Juana wrote:Sure he pissed away an opportunity but it was his to piss away. Would I have walked away, probably not but everyone is different. And not everyone can handle working with someone like Trent. IE: Maynard with the tapeworm project.
That doesn't mean it's not fucking pathetic and stupid. He won't have the opportunity to perform or record with musicians of this caliber (and renown) ever again in his lifetime, I guarantee it.
It was sad that the JA 1.0 lineup couldn't have gotten its shit together, but it probably wouldn't have been very good anyway, for reasons I surely don't have to get into.
This lineup of NIN, however, will be not only interesting, but probably redefining for an act at this stage in its career. Eric could've been a part of that. I get that Trent is intense, but he's had a number of long-term collaborators. I'm pretty sure that if he wanted Eric's bass aesthetic, he knew what to do with it.
Maybe Eric ISN'T technically up for it. Lord knows there's nothing he's recorded in this latest batch of songs that impresses me musically or sonically.