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NIИ | 1994-1995 Self Destruct tour photos by Jonathan Rach

NIИ | Broken Movie | Directed by Peter Christopherson | 1993 | Never officially released in physical format | Nothing/Interscope Records

"snuff film" framing sequences edit

The movie also includes a copyright notice saying "1993 © Interscope Records", implying that the movie, at some point, was meant for an actual release.

Peter Christopherson on the film:

“I think that does humanity a disservice because that suggests that you can be horrible and it’s a joke, whereas with what I’m trying to do, if it’s addressing the issue of man’s cruelty to man, there’s no doubt that my intention is to point out how appalling those things are, and what they look like for real. I don’t know what the statistic is of how many people get killed on American TV every second but it’s something horrendous. But because all of those deaths are shown in a plastic way, they don’t prepare people for what death is really like. Really, people in the West have no clue about the reality of death.”

TW: Flashing, gore, blood, and depictions of torture ⚠️

NIИ / Trent being destructive excerpts / Closure VHS 📼/ Self-Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours 94-96 / Directed by Jonathan Rach and uncredited / Trent’s leather shorts by Terri King

Chris Vrenna’s mic stand head gash, Robin getting tackled, & Danny getting clotheslined + Trent just fucking shit up 🎹 ☠️ 🩸

NIИ | March of the Pigs video BTS photos | Photography by Joe Cultice | 1994

NIИ | Happiness in Slavery | 1994-09-13 Nashville, Memorial Gym | Self Destruct Tour | Fan shot Hi8 Master | Overlays added by me

TW: Flashing ‼️

NIИ | Pinion | Directed by Eric Goode and Serge Becke | Broken Movie | 1993 | Nothing/Interscope Records

NIИ | Eraser | Live footage shot in Dallas, TX and Omaha, NE in February, 1995 | Directed by Simon Maxwell

“Lose me, Hate me, Smash me, Erase me”

NIИ | Live destruction (mostly Robin edit) | circa Self Destruct tour 94-95 | From multiple sources

🎹 ☠️ 🩸

TW: Flashing ⚠️

NIИ | Live destruction (Trent again edit) | mostly circa Self Destruct tour 94-95 | from multiple sources

🎹 ☠️ 🩸 ⚙️

TW: Flashing

NIИ | Backstage | April 11, 1990 | New York, NY | The Ritz | Dir: Trent & the boys in NIИ

“This is all for you, Michelle!”

Tape that was made by Trent Reznor for a fan named Michelle in St. Louis.

She had written them numerous times and missed out on a show in Chicago. So Trent personally made a video for her to watch their performance from 04-11-1990 at the Ritz in New York City! NIN filmed this from the balcony, center 🫢

Pre-show sequence: (AC/DC’s For those about to rock blares in the background) Trent addresses Michelle, Chris sits down and proceeds to clean his ears, Trent peaces out and turns the camcorder off.

After show sequence: Trent thanks Michelle for writing in & being a fan, Chris scratches his balls, Richard shows off his tightee whites, and “Hope you enjoy our (inaudible) film”

NIИ | Live excerpts | April 11, 1990 | New York, NY | The Ritz | Dir: John Malm?

Excerpts of Sin, Get Down Make Love, Ringfinger, & Down in It

Flashing gif ⚠️

NIИ | Pretty Hate Machine era promos

NIN | LIVE: 1990 July 11, 1990 | Washington, DC, 9:30 Club

Excerpts from Terrible Lie, Sin, & Something I Can never Have

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NIN | New Orleans 1995 | Photography by Kevin Westenberg

NIИ | 1995 | Further Down the Spiral promo photo | Photography by Kevin Westenberg

NIИ | Further Down The Spiral 🌀 | Halo 10 | 1995 | Raw vs Promo | Photography by Kevin Westenberg & Russel Mills

NIИ | Further Down the Spiral era V2.0 press photos | 1995 | Photography by Kevin Westenberg

NIN | Further Down The Spiral (US edition) | Halo 10 | Released on June 1, 1995 | Nothing/Interscope records | Artwork: Russell Mills | Photography: David Buckland | Sleeve: Gary Talpas

NIИ | Happiness in Slavery breakdown & keyboard massacre live at Woodstock 94

Flashing gif warning ⚠️

NIИ | March Of The Pigs BTS of original scrapped video | 1994 | Photography by Joseph Cultice