NINE INCH NAILS

Show Information:

Date:
1994-05-07
Venue:
The Riviera
Location:
Chicago, IL United States
Tour:
Self Destruct (Part 1)
Previous show:
1994-05-05 - State Palace Theatre New Orleans, LA United States
Next show:
1994-05-08 - State Theatre Detroit, MI United States

Lineup:

  • Chris Vrenna - Drums
  • Danny Lohner - Bass/Guitar
  • James Woolley - Keyboards/Programming/Backing Vocals
  • Robin Finck - Guitar
  • Trent Reznor - Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards

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Recordings:

Source: 1
Length: 84 minutes
Complete: Yes
Taper: FUZZMONSTER
Lineage: Audio - AUD (Sonic Studio DSM-3 + Sony TCD-D3)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Notes: Since I starting collecting NIN live recordings. I have been trying to find out who taped many of these 94/95 shows with Sonic Studio mics. I had come close a few times to getting in contact. 15 years of trying, it finally happened. We talked and discussed and I now know they go by the alias FUZZMONSTER. One of the things I mentioned was how important it was to get the best quality we could out of his DATs. Like many old media, these tapes have a shelf life. The NIN tapes I had of his were not of the best transfers. Some of them may have been DAT master > Cassette and the cassette transfer had drop outs from the initial master DAT transfer. Or maybe a copy did not have a clean pass of the DAT clone etc etc. Fuzz entrusted me to transfer some of his oldest master DATs. I am excited to do this! Some of these tapes I have been listening to for years and to work on the masters is a privilege. DATs during that time were very expensive, so recording in LP mode would double the amount of time you could record on to a tape. The recordings have been very good and there are other bands that fuzz has recorded. One of the best recordings from the 1994 tour. Honestly, at times you think there is no way you are listening to an audience recording and this must be a soundboard recording. Great quality. In July 2023 I have found the person responsible for this recording and they sent me their DAT masters to transfer. A huge upgrade from the cassette copy I had of this DAT recording. I did a few passes for this transfer and there are some spots of diginoise. This is probably due to the age of the DAT tape, as well as the recording being done in LP mode. I tried to clean the spots up as best I could. Thanks to Fuzzmonster for allowing me to transfer these DATs!
Download: Suck, 2 Minutes (Sample)
Download: .Zip File FLAC, 462.7 MB
Source: 2
Length: 84 minutes
Complete: Yes
Taper: JB
Lineage: Audio - AUD (Sony ECM-S220 + Sony TCD-D3)
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Notes: Another great recording from JB.
Download: Closer, 2 Minutes (Sample)
Download: .Zip File FLAC, 517.7 MB
Source: 3
Length: 81 minutes
Complete: Yes
Taper: Unknown
Lineage: Audio - AUD, Unknown
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Notes: Alternate recording from this show. A very good recording as well. Mono.
Download: Big Man With A Gun, 2 Minutes (Sample)
Download: .Zip File FLAC, 517.7 MB