Closure (Nine Inch Nails VHS)
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Closure is a double VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 set by Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

 released in 1997. Closure is the 12th official Nine Inch Nails release. It consists of one tape of live concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 and behind-the-scenes footage from the Self-Destruct tour
Self Destruct Tour
Self-Destruct Tour was a concert tour in support of industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album, which took place in early 1994, running until mid-1996, and was broken into 8 legs....

 and one tape of music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s.

Self Destruct Tour (tape 1)

  1. "Terrible Lie"
  2. "Piggy
    Piggy (song)
    "Piggy" is a song by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, and the second track of The Downward Spiral . It was written by Trent Reznor, co-produced by Flood, and recorded in "Le Pig", a reincarnation of the living room of 10050 Cielo Drive....

    "
  3. "Down in It
    Down in It
    "Down in It" is a song by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released in 1989. Released as the project's debut single, the song was the first to be written by Trent Reznor, the only constant member of the act. It was released as a teaser single prior to the group's debut album, Pretty...

    "
  4. "March of the Pigs
    March of the Pigs
    "March of the Pigs" is a song written by Trent Reznor of American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails. It was released in 1994 as the first single from The Downward Spiral , the second album by Nine Inch Nails.-The song:...

    "
  5. "The Only Time"
  6. "Wish
    Wish (song)
    "Wish" is the second promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' Broken. The most successful song from the EP, "Wish" cemented Trent Reznor's image as a rage-fueled star to the public. "Wish" won the Best Metal Performance in the 1993 Grammy Awards. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read:...

    "
  7. "Hurt" (with David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

    )
  8. "Something I Can Never Have"

Music Videos (tape 2)

  1. "Head Like a Hole
    Head Like a Hole
    "Head Like a Hole" is a song by the American industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. A song influenced by industrial metal group Ministry, it was released as the second single from the group's debut album Pretty Hate Machine...

    " – 4:31
  2. "Sin
    Sin (Nine Inch Nails song)
    "Sin" is the third single by Nine Inch Nails from the album Pretty Hate Machine. Released in October 1990, the song peaked at #35 in the UK Singles Chart .-The single:...

    " – 2:11
  3. "Down in It" – 3:50
  4. "Pinion" – 1:16
  5. "Wish" – 3:42
  6. "Help Me, I Am in Hell" – 2:03
  7. "Happiness in Slavery
    Happiness in Slavery
    "Happiness in Slavery" is a song by the American act Nine Inch Nails. The song takes its title and refrain from Jean Paulhan's preface to Story of O. It is available on the Broken EP and was also released as a 12" promotional single in November 1992. The song peaked at number 13 on the U.S...

    " – 4:48
  8. "Gave Up" – 4:27
  9. "March of the Pigs" – 3:03
  10. "Eraser (Live Version)" – 4:23
  11. "Hurt (Live Version)" – 5:10
  12. "Wish (Live Version)" – 3:49
  13. "Closer
    Closer to God
    "Closer" is a song written by Trent Reznor and featured on the 1994 Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral. In mid-1994, the song was released as the second single from the album. Most versions of the single are titled "Closer to God", a rare example in music of a single's title differing from...

    " – 4:36
  14. "The Perfect Drug
    The Perfect Drug
    "The Perfect Drug" or ' is a song by Nine Inch Nails. It was written for the David Lynch film Lost Highway and originally appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack and as a single from the score in 1997...

    " – 4:13

DVD version

In August 2004, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...

 announced a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 version of Closure, long requested and anticipated by fans, which was to be released in late 2004. It contains over 90 minutes of additional footage compared to the prior VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 release. The deluxe two-disc DVD set, though finished and ready for authoring and release, has been indefinitely postponed by Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

.

A teaser trailer shown on the NIN website included new footage from the 1989 tour, Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...

, Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94, often called the "commercial Woodstock" or "Mudstock", was a music festival organized to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969...

, clips from the making of the "Closer
Closer to God
"Closer" is a song written by Trent Reznor and featured on the 1994 Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral. In mid-1994, the song was released as the second single from the album. Most versions of the single are titled "Closer to God", a rare example in music of a single's title differing from...

" and "The Perfect Drug" videos, and the unreleased, original versions of the "March of the Pigs
March of the Pigs
"March of the Pigs" is a song written by Trent Reznor of American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails. It was released in 1994 as the first single from The Downward Spiral , the second album by Nine Inch Nails.-The song:...

" and "Hurt" videos.

Earliest Live Shows/Lollapalooza/Hate 90/Self Destruct Tour (disc 1 additional footage)

  1. "Now I'm Nothing/Terrible Lie"
  2. "Sin" (clip)
  3. "Sanctified" (first show)
  4. "Down In It" (clip)
  5. "Big Man With A Gun" (rehearsal)
  6. "Pinion" (clip)
  7. "March of the Pigs" (clip)
  8. "Get Down Make Love" (clip)
  9. "Hurt" original video (making of)
  10. "Reptile" (Woodstock 94)
  11. "March of the Pigs" original video (clip)
  12. "Mr. Self Destruct
    Mr. Self Destruct
    "Mr. Self Destruct" is a song by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails. Written by frontman Trent Reznor, co-produced by Flood and recorded at Le Pig in 1993, it is the opening track off The Downward Spiral , and predicts the album's ugly aesthetic and mostly angry tone...

    " (clip)
  13. "Closer" (clip)
  14. "Wish" (soundcheck clip)
  15. "Big Man with a Gun"
  16. "The Perfect Drug" (making of)
  17. "Something I Can Never Have" (Woodstock 94)
  18. "Sex Dwarf" (first show, hidden after stills gallery)

Availability

In 2006, Disc 1 of a so-called "prototype" edition of the DVD set appeared on the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...

, including the aforementioned bonus content and a still image gallery. The torrent also contains the artwork from the promotional poster that was rendered for the DVD, containing more detail than the original VHS cover. Disc 2 later appeared, including behind-the-scenes footage of the "Closer" video with commentary by Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek is an American filmmaker, whose directing work includes feature films, music videos and commercials.He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2002 film One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams...

. Both of these discs were submitted to The Pirate Bay (along with The Broken Movie DVD "leak") by a user known only as seed0. Other torrents also feature audio-only versions of the music from both parts of Closure. The first CD features the live renditions from the videos, as well as various audio-samples of the backstage material, entitled 'Filler'.

Fans speculate that Reznor may have been the source of this leak, based on a post on his official blog: "12/21/06 : Happy Holidays! This one is a guilt-free download. (shhhh - I didn't say that out loud). If you know what I'm talking about, cool." This was later alluded to by Reznor, tongue-in cheek, during an interview: "A couple of years ago around this time of year, somebody must have broken into my personal files and uploaded onto a torrent site the entire DVD of Closure[...] So that basically means that it doesn't need to come out on DVD anymore."

Releases

  • Nothing Records
    Nothing Records
    Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992...

     / Interscope Records
    Interscope Records
    Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

     INTV2-90157 - VHS
  • Nothing Records
    Nothing Records
    Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992...

     / Interscope Records
    Interscope Records
    Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

    VM-6734 - VHS Re-release

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