My first time with TDS was on cassette tape borrowed from my cousin. So I didn't get any skips. I listened to it daily, read all the lyrics with the songs, and dissected the liner notes to pieces, and had to make my own tape so I could give it back to my cousin. Years down the road TDS became a blueprint for so many things in my life. From mixtapes for friends to the tracklisting on all my albums to the way I design my live setlist. I always try to make my own music (project named: Grey Skies) sound similar quality/production as this album. It's 2024, I'm 42 years old and I still try to make my music sound like the 90's.
Good lordt, it’s so wild hearing almost everyone sayin that they either were too young or the album was too much in the beginning. I first heard this album when I was 16 in ‘96. The only other NIN song I heard was head like a hole on MTV (I was immediately interested). Next I was in High School and stayed the night at a friends house (slumber party) and Closer came on at like 1am. The moment I saw Trent lick that mic I WAS IN!!! The next day I went and bought the CASSETTE! It was AMAZING! Blew my whole world apart. I have never been the same. Now NIN is a huge part of my world.
