Strobe Light

On 1 April, 2009, Trent Reznor announced Strobe Light, which was apparently Nine Inch Nails' brand-new album, featuring various artists, with a repeating tempo accompanying the page.

Tracklisting

"Intro Skit"
"Everybody's Doing It" (featuring Chris Martin, Jay-Z AND Bono)
"Black T-Shirt"
"Pussygrinder (featuring Sheryl Crow)
"Coffin On The Dancefloor"
"This Rhythm Is Infected"
"Slide To The Dark Side"
"Even Closer" (featuring Justin Timberlake and Maynard James Keenan)
"On The List (she's not)"
"Clap Trap Crack Slap"
"Laid, Paid And Played" (featuring Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and Al Jourgensen)
"Feel Like Being Dead Again"
"Still Hurts" (featuring Alicia Keys)
"Outro Skit"

The text accompanying the download page was:

FREE DOWNLOAD AVALIABLE NOW!
To download NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields
below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10
digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite
a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an
exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google's Gmail service.

Your email will be kept confidential and will not be used for spam, unless we can make some money selling it.

This "release" was an April Fools' joke on Reznor's fans, and was a parody of the current music scene's obsession with particular artists, production by Timbaland, and also a tongue-in-cheek poke at his own song titles and public image.

Any attempt to download the album would redirect the user to a faux "Blue Screen Of Death" (here), a final mock at Windows.

The embedded music beat on the is page likely a default beat from some type of music related software and not anything composed by Nine Inch Nails or Trent Reznor. The embedded file for the song is called "ACIDDANCE.mp3" (here).

External Links

Official Site