Guess what? He doesn't like record labels.
At a show in Sydney this weekend, Reznor had this to say:
I remember that, last time I was here, I was doing a lot of complaining about the ridiculous prices of CDs down here. And that story got picked up and got carried all around the world, and now my record label [Interscope/Universal Music Group] all around the world hates me because I yelled at them and called them out for being greedy fucking assholes.
I didn't get a chance to check. Has the price come down at all? ... Has anyone seen the price come down? OK, well, you know what that means: steal it. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealing ... because, one way or another, these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that's not right.
I probably didn't make any friends by saying that.
Added to the list of friends Reznor doesn't have anymore: his current touring lineup. He says:
At this point, I want to switch things around a bit. Nine Inch Nails as a rock band configuration, we've done it and we've done it again. I see other ways I can present the material in concert, more challenging, something new. I don't want it to go stale.
Their last show will be tonight in Hawaii.
