Nine Inch Nails

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Biography

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN, sometimes stylized as NIИ) 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. Nine Inch Nails' music straddles a wide range of genres. After recording a new album, Reznor (until the 2009 Wave Goodbye Tour) usually assembles a live band to perform with him. The touring band features a revolving lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live setting. On stage, Nine Inch Nails often employs visual elements to accompany performances, which frequently include light shows. Underground music audiences warmly received Nine Inch Nails in its early years. Reznor produced several highly influential records in the 1990s that achieved widespread popularity: many Nine Inch Nails songs became radio hits; two Nine Inch Nails recordings have won Grammy Awards; and their entire catalog has reached record sales exceeding over 30 million albums worldwide, with 11 million sales certified in the United States alone. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine's list of the year's most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as "the most vital artist in music." In 2004, Rolling Stone placed Nine Inch Nails at 94 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Despite this acclaim, the band has had several feuds with the corporate side of the recording industry. In 2007, these corporate entanglements resulted in Reznor announcing that Nine Inch Nails would split from its label and release future material independently. Since 1989, Nine Inch Nails has made eight major studio releases. The most recent releases, Ghosts I-IV and The Slip, both released in 2008, were released under Creative Commons licenses (BY-NC-SA). Both were initially released digitally, with physical releases coming later. The digital release of The Slip was made available completely free of charge. Nine Inch Nails has been nominated for twelve Grammy Awards and won twice for the songs "Wish" and "Happiness in Slavery", in 1992 and 1995 respectively.

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Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1988
Number of Albums 36
Record Label The Null Corporation
Website www.nin.com
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Trivia

What was the name of the band's 1989 debut album?

Pretty Hate Machine

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What award did the EP Broken win?

Grammy Award

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What year did The Downward Spiral reach number two on the Billboard album chart?

1994

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What country singer was a surprise hit with Hurt?

Johnny Cash

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What concept album was accompanied by an ambitious viral marketing campaign?

Year Zero

...gnaled a return to the sound of The Downward Spiral. The concept album Year Zero (2007) was accompanied by an ambitious viral marketing campaign, and ...
What year was Ghosts IIV released?

2008

... instrumental samples used in its creation were collected in Ghosts IIV ( 2008 ). He returned to a major record label, however, for Hesitation Marks (20...
What year did he release Hesitation Marks?

2013

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What instrument does Charlie Clouser play?

keyboards

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Who plays the drums?

Chris Vrenna

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What is the name of the drummer on the band?

Jerome Dillon

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What was the perfect expression of how even the great advent of the information age at its best can only be used to improve the human condition by revealing it?

NIN

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What did Chris Norris of Spin state his brand of postgrunge introspection and selfdisgust were?

central to that era's alternativerock ethos

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Who is considered to be one of the most influential voices in alternative music?

Trent Reznor

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Where did Trent Reznor grow up?

Mercer

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What instrument did he learn as a teen?

keyboard

... piano as a child, taught himself tuba and saxophone and dove into the keyboard as a teen. Reznor briefly studied computer engineering at Allegheny Co...
Where did Rezner move to after studying computer engineering?

Cleveland

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Who did the band sign with after disagreeing with TVT about how to promote their debut?

Interscope Records

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What album was released in 1999?

The Fragile

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What is the name of the band's ninth album?

Bad Witch

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How are songs often rearranged?

to fit any given performance

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Who granted Rezno free access to the studio between bookings to record demos?

Bart Koster

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How much did it cost to record demos?

nothing more than a little wear on his tape heads

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What was Michael Trent Reznor's birth year?

1965

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What musical instrument did he learn to play?

piano

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In what college does he study computer engineering?

Allegheny College

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Where did Rezrons gig for a while?

Option 30

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Who was the sole official member and creative director of MicrophoneFiend?

Reznor

...ite featuring a revolving touring lineup and a string of collaborators, Reznor has been the sole official member and creative director of the band unt...
When was Pretty Hate Machine released?

1989

...released as the bands Synthpop influenced debut, Pretty Hate Machine, in 1989 . The album became one of the first independent records to receive platin...
Who did Reznor sign with after a feud with TVT?

Interscope

...ter a feud with TVT on the bands creative direction, Reznor signed to Interscope , forming Nothing imprint. The bands subsequent release, 1992s Broken ...
When was The Fragile released?

1999

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