We here at Tone Deaf have seen some pretty staggering feats of fan commitment over the years. From people forking out thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to look more like Justin Bieber, to eccentric Beatles fans looking to clone John Lennon from a rotten tooth, we’ve seen it all.

However, Ryan J. may be the one to beat all of them. The die-hard Nine Inch Nails fan has compiled a downloadable audio archive of nearly every single available Nine Inch Nails show since 1988. Just to put that in context, at the time of publication, the year is currently 2014.

As Consequence of Sound reports, the archive of 26 years of shows from one of the world’s hardest-working bands took Ryan six years to compile, clean, and organise, and he’s now done the righteous thing of making them all available as a free torrent, just in time for the holiday season.

If you’re looking to acquire the archive for yourself, you may want to chat to your ISP about upgrading your data allowance. Ryan’s collection comprises 527GB of music from 900 different audio sources and some 575 concerts, so it’s little wonder Ryan recommends using a 750GB drive at minimum to store the archive.

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Furthermore, Ryan has suggested there may be future updates to the archive and has warned eager Nine Inch Nails fans that actually downloading the file will be a slow, laborious process until more seeders make themselves available – which may take time considering the sheer size of the file.

However, in the spirit of Christmas-time giving, Ryan has reportedly said that he is willing to fill hard-drives sent to him with the live collection, provided those requesting pay for the return postage. So, not only is he the world’s most committed fan, he’s also a damn generous fellow.

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And if you’re concerned that you’ll just end up downloading a hard-drive’s worth of crappy bootlegs, Ryan has assured downloaders that the quality of the files are the highest available, with the majority of the files coming in the high-resolution FLAC format.

What’s more, he’s not done yet. Ryan is still working hard to upgrade from any MP3 versions in the current archive as well as filling in any gaps. The next phase of the project, Ryan says, is to put together an equally comprehensive collection of video for the drive.

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