I love how at 2:12 someone throws something at him, and he just flips him off and doesn't it let it effect his performance. Trent is awesome!!!

I loved these early nin days. So awesomely atmospheric and their whole 'future apocalypse' vibe matched perfectly with the entrancing synth work. Just captivating!

Listening to this song is kind of like a rite of passage into adulthood after an intense breakup.

maybe didnt mean that much but it meant e v e r y f c k n th i ng to me

This live version is the shit. He mirrors my own feelings in those incredible lyrics.

It's just amazing that NIN is still around today. Always have and always will love NIN. Plus Trents from western Pennsylvania too. My second album I ever bought growing up was the downward spiral. God I remember when down in it was on the radio. Feels like forever just like NIN will last.

If I ever meet who filmed this, I will legit give them a bear hug. I NEVER thought I'd see this done live. Love this tune.

i'm a 17 year old girl and i find this music to be perfect! the only problem is there's no one i know that listens to this too. :'( it's a lonely part of my life.

So raw, such a young energy...Reznor can do no wrong.

I love N.I.N forever (i was 54 years old and FRANCAIS) nin was for me a legend, great band...

What a time to be alive . Early NIN is the best

my hat goes off to whoever captured this! musical history! pretty hate was so far ahead of its time - TIMELESS!

The keyboards. The guitars. The drums. The vocals. The way they all come together at the end. Great.

I'm a fetus in the 2nd trimester and I love listening to NIN

This is the story of my relationships. Sad but true...that's what I get.

The era what makes me love nine inch nails

I love this song. Beautiful.

My favorite songs ever still

It's amazing how ,any hidden gems this man has created. Some artist can only muster one song, lucky ones one album for their career that moves you to your core. This man has a golden touch, a true God of the SOUL of man. King Solomon would be proud.

One of my favourite songs in an awsome live version!!!!

one of trent's best songs. amazing.

Nic e to see what could happen to good music. Today he plays in front of 50.000 people.NIN forever

God hate getting old but love remembering this concert

Skinny Trent.

I've been listening to NIN heavily since at least 1994, have been to two shows and have still never seen this song performed live. Thanks for posting this, acidfreak. Trent sounds just as good here playing live as he does on a studio recording!

I agree and I think they are still ahead. Watching the recent tours and listening to recent albums proves they have evolved even more.

So fucking awesome! The older I get, the more I like synth and samples.

Amazing performance

the throwing down the mic part was so dope. and the flipping off rules too.

NIN, Nitzer Ebb, Ministry, Front 242, Poeise Noire, Skinny Puppy, etc. were all great bands but NIN are the most popular. These were great bands too so don't forget them .

truly amazing... i just have to see NIN live again before my time is up on this rock.

Best song off PHM

To me their music always sounded a good 5-10 years ahead of their time. PHM was made in 89 but the electronic element of the album was used by 90's dance music all the way unto the mid to late 90's. The Downward Spiral album STILL sounds like it could be released tomorrow.

Awesome performance. "That's What I Get" live is simply awesome.

I am sooooooo glad I saw NIN in the 90's! I was in the front row!!

this song is awesome

yes and this performance of it and sound enhances it 10 fold

I love this so much... don't know why but to me when ever I listen to 'that's what I get' it's deeply emotional to me and reminds me of my past relationships. The song really knows how to dig into me.

Just when everything was making sense You took away all my self-confidence Now, all that I've been hearing must be true I guess I'm not the only boy for you

one of the best times of my life was seeing nin live for my 16th birthday and this performance is absolutely beautiful nin

i told you id never say goodbye....now im slippin on the tears you made me cry.

No, that was Richard Patrick (the now singer of Filter).

Why is Trent so hot?

downward spiral is the peak of his breakdown and achievement .

too be able to retroactively look back At the progression of Nine inch nails from the purest feeling in 1988 to the slip.. It makes me profoundly sad to know the passage of time will never allow me to live it from the beginning

Just awesome...goosebumps...shivers...respect!!!

This song is so me.

I like how the hands of strangers are playing in the light of his performance

Still listening in 2018

I second that. Love seeing some quality old NIN live vid..

in the thumbnail he looks exactly like maynard from early/mid 90 tool era

Pretty hate machine is my fav album. Can't beat the energy of an artist first album. That's also why I like Nirvana's bleach album the best. Just something special about the artist not knowing they will be music's biggest influences yet.

nice i love this song. thanks for puttin all these nin videos up. keep up the good work.

people say this song is whiny but for me is very important, i relate too much to this song...

I LOVE NIN. IN MY TOP 5 BANDS FOREVER.

exactly, sometimes simple is just the best way to get the point across!

you said it best man.

thank you very much i love this song

Absolutely. PHM, Broken, TDS that was where it was at. Then came the inevitable decline.

God do I love all of the gritty, aliased 12-bit Emax samples and Prophet VS basslines on Pretty Hate Machine.

22 yrs later still getting listened to every month or less

Resurrect this song, please! If he could do Sanctified again, I would explode if we saw That's what I get again.

Oh how I wish there was just 20 seconds more of that distorted guitar in the last 5 seconds of the song 🔥

Amazing performance! Trent sounds pretty close to his studio vocals.

god i was 3 years old in that year,Trent rules and he will always...

@losepocket agreed. the rawness of their music is felt in every track of this glorious album.

Richard Patrick on guitar baby yeah!!!

the untold truth about the best band this is the documentary NIN i am looking for

i love the Pretty Hate Machine-era live perormances! if only they could have made high quality recordings back then, like they did for AATCHB & BYIT...but this is great...thanx for the upload!

Thanks for the upload!

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!! AMAZING!!!

i remember when this album came out. groundbreaking!

yes this is the magical time

breaking a radio 10 seconds after i turn it on....that's what i get.

Awesome!

The tour that said goodbye to the 80's synth

Lots of women get turned on by Reznor... I do.... ahem

This fucking rules.

you can't imagine how much i do feel the same

If I could could go back in time and see any NIN show it would be from the Pretty Hate Machine tour

Urx soulmate, there's people that listen to nin , trust me.

Would love to see them do this live now

l am a big Marilyn Manson fan and l always thought Marilyn's stage show is unique. Know l can see the biggest influencer on Marilyn. Like everything the way he sounded,his hair style, the way he acted on stage everything is similar to Trent's. Yes, Manson changed with time and evolved to sth completely differet but when he first came out he looked like him.

I love how he flips that person off. Owned.

classic.

Anyone else in Ohio remember seeing them on PM Magazine in like 1989 or so?

Oh God...when he teases his hair and then flips the bird...Oof.

oblivenous: I couldn't agree more--I'm going to see NIN again this summer (for the 6th time). Still, I know NIN will never be like this again... I wish I could have seen them on this tour... I was only 10 years old then, though.. at least I got to see nin live on TDS tour. That was the fucking shit.

@Plur307 Hopeless are the words that best describe NIN.. fella.

Just when everything was making sense. You took away all my self-confidence. Now all that I've been hearing must be true. I guess I'm not the only boy for you. [Chorus:] But that's what I get That's what I get That's what I get That's what I get How could you turn me into this? After you just taught me how to kiss you. I told you I'd never say goodbye. Now I'm slipping on the tears you made me cry. [Chorus] Why does it come as a surprise; To think that I was so naive. Maybe didn't mean that much. But it meant everything to me.

This is a great song..definitely one of the better ones on PHM.

I personally love "Pretty Hate Machine" out of all of his work. But then again, I was 11 when it first came out and I was immediately drawn to it. It's a shame because this song as well as "Kinda I Want To" are a few of my all-time fav songs. Guess we'll ever hear him perform it live ever again, eh? I would love to hear the new line-up play "Maybe Just Once" as well.

Damn, the stage frame with the ropes! I was at the NYC show on this tour in the row of seats one up from the floor. A friend was supposed to join me and I was itching to have him show up because I wanted to shed my backpack and dive into the insanity on the floor... but he never showed. It damn near killed me :(

Teenage angst, lol.

First studio album.

Gotta love “white boy dread” Reznor.

It sounds so much better live.

Trent Reznor is a music GENIUS!

We all hope for a heartbreak and relapse with this man. get another downward spiral or pretty hate machine real quick....he is awesome

Tough talk from people hiding behind a key board! If you don't like this video/music then DON'T watch/listen......NIN are the fucking shit! = Awesome