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About moi

I got into NIN in 2004, just as [Uh-With-uh-Teeth-uh] came out, and rapidly delved into Trent's back catalogue, finding my favourite album in Pretty Hate Machine and eventually reaching that good ol' manic level of buying all of the Halos. I'm on-and-off active on various websites and communities online, always with the same screenname/handle - it saves having to remember a big pile of them. I try to be as active as I can in this wiki, despite not being perfect with wiki coding I'll do what I can to keep it pretty, accurate and useful.

Shows seen

2007/03/10 London, UK - with a setlist designed by god
2009/07/15 London, England

TO DO LIST

Fix links to disambiguation pages ~~(insane job, I checked and there's 1130 to do)~~ ~~update: down to 700~~ ~~498!~~ ~~475, I'm slacking...~~ ~~400 on the dot~~ ~~250, not long now :)~~ ~~Due to a editing error, Burn wasn't included - make it 463~~ ~~Back on a roll, 225!~~ ~~Ssssh ... 374~~ ~~249, should be done "soon"~~ ~~99! booyah!~~ And I'd say I'm done, the remaining ones are double disambiguation or impossible to fix. WIN 11:08, 7 May 2009 (PDT)
Create and use a succession box for Tour Dates
Create a page detailing all official NIN remixes, for reference
Get hold of the setlists for every show that we don't have, or at least ever show that is on record somewhere in the infernal maze of the ninternet
Create pages for all live cover songs

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NIN Remixes

This is a list of all of the officially released remixes of Nine Inch Nails' songs.

Pretty Hate Machine

Head Like A Hole

Head Like A Hole (Slate): This version contains more treble than its cousins and a somewhat dancier beat than most, along with higher pitched synths playing the bassline as a lead instead. Its intro is similar to the "(Clay)" remix. The instrumental melody of the original has been replaced and there is no guitar part in the chorus. It also lacks the stereo wipe outro and instead simply loops as it fades out
Head Like A Hole (Clay): This is the version that was used in the video for "Head Like A Hole." The only major differences are a different intro (one that features the second half of the chorus and some rhythmic chanting), a shorter pre-chorus in the second verse, and an unadulterated and extended version of the outro stereo wipe.
Head Like A Hole (Copper): The "(Copper)" remix seems to be a cut and paste of the various remixes above, containing bits and pieces, loops and interruptions of the other songs. It contains the dance beat of "(Slate)" but has the layered guitar of the original version as well as a slightly modified instrumental intro. Its outro, unique to this mix, is the "Bow down before the one you serve/you're going to get what you deserve" lyric over a swinging drum-machine loop sampled from "Body Language" by Queen; the drum loop includes part of a scream by Freddie Mercury.
You Know Who You Are: This song is an instrumental composed of the background synths and various tribal rhythms and chants that compose the song. It's more or less a wordless "dub" version of the song and is notable for being the very first true Nine Inch Nails instrumental. The outro of the song is the actual intro to the original version of "Head Like A Hole." (This song is not to be confused with "You Know What You Are?," the second track off of the album With Teeth.)
Head Like A Hole (Opal): The mix is notable for it's "realistic" drums and strange instrumentation, much of which isn't present on any of the other remixes. It is perhaps the most unique remix, having a few lyrical differences from the original version of the song (in particular, the verses clearly say "God of money" rather than "God Money"), as well as using an inverted version of the bassline rather than the bassline itself and a totally different drumbeat. The only element that found its way over from the other mixes is the wood percussion intro from the original version of the song, which the drum beat follows exactly. The song ends by fading away while Reznor whispers "You know... you know who you are" repeatedly. This line is found only on this version, though it does appear in the printed lyrics on the Pretty Hate Machine album.
Head Like A Hole (Soil): The longest remix of the group, it starts off with a distorted version of the "(Clay/Slate)" remix intro. It has the original drumbeat, but lacks the synth bassline which actually comes in during the middle of the song to lead as a bridge with some odd sounding synths. There are also some odd steel drum sounding synths which stereo wipe back and forth at various points in the song.

Terrible Lie

Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix): This version is essentially the same as the album version with a few slight differences such as an unadulterated intro, a bit less layering and different arrangements, as well as a different outro and ending. Due to its similarity to the album version, however, it's often considered more of a "single mix" for the song, which is used as a B-Side to Head Like A Hole.
Terrible Lie (Empathetic Mix): Present on the Head Like A Hole single, this version is notably more remixed than the other version, lacking the normal intro and is much more upbeat as well with different arrangements of the main parts of the song, though the flow of the song remains intact. The background noises are much clearer as well and the song is noticeably extended in this version. Some of the lyrics (such as the distorted "Hey God!") are much clearer in this version as well. It also has a different ending as well.

Down In It

Down In It (Skin):This version originally appeared on the Down In It single, and would become the version that appears on Pretty Hate Machine. In chronological order, this is the first Nine Inch Nails song ever released to the general public.
Down In It (Shred): This remix retains the original song with an extended intro and a long instrumental area that makes up the entire latter half of the song, considered the "extended single version" of the song by some.
Down In It (Singe): It's a mostly instrumental "dub" mix of the song with minimal vocals and strange warping and mixing of the beats with heavy bass emphasis. It should be noted that this mix is actually 18 seconds longer on the Head Like A Hole (US) single than it was on the Down In It single. The reason for this is unknown, though it's probably due to the time constraints imposed on Vinyl singles compared to a full sized LP Maxi Single.

Sanctified

There are no known remixes

Something I Can Never Have

Something I Can Never Have (Natural Born Killers Soundtrack): An edited/remixed version of the song appearing on the soundtrack to the motion picture, Natural Born Killers, which was arranged and produced by Reznor himself. The song only contains the first verse and chorus, after which it deviates into an alternate piano section which slowly wanders to the song's end. The song also contains dialogue samples from the movie as well as several sound effects.

Kinda I Want To