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[[Image:Vrenna (gave up).jpg|thumbnail|right|280px|Chris Vrenna (Gave Up music video screeshot)]]
'''Chris Vrenna''' (born February 23, 1967) was the live drummer for [[Nine Inch Nails]] from 1989 to 1997(except for 1991, when he was fired from the band for a brief period), having met [[Trent Reznor]] in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-1980s when they were roommates and both played in a local band called the [[Exotic Birds]]. Additionally, Vrenna has been credited as an engineer for ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' and ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', as well as playing live drums on the latter. He can be seen performing in the music videos for "[[Gave Up]]", "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", and "[[March of the Pigs (song)|March of the Pigs]]" on ''[[Closure]]'', and also makes a brief appearance in "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]" video.
After leaving NIN, Vrenna formed the band [[Tweaker]]. The band has two full-length albums entitled ''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain'' and ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call,'' as well as a new album due out in 2008. Vrenna's inspiration is derived mainly from surreal paintings and dreams.