But Broken's shorter running time was also a byproduct of Reznor's desire to escape that particularly jaundiced headspace. FUCK Fox Fucking News. "I really fell in love with someone and we lived together for six or eight months. [47][49] A separate performance video for "Gave Up" featuring Richard Patrick and Marilyn Manson was filmed at Le Pig. "[152] Reznor since clarified that he "isn't done creating music under the moniker, but that Nine Inch Nails is done touring for the foreseeable future. Nine Inch Nails was responsible for trend-setting an entire, distinct audio-visual experience starting with their 1989 debut Pretty Hate Machine. Both mediums . [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. 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. . [329], A similar incident involving digital content distribution occurred in 2013 when Nine Inch Nails re-released the original 1993 film Broken on Vimeo. Performances were violent and chaotic, band members often injuring themselves by attacking each other, diving into the crowd, and destroying their instruments to close. Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. 3. 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. [240] Reznor thanked the fans, his family, and all of his many Nine Inch Nails collaborators in his acceptance speech, recorded from his home in Beverly Hills, CA. [13] The inspiration for the harder sound came from the way the live band played during concerts such as Lollapalooza. Almost 25 years after it was unleashed upon the world, the Broken film remains the most graphic and unsetting piece of art Nine Inch Nails have ever produced. [304][305], In January 2020, after previous nominations in 2014 and 2015, Nine Inch Nails (Alessandro Cortini, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Ilan Rubin and Chris Vrenna) were named as inductees of the 2020 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The fact that it's still so hard to find only adds to its notorious reputation. The sessions gave way to more songs that ended up yielding the entire album. Gremlin - "Whiskey Over Ice" [Official Music Video] Purple rain Prince may have been a strange little, alien of a man, but GHA'T DAMNEDtalk about a Guitargasm. [170], In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Reznor indicated that he would be writing for the majority of 2012 with Nine Inch Nails "in mind". In the graphic video, directed by Romain Gavras, red-headed adolescents are. The band's music also occasionally contains complex time signatures, notably in "The Collector" from With Teeth and concert favorite "March of the Pigs". Stream songs including "Somewhat Damaged", "The Day the World Went Away" and more. [100] PopMatters condemned the album, claiming Reznor "ran out of ideas."[101]. [43] In reference to receiving the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for "Wish", Reznor joked that "Wish" became "the only song to ever win a Grammy that says 'fist fuck' in the lyrics. [49] This footage was never officially released, but instead appeared covertly among tape trading circles. Ironically enough, it was Reznor himself who canned the project. [97] The entire album was made available in streaming audio on the band's official MySpace page in advance of its release date. Something went wrong. [92] After seeing the music video, which later won a Grammy,[93] Reznor himself became a fan of the rendition: I pop the video in, and wow Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps Wow. 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. Jimmy Iovine got involved with Interscope, and we kind of got slave-traded. [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. [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. All 2,500 copies of the $300 package sold out in three days. They were replaced by Foo Fighters . But it's the sacrilegious and sexually-charged "Closer" that was censored on the radio andon TV. Came Back Haunted - Nine Inch Nails. Nine Inch Nails Pulls Out of 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Nine Inch Nails continued touring and independently released Ghosts IIV (2008) and The Slip (2008) before a second hiatus. "It felt like we'd crossed over into territory that was perhapstoo far," he recalls. Even its makers remained uncertain of the project's merits. A cease and desist has been issued. [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". Listen to The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails on Apple Music. [53] Reznor elaborated the album's themes into lyrics. [188][189] The Tension 2013 North American leg of the tour ran from September to November and added Palladino, Lisa Fischer and Sharlotte Gibson to the lineup with Godspeed You! [280] Other early influences include Ministry and Skinny Puppy, which helped shape 1989's Pretty Hate Machine. [206], In October 2016, in response to a fan's question about the lack of new Nine Inch Nails music, Reznor responded with "2016 is not over yet". To that end, Reznor recruited scatological performance artist Peter Christopherson,whom he admired, as the film's director. [201] While they were not inducted that year, the band placed second in the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Fan Vote. The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! [198] Oneohtrix Point Never, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Cold Cave each replaced Death Grips separately for the tour.[199]. 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. "[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. In November of 2020, Nine Inch Nails was finally, fittingly inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the year after NIN legend Trent Reznor inducted fellow black-clad musical iconsThe Cure into the same halls. [77] Around this time, Reznor's studio perfectionism,[78] struggles with addiction, and bouts of writer's block prolonged the production of The Fragile. It's Free", "NINE INCH NAILS Mainman On New CD: 'I Wrote The Soundtrack To A Movie That Doesn't Exist', "Weird web trail: conspiracy theoryor marketing for nine inch nails LP? [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. [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. 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. [207] In December 2016, Reznor commented on his statement regarding Nine Inch Nails' return by the end of the year: "Those words did come out of my mouth, didn't they? And don't forget enfant terrible Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers, which was made to look like an amateur VHS video that had been copied and passed around for years, depicting the bizarre behavior of a group of guys dressed in old-man masks. In 2009 Reznor married Mariqueen Maandig,[157][158] and formed a project with Maandig and Atticus Ross dubbed How to Destroy Angels. Lesser known is Reznor's 1993 longform, 20-minute music video meant to accompany NIN's 1992 EP Broken. In June 2015, Nine Inch Nails released instrumental versions of The Fragile and With Teeth to stream exclusively on Apple Music, a service of which Reznor is chief creative director. [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. 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]. [1]:42[4] The band used it to record Broken, an extended play (EP) that was the first Nine Inch Nails release distributed by Interscope Records[39] and reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200. "[134] On May 5, Nine Inch Nails released The Slip via its website without any advertisement or promotion. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. [66] A radio edit that partially mutes the song's explicit lyrics also received extensive airtime. ", All that conflict and drama found its way into the Broken EP, a collection of eight songs stacked with hooks but also uglier in texture than Pretty Hate Machine. [117] The high-quality audio files quickly circulated the internet, and owners of websites hosting the files soon received cease and desist orders from the Recording Industry Association of America, despite the fact that the viral campaign, and the use of USB drives, was sanctioned by Nine Inch Nails' record label. But Interscope went into it like they really wanted to know what I wanted. [14] The English letters "NIN" are also noted[by whom?] Its first release, a six-track self-titled EP, was made available for free download in June 2010. No wonder the video was banned, right? If there are any legal options that can be realistically taken they will be aggressively pursued, with any potential monetary gains donated to human rights charities. [241], On May 6, 2021, Nine Inch Nails released a new track, "Isn't Everyone"[242] in collaboration with noise rock group HEALTH, who had previously been an opening act on their Lights In The Sky and Wave Goodbye tours. [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. [103] He similarly released files for the album's second single "Only" in a wider range of formats, including Pro Tools and ACID Pro. [231] However, due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the induction ceremony was postponed indefinitely. [21] He mixed sound during Nine Inch Nails' live concerts for several years,[22] eventually becoming an unofficial member of the live band and singing live backup vocals from his place at the mixing console. Known for: Friday (1995), Straight Outta Compton (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017) F. Gary Gray's career as a film director is nearly entirely owed to his career as . ", Without running it by his new label, Reznor envisioned a short film that pushed the boundaries of good taste. Creepy Nine Inch Nails Ambience Audio- Unreleased DOOM Content W/Tweaks Visual-NIN In DOOM & Quake NIN's Everything Music Video [313] Reznor's post, specifically his criticism of the recording industry at large, elicited considerable media attention. '", But for those who came of age during the Broken film, it left an impression and served as a landmark. [210] Also announced was The Fragile: Deviations 1, which comprised 37 instrumental, alternate and unreleased tracks, many of which have never been heard before anywhere. [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. Reznor had been a fan of Peter Christopherson, a musician and visual artist who had been part of the pioneering industrial groups Throbbing Gristle and Coil. Thanks! [318] Reznor later released the first nine tracks of Ghosts IIV and the entirety of The Slip in 2008 for free download. Nine Inch Nails. This installment in the Tap Tap video game franchise was themed after Nine Inch Nails, and included tracks from Ghosts IIV and The Slip. Our mobile site works way better when you have JavaScript enabled. [84] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in its first week and receiving generally positive reviews. They were influenced by Reznor and liked the idea, but did not want to pay him for the album and the idea was scrapped. [2], The first Nine Inch Nails performance took place at the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood, Ohio, on October 21, 1988. from Lauren Minnerath. "[324], As part of the alternate reality game which accompanied the release of Year Zero, three tracks from the album were intentionally "leaked" prior to their official release at a number of Nine Inch Nails concerts on USB flash drives. [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. "[113] The project moved into the television medium because of high costs for Year Zero as a film, then Reznor found American film producer Lawrence Bender and met with writers. 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 album was written and recorded throughout 2004 following Reznor's battle with alcoholism and substance abuse and legal issues with his former manager, John Malm Jr.[95] With Teeth debuted on top of the Billboard 200, Nine Inch Nails' second reign at number one with an album. April 2, 2020. Yeah, NIN was the breakthrough. [11], Reznor chose the name "Nine Inch Nails" because it "abbreviated easily" rather than for "any literal meaning". TEARS FOR FEARS - Advice For The Young At Heart, Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You HD official video, Nine Inch Nails- Happiness In Slavery (Uncensored) (1992). Broken (informally known as The Broken Movie) is a 1993 horror musical short film and long-form music video filmed and directed by Peter Christopherson. 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