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captainpirateface · 4 months

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On that tour I was a mess quite honestly. This was the peak of Nine Inch Nails newfound rocket ship of fame. It distorted my personality and became overwhelming: to deal with having everyone treat you different, to going from not being able to afford a gas bill to show up to arenas full of people, who kind of think they know you.

The line starts to blur between the guy onstage and the person you used to be. My way of dealing with life was to numb myself with drugs and alcohol because it made me feel better and more equipped to deal with everything. My career was skyrocketing, but the scaffolding that was holding me up as a person was starting to collapse. I wasn’t fully aware of how bad it was getting, but I knew in my heart that I was on an unsustainable, reckless, self-destructive path. When I met David he had been through that. And he was content. He was at peace with himself with an incredible wife, clearly in love. There were a number of times where the two of us were alone, and he said some things that weren’t scolding, but pieces of wisdom that stuck with me: “You know, there is a better way here, and it doesn’t have to end in despair or in death, in the bottom.” A full year later, I hit bottom.

Once I got clean I felt a tremendous amount of shame, of my actions and missed opportunities and the damage that I’ve caused in the past. And I thought back to the time when we were together a lot and I wonder what that could have been like if I was at 100 percent. The “I’m Afraid of Americans” video falls into that category of me at my worst — out of my mind and ashamed of who I was at that time. So when I see that, I have mixed feelings — grateful to be involved, and flattered to be a part of it, but disgusted at myself, at who I was at that time, and wishing I had been 100 percent me. And it nagged me. A few years later, Bowie came through L.A. I’d been sober for a fair amount of time. I wanted to thank him in the way that he helped me. And I reluctantly went backstage, feeling weird and ashamed like, “Hey, I’m the guy that puked on the rug.” And again, I was met with warmth, and grace, and love. And I started to say, “Hey listen, I’ve been clean for …” I don’t even think I finished the sentence; I got a big hug. And he said, “I knew, I knew you’d do that. I knew you’d come out of that.” I have goosebumps right now just thinking about it. It was another very important moment in my life.

-Trent Reznor

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doyoulikethissong-poll · 6 months

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David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans 1997

The song was originally recorded during the sessions for Bowie's 1995 album Outside; that version was released on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Showgirls. The song was then remade during the sessions for Earthling, featuring rewritten lyrics, overdubs and transposed verses. It presents a critique of America through the eyes of a stereotypical "Johnny" and is characterised by drum patterns, synthesisers, various loops and vocal distortions. The maxi-single release contained six different remixes mostly created by Trent Reznor and his Nine Inch Nails band members. Reznor subsequently appeared in the music video, which reflected the song's theme of a frightened European in an American city. Nine Inch Nails has performed the song live as well. It only got 43,9% total yes. :'(

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witchrealms · 4 months

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#u #web finds #music #nine inch nails #nin #david bowie #ticket stub #1995 #alternative #90s #1990s #trent reznor

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rodpower78 · 2 years

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David Bowie and Trent Reznor playing live (1995)

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poop-diddy-scoop · 1 month

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fun fact about david bowie; he was the first to invent and discover the equilibrium between dilf mentality and babygirlism.

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natnin · 4 months

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"One of the greatest moments of my life was standing onstage next to David Bowie while he sang 'Hurt' with me. I was outside of myself, thinking, 'I'm standing onstage next to the most important influence I've ever had, and he's singing a song I wrote in my bedroom.' It was just an awesome moment." - Trent Reznor on performing with David Bowie.

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swdefcult · 3 months

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