I really like Trent's comments about the video. Dude takes it all in stride.
words.exe
I really like Trent's comments about the video. Dude takes it all in stride.
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Right on!
Kudos for getting your hands on this and passing it on.
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Trent's sense of humor on this is all you need to know about how cool of a guy he is. Instead of saying "FUCK YOU, TAKE IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY", he's humorous about it and is aware of how ridiculous it is. Dude just gained even more respect from me.
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I present you with... a redubbing:
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That is sooo epic... it syncs up so well!Originally Posted by Leviathant
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Can anybody post TR's tweet on this? I'm at work and can't access Twitter from here. THANX!
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Thanks for getting rid of the watermark
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I feel like I could've seen Zack Morris and Screech in the audience.
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^ already did, previous page.
Here's the closure easter egg.
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Ahhh, thanks! I can totally see that now, you're absolutely right! I'd even seen him in that shirt before plenty of times but I guess the few brief peeks we got having been obscured by the jacket and the watermark were throwing me off. Much obliged!
Haha, I facebook-ed the video and one of my old high school buddies actually commented, "Jesus. It's like some kind of Saved By the Bell nightmare."
:)
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Thanks for uploading this, I really needed a laugh! I love the way he feels he owes everyone an explanation for it
i'm too thin
Classic damage control. "Oh, we did it to make fun of them!"
Riiiiight.
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I have no reason to believe he was lying about that. Regardless of the nature of Pretty Hate Machine, Dance Party USA was DEFINITELY not the kind of venue they would go to under normal circumstances. Also, look at his reaction in the Closure video. Joke or not, he still seems to be a bit annoyed at being there.
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Many thanks for this! What a great laugh this and the story behind this isAgain, thank you very very much! I want to throw you some money for this.
Edit: PM'd
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BACKROLLS?!
I want Trent's t-shirt so bad. Googling "God Squad t-shirt" is... interesting.
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Did NIN come on after New Kids on the Block or something??!!
This looks exactly like the Dancefloor or a club I used to go to in England called The Hacienda, or The Mud Club in New York where all the New Wave, Synth bands used to play.*
Love this because this environment looks like Pretty Hate Machine's natural setting....its more suited to this environment than a mosh pit with the exception of Head Like a Hole, the guitars did not really come in until 1990 after its release and it became a different thing.
This video does not shock me or anything...Was a wise decision to go on there in my opinion. Reach a different type of audience.
I always dance like this when i listen to Down In It or the rest of PHM anyway so i dont see it as embarrassing at all! Its a beautiful relic.
I can imagine Corey Haim and Lara Flynn Boyle grinding each other to his tune back in the day....
desperately chilled
man, pretty jealous you were there for the hacienda days...
Bite me
Funny, that embarrassing white 80s hair Dance Party video makes me proud to have grown up in Detroit
I do love the pink scrunchie, though. That's awesome. Only dudes with balls wear pink scrunchies.
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The best thing about this is girl dancing on the podium on the right in Closure version
Throbbing Member
Haha, even Pitchfork found this newsworthy!
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all this discussion led me to digging up what good ol' alt.music.nin has to say about this stuff. At least the story about Trent doing it just for teh lulz seems to be consistent over the years.
is it possible to determine the date by their hair though?we've got plenty of Hate tour videos so we can just compare.
as for lee mars. He wasn't necessarily a part of live band at the time since we don't know for sure if they were on tour at the time. but he could've been just someone's friend, you never know all the connections. I was surprised to find that Nick Rushe (NIN keyboardist on Peter Murphy support tour) had a credit on Exotic Birds album, that was clearly done a couple of years before NIN.
Throbbing Member
This is great. I also noticed the scrunchie right away, heh.
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According to Stereogum, the date the performance aired was December 2nd, 1989. I'm not sure where they got that date from.
Flaccid Member
Looks like they got it from this site, which appears to be the old DPUSA web site. (Jeebus H. Keerist, that thing's ugly.) So, I guess the mystery's kinda sorta solved.
words.exe
It hurts so much to look at that.
Memb, Member, The Membest
...brain, brain, go away, come again some other day!
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As hilarious as this is, it's still not as bad as the footage of Maynard James Keenan in his early band Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty. Be thankful for that Trent!
Flaccid Member
Ha! Very true.
Speaking of embarrassing videos of Trent, didn't somebody dig up video of Trent in his first band (or one of his first bands), or maybe even footage from high school? I remember something about a "strategically ripped t-shirt" or something similar. I've seen pre-NIN footage but nothing quite that laughter-inducing.
Also, let's not forget that a fellow Nothing band had an interesting run-in with lip-syncing on a national TV show.
Granted, that one's kinda awesome just for the middle finger given to everybody involved.
Hairy Member
There's the laughter-inducing cover of Billy Idol.
The plaid vest is even better than a strategically ripped t-shirt.
I think I need to upload my version of this VHS tape, since it's a few generations better than the YouTube versions.
House Always Wins
Never seen that before but it is great! Not a bad cover to be honest.
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