a full 8" of asscrack at us for over a minute. Zitty, hairy ass. Get a belt, man.
We kept waiting for him to feel the breeze and hike up his drawers, but he never did. That was the strangest part.

 

12/22/08 3:31 PM

sarahr posted:
Not so weird as much as gross - someone vomited in the pit and the mixture of heat and sweat made sure that a lot of people slipped around in the rising stench.
Haha, it was one of the most nightmarish things that could happen during a concert, you couldn't get away from it if you tried.

Hahaha,that is the exact same thing that happen at the concert I attended back October.Somebody vomited but I didn't realized till a guy behind me told somebody about it...agh.

 

12/25/08 7:54 PM

stainless posted:
breatheusinslowly posted:
I lit up a spliff during the ghosts segment and some guy from the row above me hopped down into the empty seat next to me and snapped his fingers as if it was mandatory that i passed him the joint. i gave him the joint and he started toking like a madman and laughing and pointing towards the stage. It took him too long to give the joint back so i pulled out another one for me. As i lit it the guy shot the rest of the other spliff off the balcony and demanded to have the one i was smoking. in my head im like: "ok wtf is this guy's problem?.....you don't just throw a half-lit joint off a balcony and then expect to get the other one" so, i leaned over and shouted in his ear: "Take this and please get the fuck away from me!" he looked so shocked. he just took the joint, got up, and walked out into the lobby. so i turned towards the stage and pulled out another spliff to enjoy the rest of the song and to forget about what just happened.

fuck THAT you were way too generous. I would have told the motherfucker to jump off the balcony and go search for the one he tossed


honestly i couldn't give 2 shits if i was being generous ....i had about an ounce in joints rolled, even if he threw off 10 other ones ....another would magically appear, so fuck 'em

 

12/25/08 8:01 PM

selfhaphazardyet_ posted:
OH!

and there were 3 guys behind me, and they kept asking me

"what song is this"

-________-


People asked me, "Who's playing?"
Seriously.

 

12/25/08 9:27 PM

I once fell in the pit, and if you ever been to a show and have fallen in a pit you know how earily quiet it is down there. I got sooo scared I was going to be trampled I reached up and used this big bald guys junk to pull myself up. And all he did was pat me on the back and kept rockin out.

But the weirdest thing that happened to me was when I was at Xfest and I had been on the rail all day trying to keep my spot for the ShineDown and then Seether sets. My friend had braught me a couple beers.. so I was feeling pretty good. Little dehyrdated but pretty good. Was a really good show aside from getting groped by some guy who claims it's ok cuz I was on the rail, and the damn crowd surfers. So end of the night Stewart throws out a guitar pick and I caught it. This drunk chick tries to take it out of my hand and I wasn't letting go so she punched me in the face. I punched her back. Very first time I have ever punched anyone and her head flies back and smack the rail. She is crying. I'm feeling bad that I punched her, cuz I'm a girl and half drunk and have never punched anyone before. So I help her up and find some water to wash off the cut on the back of her head. And she just keeps saying how sorry she is, and that she had too much to drink. And I have a big ol shiner the next day and so I'm telling my sister about it and all she said was "So, was this girl skinny?" WTF does that have to do with it?

But honestly, I think I have a story about every concert I've been to. If you don't, then you aren't doing it right.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/25/2008 09:32PM by bambiethespy.

 

12/27/08 12:52 AM

A couple in front of me were practically getting it on during Closer.

 

12/27/08 3:00 AM

My fiance's back car windshield was smashed out when we went to go see them in Erie PA in 2006. And there were lots of people carrying crosses and passing out propaganda. My friend and I were like freaking out. My fiance didn't care though because his insurance would pay for a new one. Then we kept teasing him that the people in the parking lot probably threw a cross through his windshield because he had a NIN sticker on his car.

 

12/30/08 9:29 PM

i was on the rail at the show in SA this October & this nasty chick behind me grabed my boob. At first i thought it was accidently because we were all so squished but then i felt her hand again! i just moved her hand out instead of wasting time on her & missing any of the show. i think she was trying to steal a rail spot because i heard the girl next to me yell out "wtf are you doing!?" so maybe she grabbed her boobs too. she kicked people & put all her weight on us. the show was fucking amazing tho!

 

12/30/08 9:16 PM

A chick jumped on the stage during Echoplex at the Lexington show this August. She got dragged off the stage by security. This fat dude sitting next to my mom was listening to my mom talk about how hot Trent is and he just kept nodding his head in agreement. This dude sitting behind me had a very scary hairy leg. This guy in the row ahead of us just stood there and eventually left early. I was like "wtf is his problem?" The old couple sitting next to me were awesome and they started rockin out once they hit a few joints. When Trent announced his band 2 things during that were weird and hilarious: Trent said Alessandro was being an asshole lately because he had quit smoking 6 days before that show and the other thing is that Trent's voice cracked and he called it "puberty" Fucking great show!!! It was my first concert too!!!!

 

12/30/08 9:36 PM

i expect the floor to be rough. i expect to get pushed around. i'm used to it, and i can certainly hold my own on the rail with little trouble, but never until the victoria show have i ever had someone behind me actually cover my face with their hands in an attempt to suffocate me. that was fucked. security(trent's main security guy JT) stepped in right away though and that was the end of that.

 

01/02/09 4:29 PM

Canadians kidnapped my husband for a good hour

 

01/05/09 4:18 PM

at the Toronto June 24/06 show at the Molson Amputheatre - the guy in the seat next to me was so drunk - I don't think I've ever met anyone quite so wasted - and it was like 7 pm. I got there just as Peaches started and he hit on me throughout her entire set, and I didn't want to be rude and tell him to fuck off - so I ignored him. He kept offering me drags from him cig and beer - which I turned down, and after Peaches I went to the merch table to get away from him, and decided I'd resort to being rude if he tried to talk throughout Bauhaus - but when I got back he was gone and didn't come back for the rest of the concert.

Also strange, in Montreal having someone grab my shoulders and try to physically remove me from the bar halfway through NIN set after I refused to push over to let her in beside me - cause there is oh so much room on the bar halfway through a NIN set.

 

01/16/09 12:37 PM

started crying because i was out of it and i seen others doing the same, very emotional time

 

01/16/09 6:23 PM

At the mohegan sun show some chick had a shirt that looked like she wrote "Mrs trent reznor" in blood.

 

01/16/09 7:44 PM

Shamrock69 posted:
The weirdest thing that has ever happened to me at a NIN concert happened on Friday 12/12/08 at the Sacramento show. About into the third song of NIN's set some asshole felt compelled to bite me on the right shoulder really really hard. As you can see, it broke the skin. I immediately went to the security and requested to be taken to the venue medic. The medic team were very helpful in getting the wound rinsed out as quickly as possible. I thank them for that. A friend of mind whom was attending his first NIN concert also hurt his ankle in the pit. I have been to five NIN and on TOOL floor shows and have never been hurt till now. Since there are idiots out there whom feel that they need to bite people in order to get to the front, I feel that this will be my last floor show at any concert. http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n250/Nailedteeth9/IMG_0470.jpg

DAMN WTF is wrong with some people? I hope that person didn't have rabies!

 

01/30/09 5:14 AM

I was sitting up in the last row at the HOB concert and there were these two average looking couples that sat down in the row in front of me. No big deal. Looked like they were around my age, maybe younger. You could tell they'd probably been fans a long time. Dressed average, jeans hoodies, t-shirts, ya know not, UBER gothy or anything....I was talking to one of the people next to me, off and on, a younger couple while waiting for the opening act. The girl and I were both freezing our butts off and giggling about how cold it was there. But nothing major just general pass the time chit chat. nothing obnoxious or attention getting (not that I ever would in public but) All of a sudden the guy from one of the couples in front of me, turns around looks me up and down and says to his girlfriend next to him, "I guess Trent Likes Em BIG now?" and they all grinned at each off and giggled/snickered.

I just sat there like WHAT THE FUCK are you talking about??? I was completely stunned. I didn't say anything but...WTF??? Like it was just bizarre and out of the blue; unrelated to anything being said by anyone. I don't even know the guy (Trent or any of NIN) OR either of those couples for that matter. It was just weird behavior. And I'm kind of keeping to myself and a few friends now as a result cause...WTF? What else are people saying about me ya know, they gotta be getting this bullshit from somewhere? How can you assume shit like that about a complete stranger when there's ZERO evidence of anything happening??? Like there's not even a picture of me and him on the web like with past girlfriends ya know? You'd think if I was with him, you'd have seen something by now??? Not to mention he's in like CA and I'm in PA??? HELLO! WAKEY WAKEY...

ANYWAY eye rolling smiley...that's the weirdest thing... this thread just reminded me of it. I had previously completely forgotten about it and long moved on with my life...

Oh and yeah...in philly someone lit a joint too, but HELLO, it's a Rock concert! LOL My first concert ever was Aerosmith with Dokken as an opener and my best friend and I got totally high, in the nose bleeds, from everything being lit below us, the second hand smoke smiling smiley.



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2009 05:25AM by janedoepa.

 

01/30/09 7:19 AM

I was at a NIN/Bowie show in Columbus, OH and I saw something a little odd. It was an outside show at some amphitheater. I noticed a guy run in front of me towards the start of the NIN set (Prick opened). Well I thought it was odd but about 20 minutes later here he comes again. Once again, odd! Sure enough 20-30 minutes later here he comes again. This time I watched him. He ran a complete circle around the place non stop the entire NIN set and then during Bowie too. Only time I have seen someone pay for a concert / running session.

 

01/30/09 4:26 PM

A girl was wearing a black large garbage bag as her outfit......this was Aug 5 ACC in Toronto. It was weird.....I've seen a lot of goths and strange outfits but the garbage bag really stuck out.

 
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