"Tapeworm is dead"

Seit schätzungsweise acht Jahren (wenn nicht länger) spukt das Projekt Tapeworm in schöner Regelmäßigkeit durch die einschlägigen Medien: Geplant war ursprünglich, dass Nine Inch Nails-Kopf Trent Reznor unter diesem Namen mit Tool-Frontmann Maynard James Keenan sowie den beiden NIN-Helfern Danny Lohner und Atticus Ross ein komplettes Album aufnimmt. Mittlerweile hat Reznor allerdings einen Schlussstrich unter das Kapitel gezogen. Im Originalwortlaut liest sich das folgendermaßen:

“Tapeworm is dead for the foreseeable future. Let me try to explain as honestly as possible. Tapeworm wound up being about Maynard, Danny, Atticus and me working collaboratively together. I provided some music I’d been working on as a starting point and we began. Atticus and I would work on music, Maynard and Danny would show up when Maynard could around Tool’s tour. We worked on a number of tracks and had Josh Freese play drums. Eventually, however, things got in the way. Managers, lawyers, record companies, needs and frankly my own enthusiasm for the material came into play to work against the project seeing the light of day. The bottom line is this: If the music had been great, all of this probably could have been worked out. Maynard is a dear friend and a great singer and writer. I’m sure we will work together in some capacity, but the planets were not aligned for that project. My apologies for getting people excited about it — but I was, too.”

Zu finden ist das Statement unter nin.com.