Closure (video)

Closure
Video by Nine Inch Nails
Released	November 25, 1997
Recorded	1994-1995
Genre	Industrial rock, industrial metal, noise rock
Length	133:24
Label	Nothing Records – HALO 12
Producer	John A. Malm, Jr.
Nine Inch Nails video chronology
Broken (1993) Closure (1997) And All That Could Have Been (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	[2]

Closure is a double VHS set by Nine Inch Nails released in 1997. Closure is the 12th official Nine Inch Nails release. It consists of one tape of live concert and behind-the-scenes footage from the Self-Destruct tour and one tape of music videos.

Music listing

Self Destruct Tour (tape 1)

1. "Terrible Lie"
2. "Piggy"
3. "Down in It"
4. "March of the Pigs"
5. "The Only Time"
6. "Wish"
7. "Hurt" (with David Bowie)
8. "Something I Can Never Have"

Music Videos (tape 2)

1. "Head Like a Hole" – 4:31
2. "Sin" – 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" – 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" – 4:36
14. "The Perfect Drug" – 4:13

DVD version

In August 2004, Trent Reznor announced a DVD 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 release. The deluxe two-disc DVD set, though finished and ready for authoring and release, has been indefinitely postponed by Interscope Records.

A teaser trailer shown on the NIN website included new footage from the 1989 tour, Lollapalooza, Woodstock '94, clips from the making of the "Closer" and "The Perfect Drug" videos, and the unreleased, original versions of the "March of the Pigs" 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" (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, 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. 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."^[3] 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."^[4]

Releases

• Nothing Records / Interscope Records INTV2-90157 - VHS
• Nothing Records / Interscope Records VM-6734 - VHS Re-release

Notes

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r332536
2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20030624220628/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nine-inch-nails/closure.shtml Closure VHS review]. Pitchfork Media. 11-19-1997. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
3. ^ "The Spiral (registration required)". http://www.nin-thespiral.com. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
4. ^ Cruz, Alia (2008-12-11). "SN&R’s exclusive Trent Reznor interview". Sacramento News & Review. http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=886178. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 

External links

• Closure at nin.com, the official website
• Halo Twelve at NIN collector
• Halo Twelve lyrics
• discogs.com: Closure (VHS)