[312] He labeled the company's retail pricing of Year Zero in Australia as "ABSURD", concluding that "as a reward for being a 'true fan' you get ripped off". [295] Nine Inch Nails have received two Kerrang! The music video features Trent Reznor singing under a spotlight at a concert while archival video clips are projected on a screen behind him. In 2009 Reznor married Mariqueen Maandig,[157][158] and formed a project with Maandig and Atticus Ross dubbed How to Destroy Angels. Create and promote branded videos, host live events and webinars, and more. Working with his production collaborator Flood, Reznor had to record in secret quickly because he didn't want TVT to know that he was finalizing a new deal with Interscope. Even its makers remained uncertain of the project's merits. [4] In 2006, Nine Inch Nails went on tour with Bauhaus, on their Summer Amphitheatre Tour. The first Nine Inch Nails album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was a . [49] It depicts the murder of a young man who is kidnapped and tortured while forced to watch the videos. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. [15][failed verification] The Nine Inch Nails logo first appeared on the music video for their debut single, "Down in It". Nine Inch Nails: Closer: Directed by Mark Romanek. [229] In October 2019, Nine Inch Nails was again nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The planned music video for its third single, "Every Day Is Exactly the Same", was directed by Francis Lawrence but reportedly scrapped in the post-production stage. "[277] Lyrical themes found in Nine Inch Nails songs are largely concerned with dark explorations of the self ranging from religion, greed, fame, lust, addiction, self-deception, aging, regret, and nihilism. Both mediums . Not many fans would likely be able to peg this Fragile single which wasn't a radio hit, and never even saw its music video officially released as Nine Inch Nails' highest-charting. [37] Involved in a feud with TVT, he signed a record deal with Interscope Records and created Nothing Records: We made it very clear we were not doing another record for TVT. I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. Vig later spoke about his remix while answering questions on a music production forum, saying "I started recording a lot of new parts, and took it in a much different direction. [185] The second single, "Copy of A", was released on August 12 free of charge to US and UK Amazon.com account holders. [84] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in its first week and receiving generally positive reviews. [143] This tour documentary became collectively known as Another Version of the Truth and was released throughout late December 2009 to February 2010 via three formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc and BitTorrent. [68] Blender named it the 80th Greatest American Album. But to me, because truth has always been pretty important to me, I think that the way Hollywood presents horror actually encourages kids to go, 'Yeah, that was fucking awesome, man, you could see their eyes popping out. I don't know that I need this kind of thing.' [147] Nine Inch Nails art director and webmaster Rob Sheridan noted on the band's official website: This is yet another example of a devoted fanbase and a policy of openness combining to fill in blanks left by old media barriers. Soon afterwards, Reznor wrote on his official website: "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. Year Video Album including the song To date, the group and the project has received significant attention from media outlets such as USA Today,[144] Rolling Stone,[145] Techdirt and Pitchfork TV,[146] and holds the support of both Reznor and the fan community with theatrical screenings being held all over the world. Brown fakes his way into Manson's heart, Painter Don Brautigam pulls the strings on band's first multiplatinum masterpiece, Director said cut wasn't "aggressive and ugly" enough, Korn frontman show off his "Toy Story 3" and "Attack on Titan" skills, "We were living the dream. 2005. Essentially, I wrote the soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. [245], In February 2022, Nine Inch Nails announced a short tour of the United States for 2022, the group's first performances in nearly four years. 14.4m members in the creepy community. Reznor went on to say that he hated Interscope, and in later years the "climate" of record labels may have an increasingly ambivalent impact on consumers who buy music. The 23-day journey extended throughout the continental US, with experimental hip-hop group Death Grips scheduled to open most of the shows. [75] Released in 1997, the Closure video documented highlights from the tour, including full live videos of "Eraser", "Hurt" and a one-take "March of the Pigs" clip directed by Peter Christoperson. Something went wrong. All things Creepy! So when I delivered [Pretty Hate Machine] they hated it because it wasn't as radio friendly as they would have hoped. Reznor and his co-producers expanded upon the Right Track Studio demos by adding singles "Head Like a Hole" and "Sin". [41] He characterized Broken as a guitar-based "blast of destruction", and as "a lot harder than Pretty Hate Machine". A deluxe edition of the live CD came with the companion disc Still, containing stripped-down versions of songs from the Nine Inch Nails catalog along with several new pieces of music. [167] In October a project with Dr. Dre and Beats Electronics was announced that Reznor wrote was "probably not what you're expecting [from me]". Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NI, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. [1] After contributing to remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs, such as "Closer", Beavan mixed and co-produced Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar in 1996. Writing on his blog, Sheridan noted, "I found this video at the bootleg VHS stand at a local comic book convention, sitting between duped Red Dwarf compilations and home video of early Nirvana shows. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaningdifferent, but every bit as pure. However, the band's performance of the song at Woodstock '94 was well-received and won them a . [2], The first Nine Inch Nails performance took place at the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood, Ohio, on October 21, 1988. The story of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nail's Banned Snuff FilmSIGN UP for 10 of the Craziest Stories in Rock N' Roll [Secret Playlist]: https://bit.ly/3vVPAEFCheck out our Top 25 Favourite Albums Here https://rockandrolltruestories.com/Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 Nine Inch Nails songs. [109], Nine Inch Nails' fifth studio album, Year Zero, was released on April 17, 2007, only two years after With Teeth, a marked change in the slow pace from the release of previous albums. Nine Inch Nails. [85][86] Nine Inch Nails released three commercial singles from the album in different territories: "The Day the World Went Away" in North America; "We're in This Together" in the EU and Japan (on three separate discs); and "Into the Void" in Australia. [63] as well as a cover of the Joy Division song "Dead Souls" on the soundtrack to the film The Crow, which went to number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! Supporting acts on tour included The Jim Rose Circus and Marilyn Manson. A song would start with a drum loop or a visual and eventually a song would emerge out of it and that was the song. [1]:42 Reznor asked Sean Beavan to mix the demos of Pretty Hate Machine, which had received multiple offers for record deals. [104] All three singles topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. 1. Shocking long-form music video was both ahead of its time and compellingly of its time. [31], In 1990, Nine Inch Nails began the Pretty Hate Machine Tour Series, in which it toured North America as an opening act for alternative rock artists such as Peter Murphy and The Jesus and Mary Chain. In the same post, the band also announced their 2017 touring lineup, which included Reznor and Ross joined by the band's 2014 touring lineup, Robin Finck, Alessandro Cortini, and Ilan Rubin. Reznor's next collaboration with Ross was co-writing and producing the official score for David Fincher's 2010 film, The Social Network. [302] "Old Town Road" broke the record for most consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "And it's a label that has no idea of what integrity means and they thought we were a nice pop band. Subscription from 10.83/month . ", Using that as his marching orders, Christopherson started work, while Reznor began recording what would become The Downward Spiral. [10] Several labels responded favorably to the demo material and Reznor signed with TVT Records. Clues hidden on tour merchandise initially led fans to discover a network of fictitious, in-game websites that describe an "Orwellian picture of the United States circa the year 2022". Nine inch nails banned music video (might be repost) : creepy 37 votes, 15 comments. Nine Inch Nails ' video for Closer, directed by Mark Romanek, is one of those ones that feels like it earns capital letters, an ambitious piece of complex, controversial art that frequently. [73][74] Enjoying mainstream success thereafter, Nine Inch Nails then performed amid greater production values, adding theatrical visual elements. When Reznor returned to the studio after the Pretty Hate Machine tour, he was beset by personal and professional woes. [281] Another large influence on the band's sound is Gary Numan, which is evident as Reznor once said that "after hearing 'Cars' I knew I wanted to make music with synthesizers". [47] A third video for "Pinion", partially incorporated into MTV's Alternative Nation opening sequence, showed a toilet that apparently flushes into the mouth of a person in bondage. [190][191] This leg of the tour was documented and released in the spring as Nine Inch Nails Tension 2013. Music Videos. [29] This footage attracted the attention of the FBI. [264][265] AllMusic's Steve Huey states that "Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and were largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience". [317] Reznor also speculated that he would release the next Nine Inch Nails album online in a similar fashion to The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, which he produced. Reznor recorded the band's debut album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), while . [160] Reznor and Ross again collaborated with Fincher for the official score the American adaptation of the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, released in December 2011, and then again on Fincher's 2014 film Gone Girl [161], In July 2012 Reznor teamed up with video game developer Treyarch to compose the theme music for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. [1]:96, Contemporary critics generally praised The Downward Spiral, now classed among the most important albums of the 1990s. Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. Despite an apology from producer Kenneth Ehrlich, Reznor later heavily criticized the situation. In the 1990s, discovering Broken was personal and individual. ", Bones Brigade legend, Mega Ramp maniac's creative bond defies age, Meet the man behind visuals for Slayer, Black Sabbath, Cattle Decapitation and more. [155] Reznor subsequently released two tracks under the Nine Inch Nails moniker: the theme song for the film Tetsuo: The Bullet Man,[156] and a cover of U2's "Zoo Station", included in the Achtung Baby tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered. [120] A remix album titled Year Zero Remixed was later released, containing remixes from Year Zero by other artists. Graphic designer P.R. [40] In the liner notes, Reznor credited the 1991 Nine Inch Nails touring band as an influence on the EP's sound. 2013 Null Corporation With lyrics written from the perspective of multiple fictitious characters, Year Zero is a concept album criticizing the United States government's policies and their impact on the world 15 years in the future. [295], In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine's list of the year's most influential people, and Spin described him as "the most vital artist in music". But it went from being the best to the worst. [303] As producers for the song, Reznor and Ross won a CMA Award for the 'Musical Event of the Year', along with Lil Nas X, featured artist Billy Ray Cyrus and producer YoungKio. [197] Two weeks prior to the tour, Death Grips announced its breakup and cancelled all subsequent live shows. But they made it pretty clear they weren't ready to sell. Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky as opening acts. Donotwatch this lightly. [235][236], Due to the pandemic, the live induction ceremony for the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction was cancelled on July 15, 2020, and simultaneously, an induction special was announced to be broadcast and available for streaming through HBO and HBO Max, respectively, on November 7, 2020. On March 2, Ghosts IIV (the first release on The Null Corporation label), a 36-track instrumental album, became available via the band's official website. [7] Unable to find a band that could articulate the material as he desired, Reznor was inspired by Prince to play all instruments himself except drums, which he programmed electronically. [256], Songs such as "Wish" and "The Day the World Went Away" exhibit terraced dynamics. Reznor objected to the label's attempted interference with his intellectual property. ", Well, not entirely. Reznor enhanced his reputation as a provocateur with a widely banned music video for "Happiness in Slavery," which depicted S&M performance artist Bob Flanagan being torn apart by a machine . And I was real pissed off at him at first because it was going from one bad situation to potentially another one. [233][234] The albums were released for free as a show of solidarity with the band's fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 10, 2007, Reznor announced that they would be taking the concept to television networks in an attempt to secure a deal: "We're about to pitch it to the network, so we're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the main people, and we'll see what happens. [228] Reznor stated of the decision "The promise of a world made better by computers and online connectivity has failed us in many ways, particularly when it comes to ticketing. [20] It marked his first collaboration with Adrian Sherwood (who produced the lead single "Down in It" in London without meeting Reznor face-to-face)[10] and Mark "Flood" Ellis. [24] Rolling Stone's Michael Azerrad described the album as "industrial-strength noise over a pop framework" and "harrowing but catchy music";[25] Reznor proclaimed this combination "a sincere statement" of "what was in [his] head at the time". "And that was what rock music was about in the [Nineties]: It was danger and dirt and hate and anger and pissing people off. To this day, most of the Broken cast has not been identified, and while individual segments' directors are known, the grubby anonymity and mixed-format presentation keeps the Broken movie from feeling like a respectable artistic endeavor. Two other tracks, "Hurt" and "Piggy", though not singles, were issued to radio. [193][194] The band was joined by Queens of the Stone Age for the Australia and New Zealand tour, during which a nightly coin toss determined who opened. [180][181][182] Released September 3, Hesitation Marks incorporated rhythms reminiscent of earlier releases, but was more expansive and theatrical. He also revealed that the new lineup of the band would include Eric Avery of Jane's Addiction, Adrian Belew of King Crimson, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, as well as returning members Alessandro Cortini and Ilan Rubin. Reznor wrote the music for the video andBrokenwith a very big chip on his shoulders. [101], On The Fragile, Reznor revisits the technique of repeating a motif multiple times throughout different songs, either on a different musical instrument with a transposed harmony or in an altered tempo. Ironically enough, it was Reznor himself who canned the project. "The darkness and the scatology really chimed with me So I figured that if I hired [Christopherson] as a director then I could at least meet him and hang out for a bit. 33 Likes, TikTok video from Rhonduh Fraz (@rhonduhbudz): "Hey my peeps!! Nine Inch Nails were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, after being nominated in 2014 (their first year of eligibility) and again in 2015. The original version of the "Down in It" video ended with the implication that Reznor's character had fallen off a building and died in the street. [211][212] Not the Actual Events was released on December 23, 2016, with fans who pre-ordered it receiving their download links one day earlier. [319] Reznor wrote in response that he was "challenged at the last second to find a way of bringing this idea to life without getting splashed by the urine as these media companies piss all over each other's feet". [4] The Beside You in Time tour documentary was released in February 2007 via three formats: DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. They wanted a very commercial, easily digestible, disposable product that would sell a lot, make them a lot of money right away and then who cares if they're around in a couple of years. [56][57], Nine Inch Nails' second studio album, The Downward Spiral, entered the Billboard 200 at number two,[58] and is the band's highest seller in the US, over four million copies, among five million worldwide. [162] Later that year Reznor again worked with Atticus Ross along with Alessandro Cortini on a remix of the song "Destroyer" by Telepathe. [337][338] However, after 9 years of studio sessions, no material was ever officially released from the group, and it was confirmed to be no longer active in 2005. At the film's start, we see polished, professional footage of a man about to be hung, but then the scene shifts to shitty-looking handheld VHS footage as a car drives through town, eventually stopping in front of another man, who is then filmed in a basement while he's tied up and held hostage. [311], In May 2007, Reznor made a post on the official Nine Inch Nails website skeptical of Universal Music Group (parent company of Nine Inch Nails' record label, Interscope Records) for its pricing and distribution plans for Year Zero. "I felt I had something truly rare and unique, possibly dangerous," Sheridan recalled. This live band has varied over the decades, with various members leaving and returning; the most recent lineup consists of Robin Finck (who initially joined in 1994), Alessandro Cortini (who initially joined in 2005), and Ilan Rubin (who initially joined in 2009) alongside Reznor and Ross. And leak it did: The video started being sold as a bootleg. That's a hard thing to watch. It wasn't my doing. Nine Inch Nails- Happiness In Slavery (Uncensored) (1992) on Vimeo Nine Inch Nails- Happiness In Slavery (Uncensored) (1992) Not Yet Rated 5 years ago rogerspy Upload, livestream, and create your own videos, all in HD. The film features plenty of nudity, mutilation, someone getting his teeth yanked out with pliers, machine arms and mechanized parts aside writhing worms, organs ground up into lunch meat and that's not even the worst stuff. [123], Reznor planned a film adaption of the album[124] and noted Year Zero as "part of a bigger picture of a number of things I'm working on. [130] The album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike licence. [100] PopMatters condemned the album, claiming Reznor "ran out of ideas."[101]. . Following a hiatus, Nine Inch Nails resumed touring in 2005 and released the album With Teeth (2005). [186] "Everything" was the third and final single, recorded during sessions for the Nine Inch Nails greatest hits album. Many of their videos have either been banned from being shown on TV (the clip for "Happiness In Slavery") or have been . [127] In 2010, the resultant miniseries, also named Year Zero, was reported to be in development with HBO and BBC Worldwide Productions, with the screenplay and script written by Reznor and Carnivle writer Daniel Knauf,[128] but at the end of 2012 Reznor said that the project was "in a holding state". The first collection of Nine Inch Nails Definitive Edition Tees. [291] Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose was influenced heavily by Nine Inch Nails in changing his band's sound to an industrial style in the mid-90's. Another ceremony incident had occurred at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. [116] Before Year Zero's release, unreleased songs from the album were found on USB drives hidden at Nine Inch Nails concert venues in Lisbon and Barcelona, as part of the alternate reality game. Allmusic's review described the album's laptop-mixed sound: "Guitars squall against glitches, beeps, pops, and blotches of blurry sonic attacks. The disturbing video, along with the fact that he was now cognizant of the terrible history of the house where he was recording The Downward Spiral, made him wonder if he wanted this art project out in the world. Top 10 Nine Inch Nails Songs Their music is like the perfect drug. [280] Other early influences include Ministry and Skinny Puppy, which helped shape 1989's Pretty Hate Machine. [175] However, both Avery and Belew would quit the touring band before performances commenced,[176][177] with former member Robin Finck returning in their place. [275] "Closer" concludes with a chromatic piano motif: the melody is debuted during the second verse of "Piggy" on organ, then reappears in power chords at drop D tuning throughout the chorus of "Heresy", while an inverted (ascending) version is used throughout "A Warm Place", and then recurs in its original state for the final time on "The Downward Spiral". "[325], The music of Nine Inch Nails has reportedly been used by the U.S. military as music torture to break down the resolve of detainees. "[134] On May 5, Nine Inch Nails released The Slip via its website without any advertisement or promotion. Their eighth album, Hesitation Marks (2013), was followed by a trilogy which consisted of the EPs Not the Actual Events (2016) and Add Violence (2017) and their ninth album Bad Witch (2018). It's essentially an extreme snuff film. [222], Also in 2017, the pair were tasked to score the upcoming Ken Burns series The Vietnam War, and provide both original music and a compilation soundtrack of popular songs. In addition to the recently departed Adrian Belew, Reznor employed bassist Pino Palladino along with Todd Rundgren and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham to achieve various art-rock elements. ", "[It] was never my intention to bring harm to people," Christopherson added. https://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Nine_Inch_Nails_music_videos&oldid=58035, A clip from the video shoot appears on the, "We're In This Together" (Mark Pellington extended edit), Unreleased. In 2009, Apple rejected an update to Nine Inch Nails' iPhone application, NIN: Access, because it found The Downward Spiral to contain "offensive or obscene content", referring to the lyrical content. Christopherson started working on the film while Reznor recorded 1994's stellarThe Downward Spiral,and Christopherson went about his work in a very matter-of-fact way, stating, "I did it without regard for MTV and what was showable and not showable, because that's what he asked me to do." [308] Their relationship was formally severed in a New York courtroom, with damages awarded to Reznor in excess of $3 million. [49] The only track that was left off the final version of the release is the remix of "Last", produced by Butch Vig (the outro of the "Last" remix is heard in "Throw This Away", which also includes Reznor's remix of "Suck"). I guess it's interesting that it's achieved a certain notoriety. Reznor announced on October 8, 2007, that Nine Inch Nails had fulfilled its contractual commitments to Interscope Records and was now free to proceed as a "totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label". The band's music also occasionally contains complex time signatures, notably in "The Collector" from With Teeth and concert favorite "March of the Pigs". In hindsight, Reznor talks about that time with a little more mellowed wisdom, saying, "I had this snotty, elitist mentality you're not cool enough to like my band, don't buy my records. But behind the scenes, Reznor was miserable, and that misery would fuel the dark EP that would arrive in Pretty Hate Machine's wake: 1992's Broken. [64], The music video for "Closer", directed by Mark Romanek, was in MTV's frequent rotation, although the network, deeming it too graphic, heavily censored the original. Came Back Haunted - Nine Inch Nails. [315] Reznor went on to encourage the crowd to "steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealing".[316]. "Runaway" by Kanye West (2010) West's "Runaway" music video was part of an extended musical short film directed by the rapper. 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