[41] He characterized Broken as a guitar-based "blast of destruction", and as "a lot harder than Pretty Hate Machine". "It felt like we'd crossed over into territory that was perhapstoo far," he recalls. In 2014, its first year of eligibility,[200] Nine Inch Nails was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with 14 other candidates. [62] The Downward Spiral, alike Broken, was recorded at Le Pig Studios. As Reznor put it, "I thought, 'Enough. FUCK Fox Fucking News. [239] Then on November 7, Nine Inch Nails was formally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2020, by punk icon Iggy Pop. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band until his frequent collaborator, Atticus Ross, joined in 2016. Reznor and his co-producers expanded upon the Right Track Studio demos by adding singles "Head Like a Hole" and "Sin". "[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. [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. "They signed us under the misconception of what they thought we were going to be versus what we really were," Reznor said in a 1992 interview. [84] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in its first week and receiving generally positive reviews. So, he decided to stow it away. Later, while holed up in Los Angeles in the house where Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson's followers a fact Reznor didn't know until after he'd selected the place Reznor got a call from Christopherson, who had finished the assignment but was nervous about the results. [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. [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. His solo skills were SHREDICULOUS! They were influenced by Reznor and liked the idea, but did not want to pay him for the album and the idea was scrapped. [326] Reznor objected to the use of his music in this way with the following message on the front page of the Nine Inch Nails website: "It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music you've put your heart and soul into creating has been used for purposes of torture. They jokingly replied (possibly while intoxicated) that they would like to appear on Dance Party USA, since it was the most absurd option they could think of at the time. 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. The songs "La Mer", "The Great Below", and "The Mark Has Been Made" appeared in an episode of War Stories with Oliver North detailing the battle of Iwo Jima. [281] Other artists of significance to Nine Inch Nails include acts such as Depeche Mode,[283] Queen, King Crimson, Devo,[284] The Cure, Joy Division, U2, Bauhaus,[285] Adam Ant,[281] Coil,[286] and Soft Cell. [192], In 2014 the band extended its tour worldwide as a four-piece. FF2 All of these films share with Broken a love of the dank underside of polite society, tapping into our fear and delight in uncovering what should not see the light of day. The environment that produced Broken both Reznor's tortured mental state and an age before the ubiquity of the web may no longer exist, but the film's grisly, unfiltered menace continues to echo through the culture. With Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor. [115], An alternate reality game emerged parallel to the Year Zero concept, expanding upon its storyline. "Happiness in Slavery" is a song that is about a person being tortured by a machine. Two other tracks, "Hurt" and "Piggy", though not singles, were issued to radio. [186] "Everything" was the third and final single, recorded during sessions for the Nine Inch Nails greatest hits album. Thanks! With Teeth. The new lineup included previous collaborators, Ilan Rubin, Alessandro Cortini, and Robin Finck. Finding this tape was the reason for me picking up guitar, drums, music production & audio engineering and everything else related to music. "[309] MTV replied that it respected Reznor's point of view, but was "uncomfortable" with the performance being "built around partisan political statements". [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". [279], Nine Inch Nails' earliest influence was the punk rock band The Clash; Reznor stated that he started out trying to directly imitate them, only to abandon that direction due to his lack of a political message. Pretty Hate Machine (Remastered) ", If Reznor was worried about becoming a shiny, happy radio-friendly unit shifter, his next move would obliterate any such illusions. Reznor invited Sean Beavan to work on The Downward Spiral. Reznor's singing follows a similar pattern, frequently moving from whispers to screams. It contained contributions from Coil with Danny Hyde, electronic musician Aphex Twin, producer Rick Rubin, and Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, among others. Nine Inch Nails was responsible for trend-setting an entire, distinct audio-visual experience starting with their 1989 debutPretty Hate Machine. "[228], Nine Inch Nails was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. What added to the shock and mystery was that, with each new dubbing of the video, the film looked grubbier and more degenerate and illicit something terrible that had gotten out into the world that you weren't supposed to be seeing. Even though anyone with an internet connection can watch the film now, it remained underground and almost impossible to find over most of its life. For those unfamiliar with the term . Reznor cited the long gestation period between studio albums as part of the reason for these frequent personnel changes,[340] as well as his desire for fresh interpretations of his music.[341]. Nine Inch Nails continued touring and independently released Ghosts IIV (2008) and The Slip (2008) before a second hiatus. With Teeth was released in May 2005, though it was leaked prior to its official release date. [232], On March 26, 2020, Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts, their tenth and eleventh studio albums and the sequels to their 2008 instrumental album Ghosts IIV. [334], The Tapeworm project was created in 1995 as a Nine Inch Nails side-project between Reznor and various live-band members as a more "democratic" creative environment. [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. [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". Ghosts IIV was made available in a number of different formats and forms, ranging from a free download of the first volume, to a $300 Ultra-Deluxe limited edition package. Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NI), is an American industrial rock band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Reznor's next collaboration with Ross was co-writing and producing the official score for David Fincher's 2010 film, The Social Network. [48] Reznor and Christopherson compiled the three clips along with footage for "Help Me I Am in Hell" and "Gave Up" into a longform music video titled Broken. Within hours of launch, the video was removed due to a terms of service violation on material that "harass, incite hatred or depict excessive violence". Free shipping for many products! [4] The Beside You in Time tour documentary was released in February 2007 via three formats: DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. [4] Studio owner Bart Koster granted Reznor free access to the studio between bookings to record demos,[5][6] commenting that it cost him nothing more than "a little wear on [his] tape heads". [246], On September 24, 2022, Nine Inch Nails performed in their native Cleveland for the first time since 2013 after a "Nine Inch Nails Fan Day" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the previous day. Reznor and Gary Talpas designed the logo, inspired by Tibor Kalman's typography on the Talking Heads album Remain in Light. 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 release of Nine Inch Nails' debut, Pretty Hate Machine, in 1989, had produced two alternative-rock hits in "Down in It" and "Head Like a Hole," cementing the multi-instrumentalist frontman's position at the forefront of industrial metal and earning him a spot on the bill for the very first Lollapalooza. Songs are often rearranged to fit any given performance, and melodies or lyrics of songs that are not scheduled to be performed are sometimes assimilated into other songs. However, the band's performance of the song at Woodstock '94 was well-received and won them a . [307] In 2005, Reznor sued his former friend and manager John Malm, co-founder of Nothing, for fraud, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, and other claims. [1]:41[4][32] Reznor began smashing his equipment while on stage; Rockbeat interviewer Mike Gitter attributed the live band's early success in front of rock oriented audiences to this aggressive attitude. [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. [72] The widest mainstream audience was a mud-soaked performance at Woodstock '94, and seen by Pay-Per-View in up to 24million homes. [205] In December 2015, Reznor reported that "Nine Inch Nails will return in 2016". They were replaced by Foo Fighters . MTV aired the videos for "Down in It" and "Head Like a Hole", but an explicit video for "Sin" was only released in partial form for Closure. "broken" is an infamous nine inch nails pseudo-snuff video that it's not as shocking as it's reputed to be.in fact "despair" by spk easily tops it with its authentic footage of autopsies and corpse abuse.basically a psychotic man picks up a teenager.the kid is trussed up in the killer's cellar.then the murderer,who wears plastic mask like the [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. [137] The Slip has since been released on CD as a limited edition set of 250,000. [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. 102 on their 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime (19862011) list. Their score, which was released on September 15, 2017, included original compositions, and it also includes reworked pieces from other Nine Inch Nails songs and their award-winning scores forThe Social NetworkandThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. [292] Bob Ezrin, producer for Pink Floyd, Kiss, Alice Cooper, and Peter Gabriel, described Reznor in 2007 as a "true visionary" and advised aspiring artists to take note of his no-compromise attitude. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . [12] Other rumored explanations have circulated, alleging that Reznor chose to reference Jesus' crucifixion with nine-inch spikes,[13]:57 or Freddy Krueger's nine-inch fingernails. "[126] Since first announcing his plans for a television series, progress slowed, reportedly due to the 20072008 Writer's Guild strike, but it nevertheless continued. 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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? I wanted to make a 'fuck you' record. [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". Host virtual town halls, onboard and train employees, collaborate efficiently. Few bands are as deserving of a video collection as Nine Inch Nails is. But Broken's shorter running time was also a byproduct of Reznor's desire to escape that particularly jaundiced headspace. [329], A similar incident involving digital content distribution occurred in 2013 when Nine Inch Nails re-released the original 1993 film Broken on Vimeo. [219][220][221] The single "Less Than" was released a week prior to the second EP's release. Music Videos. [15][failed verification] The Nine Inch Nails logo first appeared on the music video for their debut single, "Down in It". [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". [293] Nine Inch Nails has been credited by music journalists for popularizing industrial music, despite ambivalence from Reznor. 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). Its first release, a six-track self-titled EP, was made available for free download in June 2010. [135] The album was made available for download free of charge with a message from Reznor, "this one's on me,"[136] protected under the same Creative Commons licence as Ghosts, and has seen individual downloads surpassing 1.4million. Essentially, I wrote the soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. [178][179], By May 28 a new Nine Inch Nails album was complete. Icon in 2006, honoring the band's overall contributions since 1988 and long-standing influence on rock music. [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". [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. "[81] Canadian rock producer Bob Ezrin was consulted on the album's track listing; the liner notes state that he "provided final continuity and flow. [321] During the Lights in the Sky tour in 2008, some performances of "The Hand that Feeds" had the image of Bush on a video screen behind the band. A tour of the United Kingdom was announced shortly afterwards. [171] Reznor eventually confirmed that he was working on new Nine Inch Nails material and might be performing live again. The Japanese horror film Ringu (which was remade as The Ring in the States) weaponized the individual, viral nature of bootleg VHS videos, while The Blair Witch Project became a sensation by making audiences wonder if what they were watching was real. The fact that it's still so hard to find only adds to its notorious reputation. The band (or Trent Reznor, to be precise) has always issued challenging and uncommon videos, more short films than music videos. [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. [50], Broken was followed by the companion remix EP Fixed in late 1992. [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. "[208] Three days later, Reznor announced an EP titled Not the Actual Events,[209] along with reissues of Broken, The Downward Spiral, and The Fragile, with subsequent reissues of With Teeth, Year Zero, and The Slip to be released later in 2017, these plans however fell through. Shocking long-form music video was both ahead of its time and compellingly of its time. 94 in their The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list. [237] In the interim, a special display was created to represent Nine Inch Nails' presence in the Hall of Fame that celebrated their popular, muddy performance at Woodstock '94; opened on the 26th anniversary of the concert. No wonder the video was banned, right? [80] Spin hailed The Fragile as the "album of the year", whereas Pitchfork Media panned its "melodramatic" lyrics. In January 2017, the band announced that it would be performing at the Panorama Music Festival in New York on July 30. The controversial promotional video for Nine Inch Nails' 1994 single "Closer." [302] "Old Town Road" broke the record for most consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "I was coming out of a weird relationship," he told Spin in 1996. [216] On March 21, the band announced on their official Facebook page that it would be headlining Day 3 of FYF Fest in Los Angeles on July 23. 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