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''For more information, see [[Broken Movie]]''
[[Nine Inch Nails music videos|Music videos ]] were shot for each song with the exception of "Last," "Physical" and "Suck." These videos were included on the second part of the ''[[Closure]]'' VHS set. [[Peter Christopherson]] also compiled these videos along with an alternate version of "Gave Up" into a very violent and extreme long-form video known as the ''Broken Movie''.
==Inspiration==
On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally owned by John Lennon), which can be heard most noticeably on the track "Gave Up". Reznor said he wanted the album to be "an abrasive, hard-to-listen-to thing...I wanted to make a record that the first time you hear it you don't like it, but you might want to hear it again, but by the third time it's pretty cool. By the fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the tenth time you're not sick of it and now it all makes sense."
In an interview with Guitar Player Keyboard Magazine in 1994[http://www.nin-pagestheninhotline.denet/1994_Guitar_Player_April_englisharchives/articles/manager/display_article.htmphp?id=548] , Reznor elaborated on the EP's unique guitar textures:
<blockquote>"Broken, for example, had a lot of that super-thick chunk sound, and almost . Almost every guitar sound on that record was me playing through an old Zoom pedal , direct, and then going direct into Digidesign's TurboSynth [Macintosh software]Turbosynth. Then I used a couple of key ingredients to make it sound unlike any real sound in the world, and layered about four of them together. By then, it wasn'realt a guitar anymore. It' s an awesome sound."</blockquote>
In an interview with Alternative Press in 1993[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=546], Reznor discussed the writing and instrumentation:
The slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains.<br>
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*Sleeve design and photography: [[Gary Talpas ]] for Black Sun<br>
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*©1992 Leaving Hope and ©1992 TT Music, Inc.
*7 written by A. Ant ©1980 CBS Records, Inc.
*8 written by T. Reznor/Pigface ©1991 Thumbless music, Leaving Hope and TVT Music, Inc.
== "Caution: Not for use with mono devices" ==
A warning about mono devices appears in the liner notes. Trent Reznor gave the following explanation for this warning:
== Press Sheet ==
An A4-sized press sheet included with the 12" vinyl promo includes the following passage from Reznor:<br>
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I'm not sure why<br>
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maybe I am what everbody everybody seems to think I am<br>
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nine inch nails is still not a real band with real people playing real instruments<br>
Trent Reznor, 1992<br>
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==Re-release Rumors==
The re-release of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' (along with Trent's own words, shown below) started rumors that ''Broken''/''Fixed'' could eventually be re-released in high definition stereo and surround sound.
[[access#2004_12_03|2004/12/03]] [[nin.com/access|nin.com access]]:
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==External Links==