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  • This kid is a fucking dork! Worst interviewer ever! 

  • Trent the man!

  • trent obviously wasn't hip if he mentioned myspace in 09

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  • "Butt Probe" distortion pedal on the wall!

  • Great advice for struggling musicians. Trent cares about us. Thanks. Good questions from the interviewer also. Really cool.

  • Coldplay toilet paper

  • I imagine that the Year Zero HBO thing won't surface now. Since this interview his career has branched off so dramatically into soundtracks as Trent Reznor, that NIN and such huge NIN-related projects like that are probably too much. I still really hope it does though!

  • yup, a forty minute long video can get 150.000 views. Hee.

  • the interviewer seems like a tool. i bet the only nin song he knows is "closer," if even that.

  • hey trent, i agree with you, i love "finally"! lol

    check out boy krazy's "that's what love can do"

    (i wish he'd actually read this) :(

  • reznor is cutting edge. one for the nerds - check out all those modular synths in the background

  • jeeps, couldn't stop watching this. great interview, absurdly informative!

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  • Trent Reznor = INFJ

    Kevin Rose = INFP

  • So is there any chance at all of there being any more new NIN music or possibly a tour, or is Trent done?

  • @HelloFade2 yeah hes just taking a break

  • @Beelzebub345 He's not taking a break. Guys if you listen to his music and look forward to NEW music from him than why don't you follow him on twitter/facebook? He has 3 records coming out this year, the 1st is the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Score, a full HTDA LP, and a NIN record at the end of the year.

  • I love NIN i have my own solo music thing im trying and trent is my big inspiration im not the best in the world but could i have other peoples opinion on it? its at myspace /rankoffall

  • This is an amazing video. Reznor is such a bright, introspective guy. Why is everyone commenting on his weight so much? Who cares? He got off drugs and started eating properly and pumping some iron. And he's now in his forties not his twenties...I think he looks good for his age. What does everyone writing these comments look like? I'm sure all like rock stars.

  • His answers are really thorough, he not only answers but also explains why that's how he feels. If only politicians besides Ron Paul would do that...

  • @hirobi

    There is so much wrong with your comment that I wouldn't know where to begin. It is almost infuriating.

    Trent Reznor is the type of person who will provide a thorough and correct answer, and thats what the fuck he did. He answers all of the questions the way they should be answered if you were him. It isn't all about the money, don't you see enough ads?, I hate to speak in these terms... etc. etc.

    Your attention span and ignorance do not deserve his answers. That is the correct answer.

  • @agentazn303

    I respect your opinion, but I'm not the only one who thinks what I had expressed. You can clearly see disengagement and lack of enthusiasm in Kevin Rose's face. Let's face it - Trent Reznor's talents clearly lie in his creative ability, and he's spent the bulk of his professional career pursuing just that. His oratorical skills are paltry, and listening to his business tactics it's clear that he's much less a shrewd entrepreneur than an emotionally-motivated artist.

  • @hirobi

    But don't get me wrong - I love the man and his music. He's just not the best interviewer.

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  • @hirobi dude I agree. kevin rose is an intelligent younger guy. trent is old and pathetic sounding. he seems desperate to sound "smart". he is a creative genius but nothing more. he didn't really do well in school or go to college.

  • The majority of the people that dispense so much toxic hatred against great people like Trent Reznor, are usually failed artists or just simply jealous of his success and the fact that he's improved his life so profoundly.

    It's simple- if you don't like the music, don't listen to it. You would be surprised by how many good musicians are out there making music when you redirect and refocus your energy on looking for music to listen to, rather than music to condemn.

  • LOL! One of the yellow effects on the wall behind Kevin Rose says "Butt Probe" !!

  • Interview, I have a question ~ D R E X E R ~ The answer is a simple strategical

    for an ARTISTs inspirational progression, right man ??

  • Not going to answer? TRON???~ D R E X E R ~ It's so simple that it's the strategical answer for an ARTISTs inspiration, right man ??

  • Not going to answer?  ~ D R E X E R ~ TRON???

  • Not going to answer?  ~ D R E X E R ~

  • "is (Finally) a ringtone on your iphone yet?"

    "no, ... though that's not a bad idea"

  • Trent Reznor for President!

  • its funny to see him in the 90s, hes skinny. now hes buff...but his voice hasn't changed!!!

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  • Trent seems like such a cool guy to just hang out with and talk music.

  • drugs keep you thin......you decide.... I prefer to look at the rack of shit behind him

  • last time i seen arms like that they were dangling out of a nest.

  • SHUTUP AND SING

  • no ads is the way 2 go

  • This interview shows how much he cares about his fans

  • LOL what is that "BUTT PROBE" used for in the background?

  • @Sean19a7x2 for probing butts. Trent Reznor is one adventurous dude!

  • I have never been able to figure Trent Reznor out, here is a guy who seems so normal and shy and awkward. You would not really notice him on the street in the real world.

    Yet he creates this mindblowing out of this world intense, extremely powerfu, godly sonic headfuck masterpiece music.

  • FUCK HE SMILED!

  • Trent's steroid use is pretty obvious,.

  • @FlyingBootable

    Ruiner

  • @Yggdrasill4

    For sure my fave NiN track :) tho the big comedown comes very close

  • @FlyingBootable Just because someone isnt puny doesnt mean they use steroids. If you knew what you were talking about, you would know that he looks normal compared to someone using steroids

  • @FlyingBootable

    how is it obvious that he's using steroids? sure he's gained weight since his 'with teeth' album but that can be indicative of eating more as opposed to steroid use. and why would he trade one poison for another?

  • @g8rman05 another thing. notice how trent was really skinny till recently. it could have something to do with his immune system, usually people that can eat and not gain a pound. later on will get heavy or bigger. or they could stay that way. my uncle has been the same wait since he was 20. and hes like 60 now.

  • @FlyingBootable

    HIs "bulking up" is a result of sobering up after years of drug abuse. He's completely sober now, and doesn't even drink. I imagine a dramatic change like that would have some effect on your metabolism and protein intake. He just looks much healthier now. :)

  • @FlyingBootable Pretty obvious for someone who has never worked out, changed their diet and practiced healthy life for a while

    Not saying he isnt, but I've seen people bulk up from 0 -60 in a years time the clean, legal, hard working way.......... So its not rediculous to think he might have don the same

    Dont presume so much

  • Fuck yes, Trent like Geometry Wars, lol, that's awesome.

  • I want to press all those buttons

  • Damn, if Trent Reznor is starting to look old, that means I'm getting old

  • Trent interviews SO SIMILAR to Henry Rollins, it's kinda' scary.

  • Simply amazing, great interview!

  • YES, finally, an in-depth video interview that actually gives the interviewee a chance to answer and doesn't cut it down to a bunch of generic soundbytes and obligatory plugs! I hadn't thought much of Digg in the past, but the fact that they did this kind of interview and presented it this way makes me respect them a whole lot more.

    I know it was just a vote-driven list of questions, but this level of depth (and freedom to answer fully) is really what all media interviews should be about.

  • I like how he chooses his words so carefully. But we can read the writing on the wall, haha.

  • Fuck me look at the size of his arms! big bugger aint he!

  • @Hammersmith80 just watch the music video for closer, he used to be a scrawny little man....

  • @Hammersmith80

    You should have seen him 20 years ago in the Pretty Hate Machine days. 140 lbs tops.

  • Hearing Trent sing "Finally" by CeCe Peniston made me die laughing. The head bobbing: classic!

  • Damm did Trent Reznor become a body builder?? :) I think hes trying to be the next Henry Rollings...hes sexy :)~

  • @jetsonic69 you mean Henry Rollins, right...?

  • Trent Reznor vs Justin bieber ?

  • @AshikaUmanga reznor . no comparison or in any shape or form should he be compared or related to just quefer

  • @AshikaUmanga justin who? lol

  • @AshikaUmanga I think hearing him recite "Finally" was funny enough lol

  • Holy shit. His voice changed a lot over the years xD

  • damn..i havent really seen him since that vid of him and david bowie came out. he got old. still has good hair though

  • I was wondering what happened to Kevin Rose. good to see him again. was a big fan of mr. dark tipper back in zdtv/techtv days :)

    great interview.

  • Lol at 12:30 you can hear someone take a picture

  • I love the part where Kevin asked what tech gadgets he likes or uses. As he was answering the question it was not hard to notice that there is wall of Pattern-Sequencer's behind him...LOL! It would've been hilarious if Trent pointed at them and said; "Well...what do you think"?. Maybe not that funny but....

  • This is a very interesting, intelligent and insightful interview. I find Trent very professional and eloquent and I like the questions submitted....still one of my favorite musicians of all time.

  • wow thats the biggist love and hate ration for this video only 33 people hate this wow. there are normaly so many more people who hate videos.

  • @XxXGulottaXxX You can't hate Trent Reznor...lol

  • I wish i could have a conversation with Trent face to face. It's depressing to know that will never be possible. What an awesome musician he is. His work is truly remarkable.

  • BUT YOU DONT TALK TRENT~~

  • Somebody got chubby!

  • @TheSatanicMonkey well he's not 22 anymore.

  • King of Industrial Rock

  • That was a really interesting listen and thankfully had some good questions rather than the usual self congratulatory guff that gets shoved in Mr Reznors face on the standard interview fare.  :)

  • i just sat threw 40 minuts of this interview and it took me like 20 minuts threw the interview to finally pull myself away to use the bathroom. trent's like an addiction like a freakin drug!and this interview was just freakin amazing!i love this man and always shall!

  • im still crazy about him even when hes older

  • Did anyone else get hit with a Die Antwoord ad before the video? lol

  • That's awesome that he admitted Tapeworm was "mediocre". Usually artists would never admit that, and even more importantly they'll put out music whether it's mediocre or not just for the sake of releasing something and profiting.

  • an eloquent hero, data-spreading the best music i have ever heard. great interview, huh?

  • So he is a real artist. Whatever that is. Not a corporate whore. I guess one can be an artist and a whore, but usually that is not the case. Cant find an example. Anyone has an example of an artist who is controlled by the industry?

    Lady gaga? AHAHAHAHAH! Only joking :D

  • @freezer7007 yeah u r alone

  • @freezer7007 you are alone

  • I'd fuck the butt probe

  • @slig665 HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA ! ^^

  • wow he has put on some weight and gotten a little chubby in the face as he's gotten older.....still would like to F**k him like a animal though.....lol

  • Trent really can answer just about any question with depth and intelligence. You could ask him how he likes his eggs and he would probably get into a very detailed discussion about the poultry industry and how it ties into how he cooks his eggs and why we shouldn't have to pay for eggs because the corporations don't really have any right to things that haven't been born yet. The man is a genius.

  • @bigstabby yeah , i know he,s great he never gets a question that makes him have 2 pause, he just geniusly tells u what he thinks, i love this guy!!

  • @bigstabby I know, that's why he's awesome.

  • @bigstabby this comment made me laugh so much. ;-) trent`s god !!

  • @bigstabby he doesnt eat eggs, hes vegan

  • @bigstabby Or maybe he just has no sense of humor :) (I agree he's enormously talented, but c'mon)

  • @jarcho123 HEY YOU!!! You listen here, okay! There's nothing funny about eating eggs!! That's serious buisness!!!loljk But I agree with you. He probably doesn't have a sense of humor. He used to be really depressive and did drugs, attempted suicide, etc. Whatever sense of humor he does have is a miracle. He made a joke once on twitter about fat chicks, and people shoved political correctness up his ass for it.lol

  • @bigstabby I would have liked to have heard that joke about fat chicks....he made a JOKE, wow

  • @jarcho123 Yeah, ppl got all offended and shit. It was a BAD joke, but hey...HE JOKED.lol

  • @bigstabby Well said mate !!!

  • Trent is a smart level headed guy and as a fellow musician I find respecting a man of this character to be that much easier.

  • I would fuck either of them. But I'd prefer both.

  • thanks stellasweel...

  • hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fuck you lost high

  • how old is he now?

  • having Trent Reznor as a 360 friend sweeeet ;D

  • @largebehind Wait, are you serious? Prove it!! Thats so awesome!

  • trents gotta be one of my favorite singers of all time, and one of my favorite artists of all time

  • fuckin awesome.

  • Yeah I was definitly happy Trent. I have already bought most of your halo's, and on amazon right now, I have 1 through 24 in my wish list, i'm about to go through with that purchase on the first. So I can just have everything, all the Dvd's remixes.. I just wish he would make a CD on all of the unreleased stuff like from Britian and what not.

  • It really really sucks that I will probably never get to see NIN live in my lifetime.

  • @RodriguezChingon that does suck. Best live band I've ever seen hands down.

  • @kalbahamut Agreed. It sucks even more that I was born in the 90's & have missed most of NIN's career. & now im stuck with all the horrible music being played nowadays.

  • @RodriguezChingon 2nd Best should be "And all that could have been" DVD.

  • I always thought Trent was a skinny emo looking guy.

  • @MercurialGaming he was kind of skinny in the late 80s/early 90s (circa Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral). Had a very metal/hard rocker/industrial look then. Early-mid 90s (c. Perfect Drug) he had a more "goth" look. Late 90s (c. The Fragile) for a while he did look a bit emo, I guess. Then he went off to rehab. When he came back for With_Teeth he was sober and beefy. He eventually shaved his head during that tour to complete his transition to the Henry Rollins look.

  • @kalbahamut Oh, ok. Clears alot of shit up =D.

  • been listening for 16 years!!!!! REZNOR ROCKS!!!

  • I thought he was faking it before he talked about having a computer in his pocket.  He's definitely aware of what's going on. He's probably one of the oldest alive who does.

  • why the hell is there aceline dione commercial in the beginning? i hate this crap

  • What is the song at the start?

  • @mec567 1,000,000 off of The Slip album.

  • He not only dips hotness he is not a stupid man that is a rare thing lol love ya TRENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • musically he's unoriginal(only in the beginning), but admits it. But he is in his own league when it comes to the music industry and proper marketing that is cost efficient and effective for bands starting out im sure im gonna get alot of thumbs down but all you gotta do is combine skinny puppy,bowie,bauhaus and you have NIN but at least he admits it unlike marilyn manson who ripped off every one i mentioned including trent... plus some

  • @SplatterdaySaints Every artist has their influences. His sound changes with each album though, so I don't see how it can continue to be unoriginal.

  • @Tay4569 thats why i said in the beginning dont get me wrong i love nin always have

  • This man is extremely clever. 

  • Man, its been a year a i feel that he can keep going even with How To Destroy Angels

  • I like how he doesn't complain about anything or have strong opinions that interfere with other peoples opinions. Very open minded and respectful. Instead of complaining about downloading music, he realizes it is what it is, it won't go away, make the best of it. He's very real, smart, and like i said, very respectful. What a cool person.

  • Who's the guy who makes all the yellow devices? He had some kind of fuckin' amp at a Namm show with all kinds of crazy fuckin' valves he found at some HAM radio swap meet. Guy was brilliant.

  • @Masterphonic

    Eric Barbour. His company is metasonix. It's all vacuum tube based effects and synths and such as far as I know. The equipment is quite unique.

  • haha ur a winey cat turd

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  • TRENT IS HUGE!!!!!!!!! :0

  • Some of the information here is really useful!

  • Is Trent juicing?

  • @NicholasJarvisPowers Short of him posting on here and answering your question, how do you expect to get an answer? I doubt he is, maybe he adopted a healthier lifestyle, no drugs and a bit of exercise perhaps.

  • anyone else notice it says butt plug in the back at 0:25 Xo

  • @campingoncampus Actually it says butt probe lol... but I digress.

  • @campingoncampus it says butt probe

  • Good interview. Trent is the only reason I am a musician. He is a true definition of what a artist is in my opinion. Thanks for the inspiration trent.

  • I watched this video in its entirety. Thank you Kevin (and Trent).

  • Trent is fucking RIPPED!

  • Great to see this interview :) Thank you for posting!

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  • Trent reminds me of Johnny Cash. Similar personalities, and a LOT of the same sort of life experiences.

    Woot awesome artists.

  • I remember seeing him back in the early 90's in his 80's style when they were hard core industrial metal, and he was skinny with long hair.

    Good shit.

  • y la traduccion al español por favor cuando?

  • he is a smart guy! wow he is getting OLD WHOA!

  • I have to say i like the way trents mind works, strong in what he believes yet not judgemental. the kinda person i would like to work with, maybe i should send him a demo? lol as if it would actualy get to him.

  • mmm trent, you amaze me

  • This is one of my all time favorite interviews. Every musician/artist should be like this.

  • @jdury

    Why? It wouldn't be interesting if everyone is the same.

  • @TheOtium was gonna say the same thing but you beat me to it

  • hes so old now... its kinda scary

  • he burps a lot during interviews...

  • The government isn't going to give the music industry a bailout. I say let them collapse. They have done nothing but poison art with their corporate jet.