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'''Rich Fownes''' (born October of 1983) is the guitarist for the British rock band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and current multi-instrumentalist for [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He has also played guitar live with With $cissors and UNKLE. ==Career==Fownes was born and raised in London and moved to Brighton at the age of 19. At 12, he took up guitar after first listening to Nirvana and lists [[Dave Grohl]] as one of his biggest influences. It wasn't until Fownes arrived in Brighton that his career began to take off. He became the guitarist for With $cissors and later joined the Eighties B-Line Movie disaster, catching the attention of UNKLE at a stadium performance opening for System Of A Down. The band was invited to play on UNKLE's 2007 album and joined them on tour, scoring an opening gig for Nine Inch Nails in [[2007/09/05 Tel Aviv, Israel|Tel Aviv]]. In late 2007/early 2008, Fownes received an e-mail from NIN founder [[Trent Reznor]], inviting him to Los Angeles to audition for the latest live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails. Fownes was announced as a new addition to the band on April 4, 2008.
==Body of Work==
Coming soon.===With $cissors===*''Chickenhawk/I Breathe The Spears'' split EP (2007; Milliepeed)*''Take A Worm For A Walk Week/Orion Arm'' Split EP (2008; Nocixel/Small Town) ===The Eighties B-Line Movie Disaster===*''In The Garden'' EP (2007; No Death/Degenerate) ===UNKLE===*''War Stories'' (2007; Surrender all)-unreleased track
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