I sold my tickets for Depeche Mode to see NIN. Even though NIN rocked as expected, they played for only 45 minutes because Trent Reznor got pissed off at one of the band members and launched a guitar at his head. I wish I would have not sold my Depeche Mode tickets but I still love NIN.
NIN has always been Trent Reznor plus a rotating cast of musicians on different albums and tours. In the 2010’s he added Atticus Ross from 12 rounds as the only actual other permanent member of NIN.
If you take this album as a whole because it's a concept album, you appreciate EVERY song as a chapter and don't put any of them down. Also Nine Inch Nails started as strictly and solo was Trent in studio and a band live. Then you read the liner notes on all the album and see that different people are brought in here and there for drum or guitar performances on albums.
Trent reznor does it all , by the way coming from a die hard NIN fan since my mid teens and im almost 50 now , NIN has always been my fave , you can ask me anything about trent . And i would defiantly check out BROKEN by Nine inch nails , its his second work just before the downward spiral
This is what I would say is the meaning behind each song: Mr. Self Destruct: Basically introducing the bad side of the main character and all their demons Piggy: Someone leaving him and him going fuck it I don't need anyone now because nothing can stop me now Heresy: Losing faith in God and just getting mad at him March of the Pigs: It was really a song about his fans but could be referenced for anyone that's just trying to leach off you Closer: Trying to numb the pain with sex but just feeling dirty in the process and hating yourself for it Ruiner: Basically Mr. Self Destruct 2.0 but hurting everyone else in the process The Becoming: Losing your humanity and becoming a numb machine I Do Not Want This: Reflecting back on everything that's happened so far and just not wanting it Big Man With A Gun: Saying fuck it and just trying to be as degenerate as you can and just overall being a terrible person A Warm Place: The last little sence of humanity slowly slipping away Eraser: I would say it's, well erasing that last part 😂 and just hating the monster you've become Reptile: Closer 2.0 but now you also hate the person you're sleeping with The Downwars Spiral: Killing yourself Hurt: Reflecting on everything and wishing you could take it back
Love NIN it is the Metallica of industrial music. That is to say that Trent perfected the sound. If you like Metallica and Slayer in metal then listen to NIN and Skinny Puppy in the same way
Dope!! Dudee you should also react to the second album The Fragile, that album in my opinion is Trent Reznor's magnum opus it has everything with instrumentation and writing. Plus not too many people have reacted to that masterpiece😭 keep up the good work!
NIN great choice (my fave band) and you should definitely check their other albums too (in your free time if u like). Very interesting stuff and every album has a slightly different vibe to it. Fun fact: Trent Reznor (frontman) also did some music for videogames back in the day. ;)
Industrial is just a weird and wild genre in which even the bands that are clumped together sound nothing alike.....like Skinny Puppy, COIL, and Ministry, Klinik, Front 242, Foetus, Einstruzende Neubauten and i would throw SWANS and Controlled Bleeding as well. They all are great though.
Excellent intro list of bands for the newer listeners, sweet...since I'm an elderly, doddering Gen-X bitch who's been creamimg over this genre 4 decades, wanna add bands: Throbbing Gristle, Laibach, Current 93 & bless Rob Zombies little wicked heart 🖤 4 another 20+ yrs of embracing& expanding the Musick ❤
Heresy was the fist track on the album that connected back to pretty hate machine. That said the rest of the album is excellent. I wish you heard what came in between.
I sold my tickets for Depeche Mode to see NIN. Even though NIN rocked as expected, they played for only 45 minutes because Trent Reznor got pissed off at one of the band members and launched a guitar at his head. I wish I would have not sold my Depeche Mode tickets but I still love NIN.
Damn, sorry to hear
Are we just going to ignore the thumbnail? 😂😂
they're so real for that😭
I legitimately thought some bitch and Ice Spice were finna listen to fucking NIN 😂
Clicking the thumbnail to see 2 dudes on the couch made me laugh so hard lmao
wait so that's NOT Ice Spice on the left? 🥶
NIN has always been Trent Reznor plus a rotating cast of musicians on different albums and tours. In the 2010’s he added Atticus Ross from 12 rounds as the only actual other permanent member of NIN.
At this point he should add Robin Finck.
If you take this album as a whole because it's a concept album, you appreciate EVERY song as a chapter and don't put any of them down.
Also Nine Inch Nails started as strictly and solo was Trent in studio and a band live. Then you read the liner notes on all the album and see that different people are brought in here and there for drum or guitar performances on albums.
At the time of its release, "the Downward Spiral" was considered alternative/industrial
Industrial rock / alt rock
Also heavy metal as well... We all knew it was totally different.
Trent reznor does it all , by the way coming from a die hard NIN fan since my mid teens and im almost 50 now , NIN has always been my fave , you can ask me anything about trent . And i would defiantly check out BROKEN by Nine inch nails , its his second work just before the downward spiral
This is what I would say is the meaning behind each song:
Mr. Self Destruct: Basically introducing the bad side of the main character and all their demons
Piggy: Someone leaving him and him going fuck it I don't need anyone now because nothing can stop me now
Heresy: Losing faith in God and just getting mad at him
March of the Pigs: It was really a song about his fans but could be referenced for anyone that's just trying to leach off you
Closer: Trying to numb the pain with sex but just feeling dirty in the process and hating yourself for it
Ruiner: Basically Mr. Self Destruct 2.0 but hurting everyone else in the process
The Becoming: Losing your humanity and becoming a numb machine
I Do Not Want This: Reflecting back on everything that's happened so far and just not wanting it
Big Man With A Gun: Saying fuck it and just trying to be as degenerate as you can and just overall being a terrible person
A Warm Place: The last little sence of humanity slowly slipping away
Eraser: I would say it's, well erasing that last part 😂 and just hating the monster you've become
Reptile: Closer 2.0 but now you also hate the person you're sleeping with
The Downwars Spiral: Killing yourself
Hurt: Reflecting on everything and wishing you could take it back
Ruiner is hands down my favorite NIN track. It is insane and really catchy but it’s actually two songs smashed together
NIN is a very popular industrial group, maybe right below Ministry, Gary Numan, and Depeche Mode in popularity
Love NIN it is the Metallica of industrial music. That is to say that Trent perfected the sound. If you like Metallica and Slayer in metal then listen to NIN and Skinny Puppy in the same way
Dope!! Dudee you should also react to the second album The Fragile, that album in my opinion is Trent Reznor's magnum opus it has everything with instrumentation and writing. Plus not too many people have reacted to that masterpiece😭 keep up the good work!
We’ll definitely have to listen to it!
The Fragile is their 3rd album, coming out after their debut Pretty Hate Machine and this album. But yes, listen to The Fragile - it’s fantastic
NIN great choice (my fave band) and you should definitely check their other albums too (in your free time if u like). Very interesting stuff and every album has a slightly different vibe to it. Fun fact: Trent Reznor (frontman) also did some music for videogames back in the day. ;)
I’m lucky enough to have had the chance to be in a mosh pit for March of the Pigs live. It’s a wonderful and scary experience
It sounds so amazing
This was a delight. Cheers yall.
I'm starting to watch just now. It's fun watching people react to the sonic whiplashing that happens on my favorite album of all time.
Industrial is just a weird and wild genre in which even the bands that are clumped together sound nothing alike.....like Skinny Puppy, COIL, and Ministry, Klinik, Front 242, Foetus, Einstruzende Neubauten and i would throw SWANS and Controlled Bleeding as well. They all are great though.
Excellent intro list of bands for the newer listeners, sweet...since I'm an elderly, doddering Gen-X bitch who's been creamimg over this genre 4 decades, wanna add bands: Throbbing Gristle, Laibach, Current 93 & bless Rob Zombies little wicked heart 🖤 4 another 20+ yrs of embracing& expanding the Musick ❤
Either I'm sleep deprived (which I am) or you two are just so entertaining that I'm going to finish this
Heresy was the fist track on the album that connected back to pretty hate machine. That said the rest of the album is excellent. I wish you heard what came in between.
que genial álbum 😭😭😭
Love the way how you pointed out that Ruiner sounds so triumphant only for him to get cut off before he can finish his sentence lmao
Is it bad that I've memorized the lyrics go this whole album? 😂
Bros had to add actually relevant modern artists to the thumbnail 😭
Thanks
The story behind the songs is dark and unsettling. I think Eraser is my current favorite.
24:36 No rest for the wicked?
Crazy.
Blessed thumbnail
Clickbait thumbnail. I thought the lovely ginger and other ebony beauty would be reacting 😡😡😡
idk what you’re talking about, I would NEVER clickbait. You must be confused cause I had just gotten a haircut
I would've laughed so hard if they actually listened to this Goddamn album 😂
Gotta react to The Fragile!
we really have to, idk why it's taken us so long tbh but i think we'll try to do it soon