NIN/JA Tour Diary 2- Chula Vista ~ Banged Up and Blown Away, and HRC Finally Meets Trent Reznor

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 3 months ago.]

It’s kinda long….but here are some before and afters videos of me talking, with SSSC, NIN, and JA footage in the middle. Photos are below.

And, I got to meet Trent in the strangest way possible- he snuck up behind me waiting to get on the same flight as me to LV using the NIN:Access app! I was posting something, and a message came through from him saying “I’m right behind you”. And I was totally confused, and was trying to figure out, when I turned around and there was Trent Reznor himself standing there with iPhone in hand, accompanied by Mariqueen and Bretty B. I’m sure the look on my face was priceless. I think I said something like “you scared me to death”- and they were laughing. He stuck out his hand, which I gladly shook, and he said, “this thing works pretty good, huh?”. Hell yeah it does! He showed me his phone and said “is that you” or something, and I said yes. Then I told him what an amazing show last night’s set was, thank you, and happy birthday…..which is pretty much everything I would want to say to my biggest idol ever! I did not get a picture as they were boarding the plane and I was in shock, but it was a pretty cool moment for me. I passed up their row on the plane and sat way in the back to respect their privacy.

NIN/JA Tour Diary 2- Chula Vista ~ Banged Up and Blown Away from hardrockchick on Vimeo.

The mooning, filmed by ZanMac:

NINJA BUTT from aden_410 on Vimeo.

This rabbit ran out in front of us when waiting to be let into the pit- I think it was a sign of good luck!

Genre(s): HRC loves NIN,My Musical Adventures

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11 Responses to “NIN/JA Tour Diary 2- Chula Vista ~ Banged Up and Blown Away, and HRC Finally Meets Trent Reznor”

lizbonez88 says:

May 17, 2009 at 7:22 pm

Congrats on meeting TR! Can't wait to meet up again in SB!

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umlaut says:

May 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm

The screen cap is priceless!! AMAZING!

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adambot says:

May 17, 2009 at 7:39 pm

That's so rad! Great story- gotta love technology… great images too- just out of curiosity, what kind of camera are you using?

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Dreamer says:

May 18, 2009 at 12:06 am

MUAAHAHA! That is so sweet. You just got App-Stalked by T.R himself! Muaa! Priceless. Man, that must have been a sight to behold.

When I overthrow all world governments and establish my Reich, Trent is SO in charge of my counter-intelligence Gestapo. This guy literally has millions of spies worldwide now. Though he'd probably turn against me, subversive-minded free-spirit that he is.

This is such a cool story. Thanks for sharing HRC. BTW, you going to the Shoreline show?

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hardrockchick says:

May 20, 2009 at 8:55 pm

Thanks everyone!

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hardrockchick says:

May 20, 2009 at 8:57 pm

Hi Adam- It's a Sony Cybershot DSC-H10

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Hard Rock Chick - NIN/JA Tour Diary 5- Mountain View- Then She Did says:

May 23, 2009 at 9:56 pm

[...] my stuff on the ground, say hello or something, and start passing my poster down while I mention last week’s airport encounter to Trent, who seemed to remember right away. The other band members were like “what?”, [...]

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nlemeshka says:

May 25, 2009 at 8:32 pm

haha what a great story!!

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Hard Rock Chick - NIN/JA Tour Diary 7: Closer in Camden says:

June 7, 2009 at 10:39 pm

[...] thanked me for being a part of this. Then Trent. I said hi, and he gives me a funny look and says, “aren’t I stalking you?”. Insert nervous giggle here. So I asked for the hug, and he said he’d get to me over there, [...]

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Hard Rock Chick – Love, Hate, Love: Alice in Chains, Creature with the Atom Brain @ Fox Theater, 2/11/10 says:

February 12, 2010 at 1:27 pm

[...] After being escorted back out, I wondered if I would be able to get a decent spot still. Surprisingly I could, even though the VIP meet & greet tickets have early entry, and the doors had been open for almost an hour. I wanted to be on the right side this time, where Cantrell spends most of his time. I ended up standing next to a guy who starting talking about seeing AiC at Lollapalooza, which led to talking about the first Lolla with Jane’s Addiction, which led to talking about NIN, where he happened to mention an airport story involving Reznor, and then of course I had to share mine. [...]

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Hard Rock Chick – HollyWould?: Alice in Chains, Creature with the Atom Brain @ Hollywood Palladium, 2/13/10 says:

February 14, 2010 at 5:23 pm

[...] moment with these people. First would be my lifelong love for AiC. Second would be when I met Mel in line at a NIN show in Chula Vista. Then we both wanted to go to this show, the VIP thing worked out, and here we are standing at the [...]

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