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'''Option 30''' was founded in the early 1980s founded 1982 by TK Smith on guitars and vocals, Jim Nordstrom on bass and saxophone, Todd Nero on drums, and teenager [[Trent Reznor on keyboards ]] as a vocalist and lead vocalskeyboardist. Following Reznor's departure from the band in 1984, Option 30 continued as a trio until their split in 1986.
==''Option 30''==
The band has only released one album consisting of demos from 1983, except for a live recording of "Ice House.". The album was re-released in 1997 by Shriek Records, with bonus interview clips with the band from 1984. Soon after a [[Nine Inch Nails ]] fan website linked to the Shriek Records website, it vanished; only 1000 copies were pressed, and they are extremely hard to find.
Despite his later career, Reznor had little songwriting input; all songs were written by Smith and Nordstrom, with the exception of "Ice House" (a cover of a song by the band Icehouse), "Lies" (a cover of a song by The Thompson Twins), and "Der Kommissar" (a cover, with English lyrics, of a song by Falco).
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_30 Option 30 at Wikipedia]
*[http://myspace.com/tksmithproject Official Timothy Smith Group MySpace page]
*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=53065680 Official Waterhouse Recording (Jim Nordstrom) MySpace page]
[[Category:Related to NIN]]