NIN out of MTV Awards over Bush Dispute
 

Nine Inch Nails have dropped out of the 2005 MTV Movie Awards following a dispute over their plan to incorporate an image of George W. Bush into their performance of the song "The Hand That Feeds." Stepping in to fill the void are the Foo Fighters.

The announcement was made Thursday via a statement posted by Nails frontman Trent Reznor on NIN.com.

"Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as previously announced. We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop," Reznor wrote. "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this fall when we return to play in America."

MTV announced that the Foo Fighters would be taking NIN's spot on the show late Friday afternoon (May 27). Earlier in the day, in a brief statement, the channel expressed disappointment in Nine Inch Nails' decision to drop out of the broadcast.

"While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards."

Nine Inch Nails' label, Interscope Records, had no comment on the matter.

NIN had been scheduled to play the Movie Awards on June 9 along with Eminem and Mariah Carey (see "Eminem, Nine Inch Nails Tapped To Perform At MTV Movie Awards").

Source: MTV.com

they got more publicity out of this than if they'd played the fucking show. good for them

love this line ^^

You beat me to it. :thumbsup

yeah, that fucking rocks

the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me // OWNED :P

I need to hear the new album badly!

fuck mtv. they once told me i couldn't wear a political t-shirt when i was djing at a mtv event. assholes.

they are so far up the administrations ass it isnt funny.

Damn that sucks NIN is one of my favorite artist!

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I'm glad to see Reznor sticking to his guns and give up the apearance (and paycheck that comes along with it) and not give in to those fuckbags at MTV...

fuck MTV, The Fuse is ten times better anyways

uhhhh....which one? You couldn't show political protest stuff about Clinton either :2 cents:

MTV is a joke.

WTF Trent :)

"While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement.

THATS WHAT ROCK & ROLL IS BUILT ON YOU IGNORANT FUCKS AT MTV

NIN shouldn't be on MTV in the first place because their entire intention is to make children stupid. :2 cents:

Oh well the leader singer of NIN just got $4m total pay out.
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