Difference between revisions of "Aaron North"
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[[Image:aaronnorth.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Aaron North performing with The Icarus Line.]] | [[Image:aaronnorth.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Aaron North performing with The Icarus Line.]] | ||
==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | '''''Aaron North''''' was recruited as part of the live band in 2005. | + | '''''Aaron North''''' was recruited as part of the live band in 2005. His playing style has caused him to receive much criticism from both Nine Inch Nails fans and music journalists. Before joining Nine Inch Nails, he was a part of the Los Angeles punk band The Icarus Line. He is the main character of the web comic [[Squires Of Dimness]]. |
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| − | He was known as Aaron Icarus while he was | + | He was known as Aaron Icarus while he was in The Icarus Line. |
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==Projects== | ==Projects== | ||
| − | + | ===Buddyhead=== | |
| − | + | A "project of sheer boredom" of Aaron North and Travis Keller. Buddyhead is a record label that is infamous for it's gossip section that frequently featured phone numbers of celebrities such as Fred Durst and Courtney Love. The gossip section also frequently slammed Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses. The members of Nine Inch Nails also receive a lot of attention, but not in a negative fashion. Buddyhead is also known for antics such as spray-painting "$uckin' Dick$" on the tour bus of another band, as well as breaking into the Interscope Records building to steal Fred Durst's baseball cap. The cap was eventually sold on eBay, with the proceeds donated to charity. [http://www.north-side.net/public/kerrang_hat_article.jpg] | |
| − | A "project of sheer boredom" of Aaron North and Travis Keller. Buddyhead is a record label that is infamous for it's gossip section that frequently | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Stevie Ray Vaughan=== | ===Stevie Ray Vaughan=== | ||
[[Image:aaronsmash.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Aaron North liberating SRV guitar.]] | [[Image:aaronsmash.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Aaron North liberating SRV guitar.]] | ||
| − | + | During a 2002 show with The Icarus Line at the Hard Rock Cafe in Austin, Texas, Aaron used a mic stand to smash a protective case that contained a guitar that belonged to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was escorted out by security before he could plug in the guitar. | |
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===With Teeth Tour Mic-Stand Incident=== | ===With Teeth Tour Mic-Stand Incident=== | ||
| − | + | In 2006, Aaron North and the rest of the band were named in a lawsuit by a venue security guard named Mark LaVoie, who claimed that North "violently and intentionally" attacked him with a mic stand. The suit was dropped. | |
| − | In 2006, Aaron North and the rest of the band were | ||
[[Category:The Band]] | [[Category:The Band]] | ||
Revision as of 03:04, 6 March 2007
Contents
About
Aaron North was recruited as part of the live band in 2005. His playing style has caused him to receive much criticism from both Nine Inch Nails fans and music journalists. Before joining Nine Inch Nails, he was a part of the Los Angeles punk band The Icarus Line. He is the main character of the web comic Squires Of Dimness.
He was known as Aaron Icarus while he was in The Icarus Line.
Projects
Buddyhead
A "project of sheer boredom" of Aaron North and Travis Keller. Buddyhead is a record label that is infamous for it's gossip section that frequently featured phone numbers of celebrities such as Fred Durst and Courtney Love. The gossip section also frequently slammed Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses. The members of Nine Inch Nails also receive a lot of attention, but not in a negative fashion. Buddyhead is also known for antics such as spray-painting "$uckin' Dick$" on the tour bus of another band, as well as breaking into the Interscope Records building to steal Fred Durst's baseball cap. The cap was eventually sold on eBay, with the proceeds donated to charity. [1]
Incidents
Stevie Ray Vaughan
![[1]](http://www.north-side.net/public/kerrang_hat_article.jpg){kind=link}
During a 2002 show with The Icarus Line at the Hard Rock Cafe in Austin, Texas, Aaron used a mic stand to smash a protective case that contained a guitar that belonged to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was escorted out by security before he could plug in the guitar.
With Teeth Tour Mic-Stand Incident
In 2006, Aaron North and the rest of the band were named in a lawsuit by a venue security guard named Mark LaVoie, who claimed that North "violently and intentionally" attacked him with a mic stand. The suit was dropped.