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Trent Reznor Calls Grammys "Utter Waste of Time",
Offers Update on The Fragile Reissue

"I don't regret that we did it, but would I ever - in any situation - ever consider possibly patronizing that event in any form? Absolutely not."

By Jenn Pelly on February 18, 2014 at 11:06 a.m.

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor recently gave an interview to New Zealand's 3 News (via AntiQuiet). Along with discussing the in-process reissue of 1999's The Fragile, Reznor offered further commentary on his ill-fated, cut-off Grammys performance alongside Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Grohl, and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham.

Reznor explained his and Josh Homme's rationale behind performing at the Grammys at all. When asked if he would ever considered returning, his response was pointed:

No, it was an utter waste of time. And I'll speak for a second on this. When this came up as an option, 'Hey, the Grammys would like you to play', you know, quite frankly it was flattering. I'm not a fan of the Grammys, as I've vocally expressed in the past, I don't think I've ever sat through an entire broadcast. I know I've never attended one.

But the way my head works is, to try to approach it from, 'Okay, if we did do it, what could be the upside?' And Josh [Homme, Queens of the Stone Age] and I spent a long time talking about the pros and cons. You know, 'Do we want to be on a shit show on TV? No, not really. Do we want to be affiliated with the Grammys? No, not really. Would we like to reach a large audience and actually do something with integrity on our terms? Well, yeah. Let's roll the dice and go into it with the best intentions, with a performance we think is worthy and might - you know - stand out from the crowd. Or it might not!'
But what we weren't expecting was that level of insult [laughter]. In fact we walked off stage and I thought, 'Hey, that actually went pretty well', and I look at my collaborator Rob Sheridan, who I run into, and he's like, 'Oh my god man, you won't believe what they just did', and... 'What?' 'They cut this thing off in the middle and put a Delta commercial on'. 'What?' We had no idea.

You know, and it was just... I can look now and say I should have expected something like that, you know? But, more than anything it was just insulting. I invite my friend Lindsey Buckingham to come up on stage and it's just 'You know what, you've invited me into this place, fuck you. Fuck you guys', you know? So, lesson learned. And the other thing is if we hadn't have done it, I'd be thinking, 'Well, what would have happened it we would have done it?' You know. So I don't regret that we did it, but would I ever - in any situation - ever consider possibly patronizing that event in any form? Absolutely not.
A Grammys executive apologized to Reznor last month, noting, "I’m sorry he was upset.. I did tell them we’d take it as long as we could."

Reznor also told 3 News that he is currently toying with different ideas for an upcoming reissue of The Fragile. He said, "I want to make sure I get it right. You know, we've mixed everything in surround, it sounds amazing, we have a great package ready to go. I just stumbled across 40-or-so demos that are from that era that didn't turn into songs, that range from sound effects to full-fledged pieces of music, and I kind of feel like–something should happen with that. He added, "I just haven't had a chance to be in a calm place where I can think it through completely and make that decision."