Nine Inch Nails is a rock band that is known for their dark and edgy lyrics. Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. [125] [77] Around this time, Reznor's studio perfectionism,[78] struggles with addiction, and bouts of writer's block prolonged the production of The Fragile. 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. [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. 3. Two other tracks, "Hurt" and "Piggy", though not singles, were issued to radio. "[52], Early ideas for The Downward Spiral arose after the Lollapalooza 1991 festival's concerts ended in September. "I felt I had something truly rare and unique, possibly dangerous," Sheridan recalled. [26] In fact, the song "Down in It" spent over two months on Billboard's club-play dance chart. [49] It depicts the murder of a young man who is kidnapped and tortured while forced to watch the videos. [215], In early 2017, the band announced three headlining festival dates in North America. Music Videos. [88] Cinesexuality critic Patricia MacCormack interprets the song as a "scathing attack on the alternative music scene," particularly Reznor's former friend and protg Marilyn Manson. [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". Music video by Nine Inch Nails performing Even Deeper (VEVO Presents). The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! All 2,500 copies of the $300 package sold out in three days. [332][333] Band members have occasionally been invited to participate in the recording process, but creative control within the studio has always been exclusively with Reznor. [18], Written, arranged, and performed by Reznor,[19] Nine Inch Nails' first album Pretty Hate Machine debuted in 1989. 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. [295] Nine Inch Nails have received two Kerrang! 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. #3 - Nine Inch Nails: "Closer" (1994) The explicit mixture of pleasure, pain and torture depicted in "Happiness in Slavery" almost guaranteed it wouldn't be seen on TV in its entirety. I'm glad it's on his website. [298] The Recording Industry Association of America certified sales for 10.5 million units of the band's albums in the United States,[299] which accounted for roughly half of the band's reported sales worldwide at that time. from Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Clare [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. Nine Inch Nails was scheduled to perform at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, but withdrew from the show due to a disagreement with the network over the use of an unaltered image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band's performance of "The Hand That Feeds". In another post on his website, Reznor again openly criticized Universal Music Group for preventing him from launching an official interactive fan remix website. In 2020, Nine Inch Nails simultaneously released two further instalments in the Ghosts series: Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. [30], In 1989, while doing promotion for the album, the band members were asked what shows they would like to appear on. Allmusic's review described the album's laptop-mixed sound: "Guitars squall against glitches, beeps, pops, and blotches of blurry sonic attacks. 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. [244] Also in 2021, Reznor and Ross produced Halsey's album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power. [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]". The incident pushed Reznor into entering rehab, putting Nine Inch Nails on hold while he attempted to become sober.[91]. JavaScript please! It was ranked No. Copyright 2023 by Project M Group LLC. [213][214] Atticus Ross was also revealed to be an official full-time member of the band, the first member other than Reznor to be added to the band. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 Nine Inch Nails songs. And leak it did: The video started being sold as a bootleg. They were replaced by Foo Fighters . But Broken's shorter running time was also a byproduct of Reznor's desire to escape that particularly jaundiced headspace. Much to their surprise, they were booked on the show, and made an appearance. [1]:42 Despite initially choosing to record the album in New Orleans,[54] Reznor searched for and moved to 10050 Cielo Drive, in Los Angeles (known as The Manson Murder House)[55] renting it for $11,000 per month from July 4, 1992, the start of the making of both Broken and The Downward Spiral. ", If Reznor was worried about becoming a shiny, happy radio-friendly unit shifter, his next move would obliterate any such illusions. [98], Critical reception of the album was mostly positive:[99] Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield described the album as "vintage Nine Inch Nails". Nine Inch Nails has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and has won awards on two occasionsfor "Wish" in 1992 and "Happiness in Slavery" in 1995: its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time, 10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, among the best-selling remix albums of all time, Recording Industry Association of America. It's more just feeling around in the dark and seeing what sounds interesting". [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. It featured songs from his "My Beautiful Dark Twisted . When something goes viral in 2017, there's an immediacy to the sensation that makes the experience a little less special. It's all here. 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. (Remember it came out in the VHS era.) 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. Something went wrong. ", Without running it by his new label, Reznor envisioned a short film that pushed the boundaries of good taste. [1]:42, Peter Christopherson of the bands Coil and Throbbing Gristle directed a performance video for "Wish",[45] but the EP's most controversial video accompanied "Happiness in Slavery". The album With Teeth was originally set to be a concept album about an endless dream occurring in reality, but Reznor eventually took this idea out of the record. "I do think people can be harmed seeing things, especially unexpectedly, that put them in the position of empathizing with someone being tortured and murdered. ", 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. 102 on their 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime (19862011) list. Some of the inspirations came from the artists involved. Nine Inch Nails continued touring and independently released Ghosts IIV (2008) and The Slip (2008) before a second hiatus. 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. [112] It had suffered several major terrorist attacks, apparently by Islamic fundamentalists, including attacks on Los Angeles and Seattle, and in response, the government seized absolute control of the country. 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. With Trent Reznor. [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". Everything from Seven's jagged opening credits to the post9/11 torture porn of Saw owes a debt to Broken's jarring visual disharmony. So I felt like, well, I've finally got this thing going but it's dead. With Teeth. [186] "Everything" was the third and final single, recorded during sessions for the Nine Inch Nails greatest hits album. "I really fell in love with someone and we lived together for six or eight months. 94 in their The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list. [4][288] In 1995, Nine Inch Nails went on tour with David Bowie, who, along with Pink Floyd, had been a significant influence on The Downward Spiral. [187], In July the Twenty Thirteen Tour was underway, beginning with a slew of festival appearances that included the Fuji Rock Festival, and the Pukkelpop, Hockenheim, Germany's Rock'n'Heim and the Reading and Leeds festivals in August. [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". [84] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in its first week and receiving generally positive reviews. "Basically the video was what I intended to be a comment on the existence of snuff movies and people's obsession with them," Christopherson, who died in 2010, recalled. Reznor's singing follows a similar pattern, frequently moving from whispers to screams. A cease and desist has been issued. It is based on an idea by Trent Reznor, founder of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and is a companion piece to the 1992 Nine Inch Nails EP Broken . "[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. [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". Nine Inch Nails was responsible for trend-setting an entire, distinct audio-visual experience starting with their 1989 debut Pretty Hate Machine. Broken doesn't get any less nerve-racking from there, featuring images of a person being drowned, Reznor and Nine Inch Nailsperforming in a cage surrounded by lunatic fans trying to attack them, and a sequence scored to "Happiness in Slavery" involving performance artist Bob Flanagan as he's strapped naked into a torture machine while his body parts are prodded, pulled, stabbed and grinded into meat. [198] Oneohtrix Point Never, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Cold Cave each replaced Death Grips separately for the tour.[199]. These 5 limited reproduction shirts feature designs originally created between 1991 and 1995. It's also part of the reason why Reznor, also an accomplished producer, along with fellow composer Atticus Ross, has been responsible for so many film scores: The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Bird Box (2018), and funny enough, Pixar's Soul (2020). [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. The nine-minute short film for M.I.A.'s "Born Free" was banned by YouTube, despite positive critical reception. [60] Flood co-produced several tracks, while Alan Moulder mixed most,[61] and later found more extensive production duties on future albums. [313] Reznor's post, specifically his criticism of the recording industry at large, elicited considerable media attention. [314] In September 2007, Reznor continued his attack on UMG at a concert in Australia, urging fans there to "steal" his music online instead of purchasing it legally. Nine Inch Nails music videos are distinctive in their variety. Our mobile site works way better when you have JavaScript enabled. 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. [111], The story takes place in the United States in 2022, which has been termed "Year 0", by the government, being the year America was reborn. In the pre-internet era, bootlegs were much more prized items because of their physical, analogue nature. [4], Three music videos were created in promotion of the album. And I was real pissed off at him at first because it was going from one bad situation to potentially another one. The album was the band's second record to top the Billboard album charts and the band was set to perform on June 4, 2005 at the MTV Movie Awards to promote the album's first single, "The Hand That Feeds" when suddenly the band pulled out of the show. [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. [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. "[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. [293] Nine Inch Nails has been credited by music journalists for popularizing industrial music, despite ambivalence from Reznor. Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NI), is an American industrial rock band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. [165] This led to further collaboration with Reznor and Homme on the 2013 album from Queens of the Stone Age titled Like Clockwork. Reznor wrote the music for the video andBrokenwith a very big chip on his shoulders. In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" for his album, American IV: The Man Comes Around, to critical acclaim. [256], Songs such as "Wish" and "The Day the World Went Away" exhibit terraced dynamics. 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. "Happiness in Slavery" is a song that is about a person being tortured by a machine. The music video features Trent Reznor singing under a spotlight at a concert while archival video clips are projected on a screen behind him. [276] Many of the songs on Year Zero contain an extended instrumental ending, which encompasses the entire second half of the three-minute long "The Great Destroyer". The tour debuted the band's grungy, messy image as the members appeared in ragged attire slathered in corn starch. 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. Nine Inch Nails Banned almost everywhere upon its release, this video was inspired by the novel "The Torture Garden". 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. Rob Sheridan, an art director who has worked with Reznor since Nine Inch Nails' 2000 remix album Things Falling Apart, was one of the people who stumbled upon the fiendish curiosity in his youth. [226][227] To prevent ticket scalping, the band took the unusual step of only selling physical tickets that had to be purchased at the venue prior to the shows. To that end, Reznor recruited scatological performance artist Peter Christopherson,whom he admired, as the film's director. [139] Freese and Cortini left the live band, but it became a quartet with the addition of Ilan Rubin on drums.[140][141]. Time magazine named Reznor one of its most influential people in 1997, while Spin magazine has described him as "the most vital artist in music". For instance, "The Hand That Feeds" video is simply the band playing the song in a studio, while the video for "Closer" has sexual fetish images, as well as a very artful taste. [4] In 2006, Nine Inch Nails went on tour with Bauhaus, on their Summer Amphitheatre Tour. [278] Occasionally, the lyrics depart from their introspective nature to deal with a topic like politics, which is the focus of Year Zero. [68] Blender named it the 80th Greatest American Album. [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. [113] The government corporation Cedocore distributes the drug Parepin through the water supply, making Americans who drink water apathetic and carefree. Donotwatch this lightly. Listen to Nine Inch Nails in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. [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. [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. But it went from being the best to the worst. [129], In February 2008, Reznor posted a news update on the Nine Inch Nails website entitled "2 weeks". [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. [203] However, they once again did not get inducted. The label considered releasing a deluxe edition, just as Interscope had done for The Downward Spiral. [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. Reznor and Ross received two awards for the score, a 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture,[159] and a 2010 Oscar for Best Original Score. [205] In December 2015, Reznor reported that "Nine Inch Nails will return in 2016". [197] Two weeks prior to the tour, Death Grips announced its breakup and cancelled all subsequent live shows. Cortini and Josh Freese returned as members from the previous tour, while Robin Finck rejoined the band and Justin Meldal-Johnsen was added on bass guitar. [323] A post appeared on Reznor's blog, which read: "Thanks for the Fox News heads-up. "I was coming out of a weird relationship," he told Spin in 1996. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. [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. Reznor acknowledged in Spin magazine that "Down in It" was influenced by early Skinny Puppy, particularly the band's song "Dig It"; other songs from Pretty Hate Machine and With Teeth have been described as synth-pop. "[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. [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. The band performed "Copy of A" and "My God Is the Sun" with Queens of the Stone Age, Lindsey Buckingham, and Dave Grohl towards the end of the broadcast; however, the performance was not shown in full to the audience at home as advertisements had cut-in midway through the second song. Sign up to get the latest from Revolver, straight to your inbox. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Nine Inch Nails NIN VHS Rare X Files Uncut Music Videos Gore Horror Sleave SOV at the best online prices at eBay! All Rights Reserved. The song's music video was banned by many networks for its graphic images. [296][297] The band has also received nine nominations from the MTV Video Music Awards for several of its videos, including two nominations for the "Closer" music video and five nominations for "The Perfect Drug" music video, including Video of the Year. [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. [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 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. It was also a bit of a knee-jerk, 'I'm not a pussy,' 'I'm not a sellout' attitude. [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. Thanks! A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for Android, iOS and desktop. Right out of the gate, even before later videos like 1994's "Closer" pushed NIN's performance artistry even further, this initial foray into the relationship between music and the visual arts captured their quintessence, and presaged their future work. [50], Broken was followed by the companion remix EP Fixed in late 1992. Nine Inch Nails was responsible for trend-setting an entire, distinct audio-visual experience starting with their 1989 debutPretty Hate Machine. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . [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.
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