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| years = 1988-1990, 1993-1997
| tours = [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]], [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]]
}}'''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). He was also a keyboard player in the earliest incarnation of the NIN live band in 1988. A new keyboard player was then brought on board so that Vrenna could switch to drums. He also served as somewhat of a sound designer during his entire tenure with NIN.
He 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 in the music videos for "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]", "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]", "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", "[[Gave Up]]", "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" (live), "[[Eraser]]" (live), "Wish" (live) and "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]".
The inspiration for ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' came from his wife. She had trouble sleeping and would wake up each night at exactly 2 A.M. This gave Vrenna the idea for the album. He compiled several artists together for the album and told them that it would be based off of dreams and feelings that occur at night time. [[wp:Robert Smith|Robert Smith]] contributed to this album.
Vrenna has toured, both as Tweaker and as a touring musician for various bands. In 2006 he was a touring drummer for Gnarls Barkley, even wearing the original Chewbacca costume for the group's ''Star Wars''-themed performance at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. Reportedly, he is touring has toured with the former [[Nothing Records]] signed band, [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], as a keyboardist for the band's 2007 tour.
==Body of work==