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You can fuck to it, you can dance to it and you can break shit to it. Limp Bizkits Fred Durst is a huge Nine Inch Nails fan, incorporating the signature line from this song as well as two other NIN tunes into the line, 'You wanna fuck me like an animal / You'd like to burn me on the inside / You like to think that I'm a perfect drug / Just know that nothing you do will bring you closer to me' from the song Hot Dog. The video (on YouTube) featured stand-in labels making fun of product placement and pointing out how silly advertising is when it all comes down to it. 1:12 Production designer Tom Foden is in the front centre. Even more infamously, though, it would inform the deeply disturbing, still legendary promotional video he'd make in connection to that EP. The remaster, titled "Broken 2.0", was primarily sourced from a low-generation copy of the tape that was anonymously sent to a long-time member of the online fan community; however, much of the music video content was replaced with higher-resolution footage sourced from the VHS release of Closure. Right out of the gate, even before later videos like 1994's "Closer" pushed NIN's performance artistry even further, this initial foray into the relationship between music and the visual arts captured their quintessence, and presaged their future work. Nine Inch Nails: Broken: Directed by Serge Becker, Peter Christopherson, Eric Goode, Jon Reiss. (Remember it came out in the VHS era.) The frontman decided to make an art project around the EP, using the film as an opportunity to spend time with a personal hero. Remember when St. Vincent and Dave Grohl covered Nine Inch Nails Piggy back in 2020? The jarring Wizard of Oz, Ku Klux Klan, drug, and Christian symbolism (as well as the unborn babies hanging from trees) made waves with various groups and inspired a lawsuit from former music video collaborator Kevin Kerslake, who claimed the band stole his ideas. Later, while holed up in Los Angeles in the house where Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson's followers a fact Reznor didn't know until after he'd selected the place Reznor got a call from Christopherson, who had finished the assignment but was nervous about the results. Skinny Puppy shook things up during their VIVIsectVI tour in the late 80s when band members known for their outspoken activism were arrested after being accused of torturing a dog on stage. For "Happiness in Slavery," Reznor tapped Jon Reiss, who made documentaries about punk bands, to direct the segment. One of those earliest music videos would lead to an FBI investigation, something else Reznor never could've predicted. "And I did it without regard for MTV and what was showable and not showable, because that's what he asked me to do.". Theres a different side to her that doesnt come across normally in her videos. With the house it felt too stunty, and Peter agreed. "And I felt kinda good that the police had made idiots of themselves. Despite the obvious promiscuity the music video showcases, it's undeniable that Mtley Cre is known for their wild reputation. [7][10] Christopherson himself has expressed regret in the film's eventual popularity: while he intended the film to be obviously fake, the degradation in quality as the tapes got copied over and over have made the distinction and his "pretty obvious clues" harder and harder to spot.[7]. The song takes its title and refrain from Jean Paulhan's preface to Pauline Rage's 1954 erotic novel Story of O. But behind the scenes, Reznor was miserable, and that misery would fuel the dark EP that would arrive in Pretty Hate Machine's wake: 1992's Broken. "I do think people can be harmed seeing things, especially unexpectedly, that put them in the position of empathizing with someone being tortured and murdered. This is a nod to a photograph by James Van Der Zee, a documentary photographer famous for his portraits of black New Yorkers during the Harlem Resistance. In the pre-internet era, bootlegs were much more prized items because of their physical, analogue nature. Music is music and unless you can do something better than Trent Reznor (who, by the by, has done soundtracks to most of the movies to come out in the past 5 years than you can even begin to count). Rock music fans, even to this day in the YouTube comments, can't get enough of the band, with many movies even being made about the famous band. This heart was built by musician turned artist Screaming Mad George, who created effects for entries in the Nightmare On Elm Street series and the original Predator. 100 gecs, Yves Tumor and Boy Harsher will be playing select dates on Nine Inch Nails upcoming U.S headline run, Kerrang! Jamie Mccarthy/Getty Images As the chief creative mind and musician behind Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor rose to a position as one of the coolest, darkest, and edgiest musicians of the 1990s, an era positively lousy with cool, dark, and edgy rock guys. Like earlier exploitation videos such as Faces of Death, Broken and its series of WTF horrors including scenes of a rotting corpses, decapitated heads, a lunatic wielding a chainsaw and a man eating a meal covered in flies elicit thrills that didn't just come from absorbing the images but from being lucky enough to have even stumbled upon them in the first place. As of January 2020, the entire uncensored film is currently available to view when accessed by a hidden link on the discography page of the official Nine Inch Nails website. 0:00 1:28 Nine Inch Nails: Happiness is Slavery Music Video Bomb It The Movie 1.6K subscribers 325K views 11 years ago This is the opening of the first music video that Jon Reiss directed. This video was blacked out in the most prominent leak,[5] and is now generally believed (although not proven) to be part of the complete film, but was blacked out by Reznor in the bootlegged copy. The story of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nail's Banned Snuff FilmSIGN UP for 10 of the Craziest Stories in Rock N' Roll [Secret Playlist]: https://bit.ly/3vVP. It contained music videos fo. Two-time Grammy Award and Oscar-winning Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and composer Atticus Ross will score the animated Nickelodeon movie, according to Film Music Reporter . ), But Broken's brilliance was also a product of its time something that couldn't be duplicated today. When Reznor returned to the studio after the Pretty Hate Machine tour, he was beset by personal and professional woes. Were talking about the same guy who told rising star Whitney Houston hed like to f*ck her on national television. From the whole band dressing in typically feminine clothing to the transparent lyrics, the video managed to capture fans' attention everywhere. "NSFW: Nine Inch Nails' Happiness In Slavery", "Nine Inch Nails Chart History (Alternative Airplay)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Happiness_in_Slavery&oldid=1119108353, "Happiness in Slavery" (LP version) 5:26, "Happiness in Slavery" (Flaccid edit) 4:17, This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 19:25. Dave Grohl (solo) and Nine Inch Nails are set to join James Gang, The Black Keys and The Breeders for the concert for our veterans, VetsAid. In the modern age, Broken has found its way to the web through BitTorrent and the Internet Archive, but has never been released commercially. Also, Witkin's own work is full of recontexualized work by other artists.". The album was the band's second record to top the Billboard album charts and the band was set to perform on June 4, 2005 at the MTV Movie Awards to promote the album's first single, "The Hand That Feeds" when suddenly the band pulled out of the show. Granted, this is an extreme example, he admitted. From partial nudity to provocative lingerie,to even the allusion to group sex, the video hardly left anything to the imagination. Tools Maynard James Keenan is also a huge fan, as are Hollywood big-shots Terry Gilliam and Christopher Nolan. That was absolutely fucking knackering. The "evidence" had crossed state lines, making it the jurisdiction of the FBI. However, it was clear through the imagery of the video why not even a second could be shown on television. If youre familiar with the late performance artists oeuvre, which includes a nail through the penis spectacular (watch the great documentary SICK for more on that), then you wont be surprised to find out that the video was widely banned for its gory imagery. The drama inadvertently increased album sales, bringing the song to number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart. The animal rights advocates were actually gutting a stuffed animal. Good work, everyone involved. But it went from being the best to the worst. What if it felt real? I put in a big order to a place called The Pleasure Chest in LA, a place that specialises in erotic toys and has an enormous collection of S&M stuff. The environment that produced Broken both Reznor's tortured mental state and an age before the ubiquity of the web may no longer exist, but the film's grisly, unfiltered menace continues to echo through the culture. It was released in November 1992 as a promotional single from the EP. Few bands are as deserving of a video collection as Nine Inch Nails is. This two-tape collection is one video of strictly live performances and interviews/behind-the-scenes footage, while the other contains all 13 of the group's music videos. It is based on an idea by Trent Reznor, founder of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and is a companion piece to the 1992 Nine Inch Nails EP Broken . Interesting top. The band's debut album, Pretty Hate Machine, was released via TVT Records. But Broken has lost none of its power to shock in the last two decades it still feels legitimately gruesome and evil. ", If Reznor was worried about becoming a shiny, happy radio-friendly unit shifter, his next move would obliterate any such illusions. He was pretty much treated like a piata on this video. On the Collected DVD that was sent out in promotion of the album With Teeth in 2005, portions of the movie are shown for a few seconds in crystal-clear quality. Up next for the band is the grand opening of the 450-capacity The Atlantis in . Fill out our google form!https://bit.ly/3stnXlN-----CONNECT ON SOCIAL----- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rocknrolltruestoriesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RNRTrueStoriesTwitter: https://twitter.com/rocktruestoriesBlog: www.rockandrolltruestories.com**[[[HASHTAGS]]]**I cite my sources and they may differ than other people's accounts, so I don't guarantee the actual accuracy of my videos. On December 30, 2006, an unofficial version of the film was released on a DVD disc image and distributed via The Pirate Bay by the same anonymous user called "seed0", who had uploaded the leaked DVD version of Closure. Trent Reznor did distribute the film himself via hand-dubbed VHS tapes in the 90ies. 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This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. But beware:when you get to the flies, the gimp, and the bloody steak, you're only halfway done. Pope later reshot it, which is explained in this video spotted by Dangerous Minds. The story of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nail's Banned Snuff FilmSIGN UP for 10 of the Craziest Stories in Rock N' Roll [Secret Playlist]: https://bit.ly/3vVPAEFCheck out our Top 25 Favourite Albums Here https://rockandrolltruestories.com/Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Since its start, Nine Inch Nails has released 11 studio albums, won multiple awards, and produced several stellar music videos. ", Well, not entirely. Almost immediately, he is suddenly seen in a basement, tied with a seatbelt to a chair and cleave-gagged while being forced to watch a television. The case was eventually overturned, with help from free-speech supporters like Sinad OConnor. 1:03 These were the most appropriate visuals for the song, Reznor said of the work in a 1992 interview. Whether it's behind-the-scenes facts or the inside scoop about celebrities, Kallie is ready to talk your ear off about it, whether you like it or not! [7][9] At the time, however, Reznor was recording in the house where the Tate murders were committed; seeing the video made him uneasy, so the project was shelved, though not before Reznor circulated a few copies on VHS. Reznor later admitted to distributing different copies of Broken to his friends, each with a different part of the video blacked out so that he would be able to identify the culprit if it were to be leaked. It had been a year, and they weren't getting any closer to catching the "killers." Reznor, ever the provocateur, decided to give a few VHS copies to select friends but each copy had its own unique dropout so that he could later identify which friend had leaked the film to the public if it ever got out. I guess it's interesting that it's achieved a certain notoriety. and includes the oft-missing video for "Help Me I Am in Hell". 2:17 The pigs head is real. NIN was also responsible for the game's sound effects. Putting in this huge order of stuff to dress the set and for Trent to wear, I didnt realise how expensive it was, and ordered thousands of dollars worth when we had about eight hundred in the budget. So, he decided to stow it away. Fromdisturbing images of animals to uncensored shots of bodies to even sacrilegious depictions, the horror-like video is enough to givepeople nightmares. All of these films share with Broken a love of the dank underside of polite society, tapping into our fear and delight in uncovering what should not see the light of day. After . Though the intimate whisper-style song was insanely sensual for cable, MTV later caved to Madonna's star quality and massive fanbase by playing it later at night. 1:01 Bye-bye, little guys. While some viewers may agree with MTV's reasoning, this is not the first time bands or artists have madepointed outthe potentially flawed educational symptoms, like "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd. The still life incorporating Trents face on a mannequin was inspired by a painting by Giorgio de Chirico, an early Italian surrealist. Regardless, Young got his revenge by winning MTV's Video Of The Year in 1989. To this day, most of the Broken cast has not been identified, and while individual segments' directors are known, the grubby anonymity and mixed-format presentation keeps the Broken movie from feeling like a respectable artistic endeavor. Later in the video, large grinders emerge from the machine to cause extreme injury to the man's skin. From the shot, FBI pathologists determined the "victim" lying in a pool of "blood" was rotting. Despite this song concept being very normal in today's time, it was considered quite controversial at the time to discuss women in such a way, much less a video dedicated to zooming in on certain body parts (via YouTube). Trent Reznor's demented, yet artistic genius is fully captured within the 20 minutes of music and really graphic violence and gore. 0:10 In his making-of commentary, Mark shares the following illuminating anecdote about the filmmaking process. Despite the song being about self-hatred and obsession, the signature line, 'I wanna fuck you like an animal' makes people think its a bangin tune. Nirvanas acclaimed third and final studio album, In Utero, set the band in a different direction and nothing established that more than their video for Heart-Shaped Box directed by Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn. The good citizen turned the camera over to the authorities. 2:49 It's also part of the reason why Reznor, also an accomplished producer, along with fellow composer Atticus Ross, has been responsible for so many film scores: The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Bird Box (2018), and funny enough, Pixar's Soul (2020). In August 2005, a new copy of the movie was distributed via BitTorrent as a remastered DVD image. The video for the album's lead single, "Head Like a Hole," is trashy, twisted, and demented. In her free time, you can find her writing entertainment articles or curating her own social media platforms as a way to channel her creativity. Gavras and M.I.A. To that end, Reznor recruited scatological performance artist Peter Christopherson,whom he admired, as the film's director. 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