NIN - Mr. Self Destruct (Live 94)

[loloolololololol]

there will never be music like this ever again.

[Reptilectricful]

the most cryptic era of NIN. The days when NIN entailed a strong milieu of inconceivable nihilism...how....self destructing it is...

[NELLA1680]

this is not noise, this is the singing from GOD!!!!!

[IHVHandmind]

Is it me or did music and even musicans seem more '"ballsier" back then?

[Sion6]

@IHVHandmind I believe so. The '90s was the last era of aesthetic terrorism, and animal frenzy in Rock music.

Rock is dead. I have yet to see any examples to the contrary.

[towelie167]

I am the end of all your dreams.

[blacklightburns100]

love it !! :D

[EbonyRock86]

1:28 whooaah yeah! But 1:27 OMFG!

[EbonyRock86]

1:28 whooaah yeah!

[miguelisms]

aaaaaaaaaaaah!! "The well oiled machine" days!  They were a well oiled machine back then indeed!!!

[rageneox]

I AM THE HIGH YOU CAN'T SUSTAIN

[nightmissle]

@rageneox I AM THE NEEDLE IN YOUR VEIN

[loloolololololol]

@nightmissle

ooo - MR SELF DESTRUCT

[RottenEggCreations]

those were some different days.

[vegasmt]

i'm lucky enough to have seen them in 91 and many many shows since. This music will live on  and on.

[fartmagnet]

I AM AN EXIT

[OfficialACFilms]

The first thirty seconds of this is the kind of NIN energy I tap into most.

[Jiveturkey68]

AHHHHHH.....ahhhhh!!!!

[anthonydama]

stickmymaster in the ass, u dont know a damn thing about music, or NiN for that matter.

[Mikhail554]

trivia: that is Adrian Belews guitar around 0:50 seconds in thats crazy

[hatfisc]

Whats up with all this footage from closure? I have the two vhs set and it has none of this or "now im nothing." Was this stuff just on the dvd?

[fixed92]

@hatfisc yes bonus footage on dvd only or you can download the torrent somewhere.

[chaoslord800]

I'm pretty sure 0:45 that's Twiggy...I recall reading somewhere that robin was sick/injured at some show in NY and Twiggy stepped in to play for him. I could be mistaken though.

[hatfisc]

This is from the "Self destruct Tour" Twiggy was still in ballet class then learning his future on stage prowess.

[TheNineinchsnails]

i love it when trent just throws his guitar if its not working it makes me crack up.that was irrelevant

[obscureface]

1:01 i like Trent's outfit

[nemesiswontdie]

@obscureface Yeah I know I've always liked that outfit as well.

[fflAviaNOnwo]

0.25 .... ma .. al basso è Twiggy Ramirezzzzzzzzzzz

grazie grazie grazie .. flA

[EnryD1]

@fflAviaNOnwo mica è twiggy... se siamo nel '94 è lohner o è finck... u__u

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

Look at Robin totally slam at 0:16 . Fucking amazing.

[belljar777]

god i wish i'd been there! i bet trent destroyed soooo many keyboards. hahaha!! this makes me want to scream and throw things, but in a good way.

[MegaThornhill]

self destruct tour. NIN on the top

[UnknownShadow718]

1:25. That sound. So fucking seductive.

[professormoody]

@UnknownShadow718

god yeah, how about 1:27!

[theblastocyst]

trent reznor and his band suck for doing that to there keyboards

[thomasrix]

does hendrix suck for burning his strat?

[theblastocyst]

Not at all. Mainly cause that was only once. I was never a fan of the Who doing that to their gear either. And it looks like NIN did that at their live shows frequently

[UnknownShadow718]

It's what makes shows AWESOME. Come on, you can't have destructive songs...and not break instruments. That'd be just plain weird.

[FckThePigs]

@theblastocyst They can afford it though.

[VilleMarie]

breathe.....

[xXkiLLeDD0LLx3]

can't breathe anymore! XD i looooove this video - fav song ever!!!

[madziornik]

I've seen Trent live on his firs concert in Poland this year and I'am great fan for more than 12 yeras. It was probably th one of the best days of my life. But to be honest I realy miss old time so fuckincrazywildnolimits Trent like here. Love this song.

[ukmachinehead]

Yeah i agree but the old days he was on alot of drugs. :-) lol

[Djavolcicu]

This record is a masterpiece.

Each music fan must listening to this ! This is genius.

This is Nine Inch Nails.

[djtrixen]

I've seen NIN six times and this was by FAR their best tour. This was when it was still ok to stage dive!! :)

[LNAMTH]

Yeah, graineeeeeee.

[gunknife99]

fuck rap

[winnryautomail]

is it just me..or do the lyrics of this song seem to be about bipolar disorder? idk to me it sounds like it. :) love the song thou.

[stickmymasta]

its about the events that were about to happen in the downward spiral

[AnabanthaY]

trent so fucking sexy

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

2:03

[NINA9I9]

I love those damn gloves.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

0:17

Is that Danny falling over? It's fucking awesome.

[stickmymasta]

this is what all my friends say about nine inch nails "theres to much noise in this music" and the classic " all i hear is noise" meanwhile they listen to rap

[Dltn97]

@stickmymasta They just have a short attention span or some shit.

[bsdaemon666]

@stickmymasta strange, I hear no noise here. Only sweet sweet music.

[redplague]

Hello Trent.

[mjkfreak1]

His butcher black sweet sexy gloves all sweaty inside..id tip over into my mouth and let it flow until I runth over with love and may death come for me then for I am truly ready.

[stickmymasta]

thats fucking weird lol

[empty216]

Quite entertaining though.

[Amouthfulofsin220]

gimme some of what you're having, because it must be gooood shit lmao *chill*

[darkangel72786]

Did not know Robin could scream like that. Good god. His guitar tone at 2:44...(bows down in typical guitarist fanboy fashion). I saw them on this past tour, and they are definitely still kicking ass.

[avelione]

Crazy times

[sudajmahi]

what i wouldnt give to go back in time and see them on this tour

[mrway667]

TRENNTTTT!!!

[StoneColdSergio]

[Insert corny fanbitch Trent reply here]

[collonyou]

oh my loins! at 1:28 steam came outta my ears. Curse that man and his insane hotness!

[mjkfreak1]

you let me do this to you...I am an exit...wow I am ready

[rominou71]

monstrueux comme dab

[laviergenoire]

già.. grazie trent per "essere stato" questo, perchè io ti ho vissuto dagli inizi e così voglio continuare ad amarti e sentirti.. Magnifici quegli anni.

[mjkfreak1]

For the record, Trent is not old. He is wise and experienced. He has not slowed down just changed pace. The most wonderful thing he does is grow. His morphing is most exciting and firery wild.Dear Lord to watch him unfold is the definition of inspiration.

[morbidprogeny900]

I want to give you 10 thumbs up but Youtube does not let me.

[FckThePigs]

@mjkfreak1 'He has not slowed down just changed pace' What? Lmao!

[Amouthfulofsin220]

@mjkfreak1 Oh yeah. He has many leatherbound books and his house smells of rich mahogany...

[09011994]

@mjkfreak1 yeah, and now hes with that gold digger. did you listen to how bad that band is? shes just using him to get further ahead

[redplague]

@09011994 Who's that then?

[09011994]

@redplague some chick with a really fucking wierd name. wikipedia my friend.

[johnroiberts]

@mjkfreak1

lol ok whatever you say

[kutcharaninfan]

@mjkfreak1 i love you

[MsS3lfD3struct]

I want to be that microphone =)

[danisotech]

grazie trent.....

[sudajmahi]

too bad hes not as fucking crazy as he used to be

[TheBeautyIsFake]

He's old!

[gooeish]

I am an insect :D

[Xx12Evanescence12xX]

i am an exit

[prettyhatemachine94]

BEST SONG EVER!!! Trent is GOD!!! XD I LOVE him!

[capitalg07]

What is that lyric whispered, on the album version it's in between the chorus and "I am the needle in your vein" (0:30-);34 on this video), kinda sounds to me like "I am happy turning still"

[exc1t3r]

No it doesn`t. No it doesn`t. He says "I am the needle in your vein". Probably you have damaged hearing or you just don`t understand english. I don`t know...

[capitalg07]

Lol, moron - I wasn't referring to that bit. Maybe you need to learn English yourself, since you obviously can't read it properly. I even said that it wasn't "needle" and you said it was, rofl.

Incidentally I asked someone else and the whispered bit is "You let me do this to you", which in this video he says out loud rather than whisper it.

[Salatta666]

or - there is "you let me do this to you" but nothing else...

[Salatta666]

you mean between "I am the lover in your bed" and "And I control you"? I didn't find anything...

[prettyontheinside]

Are you speaking of that really soft part where it sounds ( at least to me) something like "I am an exit"? I have always heard "exit" but maybe he is saying excess? I have to dig out this album and listen again!

[kove00]

what is the name of the guitarist doing that solo? I love it..

[eiresmif]

Robin Finck/Danny Lohner

[RussX5Z]

I personally still think NIN was better in the 90s than today.  They were rawer, grittier, heavier, and just over all better. NIN today I think they lost a little of their power and crazyness and delivery during their performance but they're still pretty good though they could be worst.

[dknx01]

You have to keep reinventing your sound if you wish to stay afloat in the music world...times change and tastes change...Plus have you seen the live video of The Great Destroyer on the NINOFFICIAL page on youtube? Looks pretty crazy to me...

[randomusername2000]

I think they're different, not necessarily worse though. Granted, new NIN isn't everyone's cup of tea. Me, I like old and new.

[razorbladethorax]

I am an exit

[razorbladethorax]

Is that what you were referring to capitalg07?

[bo429]

u lucky bastard !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[latch78]

i was in the right place at the right time (hanging around outside the gym where NIN was to play, 5 hours before showtime-Sept.'94)when me and a friend got to meet Trent, who was riding his mountain bike around the grounds outside. Only 15 years old, and got to meet my hero at my first rock concert...and what a show! i'll always love NIN, but their energy onstage back then was amazing!!

[tribestros]

They're still psychotic, but nothing like this live

[kove00]

incredibly intense.

[maledictorchid]

All those fuck who say NIN isn't industrial are just fucking purists with blinders on; no different than southern babtists. Nine inch nails showed what industrial REALLY was. To bad after NIN and Puppy, Insutrial dies. FUCK COMBICHRIST!!

[RexXx10000]

INTENSE!!!

[void212]

Will anything ever again come close to the energy seen here? it's hard to comprehend...

[beyondtheclouds]

I know what you mean. Closure just blows my fucking mind. Everything else by them seems so tame in comparison.

[EvilGodDemon]

class band wish i was there too

[GoldenMF]

I would have loved to be at this concert! Best song ever!

[Ryan9145X]

TRENT PLEASE GET DANNY LOHNER BACK IN NIN!! YOU TWO ARE LIKE SONNY & CHER, ONLY NOT GAY AND WAY MORE FUCKING BADASS. Okay that's all.

[j22D]

i am the needle in your vein... i am the hig you can't sustain... i'm a pusher i'm a whore... i am the need you have for more...

[elsosome]

Quite possibly the best lyrics ever.

"...and I control you"

[SZYVETTE]

AWESOME!!!!

[electrikoptik]

I love it @ 1:11 so cool

[Sychy666]

very good mix

[Grazydine]

Is it possible that Nine Inch Nails could have one of the most violent stage performances in history. It's really to the point that you think someone is going to get hurt. Bands today look like Catholic school girls compared to this.

[allmightantdawgs]

You mean you can't see Nickelback or Coldplay performing this way?

/sarcasm

[Grazydine]

No, they don't measure up to Nine Inch Nails one bit. Nickelback and Coldplay will be pretty much fogotten in 10 years. Throwaway, depthless, substanceless, music.

[allmightantdawgs]

You forgot that they have also been the soundtrack for douchbaggery throught the '00's.

[SRAKA99]

"Is it possible that Nine Inch Nails could have tne of the most violent stage performances in history" - Yes with fallout boy close in second place hhaahhaaa lol TRENT FOREVER!!!

[seinfeldfan17]

Badass!!!

[scarletbliss]

thank you lord for creating trent reznor...and for giving him a TONGUE

[HellishHeaven]

love the middle part of Self-Destruct or as I call it, the "trent's fucking sexy" part

[observingincognito]

Wow he seems so shy in interviews but look how sexy he is

[MrSelfDestruct22]

Best song ever!!!! Trent is god.

[Aorenai]

I cannot explain how extremely attractive this video is.

[TrentCobain]

Out of all the years NIN has been a band

The Downward Sprial era has to be my favorite time slot

Trent was fucking nuts and he would destory anything in his fucking path......he was totally different person then

Anyway this is one my favorite songs on TDS

[newyorkreload]

Earned the title of "Self Destruct Tour"

[KiteFlyingVespa]

wow he broke a lot of stuff...haha

[sfdybhjasubxkodjxifo]

yeah their gonna be here in august in prague I can't wait to see them they are the best

[robber1978]

I was at both shows when they played Omaha Nebraska back to back. I heard the second show is the one they recorded the video for Hurt at... not sure if that's true or not. Either way that's the best live rock band of all time.

[ResistingHolyan]

I was 1 year old when NIN played in Prague. :(

I'm sad i can never see Self Destruction tour... But i am happy, because i saw MrSD in Munich 2007 and i hope they'll play it in Prague again!

[NIN1995]

i wish i was born in the 60s not the danm 90s Q_Q

[KiteFlyingVespa]

yeah i wish i was born in like '68 instead of '88.

[hartigan10]

I would have done ANYTHING to not have been like 3 at the time. Anyways great vid probably in my top 5 of NIN even though its hard to choose cause every song is amazing.

[erikaj2004]

i wish i could have been there too.

[mr5elfde5truct]

Dude, I guess if I were to find it anywhere it'd be from you acidfreak, but where's the whole thing? The only full versions I can find are from people's shitty camera phones.

[pineapplefudger]

Eh, Trent was a alot younger then, maybe had more to prove and say. Plus hes sober now.

[allmightantdawgs]

I was saw them twice in '94/'95. And both shows it was like you were terrified and amazed at the same time. It was like if a horror film could turn into a rock concert, the Self-Destruct Tour was it.

[void212]

"it was like you were terrified and amazed at the same time."

Wow. Yes exactly. definative live NIN.

The newer shows still have some of that feeling, but it's like the remaining glimpse of a once very powerful hallucinogen trailing off...

[allmightantdawgs]

Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck. The Self-Destruct Tour was out of control. OUT OF CONTROL!

[Mu5ical3xpl0sion]

Seeing these old vids make me sad and nostalgic. I wish I could turn back time.

[Tessah06]

I feel dirty. I like it!

[PacificRimPenguin]

wow... Amazing. out of all of the full live videos from the With Teeth and Year Zero tours, that like last half of the song from The Downward Spiral era totally rocks harder than any of them. in my opinion of course. I would love to see the full song from this era though. but even this is enough becuz for the longest time i couldnt find ANYTHING and finally my favorite NIN song live YES! u rock ac1dfr3ak

[allmightantdawgs]

It rocks harder because it was a much more intense band back then.

Which is pretty amazing because it's a pretty intense live performance now.

But back then it was on some other-worldly level. Like your body would start getting shivers in the audience. It was crazy.

[BlackIceSwirl]

totally in love with the middle bit....hes jst not the same any more....not o...so...dynamic and insane and sexual - still a genius dont get me wrong

[hartigan10]

WOW awesome love the beginning when they are breaking everything.