Apple earns Reznor’s wrath

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Glorious. Potty-mouthed rocker Trent Reznor – creative force behind the eternally agitated Nine Inch Nails – has taken a pop at Apple for rejecting his latest NIN iPhone app update. Apparently, the app contained some objectionable language which violated Apple’s Ts & Cs. Needless to say, this does not sit well with the Reznor.

Bask in the seething hostility of his response posted on the NiN official forums: “I’ll voice the same issue I had with Wal-Mart years ago, which is a matter of consistency and hypocrisy. Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and “clean” versions be made for them to carry. Bands (including Nirvana) tripped over themselves editing out words, changing album art, etc to meet Wal-Mart’s standards of decency – because Wal-Mart sells a lot of records.

“NIN refused, and you’ll notice a pretty empty NIN section at any Wal-Mart. My reasoning was this: I can understand if you want the moral posturing of not having any “indecent” material for sale – but you could literally turn around 180 degrees from where the NIN record would be and purchase the film “Scarface” completely uncensored, or buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto where you can be rewarded for beating up prostitutes. How does that make sense?”

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