Richard Patrick played guitar with NIN on "Head Like a Hole" at the 
Nothing Records CMJ showcase in New York on June of 1996, Richard and 
Brian Liesegang said, "We still have mutual friends in NIN. I ran into 
Trent a few months ago and we hung and it was cool. We ran into some 
friends and they told us about this secret show and invited us to come 
by and we just did the same old thing. Trent and Rich and I all have a 
penchant for Budweiser and tequila, so we just sat there and drank a 
while, then Rich said, 'Hey, I want to play "Head Like a Hole" again,' 
and Trent said, "Okay". Simple as that. It wasn't any big deal. I 
thought it was cool. Trent came over to him and said, 'Smash the 
fucker.' And he dutifully did it."