Trent Reznor Is Awesome

Finally, the third in my series of "awesome" compilations! This one features Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. I thought it was about time I stopped inserting Trent into aging memes.
Anyway, there was too much content to choose from, so I focused this video mostly on recent material, as it makes more justice to the title ("is" awesome, not "was" awesome). Obviously, NIN superfans will notice that there are several videos "missing", but hopefully there's enough here to please you =)
Previous episodes in this series:
Josh Homme Is Awesome
• Josh Homme Is Awesome
Jack White Is Awesome
• Jack White Is Awesome
I shall credit the original videos soon enough, as I filmed none of this.

[@popsszz]

"Alright cool, Head Like a Hole." *goes into The Hand That Feeds*

[@Gyrbae]

The heckler bit the hand that fed him.

[@seancourt3492]

Epic Trent Reznor lol

[@jrzdvl3542]

That and during head like a hole... God mon I d an... SOMETHING IS GONNA GET BROKEN (of course that comes in loud and clear).

[@KendrixTermina]

Maybe one day ppl will let poor Trent finish playing "Hurt" without interrupting him.

[@honeythunder]

I was lucky enough to be a show where everyone remained silent and IT HITS DIFFERENT

[@haaather7131]

There's NO way, fake news! Haha, I gotta admit the fireworks were pretty cool but they totally killed the mood.

[@luvahadowsdolls]

Good gosh he has some annoying people at his concert....he deserves more respect than that!

[@nworbrelytthefirst]

certainly does. a friend and i once had to beat the shit out of the guy next to us for yelling 'penis' during one of the quiet ballads.

[@orange-rv9ek]

Yeah I remember at one concert I was at in Cleveland at Quicken Arena for the Lights in the Sky Tour of 2008 the people or strangers in the row behind us decided to take a ton of acid. The one guy started freaking out and being someone who knew drugs my buddy and I never understood why you'd trip at one of these concerts. Cocaine, amphetamine maybe some opiates or downers sure but fucking acid? I heard the guy behind me complaining the whole time about having a bad time and finally he thought if he just took more and I look back I see him grab a ten strip of LSD out of some aluminum foil and eat it all. Half hour later his friends and some security guards had to carry the man out. Also, I remember somehow my buddy and I got him to do Reptile as his first encore song we started chanting it and others just joined in and he said "oh I guess you guys like the sad stuff." Edit: they absolutely did an amazing job performing "Reptile" but I never did get to see him perform "Starfuckers Inc"

[@crazyhiphopp]

@@nworbrelytthefirstooo ur hard

[@tmamone83]

Looks like Reznor still has his "If something doesn't work, it has to pay the price" policy,

[@RoxieMarquez_marroxeli]

The second time I saw them was in Fresno 2005 and he messed up the words to starfuckers, inc. and started singing "blah blah blah, let's fuck up the words!" like he knew he screwed up, and laughed it of and kept playing. Then he thanked us by saying "your numbers may be few, but you're a great fucking audience!" he earned more of my respect that day.

[@mud8723]

which one was it

[@BipolarBowler]

Starfuckers is a shit song.

[@headcreeps7198]

“Ok let’s get back to depressing music”

[@mechanicalanimal3721]

My mood when I listen to one energic song:

[@filipe8673]

@@mechanicalanimal3721 exactly.

[@MrMovieManMatt]

If theres one thing Trent Reznor has taught me, if it's broken, dont fix it, literally fucking obliterate it with all your might.

[@davidcookson4043]

Old member: have you had to dodge any mic stands? Ilan rubin: no Old member: must be nice

[@ryckcollyns8904]

Ilan Rubin: I've only had to dodge one. Chris Vrenna: Only one??? Somewhere in 2022

[@davidcookson4043]

@@ryckcollyns8904 that sounds right

[@josephsmith7472]

"Something's going TO GET BROKEN!!" Greatest warning of all time.

[@pg2300]

"Something's gonna get BROKEN!" Lol

[@littlepreciousthings]

i was at that show. electric factory in philly, when he did the small club tour for with teeth. he was having technical issues all night. he finally lost his temper. lol

[@thespyinthecab7538]

I was there as well...... that was a great tour and he was nice enough to do two shows there. I did feel bad for him as he had to deal with a few technical issues especially Reptile and Head like a hole....... but it was still an amazing show and I was so happy that I was able to see him in such a small venue. Definitely one of my favorite NIN concerts ever (Only the Fragility 2.0 and Bowie/NIN shows top it for me).

[@saragarza5116]

I can’t stop replaying that one clip lmao

[@oreofudgeman]

@@thespyinthecab7538 youre so lucky. Went to a lot of shows there but that particular one I was too young for.

[@symbiote24]

4:33 was scary as hell He goes into this angry voice that sounds nothing like him, then proceeds to destroy. everything. Then there's the thing with Closer, where someone literally tries to bang him, and....loss of words.

[@Atlastheyote222]

Imagine interrupting Hurt

[@spooninspoon]

Anyone who had the privilege to see NIN with Bowie and or Marilyn Manson in 95 and got to go home with some real "memorabilia" in my case chunks of a keyboard that failed to stay together after trent decided to treat it like a mace, cheers.

[@LetsGetHighOnMorris]

Alan Watts. Nice. I was thinking of changing my avatar to Alan just recently:

[@FeelingShred]

"like a mace" made me laugh LMAOOOOO

[@peteagassi]

"God money's not concerned- SOMETHING'S GONNA GET BROKEN!!!!!!!" LOL!

[@SilkintheSunspotscheese]

That part is cool ✨

[@squirrelmanyt6069]

Trent's one of those unique musicians who has an organic relationship with the music and the fans. His emotions are so strong and subdued, it's like you're begging him to just let it all go at once.

[@ericawright3199]

NEVER thought I would say it, but I am DEEPLY in love, with a married man!!!!

[@rainbowrotcod]

Yikes!

[@MeatEatingVegan777]

Trent is amazing.....i'd be happier than anything to meet him.....or get front row to a NIN concert and backstage pass....I can only dream.

[@thestreamdreamradiom2754]

Eight years later and I agree aren’t we all x

[@vernevem6401]

I NEED to see nine inch nails live, it would be so crazy

[@jaymesnin]

+Verne Butler Ive been to alot of concerts an no one puts a show on like N.I.N. Seen them indoor at the joe louis arena in Detroit an outdoor at the DTE energy theater in clarskston michigan an both were the best nights of my life. Highly recommend to anyone check them out.

[@deepestshadeof_8815]

there amazing live

[@cremetangerine82]

I was fortunate to see NIN on Halloween 1995, (opening for David Bowie!), it was amazing!

[@vernevem6401]

@@cremetangerine82 I'm so envious, lets hope that all of us can see NIN live after covid

[@MelodicsRareMusicVid]

one thing i love about reznor is after 20+ years he still sounds as good live as he did 20 years ago. unlike manson who lost his voice nearly 20 years ago lol. people always say well mansons getting old blah blah. trent seems to still be doing great

[@whippybox9271]

Yeah I love watching recent live performances. They're amazing as well as their older performances. NIN is all around amazing. They're my favorite band!!

[@whippybox9271]

Trent is badass!

[@oscardagrouch3isfilthy192]

MelodicsRareMusicVid I dont think he does drugs at all

[@jamisbillson4872]

Some comment about whether TR does drugs...totally irrelevant. He could be a child murderer as far as I'm concerned. One of the only true song craft masters left. And if he was in the 1960s and 70's, he would have rightfully been with the great. Now he isn't even good enough to get a 1000th of the airplay fucking Adele and One Direction get...what has the world turned into? Greed has ruined us. And even those of us who think that the system is brilliant, but ruined by greed, and who would love a moneyless world and go by the God of humanity and common sense...(Fucking right wing Republicans and Tories and Conservative Nationalist bastards who divide and conquer and promote inequality over the airways in the disguise of these musical morons with pitch perfect voices who are in a band with people who can't even play a fucking instrument! Fuck off human parasites bottom feeding...that's what they think they do to the poor...feed us. Feed us hope? Feed us propaganda! Feed us the words they want us to repeat in the name of fashion...and you become the pointing finger of your accusers hand and the price you pay is taken without your knowledge because you DON'T WANT TO KNOW...because they work you so hard you have no time for anything else but feeding your beautiful families...who may well become war fodder for the by same people. And don't let them tell you that God is religious...he's not. He fucking hates them all. Those who second guess God! If He wanted to be known, he would have told you...you ridiculously egocentric cowards who need the buxom of Christ to ease the terror of your impending death...will you die of death? And my carbon footprint is less than that of a photocopier. Which means lots. I do drugs! Love them. Musically opens avenues of creativity which, without ever having anything but parallic circumstantial evidence...and the instinct of the music gods, would otherwise have been closed. Then TR would be writing songs for Coldplay. Are Coldplay not yet on the "Band List"? They're the reason why the UK sick bag industry has done particularly well this year. Chris Martin is...this is on wikipedia (that's fact that isn't)...a phallic member of the cucumber clan. A living breathing penis. Except shit comes out. Wikipedia also (factual facts are my un-speciality) mentions that Trent Reznor (he even has a rock star fucking name...a lot better than 'Bob Posthlethwaite'...he would be stacking shelves in Tesco with that name. My name is Cornelius Crow. I don't stack shelves in Tesco. If my name was Gerald Bottomley then I would be. I am unemployed. And unemployable. Which is proof that artists never judge the cover by the book. I need to paint my television with shoelaces made from the udderlust of a fuck drilled twatypuss. Where's my therapissed?

[@dl7694]

Jamis Billson you have it wrong. Listen to what Frank Zappa said about having the conservative rich old man record producer of yesterday compared to the libby producers of today. It is an interesting take.

[@WretchedTora]

Man, if I were around the guy that yelled during hurt either time (or the person who threw a lighter at Trent during Hurt at another show on the same tour) I would have beat the shit out of him. That said, the fucking ending of Piggy video made me tear up because it reminded me of my first show when Trent came down and I grabbed his hand and he held it the entire time he was down there. Great compilation of Trent being pissed, and other "entertaining" moments from the last few tours.

[@robyrodz]

Lol, I already imagine his manager saying "Well, at least he only broke the guitar this time..." XD

[@musicalentities]

ANd EveERY LiTtLe PIg iS AlllllRIyyiight!!!

[@StickyInADarkBlueCut]

Dam trent gets pissed when people yell during HURT

[@jasonnn2284]

9:02 Never in my life, did I think I'd ever hear Trent Reznor say the phrase, "big fuckin' titties."

[@emilylibra9838]

Lmfao "I heard you fucking say that"

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

4:30 *SOMETHING'S GONNA GET BROKEN*

[@Haddley333]

What was that all about lol

[@Papagolash]

My fav is him yelling during Reptile. "I am so impure....FIX IT..... BOOOO!"

[@catherinewalton6211]

Those fuckers that go to a concert to ruin everyones enjoyment.Why?And Trent is awsome,angry but also has a sense of humour.I love the lazer pointer clip."The old me"Come on Trent,you haven't changed that much!Stay true to yourself Trent.We fckn love you!

[@heymanheyhey]

Lol. OK now let's get back to some depressing music.

[@mickeybunts]

You call it "depressing" ... I call it "inspirational" & "vital"

[@qu1rky149]

He was quoting

[@heymanheyhey]

+Qu1rky shocking that the guy who commented on my comment didn't even watch the video. gotta love the internet

[@heymanheyhey]

+mickeybunts @9:26

[@heytheremogwai]

lmao broken guitar remix

[@seagers_studio]

I love how he beats up his equipment when its stops working

[@jadegoode3911]

I think the crowd likes to piss him off!!

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Trent is such a comrade, what a blessing

[@FeelingShred]

funny dude for sure LOOOL

[@dinothegonzo]

Something's gonna get BROKEN! Haha!

[@unclegus6604]

And that was like every single NIN show in the 90s. lol

[@throwaway6795]

Whether you like all his music or not.. You have to respect his ideology when it comes to music.. That little speech towards the end, describing the greedy record companies who refuse to make even a tiny cut to the price of an album.. So he encourages everyone to steal it.. I've also heard stories of him leaking his own material by dropping flash drives in bathrooms at the shows.. As well as the album releases that contained the individual instrument tracks for fans to remix his music.. His music belongs to the fans, even if we were extorted in the beginning.. He's more than paid us back for the behavior of the greedy Fucks who had to control his creativity.. Compare this to bands like Metallica who whined like little pansies over Napster, and file sharing.. Free access to music is the future, and you can embrace it like a true artist and be excited that people wanna hear what you've created, or whine like a bitch because you'll take a 10% hit in profit and in the end only be worth $100 million as opposed to $400 million.. Trent is not in it just for the money.. you can tell he loves what he's doing.. And he proves it by rewarding his fans.. Just makes me love NIN even more..

[@AmWhoCares]

The footage where they break stuff is from a documentary that's on yt and in the comments of one of the parts I read that when Trent decided to re-release it on dvd some people wanted to be removed from it so Trent just said fuck it and uploaded the whole thing on thepiratebay, not many artists would do that !

[@lewis123646]

I agree with everything but, "his music belongs to the fans." No, it belongs to him, we're just lucky we have good taste and he's awesome to us.

[@UltimateTrendsqwerty123]

How are you gonna make a career out of music if you’re going to give it away? I don’t care about your “FreE MusiC iS tHe FutuRE” bullshit. If you like the music, FUCKING BUY IT!!!!!

[@UltimateTrendsqwerty123]

Jordan One guy. Think about how many real successful musicians who have never charged anything for their music pop into your head. Not many. The comment I wrote was fucking stupidly written, but the point still remains the same

[@justindawson5930]

@Jordan who is this “Bones” that you speak of, and what kind of music do they play

[@ItsToXxy]

7:32 Poor Trent 😢

[@viliuxas123]

Why da fuck everyone interups *Hurt*

[@rist98]

Cos its the only song not loud enough to muffle the screams. I doubt that these days people dare to interrupt that song tho. The fact that he didn't do that song for a while makes it more precious when it is done, and people know to appreciate that song more. Although, when I was at a live, I heard some asshole talking about how he did that Cash song. Oh the ignorance...

[@viliuxas123]

i somehow think that hurt is reznors song o_o

[@rist98]

Cos it is. He wrote it, long before Cash covered it.

[@rist98]

Trent has covered only a few songs. Very few. One that i know of, that made it onto the album PHM, was "Get down, make love" by Queen. Thats the only cover I know of, Trent has done. He produced quite a few covers, for Mansons album. But I think ye, his songs have been covered more than he has done covers.

[@robertjames2187]

rist98 And "Metal" that's a good cover! And yea Hurt was done by Trent in the early 90s and Cash did a cover in 2002...I HATE when people mix things like that up and say things like "ohh you know that song "Smells like Teen Spirit by Miley Cirus" -_-"

[@acid201677]

TRENT!!!! SMAAAASHHH!!!!

[@unclegus6604]

8:20 FIX IT! RAAGHHH!!!!

[@ElementRoeJoy]

"play your own song" alluding to the Johnny Cash cover

[@recalibration]

"... not concernedSOMETHINGS GONNA GET BROKEN!" XDDDDDD *wipes tears fr eye*

[@zer0sinder]

3:18 this is why I love this man... Even when he says "You know what, fine head like a hole" he comes at you with a bigger tantrum backed with an underlining message of biting the hand that feeds!🤣

[@FeelingShred]

9:54 You know what that means, right? STEAL IT STEAL AWAY respect

[@jorginahenderson8876]

need to see him live so badly

[@grosezero8834]

2:04 i fucking died

[@tiesioglinas]

You don't fuckin interrupt a man, when he is performing "hurt"

[@mechanicalanimal3721]

4:30 I’m watching this for 1000th time lmaooo

[@shrimpy420]

8:38 "DICKHEAD"

[@KimonoFlareonGX]

4:30 Something’s gonna get _BROKEN!_

[@ruach12355]

Extremely funny, trent is the man. But what's up with 2:27 ? Is he attacking someone, or just crowd surfing?

[@Gustavomazu]

crowd surfing, he does that sometimes at Piggy

[@thespyinthecab7538]

He wasn't crowd surfing but yes, during Piggy he is known to frequently come down to the gate and sing the rest of the song with the fans, usually at one point handing over the mic to allow a lucky fan or two sing the rest of the ending. . . . . Pretty amazing.

[@thespyinthecab7538]

I was at the "Somethings gonna get broken" show, which was at the Electric Factory in Philly. Such a great show!

[@rozbessel]

i fucking love trent what a legend

[@PiFuenftel]

i'd really appreciate it if you continued this series. i think you are doing an amazing job!

[@maxwellblackburnadeaux9845]

What in the actual hell?! When was 7:19?? WHERE was this? Never seen this particular clip before and I was convinced I'd seen 'em all...

[@TheGASKILLR]

Dude you gotta make more of these, they all kick ass!!

[@Aphelion819]

0:43 LMFAO

[@pj545]

nine inch nails was hands down the best show i've ever been to. this is why. great video.

[@E3E--]

That's pretty much the idea of why Trent through the mic into the crowd. Gotta love it!

[@Oppisetter]

2:14 "Thank you..." Hahahahaha

[@ParanoidAndroid0001]

ah, something's gonna get broken. what a classic. trent reznor is god

[@cloneofbogart]

fact: trent reznor fuckin haaaates microphones.

[@threedog14]

4:30 god I know that feeling too well lol

[@Tekhnotron]

Lol never seen one on 7:22. It looks hilarious though. That song is just too damn horny for people.

[@juliabateman]

This is great! Love him

[@EatingSparkles]

who the fuck is that at 7:40? Is thata dude in a fucking dress jumping all over trent?

[@rist98]

It was probably a prank by Manson or someone from the Manson band. He was touring with Manson at the time when that thing happened. If you like, you can check my Favorited videos, there you can find the source video for that clip, although I doubt you'll be able to make any more sense from that.

[@rist98]

Yep. People do speculate that it was Twiggy. I can't tell really. Twiggy has that kind of a build, so it may as well have been him.

[@robindreier9796]

Considering secuirty had to intervene I doubt it was Twiggy. I think ti was some loony fan.

[@rist98]

Yeah, maybe. Doesn't matter, it was still funny. XD

[@ElMarto1888]

I love snape

[@Zerstoren89]

wtf @ 08:35? He throws a water bottle at someone, sounds like he's saying "DRINK IT". Then he just barks at the audience. lmao love Trent

[@speedwagon9405]

i love this man so much

[@invadered7]

I was at the show where Trent dove onto the crowd during Piggy. I was like 3 ppl over and touched his arm. Ahhh Palladium show

[@twilytgardnfaery]

Brilliant compilation xD

[@ps2aphex]

He said "What are you doing after the show?"

[@phenomenalfreeflowlobo1939]

2:00 And that’s why you don’t hand your fans the mic.

[@D00R]

The GOAT

[@drskezzer]

I was at the Broken Guitar Mix of Only gig. That whole Aussie tour was plagued with problems, which sucked.

[@Co0kieDealerr]

their equipment seems to fail alot during their performances:O

[@IElrekkaI]

SOMETHINGS GOING TO GET BROKEN fucking lol

[@jordantriggs7782]

6:05 Trent would be so much less awesome if he acted professionally. Lmao.

[@doometernal7852]

6:05

[@h2bizzle]

Lol I just love him

[@mattadrev471]

Anyone go to their shows around 99 or 2000 when they had the "video panels" behind them that would show fire, or water or a multitude of other things. It was very radical.

[@TReXX210]

You are talking about the Fragility 2.0 tour. Check out youtube videos entitled And All That Could Of Been

[@mattadrev471]

thanks! Was that a good time for them touring? I thought it was amazing

[@TReXX210]

It's actually what got me hooked. After La Mer, The Great Below, and The Only Way Out Is Through, I was hooked.

[@Snapdragontank]

something gonna GET BROKEN!!!

[@bionitroop]

I love Trent Reznor

[@angelicmindfreak]

In most cases I think you've got to BE a Nine Inch Nails fan to get why Trent Reznor smashing shit, yelling at people and overall trying to destroy everything in his path is funny as hell. Otherwise you'd think him an asshole and those of us that are laughing are all just as crazy as he is...I've been to a few shows, best one was Charlotte, NC, horrible fucking heatwave broken by a rainstorm and they stopped, gave up on idiots on the lawn who didn't wanna move came back on and played through it

[@dpowanator]

amazing

[@MyEgoMyThoughts]

lmfaooo i never thought id hear trent reznor say "big titties" 9:03

[@Valeriazane]

"yeah, i heard you..you don't have to keep fucking saying it" Love Trent for still not putting up with anyone's bullshit!

[@shawheenblount2685]

0:14 That's my favorite line.

[@toughguyver6986]

Trent Reznor is the balls!

[@voioo]

7:32 WTH…

[@absolutstar]

YES!

[@ninjawpb]

very nice

[@acid201677]

i do not believe thats been released? i cant help you there buddy lol

[@knifebillion]

What was the guy shouting at 2:58 saying? I heard “head like a hole” but they played the hand that feeds so I think I may have misheard him

[@RuxanaMoxie]

"W-wait, we didn't charge anything?" Lol

[@dadoux11]

thx !

[@HomuraAkemiHQ]

0:12

[@iconocast]

no mercy for faulty equipment lol

[@FernandoDANTE]

@5ninxavinin5 The ending to Terrible Lie, with Aaron North on the guitar, which differs a bit from the version with Robin Finck.

[@RoRoNut]

4:30 something's GONNA GET BROKEN!

[@danialsanchez672]

2:06 Trent was like…ate 🤷

[@Gumbroid]

I wish I'd been at just ONE concert where TR threw a hissy fit.

[@BCWasbrough]

I was at the one that starts at 0:39. It was great until I realized he missed the drummer by a foot with the thrown guitar. Still, even with the technical problem, it was the best performance of Terrible Lie I've seen.

[@M_Carter_]

when/what was happening during that performance of closer?