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From: jwhitney@earth.execpc.com (Jay Nabedian)
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Subject: NIN in my local paper.
Date: 5 Sep 1994 21:22:20 GMT
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     The following is taken from The Milwaukee Journal, Thursday,
September 1, 1994.  I thought you might enjoy it.  (I hope this isn't
illegal).  RAIN WAS JUST PART OF THE ADVENTURE
     Woodstock '94 turned out to be a windfall for Nine Inch Nails.  The
group, along with Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was widely
hailed as a highlight of the 25th anniversary festival Aug. 12 to 14 in
Saugerties, N.Y. 
     But early on, Woodstock looked like nothing but bad luck.  In a
recent interview, Nails drummer Chris Vrenna said he and his band mates
should have known that the going was going to get weird when they were
ushered into dressing room No. 13. 
     The band had arrived at Woodstock pre-rain, around 2 a.m.  Saturday,
the day they were to play, so they could check out the all-night rave
dance party. 
     "We got there in the middle of the night, so most people were
sleeping in their tents or just camped out on the grass in sleeping bags,"
Vrenna said.  "It was really kind of serene walking through it all and
listening to the rave going on in the background." 
     The five Nails finally crashed on their tour bus at dawn -- only to
be awakened around noon by sirens and screaming.  A transformer had blown
and dropped a live electrical wire on the top of the vehicle. 
     Peering out of the windows, the Nails found they were surrounded by a
swarm of fire trucks, medical personnel, reporters and the curious --
including fellow performers Crosby, Stills and Nash, who'd been cleared
off their adjacent bus as a safety precaution. 
     "People were screaming 'Don't touch anything metal! Don't get off the
bus! Don't pee!'"  Vrenna said.  "Everyone's staring at our bus and we're
all in our underwear going, 'What's going on?'" 
     The potentially charged situation was diffused and by mid- afternoon
Saturday the band members were out in the field again.  They were watching
the Rollins Band when the deluge hit.  Later that evening, still damp,
cold and frustrated by a technical problem that delayed their set, they
were waiting backstage when someone spotted a big mud puddle. One friendly
little shove led to another ... 
     And the rest, as they say, really _is_ history. 
                                               ---- Tina Maples

jwhitney@earth.execpc.com

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