The guitarist for Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine album and tour goes on to form the band Filter and the hit songs Hey Man Nice Shot, and also the brother of the actor who played the Terminator T1000 in Terminator 2.
Wait, Mike Rogers from Fire in the Sky? There's a scene in that movie that could be scored by NIN...or Tool...whose guitarist worked on the SFX for Terminator 2...starring Robert Patrick...who was in The X-Files...and whose brother was in NIN...(and around and around in circles we go). I like it.
I'm 56, and this is why I LOVE 90's rock. The genre turned self-loathing and depression on its head, acknowledged darkness in thought in all its sadness/horror, and then spit it out with sarcasm, wit, and defiance. And yes, there is hope in the music too. That is the essence of 90's grunge. I LOVE this song. Listen to lyrics babies:)
Oiii uhhh buddy... NIN is industrial metal/rock - not grunge at all. However, both genres feature either happy, sad, angry, depressed, morose, horny, edgy, furious, desperate, ecstatic, or sometimes even downright INSANE lyrics! 🤘🤘🤘
Totally agree. Imagine in a parallel universe a large amount of Miley Cyrus fans started following nin and it was because of that catchy song they covered 😂😂😂 so dumb. I love nin though they should've covers closer haha
THAT'S how I feel. Sure, they may desecrating it with pop, but even Trent is amused by it and the fact that it's Miley Cyrus and nin is amusing no matter who you are. I'm just always happy when I see nin anywhere.
@@WatercolorHeart Such a classic set. I could zone out to Ghosts all day. For me "The Mark Has Been Made" comes to mind. But my first real intro to them was Year Zero. That has a special place in my heart.
I remember discovering Nine inch nails completely by accident. I was an apprentice electrician working in London, one day I had sickness and dodgy stomach so I stayed in the hotel for the day. I was watching tv and this came on.... I was like wow, this is awesome. So, I remembered the name of the group and when I got home I bought "pretty hate machine" on cd...... Still got it. Absolutely timeless.
Been listening to NIN since I was in the womb my dad used to play it up close to my moms belly. They are divorced and all the lyrics make sense to me. They have a different meaning for every different part of my life. THANK YOU TRENT
The black mirror brings up so many questions about technology. Thank you to NIN for your years of psychological services when nothing mattered in life. One of my favorites. Don't let rock die!!!
@@clownindan especially now lmao Some tracks could come out tomorrow, and a day later, I forget it even exists. I heard songs from the 50s that are still listened to and have aged nicely.
@Reischa Parker Your revolution is over. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me?
This song is such a classic. I can remember the first time hearing it when I was 6 years old. All these nuanced details are clear in my head from that moment. Now I'm 40 and I'm playing it to my 6 year old daughter for the first time. NIN for life.
I remember my friend and I called 92.9 the local rock station and requested this song one night and laying on the side of the bed waiting to hit the record button on my stereo so I could have this shit on tape
NeL H so true, I was expecting them to be condescending to the new generation but this was a nice surprise. I would be into so much more music if people were friendly to newcomers
@@justabitohash9762 I went to get a covid test for a job last week. On the costcare medical website it said this. If you have covid DONT PANIC 82% of people who get covid only have MILD COLD SYMPTOMS. 98% survive. What am I supposed to believe if on the actual website for a hospital sais that????
If you're a newcomer to NIN I'd recommend 2013's "Hesitation Marks" as the easiest album to get into starting fresh, it is very modern sounding and fits in the best with current electronic/ rock genres; or if you like the 80s style of this song then the entire "Pretty Hate Machine" album is a great start too. All albums are good though, each have a different sound/vibe in them and have a lot of depth. Try out each one if you want. Edit: I will say "Broken" is my all time favorite, and "The Downward Spiral" at least needs a mention if you know you will like the harder sounding music like some people are saying with the comments. Also "The Fragile" has aged very well and fits in with the electonic/rock genres like I mentioned above, sorry for long edit, there are just so many good albums for different reasons, enjoy!
My HS(Russel PA) football team played his old HS's(Mercer PA) team this year, we lost (refs screwed us because I’m Mercer county high school football is the only thing that matters lol). But isn't that kind of crazy that he came from a small town in western Pennsylvania?
This record sounded great when it came out and hasn't aged at all. Trent used technology in a very smart, musical way - that synth bass line still sounds awesome.
It was catchy & radio-friendly from him at the time, with rated-R punk lyrics. After powerchord bands ran the airwaves, this does sound more slick/mainstream now.
I'd disagree. This whole album sounds veeeerry dated. Not trying to be negative. I'm just surprised that people like this Album so much. Not getting the vibes personally (except from Terrible Lie).
@Flippy Dip No. He's right. Trent is a master when it comes to making music that sounds sonically pleasing. It's both dated and not dated at the same time as there are elements that are still being used in music today. Shit slaps.
By aping skinny puppy and front line assembly, and then boiling that hard industrial sound down to edgy pop music. It's catchy, but not original or even very creative. I mean I like this early stuff, but just sayin'.
I discovered MTV when I was 12 in 1991. My dad was not happy and when you were 7 you watched MTV and weren't supposed to. Goddamn youth rebellion is great!!
Yeah it took me a while too, I think closer was the first one I'd heard from them (about 20 years or so after it actually came out) and I remember thinking "…what"
1989 ladies and gentlemen. This is when this came out, anyone recall how different this sounded to anything else out there? I was completely blown away when I saw the video on "Headbangers Ball" on MTV for the first time. I think 1990. The video was like from another planet. The trash on the drums, the Maxheadroom Skull rotating. The tape all over the guitars, the cables all over the floor. The entire look took 'industrial' over the top. The sidecut hair of Finck and Reznor. In 1989. Hollywood celebs started sporting sidecuts in 2009, about 20 years later.
This was fr in 89? I thought maybe this was preteens for me. I was thinking... I would say this... That this is late MTV. Mtv2, prob late muchmusic? 🤔🤷 89? Damn, I was 7. I only remember hearing the song. I don't remember him ever having dreads or watching this. I personally always though that I'm afraid of Americans was a bit annoying... I remember this giraffe liked that song.
It completelly blew me away! I have always loved hard rock and metal, but I completely fell in love with this style of music. I have been a fan of NIN since day one!
And Trent wrote and composed all his music by himself, he'd hire a band for touring only. A very talented guy. He also brought us Marilyn Manson who opened for him on his Downward Spiral Tour in 94'.....
actually it was perfectly IN it time. Trent just .. erm... poppified it, made is palatable to a wider audience (which seems like a weird thing to say, given it's a band like NiN.) Working with Flood helped with that, as did Adrian Sherwood. In the same way that Nirvana working with Butch Vig took grunge mainstream.
@@AlIguana except he was apparently ripping off Skinny Puppy. Early indistrial is Throbbing Gristle, Front 242, Frontline Assembly etc. you’re talking about post-industrial. Original industrial sounds nothing like NIN
Saw Trent for the first time being interviewed on Much Music (in Canada) New Year's Eve 89/90. Never heard his music, but thought he seemed interesting and thoughtful. THEN they played the music video for HEAD LIKE A HOLE and by the time we got to the first "Bow down before the one you serve" I was a fan for life.
tyrantpictures if you're reading this on a cellphone moo.g. e forwarded information fall asleep to his work. Moog synthesizers and lyrics are purposefully worded for repairing a incognitionve dissonance area
I miss these type of music videos. I don't know why I love them, is it the video quality? The shots? The effects? The actions? The sets? Man I love it.
my dad used to play nine inch nails in the car when i was 5 and this was one of my favorite songs. he made a cd playlist of all my favorite songs from when i was 5 and i still love nine inch nails almost 11 years later. i miss him, i don't see him too often now Update: He lives down the street from us and I spend most of my days with him, mom isn't too happy about it but who cares. Update number 2: he lost his job and got evicted and he’s living with his on and off girlfriend 2 hours away.
Call your dad youngbro. Hes busy... he thinks your too involved in your own stuff and doesnt want to bother you. You need each other now and forever. Its healthy. Im 65. My son is 29. When he was in junior high he was listening to some boy band crap. I couldnt have that so I was like... come here Sonbro. Listen to this. And I played him Wish... kind of freaked him out a bit... post apocalyptic and all.. no more boy band crap. We saw nin a few times together. Allman Bros. Weve seen Clutch a dozen times. Motorhead. We disagree on a lit of stuff. But we talk and debate for hours. Hes my only child. So I worked at being big brother as well as father. The bro part is way easier.
I miss all these bands I grew up. NiN nirvana rage against the machine filter..the music was so original and it spoke to everyone in some way or form. This was our therapy as teens. I listened to my folks music and I want my kids to see who my favorite rock bands were and the messages they spoke through their songs. It shows what they believed in. I watched rage in 93 and you can feel the energy of the band and the crowd. I hope their memories never die. Concerts were amazing. Sorry I'm reminiscing lol.
This so much takes me back to the days when MTV focused on music instead of “reality” TV and irrelevant celeb drama. Not only that, they used to play excellent innovative alternative and even industrial music like this!
MTV also had a late show with this guy named John Stewart. I was like, man - this is one of the most intelligent guys I've ever seen. I do hope he makes it in Hollywood; his content is just too good and intellectual. They usually cancel shows like his to put up mindless big-titz dance + beach party shows. I do hope we see him again on another channel!
I bought Pretty Hate Machine initially just for this song in the early nineties (on audio cassette!!) after hearing it on an episode on Beavis and Butthead. I've bought everything Reznor has ever done since. "Hey Beavis, do you have a nine inch nail?"
I held off on Nine Inch Nails until a few years into their fame because I've never hopped on bandwagons, or try not to. As soon as I heard Pretty Hate Machine it was pretty much on repeat from then forward. Quality music.
I introduced my step-son to this song 10 years ago. I was 50 and he was 15. He was slack-jawed and bug eyed and mesmerized by it. His mother and I split up many years ago but he and remain close and we still enjoy this song together,
He was over yesterday. He clicked on his phone and asked "Hey, what song is this?" I recognized it immediately and had it cranked on my big ass stereo system within seconds. We may not be related by blood, but I raised him better than his mother ever could and stuck with her for longer than I should have for his sake. We have enriched each others lives. Not just music. You can't choose your relatives but you can choose your family. Bless you JCB.
This was when there was a message in music, its a somerimes declining era, of finding the focuse and raw necessity to bring it with full potential to expression and set rock on fire, i will always love
This album came out 32 years ago today, insane how time flies. October 20th, 1989 Edit: Damn thank you everyone for the likes. This came out 35 years ago now. How crazy!!!! Posted on: 10/20/2024
Dam, way to make me feel old! A girl I was dating played this tape for me in 1993, I "tolerated" it because she was hot. A month later I couldn't get enough of NIN! I married that girl 25 years ago and we're still banging to NIN! Hell yeah!! 👍
A low-budget classic. Still remember the first time I saw this on 120 minutes - before MTV jumped the shark. It was this video that led to my buying Pretty Hate Machine.
Fucken oathe mate. Great low budget clip filmed with a few tripods and cheap cameras. The cgi was cool too! they are probably the first band i know who did these kind of clips.
Listened to this song for 30 years. Lyrically it's the most superior and relevant song ever. Trent is a fucking legend. This was my teenage angst anthem. Dude always called out society. 🤘🏼
I grew up in a very religious house of in the 80’s- 90’s. I thought I was rebelling so hard everytime I listened to this song and Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name of.
This song is pretty much the anthem to Industrial music because it literally infuses every element of it. It's got the jack hammer beat, the harsh guitars, the crazy synths, the angsty lyrics, the poppy sound... everything.
It wasn’t stolen. Trent wanted to see the script, and thought it was pretty cool (as Black Mirror is, yes?). Pretty smart on his part, NIN getting a good bit of new traffic.
This song is as relevant today as it was back in 1989. Nine Inch Nails was a band that was way ahead of its time. It was dangerous, scary, exciting, and all of the above.
This was my first NIN song back in 1990 and it's completely defined my personal aesthetics and music tastes. The only thing I'll add to that is that the live version will always pump me up to max levels of energy.
Totally. NIN headlined a festival in Australia in 95… they took up twice the space on stage as all other act’s and we waited for age’s. Most electrifying and life affirming act I’ve ever seen!!! The acid helped a bit too
okay, i love this community now. came from black mirror but the welcoming messages make me want to stay, this community is one of the only non-toxic ones.
Hi, Victoria! Welcome to the Nine Inch Nails experience! I would suggest taking your time with their songs because some people might find them harsh on the ears, but it's all worth it!
I woke up this morning feeling like the man/woman died that had been controlling my life. Got to continue to make forward progress, and this song reminds me that it to this day… there are people that are narrsisitic and are dangerous… this is an absolute incredible song. Anyways… all jokes aside I was working and fighting for the past ten years in making attempts to overcome those strides… and this is an absolute incredible song still to date.
Heard this when I was 12 back in 1990. Really broke open the door of what music is to me. It's been a long and awesome journey ever since. Music is everything.
This is one of the best tracks of all time. I was 18 when I first heard it (yeah, I'm getting on a bit), and I think it still sounds f'ing great now. Genius fusion of rock and electronic - way ahead of the curve..... Unbelievable that it was released in the 80s
Is the logic based on the fact that Americans become massively stupid and blow their money on shit they don't need and run themselves in debt all in the name of Jesus? lol Or are you just sayin? lol
I grew up on nine inch nails with my dad and i remember blasting this cd in his car and in the house almost everyday. Thank you guys for such great memories i had with him.
I was 16 years old when I saw this video and I instantly knew that THIS is what I need in my life! And so began my love of nine inch nails and I'm still obsessed 30 years later!
+Psynergy +Drop Therapy The Song Was Made In 1989 But the single and the video were made in 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Like_a_Hole do not look under recorded look under realeased, Sujeong Chun was right, Fucking Idiots
Truly miss the late 80's and 90's it is truly like night and day compared to what we are living in now. All i can say is i am glad i got to experience it. You don't know what you have until it is gone.
Trent Reznor, continuously the voice of post apocalyptic raiders, anarchists, that crazy homeless dude down the street, and blood starved vampires the world round
So true, he is a perfectionist. Weaving every sound, every note. Ha ha, my son & I discretely took our picture in front of his house (from across the street) in New Orleans back in the day. Wow, so long ago. I am 61 now. The first concert I took my son to when he was 15 was NIN & David Bowie.
This 💯 still holds up today. I remember getting this album and listening to it on my portable CD player in school around 11/12 years old and being completely blown away by it. Definitely got me wanting to get a drum kit by 5/6th grade. I wanted to be apart of playing loud music like Trent Reznor was making. Downward spiral came out, closer was all over modern rock radio. Got the album not long after it came out and it was instant classic. Gets better with age
Brings back memories of listening to Live 105 in the bay area. I loved the music back then. I will always be grateful for their music. One of the best live performances ever! Trent Reznor is a musical genius and I have always had admiration and respect for him
@@thebruzdog wonder how many triggered NIN fans didn't finish the episode before getting pissed off and turning it off only to hate on the episode in comment sections? I know that would have been me had I not watched til the end lol.
@@Jaqen-HGhar I don't even mind it tbh, I think it's a cool spinoff on the song, not saying anything about the original but both versions have a nice flare to them
One of the most influential albums of all time (in the fucking 80s!). Trent's music had an epic cascading effect in music -- expanding on what new order was doing years earlier, fucking awesome.
I remember being into NIN and Ministry when I was 10 in 1992 and everyone thought I was crazy. The ones who didn't think I was crazy became my friends.
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lost my SHIT seeing this in black mirror!! one of my favourite songs of all time
Oh my gosh your profile pic kind of looks like Jack from the episode 😸
That was the point. Charlie Brookes is a fucking genious !
Same
You have great taste
i never heard of it, and i'm not much into rock/metal but it's pretty good. i liked it
"I'd rather die, than give you control." ❤️❤️ Love it.
Say it again for the hearing impaired
The guitarist for Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine album and tour goes on to form the band Filter and the hit songs Hey Man Nice Shot, and also the brother of the actor who played the Terminator T1000 in Terminator 2.
Robert Patrick? Really
Agent John Doggett from the X Files?
You're great for knowing that i felt like I was one of like 20 people haha
Wait, Mike Rogers from Fire in the Sky? There's a scene in that movie that could be scored by NIN...or Tool...whose guitarist worked on the SFX for Terminator 2...starring Robert Patrick...who was in The X-Files...and whose brother was in NIN...(and around and around in circles we go).
I like it.
Wow that’s awesome
I'm 56, and this is why I LOVE 90's rock.
The genre turned self-loathing and depression on its head, acknowledged darkness in thought in all its sadness/horror, and then spit it out with sarcasm, wit, and defiance. And yes, there is hope in the music too.
That is the essence of 90's grunge.
I LOVE this song. Listen to lyrics babies:)
Oiii uhhh buddy... NIN is industrial metal/rock - not grunge at all. However, both genres feature either happy, sad, angry, depressed, morose, horny, edgy, furious, desperate, ecstatic, or sometimes even downright INSANE lyrics! 🤘🤘🤘
Hey, I'm 58 and I've been listening to them when they hit the scene.
Great comment!
This would be 80's
Hope is the lack of information. -Boyd Rice
I don't care if you're here because of Black Mirror or not, anything to get new people watching and listening to NIN is great by me.
Totally agree. Imagine in a parallel universe a large amount of Miley Cyrus fans started following nin and it was because of that catchy song they covered 😂😂😂 so dumb. I love nin though they should've covers closer haha
Be like JT, guys.
THAT'S how I feel. Sure, they may desecrating it with pop, but even Trent is amused by it and the fact that it's Miley Cyrus and nin is amusing no matter who you are. I'm just always happy when I see nin anywhere.
What's your favorite song? My first introduction to them, oddly enough was Ghosts I-IV. Still my favorite.
@@WatercolorHeart Such a classic set. I could zone out to Ghosts all day. For me "The Mark Has Been Made" comes to mind. But my first real intro to them was Year Zero. That has a special place in my heart.
I remember discovering Nine inch nails completely by accident. I was an apprentice electrician working in London, one day I had sickness and dodgy stomach so I stayed in the hotel for the day. I was watching tv and this came on.... I was like wow, this is awesome. So, I remembered the name of the group and when I got home I bought "pretty hate machine" on cd...... Still got it. Absolutely timeless.
That's awesome! 🤘🤘🤘
do you have Skype? I want to buy a shop
Dodgy ?
😂Weird a. I haven't thought of this song till now
The 1st time i heard them was when I found their CD laying on the ground...been a fan ever since...
Can't believe they came out with this Ashley O cover so quickly.
9 years before Netflix even released the season 😲 that takes passion
@@Hii-ec6nr *30 years
SITS Industries I love this comment😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This must be some sort of cover band, they play Johhny Cash’s Hurt almost convincingly
Been listening to NIN since I was in the womb my dad used to play it up close to my moms belly. They are divorced and all the lyrics make sense to me. They have a different meaning for every different part of my life. THANK YOU TRENT
Didn't you know you could also listen to NIN in your daddies belly ? Leftist researchers say so
I'm an old guy (77) and I'm here cause it's so damn good. love it
Dude that’s awesome
By your age, I’ll be doing the same thing!
David Benson I love it! I’m 62 I can remember buying the cd like it was yesterday. Where does the time go....
Wish johnny cash thought the same. Lol. Jp.
Music doesn't care about age. I think it's awesome that you love this. 💜
This is a good year for introducing people to NIN.
MasterBerry it’s been 30 years.
Sentionaut and?
The Old Town Road riff is them too 😂
I shall dedicate this song to Trump. And not in a good way.
@@Goobian I thought immediately of the credulous and willfully blind Trumpists.
If this song was released today it would still be ahead of it's time.
Agreed!! Song is timeless
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basically it was about the matrix.. fake world we are all plugged into.. notice the head with plugs at the end
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The black mirror brings up so many questions about technology. Thank you to NIN for your years of psychological services when nothing mattered in life. One of my favorites. Don't let rock die!!!
Time to get some new Nine Inch Nails fans in here, thanks Black Mirror!
this old u idiot shut it
He's thanking black mirror for making the song famous again
what's wrong about that?
@@rosa273 RIP reading comprehension
here's a new fan thanks to black mirror :)
@@rosa273 is English your 5th language girl?
Being a new fan of NIN, gotta say, this album aged amazingly. Sounds like it was recorded yesterday.
True
Word. Some music sounds so dated
@@clownindan especially now lmao
Some tracks could come out tomorrow, and a day later, I forget it even exists.
I heard songs from the 50s that are still listened to and have aged nicely.
Bro is about to take you on many journeys.
I listened to this CD everyday on the hour bud ride to school in 92. Depressing times.😂
Pretty Hate Machine turns 30 this month, and is still relevant in 2019. Trent Reznor is just incredible.
So ahead of its time.
yup
OH now I feel REALLY OLD.
My son heard Pretty Hate Machine in my womb, he loves NIN, go figure
@Reischa Parker
Your revolution is over. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me?
This song is such a classic. I can remember the first time hearing it when I was 6 years old. All these nuanced details are clear in my head from that moment. Now I'm 40 and I'm playing it to my 6 year old daughter for the first time. NIN for life.
I remember my friend and I called 92.9 the local rock station and requested this song one night and laying on the side of the bed waiting to hit the record button on my stereo so I could have this shit on tape
That's the most 90s sentence I've ever read.
Been there too!!!!
Those were the days😄
this is the best comment in any TH-cam comment section ever.
I remember those days.
All these NIN actual fans being super welcoming and kind to new fans from Dark Mirror. So wholesome
NeL H so true, I was expecting them to be condescending to the new generation but this was a nice surprise. I would be into so much more music if people were friendly to newcomers
Black*
Everyone should experience the awesomeness that is NIN
Dark Mirror I love that show!
yall mean..Shit Mirror
"I'de rather die than give you control."
Words to live by!
@jshowa o wah
Someone comes here because they love it and are deflowered by Reznor. Me: OMG, your ears are in for so much Reznor love.
Even more important as governments around the world are flexing for power from a flu
@@bobspizza7444 imagine being that misinformed and full of yourself that you equate a totally different virus to the flu
@@justabitohash9762 I went to get a covid test for a job last week. On the costcare medical website it said this. If you have covid DONT PANIC 82% of people who get covid only have MILD COLD SYMPTOMS. 98% survive. What am I supposed to believe if on the actual website for a hospital sais that????
Black op 6 putting this in game. Gotta respect treyarch for putting out good licensed music from different eras in black ops
The other day I was playing MP on Red Card and heard Epic by Faith No More. Treyarch is doing things right so far
Yeah excellent music choice like that makes me respect the work behind the game even more
Not a surprise too, Trent Reznor himself made the theme song for Black Ops 2. It feels like it has come full circle now.
Fuck yea!!!!!!!!
As a NIN fan and Black Ops 6 player, if Head Like A Hole isn't a war track in warzone or mp, I'll be genuinely surprised lol
If you're a newcomer to NIN I'd recommend 2013's "Hesitation Marks" as the easiest album to get into starting fresh, it is very modern sounding and fits in the best with current electronic/ rock genres; or if you like the 80s style of this song then the entire "Pretty Hate Machine" album is a great start too. All albums are good though, each have a different sound/vibe in them and have a lot of depth. Try out each one if you want.
Edit: I will say "Broken" is my all time favorite, and "The Downward Spiral" at least needs a mention if you know you will like the harder sounding music like some people are saying with the comments. Also "The Fragile" has aged very well and fits in with the electonic/rock genres like I mentioned above, sorry for long edit, there are just so many good albums for different reasons, enjoy!
With Teeth is pretty poppy as well (I'd say moreso)
This is a great comment. Actually guiding and encouraging newbies to a great artist instead of just ridiculing them! Props to you
I like the Fragile personally. That's just everything I love about NIN but more of it.
I will always love The Downward Spiral and will defend it until I die!
Downward spiral is the way to go.
Dude was a janitor when he got started. Now he is a friggin' ICON.
TVT
My HS(Russel PA) football team played his old HS's(Mercer PA) team this year, we lost (refs screwed us because I’m Mercer county high school football is the only thing that matters lol). But isn't that kind of crazy that he came from a small town in western Pennsylvania?
@@alexroberts9386 He moved to Cleveland and lived in University Circle. His family is Reznor as in the garage space heaters, right?
nirvana too !
@@alexroberts9386 i feel u, dave grohl went to my hs, he got kicked out for smokin weed lol
This record sounded great when it came out and hasn't aged at all. Trent used technology in a very smart, musical way - that synth bass line still sounds awesome.
It was catchy & radio-friendly from him at the time, with rated-R punk lyrics. After powerchord bands ran the airwaves, this does sound more slick/mainstream now.
I'd disagree. This whole album sounds veeeerry dated. Not trying to be negative. I'm just surprised that people like this Album so much. Not getting the vibes personally (except from Terrible Lie).
@Flippy Dip No. He's right. Trent is a master when it comes to making music that sounds sonically pleasing. It's both dated and not dated at the same time as there are elements that are still being used in music today. Shit slaps.
do you have Skype? I want to buy a shop
By aping skinny puppy and front line assembly, and then boiling that hard industrial sound down to edgy pop music. It's catchy, but not original or even very creative. I mean I like this early stuff, but just sayin'.
The song that started it all for me...when I was 7 years old and wasn't supposed to be watching Mtv.
Song still sends a chill up my spine.
I discovered MTV when I was 12 in 1991. My dad was not happy and when you were 7 you watched MTV and weren't supposed to. Goddamn youth rebellion is great!!
Gotta admit it took me a while to warm up to NIN, but man, Trent Reznor is one of the all-time greats and the music is utterly amazing.
Yeah it took me a while too, I think closer was the first one I'd heard from them (about 20 years or so after it actually came out) and I remember thinking "…what"
He’s a musical genius.
Same
I love to listen to this song while I’m playing Striking Vipers with the boyz.
JVINCEMUSIC 😂😂😂
i wonder who's logged in
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Did you "fight" the Polar Bear yet?!
I’m 18 now and still remember hearing my mom play this on the way to 1st grade when I was 6, and NIN is still one of my favorite bands
What a cool mom
I definitely did the same with my kids!! Your mom's awesome
Your mum has some good musical tastes.
Stay safe and well out there young bro.
You have been NIN blessed😍 hope I have the same effect on my 3y/o
I remember my mom playing the hand that feeds around that time for me. We were driving somewhere but I don’t remember where.
This was insanely ahead of its time for 1989.
it's Timeliness!!
In music breakthrough terms yeah, but "nevermind" basically predicted what was going to happen in the 2000's and even 2010's music landscape.
@@Braziliansyrah - I don't see how. It's _the_ iconic 90s sound. 2000s onward are just boy bands.
There was political corruption as long as there's been politics.
@@chrisrj9871 he predicted the boy bands, ever heard of the quintessential boyband "Death Grips"?
1989 ladies and gentlemen. This is when this came out, anyone recall how different this sounded to anything else out there? I was completely blown away when I saw the video on "Headbangers Ball" on MTV for the first time. I think 1990.
The video was like from another planet. The trash on the drums, the Maxheadroom Skull rotating. The tape all over the guitars, the cables all over the floor. The entire look took 'industrial' over the top. The sidecut hair of Finck and Reznor. In 1989. Hollywood celebs started sporting sidecuts in 2009, about 20 years later.
This was fr in 89? I thought maybe this was preteens for me. I was thinking... I would say this... That this is late MTV. Mtv2, prob late muchmusic? 🤔🤷 89? Damn, I was 7. I only remember hearing the song. I don't remember him ever having dreads or watching this. I personally always though that I'm afraid of Americans was a bit annoying... I remember this giraffe liked that song.
It completelly blew me away! I have always loved hard rock and metal, but I completely fell in love with this style of music. I have been a fan of NIN since day one!
meathead919 Ive been listening to NIN since I was sixteen I'm 41 now and this is the first time I've ever seen this video! :o
Holy shit 89? Damn i was 3.
I want my MTV.
One of the greatest songs ever written. An ageless, timeless, song that feels like it could fit in any era of music from the 1980s onwards.
Not sure I agree, the drums are extremely "late 80s", and akin to Depeche Mode or Gary Numan. The Downward Spiral sounds very much timeless though!
do you have Skype? I want to buy a shop
Right?! It’s a classic masterpiece!
Sorry pops but this kinda music died when the 90s arrived.
@@lukasblur3500 You claim it died & yet you're listening to it right now. 😏
And Trent wrote and composed all his music by himself, he'd hire a band for touring only. A very talented guy. He also brought us Marilyn Manson who opened for him on his Downward Spiral Tour in 94'.....
yep. i used to run with them in the early 90s in the french quarter. i got some fucked up stories mannnnn...
poppaluv I wanna hear the stories!
I'm so old I support this comment.
I saw a show from that NIN Downward Spiral tour in Hampton VA in late 1994, including Marilyn Manson and the Jim Rose Circus as the openers.
rivotrich7 he came to Dallas twice on that tour and I got to be at both.
Loved this and the entire album. Had on repeat for years. Still playing it
Trent Reznor and his Wife are fabulous musicians, artists who still lead. So glad for them that as a couple they own their equipment. Phenomenal.
The hallmark of true classic rock, is that it never seems to age. This sounds a fresh today, as it did 30-odd years ago.
proceeds to point towards every rock album from the 70s... except for Black Sabbath
@@kaydgaming True Black Sabbath still sounds very fresh while Led Zeppelin from the same era sounds very dated.
He made it in 15 minutes too. Genius!
They performed it last night (probably tonight too?) UK.
He Had Tired From Man Killed By Knife
NIN just holds up over time and gets better and better. I loved them as a kid but now in 2020 their music is coming to life. This is killer.
"Head like a hole, black as your soul: I'd rather DIE than give YOU control.
Perfect.
1989? Talk about ahead of his fucking time!
@@tangledandfar none of the early industrial sounded anything like NIN tho
actually it was perfectly IN it time. Trent just .. erm... poppified it, made is palatable to a wider audience (which seems like a weird thing to say, given it's a band like NiN.) Working with Flood helped with that, as did Adrian Sherwood. In the same way that Nirvana working with Butch Vig took grunge mainstream.
@@SspaceB Ministry's Stigmata came out the year before. Nothing happens in isolation.
@@AlIguana except he was apparently ripping off Skinny Puppy. Early indistrial is Throbbing Gristle, Front 242, Frontline Assembly etc. you’re talking about post-industrial. Original industrial sounds nothing like NIN
@@AlIguana Love Ministry. Saw them with Slayer, Primus and Phil & The Illegals on Nov 2, 2019
Saw Trent for the first time being interviewed on Much Music (in Canada) New Year's Eve 89/90. Never heard his music, but thought he seemed interesting and thoughtful. THEN they played the music video for HEAD LIKE A HOLE and by the time we got to the first "Bow down before the one you serve" I was a fan for life.
tyrantpictures if you're reading this on a cellphone
moo.g. e forwarded information fall asleep to his work. Moog synthesizers
and lyrics are purposefully worded for repairing a incognitionve dissonance area
For everyone who watched Black Mirror:
Enjoy going down the spiral of NIN.
TheNraveles ahh i see what you did there bud ;)
Was that a intentional pun
haha, the downward sprial
Miley killed it for sure. Wonder if she released her version
Thanks NIN for not selling out, for not forgetting what you set out to do in the beginning.
I miss these type of music videos. I don't know why I love them, is it the video quality? The shots? The effects? The actions? The sets? Man I love it.
"I'd rather die than give you control" words to live by...at all costs
I think that might be a Patrick Henry 'paraphrase'
Covid Vaccine
@@sunnysunshine7760 that is a good example of many today!!!
@@sunnysunshine7760 LMAO WHAT
@@sailorboluda4966 it changes your DNA... look it up
my dad used to play nine inch nails in the car when i was 5 and this was one of my favorite songs. he made a cd playlist of all my favorite songs from when i was 5 and i still love nine inch nails almost 11 years later. i miss him, i don't see him too often now
Update: He lives down the street from us and I spend most of my days with him, mom isn't too happy about it but who cares.
Update number 2: he lost his job and got evicted and he’s living with his on and off girlfriend 2 hours away.
Your dad sounds awesome
@@VelvetFox_424 he is!
You must be so young! And your dad is great! Talk to him!
Call your dad youngbro. Hes busy... he thinks your too involved in your own stuff and doesnt want to bother you.
You need each other now and forever. Its healthy.
Im 65. My son is 29. When he was in junior high he was listening to some boy band crap. I couldnt have that so I was like... come here Sonbro. Listen to this. And I played him Wish... kind of freaked him out a bit... post apocalyptic and all.. no more boy band crap.
We saw nin a few times together. Allman Bros. Weve seen Clutch a dozen times. Motorhead.
We disagree on a lit of stuff. But we talk and debate for hours. Hes my only child. So I worked at being big brother as well as father. The bro part is way easier.
sounds like a deadbeat. better off
I miss all these bands I grew up. NiN nirvana rage against the machine filter..the music was so original and it spoke to everyone in some way or form. This was our therapy as teens. I listened to my folks music and I want my kids to see who my favorite rock bands were and the messages they spoke through their songs. It shows what they believed in. I watched rage in 93 and you can feel the energy of the band and the crowd. I hope their memories never die. Concerts were amazing. Sorry I'm reminiscing lol.
They're great bands!!!
I saw NIN a couple months ago, they aren't gone, plus of course all those bands still have music around, you can show your kids this great music.
Man it's been a wild ride over the years listening to Trent.
Indeed I will miss it
Oh no doubt and it feels solid af looking back
You can say that again! I still love him & his music! 🎶🎵💜
Perfect description brother
I love trent
This so much takes me back to the days when MTV focused on music instead of “reality” TV and irrelevant celeb drama. Not only that, they used to play excellent innovative alternative and even industrial music like this!
What's funny is I discovered this song from watching one of MTV Classic's alt-rock music video blocks at night.
120 Minutes by MTV was probably the best music show around back then, especially during mid 1980s to mid 1990s.
It's Shame now a days MTV is nothing more than ridiculousness every other hour. And reality shows What happend to the music 🤔
@@leoconde4012 I don’t even watch the Main MTV channel anymore because of what you mention. I haven’t watched it seriously in almost 20 years.
MTV also had a late show with this guy named John Stewart. I was like, man - this is one of the most intelligent guys I've ever seen. I do hope he makes it in Hollywood; his content is just too good and intellectual. They usually cancel shows like his to put up mindless big-titz dance + beach party shows. I do hope we see him again on another channel!
You're here. That's all that matters.
Lol
Sound like your at a twelve step meeting
awe thanks.
@@Yugvijay 111
@@cristabaker5849? U look like selena
This video was phenomenal when it first aired and still ranks above and beyond videos made today (2024).
I bought Pretty Hate Machine initially just for this song in the early nineties (on audio cassette!!) after hearing it on an episode on Beavis and Butthead. I've bought everything Reznor has ever done since. "Hey Beavis, do you have a nine inch nail?"
Keyser Soze LOL! I see butthead now!
Keyser Soze "Head"
Keyser Soze same actually!!! Theres a few bands I got into in the early 90's thanks to beavis and butthead!
+Keyser Soze hahaahah god damn that is classic
def one of the coolest parts of the show. watching MTV with beavis and butthead
+Keyser Soze Same here n.n
I held off on Nine Inch Nails until a few years into their fame because I've never hopped on bandwagons, or try not to. As soon as I heard Pretty Hate Machine it was pretty much on repeat from then forward. Quality music.
I introduced my step-son to this song 10 years ago. I was 50 and he was 15. He was slack-jawed and bug eyed and mesmerized by it. His mother and I split up many years ago but he and remain close and we still enjoy this song together,
He was over yesterday. He clicked on his phone and asked "Hey, what song is this?" I recognized it immediately and had it cranked on my big ass stereo system within seconds. We may not be related by blood, but I raised him better than his mother ever could and stuck with her for longer than I should have for his sake. We have enriched each others lives. Not just music. You can't choose your relatives but you can choose your family. Bless you JCB.
@@edwardsmall6916 World needs more people like you. You are a great person with great taste of music too, of course.
That’s badass man!
This was when there was a message in music, its a somerimes declining era, of finding the focuse and raw necessity to bring it with full potential to expression and set rock on fire, i will always love
This album came out 32 years ago today, insane how time flies.
October 20th, 1989
Edit: Damn thank you everyone for the likes. This came out 35 years ago now. How crazy!!!! Posted on: 10/20/2024
Shut up 😳….
Imagine rocking out with NIN at the Samurai Saki House for years before they went big...!
I was in the Navy...played the s*it out of this cassette....I also did some unthinkable things by today's standards.....
I was doing lots of bad things with bad people
Dam, way to make me feel old! A girl I was dating played this tape for me in 1993, I "tolerated" it because she was hot. A month later I couldn't get enough of NIN! I married that girl 25 years ago and we're still banging to NIN! Hell yeah!! 👍
I started singing along when the cover to this was played on black mirror. My daughter looked confused and asked, “you know this song?”.😂
You too....I had to come here to let my kids listen to the original.
Hahahaha She thought you were secretly a miley cyrus fan
A low-budget classic. Still remember the first time I saw this on 120 minutes - before MTV jumped the shark. It was this video that led to my buying Pretty Hate Machine.
Fucken oathe mate. Great low budget clip filmed with a few tripods and cheap cameras. The cgi was cool too! they are probably the first band i know who did these kind of clips.
I adore that little harmony at the end. Really punctuates the song perfectly. My old-ass self is still headbanging to these classics.
"God Money is not looking for the cure"
That shit gave me goosebumps.
There is no profit on healthy or dead people, god money likes them in between...(sick)
Real talk right hete
*gets covid jab cause the government and Big Pharma are just trying to help*
Stares with Anarchist intent
You might like the song by 10 Years - Actions & Motives
Listened to this song for 30 years. Lyrically it's the most superior and relevant song ever. Trent is a fucking legend. This was my teenage angst anthem. Dude always called out society. 🤘🏼
I grew up in a very religious house of in the 80’s- 90’s. I thought I was rebelling so hard everytime I listened to this song and Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name of.
This song is pretty much the anthem to Industrial music because it literally infuses every element of it.
It's got the jack hammer beat, the harsh guitars, the crazy synths, the angsty lyrics, the poppy sound... everything.
+Nicholas Vladd Einsturzende Neubauten!!!!
Hell yeah!
Nicholas Vladd I just recently picked up a copy of 'Halber Mensch' and am really digging it.
And all written by himself on a computer.... in the 80s. Fucking guy is a legend.
Uhhh "anthem to industrial"? Negative sir. You can do better than that come on.
I wasn't expecting this song to be in black ops 6 ngl, excellent song choice
Same, I was really surprised, in a good way !
It wasn’t stolen. Trent wanted to see the script, and thought it was pretty cool (as Black Mirror is, yes?). Pretty smart on his part, NIN getting a good bit of new traffic.
This song is as relevant today as it was back in 1989. Nine Inch Nails was a band that was way ahead of its time. It was dangerous, scary, exciting, and all of the above.
This was my first NIN song back in 1990 and it's completely defined my personal aesthetics and music tastes. The only thing I'll add to that is that the live version will always pump me up to max levels of energy.
Totally. NIN headlined a festival in Australia in 95… they took up twice the space on stage as all other act’s and we waited for age’s. Most electrifying and life affirming act I’ve ever seen!!! The acid helped a bit too
THANK YOU, TRENT, for the soundtrack to our lives.
"I'd rather DIE than give you control" been my thing since about 1990 when I first heard this😏
How a band like NIN doesn't have at least a million subscribers, is mind-blowing to me.
Me too, they are just WAY to original and talented to not have much recognition
Because they don't pay for click-bots.
okay, i love this community now. came from black mirror but the welcoming messages make me want to stay, this community is one of the only non-toxic ones.
Welcome to the shit show💕💕
victoria w. Welcome! Good is good, timeless is timeless!!!
Hi, Victoria! Welcome to the Nine Inch Nails experience! I would suggest taking your time with their songs because some people might find them harsh on the ears, but it's all worth it!
Oh, you clearly have not visited r/nincriclejerk
Really tho welcome, I also discovered them not too long ago and I stuck, hope you do too
It's because we all know we're pieces of shit.
I woke up this morning feeling like the man/woman died that had been controlling my life. Got to continue to make forward progress, and this song reminds me that it to this day… there are people that are narrsisitic and are dangerous… this is an absolute incredible song. Anyways… all jokes aside I was working and fighting for the past ten years in making attempts to overcome those strides… and this is an absolute incredible song still to date.
This song has a big problem: it ends
@chuzzle fan And u know with Limp Bizkit, that's the best thing
@chuzzle fan That was the only thing i liked about justin bieber's baby
Best comment I have seen in here so far 💪
@Bhante Been there and done that lol 🤯 🤯 🤯
LMAO well said
" Bow down before the one you serve, You're going to get what you deserve " - Hit's harder today than it did the day it was released.
do you have Skype? I want to buy a shop
@@khaledmorsy6467 I’ll sell you a bridge.
indeed
U can say that again!
Heard this when I was 12 back in 1990. Really broke open the door of what music is to me. It's been a long and awesome journey ever since. Music is everything.
Same. I had just hit 15 and this album changed my idea of what music should be. I’ve been in the electronic - rock world ever since.
This song was one of the big inflection points between 80s and 90s music.
I bought this on tape at the warehouse back in the day ! so o know what you mean.
This is one of the best tracks of all time. I was 18 when I first heard it (yeah, I'm getting on a bit), and I think it still sounds f'ing great now. Genius fusion of rock and electronic - way ahead of the curve..... Unbelievable that it was released in the 80s
this song is a Christmas carol I don't care what anybody else says I sing it every year around Christmas
Is the logic based on the fact that Americans become massively stupid and blow their money on shit they don't need and run themselves in debt all in the name of Jesus? lol Or are you just sayin? lol
@@manicmike8585 Yes. The rich are the only ones who benefit from Christmas.
I like your Christmas.
@@h4724-q6j and the local businesses that sell things on Christmas and the happy families but whatever-
@The King thanks so much
I grew up on nine inch nails with my dad and i remember blasting this cd in his car and in the house almost everyday. Thank you guys for such great memories i had with him.
Congrats on being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
You all deserve it!
I'm a fan for life.
Still weirds me out that KoЯn isn’t in the hall of fame
feeling this on nov 6
Exactly what I'm thinking.
Peasants used to root for Robin Hood. Now they root for Sheriff Nottingham. Society has gone full retard and everyone knows, you never go full retard.
"bow down before the ones you serve
You're going to get what you deserve"
Especially that part.
came here to say this.
Yup. Me too.
I was 16 years old when I saw this video and I instantly knew that THIS is what I need in my life! And so began my love of nine inch nails and I'm still obsessed 30 years later!
Been listening to this almost every morning since the quarantine.
Great for your end of the world soundtrack❤️❤️
@@MissKrystlelive
Ha I was just thinking that. 👍
🙏☠️🙏☠️🙏
Yup!
Add in some kidney thieves-before I'm dead...
It's so cool to see what they looked like in 1989.
1990
1989
Yeah I don't know how he missed that. It clearly says 1989 Interscope Records at the top.
Bitrip yeah XD.
+Psynergy +Drop Therapy The Song Was Made In 1989 But the single and the video were made in 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Like_a_Hole do not look under recorded look under realeased, Sujeong Chun was right, Fucking Idiots
First got into NIN, way back in 91, while living in Phoenix, Arizona, for a few months! Time flies😢
Truly miss the late 80's and 90's it is truly like night and day compared to what we are living in now. All i can say is i am glad i got to experience it. You don't know what you have until it is gone.
So true
this song has so much more meaning today than it ever did.
Thanks to Joe
@@lurid9602 lmao you’re literally part of the problem and you don’t even know it
@@ayeyobro3748 I wonder if Pfizer cares more about profits over health
@@ayeyobro3748 🎯
Trent Reznor, continuously the voice of post apocalyptic raiders, anarchists, that crazy homeless dude down the street, and blood starved vampires the world round
Common man's angst...
LOOOL love it
P
You forgot recluse bipolar cat ladies
Trent's our unofficial leader as well...people always exclude the crazy cat ladies...geez
I love how Trent and the other members have a similar look and vibe, and then there’s 80’s guy, Martin Atkins, with his sunglasses. 😎
Trent Reznor is one the greatest musical geniuses of our time.
NIN and Pink Floyd would be my picks for "this is Mozart and Bach in a couple centuries." Just too memorable and outstandingly pioneering to not be.
And pretty too
One of??
There is a reason David Bowie collaborated with him
So true, he is a perfectionist. Weaving every sound, every note. Ha ha, my son & I discretely took our picture in front of his house (from across the street) in New Orleans back in the day. Wow, so long ago. I am 61 now. The first concert I took my son to when he was 15 was NIN & David Bowie.
This 💯 still holds up today. I remember getting this album and listening to it on my portable CD player in school around 11/12 years old and being completely blown away by it. Definitely got me wanting to get a drum kit by 5/6th grade. I wanted to be apart of playing loud music like Trent Reznor was making. Downward spiral came out, closer was all over modern rock radio. Got the album not long after it came out and it was instant classic. Gets better with age
Brings back memories of listening to Live 105 in the bay area. I loved the music back then. I will always be grateful for their music. One of the best live performances ever! Trent Reznor is a musical genius and I have always had admiration and respect for him
FLYNN LIVES again with this one. Make us proud Trent!
Congrats being in the 2020 rock and roll hall of fame
Deadpool231 they didn’t get in, they were only nominated
Sir Edge they got in, check the rock and roll hall of fame site.
Yes, I was very pleased. Drank a beer to Trent!
@@desmondmaclean1987 haven't you watched Rock and roll Hall of Fame 2020 yet
I watched the 2020 hall of fame. I don’t want to be a spoiler. NIN didn’t get in.
Reading up on the meaning of this song, it literally makes PERFECT sense as to why its used in Black Mirror
Isn't the meaning pretty obvious from just listening?
@@h4724-q6j well yeah if u want a basic one
I rather die than give you control
Arguably one of my favourite NIN songs. “Pretty Hate Machine” beats the water out of all Trent’s other albums. Now he’s composing films these days.
thank you Sevati Dumas for reminding me about this classic
I was looking for this comment
1:18 So, icebucket-challenge was already a thing in 1989? :)
Wait this is THAT old?!?!
I'm a teen that had no idea
Before narcan, yes.
Watched whole Black Mirror episode thinking, Jesus I swear this sounds like a Nine Inch Nails song
Same, thought it was plagiarism then heard the end and realised hahaha
I thought the exact same thing haha. I was like well that's a blatant rip-off
@@thebruzdog wonder how many triggered NIN fans didn't finish the episode before getting pissed off and turning it off only to hate on the episode in comment sections? I know that would have been me had I not watched til the end lol.
@@Jaqen-HGhar I don't even mind it tbh, I think it's a cool spinoff on the song, not saying anything about the original but both versions have a nice flare to them
Yeah, such as Right Where It Belongs
One of the most influential albums of all time (in the fucking 80s!). Trent's music had an epic cascading effect in music -- expanding on what new order was doing years earlier, fucking awesome.
SpaceTed Too late to be the real 80s, RHCP and Nirvana were already mainstream by this point.
This album just rocks period .
I remember being into NIN and Ministry when I was 10 in 1992 and everyone thought I was crazy. The ones who didn't think I was crazy became my friends.
That’s no shit
Still probably are too.the way we fucking grew up in the 80’s .people were real and everyone still gave a shit.
same, only i was a year older than you were....lol
@PJ PachasaJr rock on brother
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Around 0:32 that head looking to the left looks like that one skinned face on the skinned head in the closer music video
I swear I always hear a goat every time I listen to this song.
+VIDEO Skateboards Lol surprised no 1 commented that's hilarious! I was wondering what I was hearing lol!
VIDEO Skateboards could be a chicken.... Fuuuuck fuucck fuuuucccckkk ooooffff 🍒
One of the most 90's songs to originate in the 80's.