Trent Reznor announced Nine Inch Nails‘ final U.S. tour dates via Twitter today, making the prospect of a world without NIN a stark and impending reality. As we get nostalgic about the past 20 years of Nine Inch Nails, Rock Daily was going to embed a video of Nine Inch Nails performing Soft Cell’s “Sex Dwarf” from 1989 in this week’s Flashback, but instead we present this video of Reznor performing with Soft Cell-style hair as a member of the Exotic Birds in 1985.
The clip, which someone miraculously taped from a 1985 Cleveland news program, debates whether or not electronic music had a future in the rock world. Given Reznor’s body of work, his loyal fans and his ability to find success after breaking away from the record industry, it’s safe to say that the keyboards and machines won out/ (For more vintage Rez, check out this YouTube video of Trent playing keyboards for Slam Bamboo at the 0:57 mark.) For the final NIN tour dates, check after the jump.
Nine Inch Nails
August 22 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
August 23 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
August 25 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
August 26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
August 28 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
August 29 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
September 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
September 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
September 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
September 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex

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