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I think most people's irritations with where Trent has taken NIN lies not in the fact that its not another Pretty Hate Machine or Downward Spiral - I hope, anway - but rather that they are upset with where exactly it went. It's somewhere new, and obviously this has to take place (otherwise the band sounds like a broken record that get re-hashed from time to time - which is dull to the highest degree), but when it ends up in veins of a particular musical genre that earlier fans do not quite like - if at all - it causes this unrest, I believe.
At least, that is how I perceive it.
The same thing has happened with quite a few bands that I like (Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson, Flogging Molly, Modest Mouse, Icon of Coil, etc...). It's usually not that they simply and suddenly suck now - in terms of musical ability and style - but simply that they have begun traveling along a path that I no longer care for.
I will full heartedly agree with the observation that some "fans" simply want the re-hash, nothing more, which is sad.
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