On January 7, 2009, Reznor uploaded unedited HD-quality footage from three shows as a download of over 400 GB via BitTorrent. [236] 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. [40] In the liner notes, Reznor credited the 1991 Nine Inch Nails touring band as an influence on the EP's sound. It's quick-fix. It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes ... Search for "Nine Inch Nails-Hurt" on Amazon.com. [30], In 1989, while doing promotion for the album, the band members were asked what shows they would like to appear on. Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails, How To Destroy Angels) recorded Forse using a Buchla Music Easel; of which only 13 are known to exist. [295], Until Atticus Ross joined in 2016, Reznor was the sole official member of Nine Inch Nails. Do you have any images for this title? Following a hiatus, Nine Inch Nails resumed touring in 2005 and released their fourth album, With Teeth (2005). [195] Two weeks into the tour, Death Grips announced its breakup and cancelled all subsequent live shows. "[324], 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. At some gigs leading up to the election, the face of Bush slowly morphed during the song into the face of John McCain. [208] Also announced was The Fragile: Deviations 1, which comprised 37 instrumental, alternate and unreleased tracks, many of which have never been heard before anywhere. 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. [203] In December 2015, Reznor reported that "Nine Inch Nails will return in 2016". [100], 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. [225] 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. The band's concerts are noted for their extensive use of thematic visual elements, complex special effects, and elaborate lighting; 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. The band appeared in Part 8 of the third season of Twin Peaks, performing their song, "She's Gone Away". [176][177], By May 28 a new Nine Inch Nails album was complete. [222] The band also announced the "Cold and Black and Infinite 2018 North America Tour", where it toured with The Jesus and Mary Chain. "[150] 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 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". Includes 19 songs plus five bonus songs from the band's North American summer 2006 tour. [100][262] Reznor uses noise and distortion in his song arrangements and incorporates dissonance with chromatic melody and/or harmony. [227] However, due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the induction ceremony was postponed indefinitely. In January 2017, the band announced that it would be performing at the Panorama Music Festival in New York on July 30. This tour took place between September and December in order to support the trilogy of Not The Actual Events, Add Violence and Bad Witch.It is part of the NIN 2017-2018 touring cycle. [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. Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails became the face of industrial music in the '90s with "Head Like a Hole," "Closer," and "Hurt" becoming hits and The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999) topping the charts. Performances were violent and chaotic, band members often injuring themselves by attacking each other, diving into the crowd, and destroying their instruments to close. [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". [citation needed], On January 15, 2020, Nine Inch Nails were officially named as members of the Class of 2020 for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone placed Nine Inch Nails at No. https://www.ticketmaster.com/Nine-Inch-Nails-tickets/artist/735762 [87] Cinesexuality critic Patricia MacCormack interprets the song as a "scathing attack on the alternative music scene," particularly Reznor's former friend and protégé Marilyn Manson. [3] At the time, Reznor was employed as an assistant engineer and janitor at Right Track Studios. Rykodisc, which did not win the auction but was able to license the rights from Prudential, reissued the out-of-print Pretty Hate Machine CD on November 22, 2005. Sharon Van Etten has teamed up with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to release a cover of the classic Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt”. Originally, only Trent Reznor was to be inducted as the sole full-time member of the group for most of its history. Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky as opening acts. The 23-day journey extended throughout the continental US, with experimental hip-hop group Death Grips scheduled to open most of the shows. [113] There are several underground rebel groups, mainly operating online, most notably Art is Resistance and Solutions Backwards Initiative. [279] Following the release of The Downward Spiral, mainstream artists began to take notice of Nine Inch Nails' influence: David Bowie compared Reznor's impact to that of The Velvet Underground. Nine Inch Nails, Soundtrack: Man on Fire. [289] In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine placed The Downward Spiral at No. [196] Oneohtrix Point Never, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Cold Cave each replaced Death Grips separately for the remainder of the tour.[197]. [268], 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. [111] 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. Pretty Hate Machine is the debut studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by TVT Records on October 20, 1989. [264] "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". [165] In October a project with Dr. Dre and Beats Electronics was announced that Reznor wrote was "probably not what you're expecting [from me]". 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[160] Later that year Reznor again worked with Atticus Ross along with Alessandro Cortini on a remix of the song "Destroyer" by Telepathe. Directed by Enda McCallion. The album consists of reworked tracks from the Purest Feeling demo tape, as well as songs composed after its original recording. [16][17] Talpas, a native of Cleveland, continued to design Nine Inch Nails packaging until 1997. [234] On November 6, 2020, Trent Reznor and the other to-be-inducted members of Nine Inch Nails were interviewed by journalist David Farrier about the history of the band and their feelings on being inducted. [202] In an interview promoting the service, Reznor mentioned he has started "messing around with some things" in regards to a new Nine Inch Nails album, stating "It's not a record I'm trying to finish in a month. 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. It contained contributions from Coil with Danny Hyde, electronic musician Aphex Twin, producer Rick Rubin, and Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, among others. Not including sporadic band hiatuses, this live band has varied over the decades, with the most recent lineup consisting 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. [102] He similarly released files for the album's second single "Only" in a wider range of formats, including Pro Tools and ACID Pro. [1]:42, In 1992, Nine Inch Nails relocated to 10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles (renamed "Le Pig" by Reznor), the site of the Tate murders, when Charles Manson's "family" murdered Sharon Tate,[38] wife of noted film director Roman Polanski, and four of her friends. Top Nine Inch Nails Lyrics Fuck You Like An Animal The Perfect Drug We're In This Together Closer A Warm Place March Of The Pigs The Day The World Went Away Reptile The Wretched Piggy. "Closer" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released as the second single on their second studio album, The Downward Spiral (1994). 94 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. ", "Multitracks for 3 YZ songs posted on nin.com", "Nine Inch Nails – Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D – Album Review", "Nine Inch Nails Announce Remix Album Details", "Kerrang discusses movie possibility with Trent Reznor", "Nine Inch Nails Ready Apocalyptic Year Zero TV Show", "Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor approaches the future a free man", "Trent Reznor and HBO moving forward with 'Year Zero' sci-fi series", "Reznor makes $750,000 even when the music is free", "Nine Inch Nails releases Ghosts I-IV under a Creative Commons license", "New Nine Inch Nails Single Possibly From 'Year Zero 2'? [116] 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. "Hurt" performed live during the Self Destruct tour in 1995. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. Release date Info; Hurt: Nine Inch Nails: 1994: First release Sampled by Westside Connection: Hurt: Stanford Harmonics: 1999: A cappella: Hurt: Tin Electric: January 25, 2000: Hurt: Montezuma's Revenge: March 2000: A cappella: Hurt: New Dominions: 2000: Hurt: Necromantik Sunshine: 2001: Unverified: Hurt: Johnny Cash: November 5, 2002: Definitive version: Hurt: The Razor Skyline: 2002 [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. [188][189] This leg of the tour was documented and released in the spring as Nine Inch Nails Tension 2013. Album: The Downward Spiral / Original Release Date: 1994-03-08. [citation needed]. "[80] Canadian rock producer Bob Ezrin was consulted on the album's track listing; the liner notes state that he "provided final continuity and flow. [26] In fact, the song "Down in It" spent over two months on Billboard's club-play dance chart. [193] The tour closed in Europe with supporting synth-pop act Cold Cave. [214] 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. Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West, Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter, America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song, Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous, All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash, 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words, Johnny Cash! We've decided to try something different that will also likely suck, but in a different way. [38] "March of the Pigs" and "Closer" were singles. "Came Back Haunted" was released on June 6,[182] with an accompanying music video bearing an epileptic seizure warning. In 2002, Trent Reznor had released three albums with his industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. [55][56], Nine Inch Nails' second studio album, The Downward Spiral, entered the Billboard 200 at number two,[57] and is the band's highest seller in the US, over four million copies, among five million worldwide. 01 - Hurt, 02 - Closer, 03 - Piggy, 04 - The Hand That Feeds, 05 ... Home › Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails. Romanek had this to say about his decision to focus on the House of Cash museum in Nashville: It had been closed for a long time; the place was in such a state of dereliction. The music video for Nine Inch Nails' original version of "Hurt" is a live performance that was recorded before the show in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 13, 1995, and can be found on Closure and the DualDisc re-release of The Downward Spiral. Universal declined to host the site just days before its scheduled launch, citing the potential "accusation", in Reznor's words, "that they are sponsoring the same technical violation of copyright they are suing [other media companies] for". Samples. [93], A further six years elapsed before Nine Inch Nails' fourth full-length album. With Trent Reznor. 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. Trent Reznor's decision to use a numbering system for his releases stemmed from the fact that Depeche Mode had already come up with a similar system, using BONG for singles. So I felt like, well, I've finally got this thing going but it's dead. [18][19] According to literature professor Leigh H. Edwards, the music video portrays "Cash's own paradoxical themes".[2]. 1. Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" was released on his 2002 album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Genres: Alternative Rock, Acoustic Rock, Art Rock, Singer/Songwriter. 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. [265] 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", which has often been described as an early example of dubstep. A performance by Foo Fighters replaced Nine Inch Nails' time slot on the show. And I was real pissed off at him at first because it was going from one bad situation to potentially another one. Some listeners contend that the song acts as a suicide note written by the song's protagonist, as a result of his depression, while others claim that it describes the difficult process of finding a reason to live in spite of depression and pain and does not have much to do with the storyline of The Downward Spiral.[4]. [166] The project was named "Daisy"; a digital music service was announced in January 2013. [67] Blender named it the 80th Greatest American Album. "[66] In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it 200 among "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [1]:96, Contemporary critics generally praised The Downward Spiral, now classed among the most important albums of the 1990s. [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. Halo numbers are the numbers assigned to pieces of the Nine Inch Nails discography in the order that they are released, so that a collection can be neatly ordered. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. Overview - Nine Inch Nails will chronicle the tour in support of its 2005 comeback album "With Teeth" with this blistering live performance. Since the 2005–06 Live: With Teeth tour, Nine Inch Nails has been playing "Hurt" in a more toned-down style, featuring only Reznor on keyboard and vocals until the final chorus, when the rest of the band joins in. Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. It primarily features high-definition footage from two dates, March 28, 2006, in Oklahoma City, OK and March 30, 2006, in El Paso, TX.There is also bonus footage from rehearsals and the Summer Amphitheater Tour.A promotional website for the release was set up … The sessions gave way to more songs that ended up yielding the entire album. American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails have released 11 studio albums, one live album, three remix albums, one box set, six extended plays, 20 singles, 10 promotional singles, four video albums and 31 music videos.Nine Inch Nails has also contributed to numerous film soundtracks as well as the soundtrack to the video game Quake.. Reznor … In July 2011, the music video was named one of "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos" by Time. All the cover songs Cash recorded would soon pave the way for him covering Nine Inch Nails’ single “Hurt”. This led to the 1989 release of NIN’s debut album, ... Buy nine inch nails tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Finally being able to watch NiN was amazing and an awesome experience for both my date and myself. The tour debuted the band's grungy, messy image as the members appeared in ragged attire slathered in corn starch. 01 - Hurt, 02 - Closer, 03 - Piggy, 04 - The Hand That Feeds, 05 - Sin, 06 - The Fragile, 07 - Head Like a Hole, 08 - Wish, 09 - La Mer, 10 - Something I Can Never Have ... Home › Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails. [285][286] 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. In 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, Trent Reznor played keyboards in the Exotic Birds, a synthpop band managed by John Malm Jr. Reznor became friends with Malm, who informally became his manager when he left to work on his own music. 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. You could see the other members of the band walking away and they had these weird outfits on, and they thought it was some kind of gang slaying. [205] 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? [49] It depicts the murder of a young man who is kidnapped and tortured while forced to watch the videos. [33] Nine Inch Nails then embarked on a world tour that continued through the first Lollapalooza festival in 1991.[1]:42. 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 theory—or marketing for nine inch nails LP? [89], Reznor followed The Fragile with another remix album, Things Falling Apart, released in November 2000 to poor reviews, a few months after the 2000 Fragility tour which itself was recorded and released on CD, DVD, and VHS in 2002 as And All That Could Have Been. [99] PopMatters condemned the album, claiming Reznor "ran out of ideas. [115] 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. But Interscope went into it like they really wanted to know what I wanted. Similar to the announcement that ultimately led to the release of Ghosts I–IV, a post on the band's website in April 2008 read "2 weeks! [97], Critical reception of the album was mostly positive:[98] Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield described the album as "vintage Nine Inch Nails". [79], Before the album's release, the song "Starfuckers, Inc." provoked media speculation about whom Reznor had intended its acerbic lyrics to satirize. [1]:42 Despite initially choosing to record the album in New Orleans,[54] Reznor searched for and moved to 10050 Cielo Drive, renting it for $11,000 per month from July 4, 1992, the start of the making of both Broken and The Downward Spiral. That's when I got the idea that maybe we could be extremely candid about the state of Johnny's health, as candid as Johnny has always been in his songs.[20]. Tuning: E A D G. Author i_apathy [a] 1,141. "Hurt was covered by Johnny Cash who released it as a single in 2003.