NIN - Ringfinger (Live 1989)

[RDdaNINJA]

Nine Inch Nails sounds better live.

[NELLA1680]

Simply great!!!

[hokecybil570]

lol 2 dislikes?? dont click on a nin song if u dont like nin der! they couldn't of been nin fans cause any fan would appreciate this footage regardless the quality...thx for the video, made my night hearing this song done a lil differentially than any other live version ive heard

[shlby69m]

I'd like to know how anybody on this blog know excatly what Trent (micheal) did or didn't do and I highly doubt he let any bimbo rip his world to pieces( he just used his experiences to make great music). All his songs are about feelings.

[HiveMind1984]

God Squad..

[bretpointer]

My favorite NIN/ all Trent Reznor Cassette. Fixed is pretty good though.

[TheJbyrom]

In case anyone is wondering.... PHM in its entirety is about some bimbo that totaly ripped his world to pieces.... Listen to each song and you'll get the whole picture...

thnx...JB

[pickymickey]

ha! i had this footage once. bought @ traders village for 20 bones. ol trent musta been 23 or so.

[TitusPulloJr]

People assume it was heroin because of the line 'the needle tears a hole' but you can shoot coke too. You came a long way Trent....Academy Award?

[obscureface]

and when he excepts it he just says " thanks"

walks off stage.

XD

[joebevis92]

Can't believe how skinny Trent is!

[jaetguz]

This album is a lot different from everything Nine Inch Nails did after it...

Maybe u are limiting yourself to that electronic essence found in the overall sound of the album...or maybe you just haven't listened to all the other Halos...

I strongly recommend you to listen to The Fragile in it's entirety...Nonstop...

[guitarsxrxausome]

my favorite NIN album

[Sanisaninja]

love trent's t-shirt. :P

[Nvm2233]

janbillian, this was in 1989, the year they formed, its not their best I've seen, but for it being one of their first live performances, its awesome.

[janbillian]

This is bad, bad stuff - TR cannot be proud of this performance.

[NaturesGlory]

He's such a kid in this vid, haha. How old was he during this tour anyway?

[cannibalonXthedead]

like 23 i think

[252477514]

do they perform this song live anymore cause i cant find any vids of them

[TheNineinchsnails]

they no longer tour but i have never seen them play this song live in the 21st century

[252477514]

do u know if i could find a video with them playing it

[ReznorRules420]

this is like the only video I've seen of this where trent is playing lead guitar, nice

[Cransistor]

Obviously you're very smart hellchild65, so I'll explain myself. Drugs exacerbate things, like emotions. I'm not advocating the the use of them, but I am stating what is nearly fact. If you want a laundry list of artists who use/used drugs, I'd be happy to write one up for you. At which point it would be apparent as to the relationship of drugs, music, and emotions. I'm not saying that musicians have to be high, but the great ones do a lot better when they are.

[hatfisc]

ummmmm yeah i would say that is completely accurate. Drugs make everything better.

[CoachE89]

@hellchild65 almost all of my own music was written under the influence of drugs, i wouldnt have written nearly as good of songs w/o drugs esp weed and shrooms/acid. i dont sing about them in every song that i get creative with due to drugs, or every song would be about drugs lol cuz every song is psychedelic-influenced. im sure trent was on drugs when he wrote this stuff, anyone who does drugs can tell from the way it sounds

[Cransistor]

In regard to sickasamoo, I don't think there was a time before the drug abuse. I mean, it did get worse, but the drugs have always been used and abused in NiN. And, it makes for incredible music! Best sound of any band anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!

[thekornreeper]

pretty hate machine >>>>>>>>>>> Year Zero, The Slip

[Cransistor]

Sorry guy, didn't mean to thumbs down your comment. I was trying to get hellchild65.

[xrsd]

hmmmmm

no

[georgelowdell]

@Cransistor what does it matter who does drugs ?

[NINA9I9]

This is my favorite album ..

[mnelson220]

@NINA9I9 mine as well.... wish he would have played more tracks from it on the Goodbye Tour

[bonniesclemons]

@NINA9I9 OH hells yeah!!!! Best album of ALL TIME!!!!!

[SHITVIDEOSCARNEY93]

PHM WAS THE ICING OF THE 80S

[Hallucination]

@SHITVIDEOSCARNEY93 aboslute classic album. Best NIN albuum by far in my opinion

[jaetguz]

@Hallucination

All albums after PHM were a lot more deeper and better elaborated...

The Fragile is far superior for instance...

[Hallucination]

@jaetguz  For instance..... Pretty Hate Machine is their best album by far in my opinion as stated before. Thanks.

[BongLeach]

@SHITVIDEOSCARNEY93 i hated 80'd music....then NIN .....i am forever changed!@@@@@@@

[AztecsTreasure]

Ringfinger made of barbed wire

Awkward and harsh like Einsturzende Neubauten in their first albums

[sickasamoo]

I love seeing these PHM-era shows.

It's nice to see NIN live before a lot of the drug abuse, before all the political stuff. It's just four guys on stage playing a bunch of songs - no theatrical stuff, a basic light show.

Another reason why I like these shows is that I imagine this is not unlike how it would have sounded when Trent was recording it all, it helps give an idea of how the songs themselves came together.

[Superman7575]

ps the drug abuse is what made NIN lol... the aggression on stage...the songs straight from trents heroine days came the best shit... downard spiral- the fragile.

[thekornreeper]

yeah he's too happy to make any amazing albums now..

[afthefragile]

still happy for trent though...

[slaytallicdethrax]

nope the first two albums were the best

[overdoseoncandy]

@slaytallicdethrax

i completely agree.

amen man, amen.

[hehfilms]

@slaytallicdethrax TDS and PHM? Agreed.

Broken was an EP, if you mean that one.

[asfalli0n]

@Superman7575 Let's be happy he pulled out of it before it completely destroyed him. His new stuff may not be as powerful as the old, but it's still amazing compared to the current music scene. If it had destroyed him I would've never seen them live.

[hehfilms]

@Superman7575 He didn't use heroine. Cocaine.

[FlameNeoG]

@Superman7575 I like how nobody realized TRENT NEVER USED HEROIN. It was Cocaine and Alcohol that he was addicted to.

[zombiega1]

great song!!!

[theredpolak]

Sound quality is far superior to video quality.

[perfectdrug39]

even thought its out of synch its fucking awesome...

love that drum beat!

[machineanimalhit]

this song is just so betiful to me

it just so true to.....

i think trent has lived my life and now his singing it O_O

naaaahhhh his life just sucks like my and all of urs ....lol

[zachamazing]

hah, Always a great option to view it as.

[davedecay]

at the Pipeline in Newark NJ.

You can barely make out "PIPELINE" behind the band. used to have this on VHS right from the guy who filmed it (Rui).

[Debaku]

such bad quality and I still love it

[AftermarketX]

ringfinger is great! esp when you are high and listening to it on an ipod!

[AbuGollo]

twist has different lyrics than ringfinger, i think twist is an earlier version of this song

[Fletch3r123]

I deffinitly respect Twist and find it an awesome track, but Rngfinger is just much more deeper than twist is.

[Rockstafar]

How does Twist differ from Ringfinger???

[musefan26]

The different lyrics in twist/ringfinger + sounds different. I reckon that was rhetorical question but oh well :|.

[greyishblue666]

Grow THIS! He was at his most raw, most profound, and most deepest during the "Pretty Hate Machine" and "Broken" years. As for the debate over "Ringfinger" or "Twist", hmmm...the emotional sentimentalist NIN fan in me loves "Ringfinger". But the sadistic pervy NIN fan in me cannot respect the band without "Twist"!!

[seinffeld]

It's amazing looking back and seeing how much a musician can grow. Great Stuff!

[19ninetynine]

Ringfinger is better than Twist

[boyztomen]

I'd say it's one of the best album endings. yo.

[mickatron1911]

Ringfinger is MUCH better than Twist

[NIN1995]

trents so hot

[badrubberduckie]

One there best songs to date!!! Thanks!!!.

[AOCRkid]

twist is a better version though. look it up if you can.

[allmightantdawgs]

Twist is not better than this.

[allmightantdawgs]

It's basically a live sounding version of Ringfinger, with a couple of lines of worse lyrics.

[xteenagexthunderx]

i prefer ringfinger

i like twist too though but i think ringfinger is much better