Home > Nine Inch Nails

1 History

The founder of the band, Trent Reznor, is its principal member and does most of the work on Nine Inch Nails albums; when the band plays live he is joined by a full line-up which has rotated considerably since the band's formation, though Reznor maintains most of the creative control.

Their first album, Pretty Hate Machine ( 1989), largely consisting of studio versions of demo recordings, went triple platinum in the US. It produced the singles "Head Like A Hole," "Down In It" and "Sin." Music videos were made for these three tracks.

The second major Nine Inch Nails release was Broken ( 1992), an EP of six tracks and two "hidden" tracks. The song "Wish" won a Grammy in the "metal" category. Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of Coil directed a music video for "Happiness In Slavery" which was universally banned due to its graphic content; the video depicts performance artist Bob Flanagan strapping himself to a machine that subsequently tortures and kills him. A full length video entitled Broken - The Movie was also made by Sleazy, but has not seen an official release. Reznor has stated in interviews that "It makes 'Happiness In Slavery' look like a Disney movie"; depictions of torture, mutilation, and staged snuff film-like imagery accompany many of the songs. Some copies of the video can be found on fan sites and file sharingFile sharing is the activity of making files available to other users for download over the Internet, but also over smaller networks. Usually file sharing follows the peer-to-peer (P2P) model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers systems. An album of remixes from Broken, entitled FixedFixed is collection of remixes from Nine Inch Nails' Broken EP and musings on the themes found throughout those same songs. A short but intense disc of electronic-based recordings. Guest remixers and tweakers include Butch Vig, J. Thirlwell of Foetus fame, was officially released.

The second full album, The Downward SpiralThe Downward Spiral released on March 8, 1994, is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails. It is their 8th official release and is therefore also known as Halo 8. The Downward Spiral is usually considered to be Nine Inch Nails' third major release after Pretty, was released in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an and went quadruple platinum. It helped the band to much greater prominence, especially through the second single from the album, "Closer." The first single from the album was "March of the Pigs". Music videos were made for both singles, with the video for "Closer" being edited for MTV. The album's final track, "Hurt", would be quite successful when covered by Johnny CashJohnny Cash ( February 26, 1932 September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as "The Man in Black". In a career that spanned almost five decades, he was the personification of country music to many Americans a in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U. Like Broken, The Downward SpiralThe Downward Spiral released on March 8, 1994, is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails. It is their 8th official release and is therefore also known as Halo 8. The Downward Spiral is usually considered to be Nine Inch Nails' third major release after Pretty produced several remix albums, including Further Down the SpiralFurther Down the Spiral is a remix album issued by Nine Inch Nails in 1995, consisting of remixes of songs from the album The Downward Spiral''. It was the first of what would become a string of solid remix releases, a trend that still continues to this d and remix EPs based on "Closer" and "March of the Pigs". The Downward Spiral powerfully evokes images of both aggressive and depressive states. Some fans consider it to be Reznor's finest work. Reznor has publicly stated that he has suffered from depression, and has been reported as suffering from bipolar disorder.

The track "The Perfect Drug" recorded and included on the Lost Highway soundtrack spawned the release of a 5 mix EP The Perfect Drug Versions.

There was a long gap before the release of the next album, the double disc release The Fragile ( 1999). It produced three singles, one released in the US ("The Day The World Went Away"), one in the UK ("We're In This Together") and one in Japan and Australia ("Into The Void"). Like the previous two albums, it was followed by a remix album, entitled Things Falling Apart. Music videos for "We're In This Together", "Into the Void", and "Starfuckers Inc." were aired in the US. A live album and DVD entitled And All That Could Have Been as well as a special edition EP with unreleased and reworked favorites called "Still" were released in 2002, following the "Fragility" tour.

NIN used The Phantasy as its practice space and home for many of their concerts.

Trent Reznor is also in possession of John Lennon's mellotron, which he has used on Broken, The Fragile, and Marilyn Manson's second album, Antichrist Superstar