All the Concerts Fit to Print

Me, Phil, Chuck and Nick at The Riverside. General admission, $23.50. They had pulled the seats out, down front, so that's where we were.

Marilyn Manson opened the show. That was the first time I'd seen anything like them. I vividly recall Manson's long rubber schlong hanging off the front of his shorts. The second band was Courtney Love's Hole. Wait, that doesn't sound right... no, it does sound about right.

NIN began with "Pinion" starting low. As people caught on, the tension rose, and people made a beeline for the stage. Mass chaos on the floor when "Wish" hit. It was great. They played all their great songs from PHM, Broken and Spiral. I recall "Hurt" with black and white scenes of decay projected on the band and backdrop.

I didn't recall, until Phil reminded me, that we felt the set was cut short. Maybe due to a technical problem. That's why we decided we should go see them in Madison, the following month. The setlist I found online bears this out. There was no encore.

1 Pinion
2 Mr. Self Destruct
3 Sin
4 March of the Pigs
5 Piggy
6 Reptile
7 Gave Up
8 Happiness in Slavery
9 Eraser
10 Hurt
11 The Downward Spiral
12 Wish
13 Suck
14 Ruiner
15 Down In It
16 Head Like a Hole