Trent Reznor: "I'm the one without a soul." Also Trent: *composes a score for the movie Soul*

Trent Reznor is the only person on the planet who has written an entire album about BDSM, rape, self-deprecation, and torture that had one of its songs win a grammy, all the while using terminology like "fist fuck", then later win an oscar for the music he made for a kid's movie. I love this man

I'm sure someone has said this already, but as of 2020 this is still the only song to win a Grammy with lyrics containing the phrase "fist fuck" in it. 🙂

This video set some high expectations of what a live industrial show would be like.

still to this day, this song cannot get LOUD ENOUGH !!!

This video made me late for high school one day. It came on MTV as I was stepping out the door and decided to stay and watch the whole thing

Butthead: "This is like a zoo where they keep cool people."

"Don't think you're having all the fun. You know me, I hate everyone". Trent really gets me...

90's Trent: wears fishnet stockings, punches his fans in an S&M cage, and sings "fist fuck". 2022 Trent: wears tuxedos, has 5 (or more?) kids, and wins Oscars.

Would do anything to go to a Broken-Era NIN concert, my first was Fragile-Era

This was my first exposure to NIN, and this genre of music in particular, way back in 1992, on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. I went a few days later and picked up the Broken EP, and discovered their album Pretty Hate Machine. After loving the Broken EP, the next week I went back and picked up PHM, and loved it, too. Been a fan of theirs ever since, as well as of this genre of music, even now in 2024. I'm about to be 45 years old in a few months, was only 13 freakin' years old when this video/single was released, way back in 1992, which just completely blows my mind when I think about it, and I still love this song, and video, even now in 2024, just as much as I did back then, if not even more so now.

Here I am at 44 years old. I first heard this when I was in my teens.. I still feel every word of this masterpiece.

FIST FUCK!!! *Wins a Grammy in 1993*

Dark, misterious, powerful, energy. I WISH go back in time and feel again the Industrial Rock of the 90's.

Director: Trent, do you want a Scorpions "Rock you like a hurricane" vibe or more of a Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome kinda thing? Trent: Yes

This song is just pure energy! You can feel it coming through the speakers as it sinks into your bones!

I am a die hard NIN fan. i'm almost 38, and I've listened to them since I was 14.

I survived the 90's because of this music. I still have every Halo ever put out by NIN.

Trent is the most underrated under appreciated artist PERIOD

Fun fact: Trent filmed this live at a Target Black Friday sale!

This song is one of those songs that should energize you period. If you listen to it a few times in a row you should be wanting to run and run!

Mad Trent and the thunder dome..

I think discovering NIN and seeing this video at age 13 was one of the most pivotal moments in my entire development in life.

★LYRICS★ This is the first day of my last days I built it up now I take it apart climbed up real high now fall down Real far No need for me to stay the last thing left I just threw it away I put my faith in god and my trust in you Now there's nothing more fucked up I could do Wish there was something real wish there was something true Wish there was something real in this world full of you I'm the one without a soul I'm the one with this big fucking hole No new tale to tell twenty-six years on my way to hell Gotta listen to your big time hard line bad luck fist fuck Don't think you're having all the fun You know me I hate everyone Wish there was something real wish there was something true Wish there was something real in this world full of you I want to but I can't turn back But I want to

a fucking industrial masterpiece

Had this on vinyl in high school in the mid-90's, song still gives me goosebumps to this day.

After all these years this song still gives me chills all throughout listening to it. One of the most badass songs ever written. If Trent were never around I wouldn't know how to manage my anger!

No one: Trent Reznor: fIsT f*Ck The Grammys: YOU'RE HIRED

Now this is my kind of nightclub! :D

One of the greatest songs ever made.

イントロの高揚感がハンパない！ バイパス走ってる時にこの曲かけてるとスピード出過ぎちゃう（笑）

I've seen NIN live more than once, and I have to admit this is the most insane song they play live.

This is THE song that made me a lifelong back NIN fan back in 1992. "Pretty Hate Machine" was a bit too tame compared to heavy stuff like Ministry and other industrial music I was listening to at the time. I later came to love "Pretty Hate Machine" with all my black little heart when I got out of my industrial only phase.

Dude won a Grammy for saying fist fuck

LYRICS: This is the first day of my last days I built it up now I take it apart climbed up real high now fall down real far No need for me to stay the last thing left I just threw it away I put my faith in god and my trust in you Now there's nothing more fucked up I could do Wish there was something real wish there was something true Wish there was something real in this world full of you I'm the one without a soul I'm the one with this big fucking hole No new tale to tell twenty-six years on my way to hell Gotta listen to your big time hard line bad luck fist f*ck Don't think you're having all the fun You know me I hate everyone Wish there was something real wish there was something true Wish there was something real in this world full of you I want to but I can't turn back But I want to.....

I wrote "i'm the one without a soul, I'm the one with this big fuckin' hole" on a folder in like, 8th grade. I will never forget the day I found a note that my mom had written next to it: "do you really feel like that?" didn't fuckin talk to me about it. just wrote on the folder next to it lmao

While downward spiral is the staple...ive always thought the broken ep was aggressive as hell and although only 6 songs (99 actually), this shit was great!!

Damn young Trent Reznor was a babe 👌🏻👌🏻

Fresh as the day it was released. I miss the 90s.

The production on this is just otherworldly.

Trent's wearing a fishnet stockings...oh yeah, this is called industrial.

I've seen NIN four times live. This is the song that always takes me back to my 17 year old self every time I see him. I'm glad I'm not in that place anymore..... most of the time, we all go there from time to time. I'm glad Trent is on a better place as well from what I've seen.

I genuinely will never understand how someone can say the things he does and it hits right at home every time.

A couple weeks ago I had my first string of panic attacks. I was in pain and terrified, so my dad took me out at ONE IN THE MORNING for a drive to get my mind off of it. This was the album that we had on, so I was sitting there hardly able to think straight, muscles clenched and breathing exasperated, but I was still bopping my head to the beat. Thank you, Trent, for being the soundtrack for my first panic attacks, this and Pretty Hate Machine helped a lot while I was convulsing from anxiety! (though the 99 silent tracks where also funny to have for random moments of silence)

42 years old & still sighing for Trent.

I remember this being played during NIN’s iconic mud performance at Woodstock ’94!! I was 13, and I love this song as much today at 41 as ever …on my way to hell!! 🤘

man I miss the 90s so much. I don't know if it's just me getting old or the nearly absent inspiration of today's music

I can honestly say this is NINs best song... brings back memories of mosh pits and letting it all go

trent and uncle al/ministry are industrial rock godz

after the show, every one went home, washed off their pretend dirt/grease make up and vaseline, flossed, brushed their teeth, and went night night.

54 years old here...went to the first NIN tour with PHM/Downward SPiral? tour in 92 with Marilyn Manson...life changing concert. Been a raging fan ever since. My 15 year old and I are trekking to Cleveland for the show in Sept with Ministry and Nitzer Ebb. Cant wait for my son to experience one of their shows.

I remember back in high school when this first came out, saw it on MTV, yes it used to play music videos, but I was hooked immediately, this musical creation was what I've always wanted to hear, thank you Trent

This song transformed my entire teenaged life and therefore turned me into the BEAST I am today! Thank you NIN!!!

Only Trent Reznor can wear leather sleeves and not be awkward.

I love the fact that the most viewed moment in this video is when Trent says "Fist Fuck" lol

Tight, black leather shorts & fishnet stockings. Such a nice group of boys.

This has been my turn to band for 20yr! And they still move me to tears. I would do anything to see them in person! I've bleed for them I've worshiped them! I love them.

I'm 45. Old enough to have grandkids. This song reminds me of my younger days at Lollapalooza and makes me want to stomp through my living room and break something precious. NIN kills.

Sleazy from Coil directed this classic. Sleazy was a genius he directed this video and influenxed Trent musically! How to Destroy Angels is a Coil mini album title and Trent named his side project after that.

The guitarist to the right of Trent is Richard Patrick from the band Filter

angry Trent is best Trent

It was a 'tough crowd' that night.

One of the best tracks

I wish more industrial bands would have done music videos like this, but maybe that shit's expensive

One of my favorite NIN songs! Love how heavy it is! So aggressive! Just like me.

one of my top 5 of all time fav songs

I'm just here remembering when music was good and music videos were art.

I remember hearing this on m tv. They played music once, long ago. This song opened my eyes to all the different musical genres inside the umbrella term of metal. Thanks Mr. Reznor.

Almost a quarter decade on this video has lost none of its raw, brutal power. STILL one of the best promos I've ever seen.

one of my fav NIN songs

Chester covered this song like a pro! He'll never be forgotten!

Few songs elicit such a visceral response . . . amazingly powerful.

I love how in expressing his wish for reality and truth, he created a song that is both real and true. It's like in the search for the cure to his nihilism he cured his nihilism. Genius stuff.

Nobody like NIN then and nobody like them now. Songs like this af and will live on in eternity of badassness. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2020 well deserved.

One of the best bands, albums, songs and videos to have ever seen the light of day!!!

He played this song at Shaky Knees 2022 in Atlanta. Best show ever.

Being a music theory addict, I love that there is still rock with these time signatures. And Wish topped the scales first time I heard it live. It was perfect. Rick on, Trent. See you in htown next time!

SInce I was a teen I´ve had a crush with Trent, apart from his good looks, I love this music, makes me feel like inside my dark mind, just having fun with being a dark person.

The first NIN record I bought! Nice to see Richard Patrick on guitars too.

Been a NIN fan since 89 when I first heard Trent on Headbangers Ball. Hooked ever since...

Still remember being a kid and my friend got a bootleg copy of The Broken videos on VHS from a flea market, it blew my mind. Life changing moment

Best Nine Inch Nails song, Best video!!! NIN are the greatest.

I love Trent’s hair in this video

I've always considered NIN and songs like this to be Easy Listening Music. I just find it real EASY to LISTEN to this over and over and over again!

This video blew my mind when I was age 12. It’s still melting my face off.

Today I've decided to tell my embarrassing story, I knew Nine inch Nails after knowing Marilyn Manson when I was a child, and one day I watched this video, then I knew how wrong I was about music. I used to like Manson for his eloquence, interesting lyrics and sticky songs ( his 3 first albums) I already had known NIN, but not in a deep way and this song especially the whole Broken album made me stop listening to MM anymore... 20 years have passed and my respect and love for NIN have never disappeared.

I've just come here after listening to George Michael's Careless Whisper, another great song. But humans have been singing that sort of song forever - songs that sound nice, that sound beautiful, are wonderful. And then there are songs like this... pure anger in musical form, focussed, and yet completely off the leash. Not many artists can come close to this, Slayer have a few gems that manage something similar, some punk stuff, but it's a new phenomenon in the history of music. Pure genius when it's perfected like this.

My wife named our son Trent for me knowing what a fan I am of NIN. Saw them live once when Bowie came out and did a duet of Reptile. 43 now listening for almost 3 decades. Remember folks, he also made music before NIN. Check it out

says "fist fuck", wins a grammy

Imagine when this came out and you could tell your parents: "this man will win an oscar someday"

A classic song that never dies

I miss the 90s 😢

The first industrial song I ever heard and I’ve been hooked ever since.

anger, hate, violence, insanity, harsh noise, dark, metal atmosphere, flashing lights, self-depreciation, self-realization, anti-christian themes, overt sexual themes, public torture, humiliation, themes of social conditioning and personal searches for self, betrayal, crossdressing, black clothes, misanthropy.. & such style. this is one of the coolest things ever for these reasons, and the total antithesis/sacrilege of the christian parent. legendary haha

Mad Max vibes

His music is still important now which is amazing

When I was 12, I heard the song 'star fuckers' and it was done. I dove head first intentionally downloading every work on Nabster, and saved up the buy every existing NIN album at that point in time. I thought middle school me was 'suffering' enough to relate to these songs on a spiritual level. Fast forward to my 20s, and it was practically an entire decade of trauma, lose, abuse, and subsequent mental illness. I'm still healing from some of the later things. To think, I honestly thought this applied towards being bullied, fighting with parents, and a school principal that could have been featured in a John Hughes movie, he was such a stereotype. I don't know what Trent was experiencing in the 90s, but the pain is so genuine and I appreciate his portrayal of these dark moments. His work from this time period helped me survive. NIN has not put out a bad album, but for me, there is a special sentiment attached to their darkest material. It still helps, when I'm having a hard time with my PTSD and moreover relating to others over it, to just scream 'I hate everyone!' along with the music!

"Wish there was something real wish there was something true wish there was something real in this world full of you"!

RIP James Woolley :(

Takes me back to my freshmen year,great times ,Trent was a musical genius!