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Yesterday met with three Nine Inch Nails tracks being added to the vast roster of downloadable content for Rock Band, and in the days leading up to the songs' availability Rock Band aficionados and angsty teenagers alike were atwitter with anticipation. Yet as intrepid explorers into the world Trent Reznor simulation (sans questionable relationships with fellow musicians) loaded up their respective consoles and the first chords of The Perfect Drug rang out, the gleeful squealing foretold by Destructoid's own all seeing oracle Nick Chester came to an abrupt halt.

Now, being familiar with the works of Nine Inch Nails, I knew that the drum tracks would be a bit challenging, but even my familiarity couldn't prepare me for the frontal assault on my self esteem that is The Perfect Drug.  Gentlemen, I stand before you a man now humbled, in awe of the supernatural acumen displayed by whomever is playing (on expert no less) in the video above.

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HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:02
HarassmentPanda
I suck so hard at the drums on this game. Impressive playing by that dude.
XivSpew's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:03
XivSpew
Anyone find it weird that the keyboards on March of the Pigs are played on the bass, yet the piano is played on the guitars? W/e, i'm just glad they put the actual Halo single version of The Perfect Drug as opposed to the radio single. It r0x0rs
ChrisFurniss's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:04
ChrisFurniss
Just finishing this song on expert is my new goal in life. Screw everything else this is a GOAL.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:05
Holyetheline
The guitar part isn't as bad.
Blackwolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:07
Blackwolf
I'm more jealous that whatever drumkit they're using actually registers all of the fast notes. I'd fail pretty quickly because it would drop half of the 16th notes even though I'd hit them all. (I play drums in real life so I'm pretty sure I'm not missing that many notes...I also test with a Big Rock Ending and it really does not register fast repeated notes on one drum...)
Zlimness's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:12
Zlimness
Impressive, but how about some Jesus Built My Hotrod now, guys? =]
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:15
Joseph Leray
Doesn't NIN use a drum track? That's some John Henry shit.
emotoaster's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:19
emotoaster
Jesus H Christ! Dragonforce for teh drums?
FrozenSpaceMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:23
FrozenSpaceMonkey
@Orcist

For the actual recording, I'm pretty sure Trent records the drum tracks from a keyboard. For live shows he uses real drummers, though.
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:26
Tino
@blackwolf: Take the drum pad down a bit.
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:26
Tino
Fuck, tape. Not take.
XivSpew's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:26
XivSpew
@Orcist:

Most of NIN's tracks are drum machines, but The Perfect Drug single has actual drums played by Jerome Dillon. They get a little chopped up in the solo, but the base playing is still there.
tibisor's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:28
tibisor
No wonder this song was never played live...
I'm still waiting on Piggy. That's probably the best Nine Inch Nails song to play drums to.
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:36
Scape
It's nice to see some challenging drum tracks popping up. I think Metallica's "Blackened" still takes the cake for hardest song though.
BaBaBaBaBirdman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:42
BaBaBaBaBirdman
I'm almost 100% sure I could get to 1 minute and 5 seconds on expert. Then, from there, I would fail miserably.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:49
Guagloves
:O

Holy crap that looks insane.
HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 18:52
HawtPawkitHero
I finally feel the same way guitarists do when looking at Guitar Hero. (I play drums)
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:05
blehman
*head asplodes*

and I want to play piggy on the drums too
Crumpet Lips's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:08
Crumpet Lips
This game looks like it would be really fun when friends come over and there is nothing to do. Still though, I used to play guitar and drums and I know what it's like when watching somebody play Guitar Hero and now Rock Band from the video, still doesn't mean it wouldn't be fun though
Tricoden's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:10
Tricoden
I swore I'd never get owned by Trent Reznor again ever since I finally beat The Hand That Feeds on expert. I guess I was wrong, I'm probably going to get decimated by this man XD
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:29
Zac Bentz
Really? This is as tough at expert gets on this game? It's still, like, only half the notes.

If anyone wants to buy me the game I'll pay them back if I can't get through this song on expert the first time I play it.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:29
Sharpless
I have never played Rock Band, but the drums look like they would blow my head apart. I'm probably better at real drums.
Technophile's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:42
Technophile
Does anyone know what the deal with the gold stars is? He/she didn't get 100% so...what's that mean? I've never seen it.
sushi111's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:45
sushi111
Gold star means you got 1.5x the 5 star score.

And by the way the drums start going apeshit at about 0:58. Im on the last tier on expert but I dont think I could handle that well.
PandaBear's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:47
PandaBear
@Joseph -Orcist- Leray and FrozenSPaceMonkey

Actually the only NIN album without live drumming is the frist one, Pretty Hate Machine. Trent has stated he's a big fan of live drumming on albums, which is why he gets guys like Chris Vrenna, Jerome Dillion and Dave Grohl to drum on his albums. Also, the awesome drum solo on Piggy that tibisor mentioned was actually Trent screwing around, but he decided to keep it and use it on that track.

Now I must go back to my room and wait until May for Rock Band to be released in Australia.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:57
Nick Chester
This drum track doesn't even make sense. It's nonsense. What the hell? Whoever this Leigh person is, they must be a cyborg.
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 19:57
SourGr8pes
That doesn't look that bad, although it gets a little clusterfucked in the middle. However it DOES look tiring, and add in the fact (as someone mentioned earlier) that the drumpads don't respond as well to fast notes as, say, a Drummania machine or a real drumset.

Kudos to that guy though, because I couldn't do it nearly as good as he does.
SpencersGifts's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 20:15
SpencersGifts
2:52

the time my eyes bled lol

NICE going. Im pretty much set on hard, expert kicks my ass
Blackwolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 20:45
Blackwolf
@tino: I've got them taped down with duct tape a little bit, but if I tape them too far, they start registering the drum next to it. I've yet to find the sweet spot of how far to tape the drum down.

I've resorted, in some songs, to tapping the rim rather than hitting the head of the pad. (That's the only way I can pass Run To The Hills.)
crizz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 21:06
crizz
wow...must try

march of the pigs would be cool too
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 21:27
Corak
Cool stuff, now bring out some Primus for a challenging bass part.
outrage's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 21:36
outrage
Um, wow! My guess is this wasnt the first encounter of the drum part of this song in the persons life.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 21:39
MechaMonkey
For an Expert, his fills should be better.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 22:00
Samit Sarkar
See, now watching that is infinitely more impressive to me than a five-star or FC run of a top-tier song in a Guitar Hero game. Mastering a guitar-shaped plastic peripheral with five primary-colored buttons does not a guitarist make. But to be able to do that shit on the Rock Band drum kit, you have to actually know how to play the drums. Jeez...I’m having a hard enough time on songs like “Green Grass and High Tides” on medium with the drums.
nanowerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 22:11
nanowerx
Im actually alright in most songs on hard, but i wont even touch this song on any setting past medium....fucking brutal indeed
Robert's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 22:23
Robert
I really like the drum parts but most of the other parts seem flawed or weird. Bass has like 1 minute in this song, IIRC.

Probably won't buy any of them, unfortunately.
Calla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 23:00
Calla
all 3 of the NIN songs are fun, beat them on hard drums pretty easily, but this song on expert whooped me thoroughly after like a minute. ...which is much better than i did on DOA, i'm close to giving up on that damn song. but congrats to that guy, he's got serious skill.
reevolution's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 23:44
reevolution
Those fills are hilariously out-of-tempo and bad.

Makes me question the legitimacy of this.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 23:51
naia-the-gamer
I'm pretty sure those aren't real drums, but a drum machine cranking out crazy-ass samples. I don't think people can generally do the crazy shit that's in some of his music.

I need a nap after that
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 00:27
deanhatescoffee
I just shat myself.
bottled dark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 01:04
bottled dark
I was able to beat March of the Pigs on expert, but this is just retarded.
jakebattey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 01:35
jakebattey
I quit.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 02:38
Necros
Holy fuck. I can only hope that, eventually, I'll be that good.
RurouniQ's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 03:07
RurouniQ
This is madness!!!
TheGreatMango's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 06:52
TheGreatMango
@Samit Sarkar: 3 Primary, two secondary colors.


Too bad the guitar is utter shit.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 07:11
Samit Sarkar
@TheGreatMango: I agree on both counts. Yep, as you can tell, the last time I took art was 8th grade, and that was...nearly a decade ago.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 09:27
brad drac
Holy sweet merciful jesus h. fucking christ, that shit's going to give me nightmares.




....No, I just can't make this post without complaining that rock band still doesn't have a european release date. Seriously, this shit is fucked.
Android8675's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 10:25
Android8675
Crazy, glad i'm not a drummer (yet).
Kodgamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 11:22
Kodgamer
Is it just me or did the solos seems like they were played by an absolute beginner? The main drum parts were technically complicated but every solo it was <bang bang> at a slow tempo and missing the finishing note and not getting credit.

Something fishy is going on here.
GurnKiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 14:12
GurnKiller
So, this was me playing. Regarding the fills (both tempo and simplicity):

I don't know what to tell you about the tempo. When I'm playing it live and watching and listening to the TV, it's in time, but for some reason it comes out a bit lagged when being picked up by the GameBridge (which is what I'm using to capture the gameplay).

The simple fills are meant to be that: simple. Since this was my best run, I wasn't worried about the fills "sounding cool" or anything. I was more concerned with keeping time (which it doesn't sound like because of the lag described above) and not breaking combo.

Thanks all for the supportive comments. And for the record, yes I play the drums irl (for 13 years and counting).
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