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: ''For the Wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails click here].''
[[Image:Nin2013.jpg|thumb|right|301px|Nine Inch Nails (photography credit: Baldur Bragason)]]
'''Nine Inch Nails''' is the studio name for [[Trent Reznor]], as well as the name of the band hired by him to perform songs while on tour. It is an industrial rock band, and the most recognized one since the genre was introduced.
Nine Inch Nails (commonly abbreviated as NIN) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1988, and have so far released seven full-length studio albums, seventeen EPs, a number of remix albums, and some live compilations. Reznor is the only official member and has always been solely responsible for the musical direction of the band. His lyrics are largely concerned with the exploration of the self, but with albums such as ''[[Year Zero]]'' and ''[[The Slip]]'', the lyrical focus has shifted somewhat to extrospection.
After recording a new album, the assembly of a new band usually follows, along with extensive touring; the live component of Nine Inch Nails is largely considered a separate entity from NIN in the recording studio. NIN's live shows often involve visually spectacular elements such as screens and lighting rigs, which were used on the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]], [[Fragility]], With Teeth Arena Tours ([[With Teeth Fall Arena Tour|Fall]] & [[With Teeth Spring Arena Tour|Spring]]), [[Performance 2007]] and [[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]] tours, and would sometimes culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.
==Body Of Work==
===Full-Length Albums===
*''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' (1989)
*''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (1999)
*''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' (2005)
*''[[Year Zero]]'' (2007)
*''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'' (2008)
*''[[The Slip]]'' (2008)
*''[[Hesitation Marks]]'' (2013)
===EPs & Remix Albums===
*''[[Broken]]'' (1992)
*''[[Fixed]]'' (1992)
*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' (1994)
*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' (1994)
*''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000)
*''[[Still]]'' (2002)
*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' (2007)
===Live Releases===
*''[[Closure]]'' (1997) Music video & Live documentary double VHS set.
*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (2002) DVD, VHS, CD
*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' (2007) DVD, HD-DVD, Blu Ray.
===Singles===
*''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' (1989)
*''[[Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like a Hole]]'' (1990)
*''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' (1990)
*''[[Wish (halo)|Wish]]'' (1992)
*''[[Happiness In Slavery (halo)|Happiness In Slavery]]'' (1992)
*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March of the Pigs]]'' (1994)
*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer]]'' (1994)
*''[[Burn (halo)|Burn]]'' (1994)
*''[[Hurt (halo)|Hurt]]'' (1994)
*''[[Piggy]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]'' (1999)
*''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]'' (1999)
*''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' (1999)
*''[[Starfuckers, Inc. (halo)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]'' (2000)
*''[[Deep]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Hand That Feeds (halo)|The Hand That Feeds]]'' (2005)
*''[[Only (halo)|Only]]'' (2005)
*''[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (halo)|Every Day Is Exactly The Same]]'' (2006)
*''[[Survivalism (halo)|Survivalism]]'' (2007)
*''[[Capital G (halo)|Capital G]]'' (2007)
*''[[Discipline]]'' (2008)
*''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]'' (2013)
*''[[Copy Of A]]'' (2013)
==Members==
*Trent Reznor
===Live Band Members===
*[[Alessandro Cortini]]: Keyboards (2004-2008, 2013- ) (Also occasionally handles guitar, backing vocals)
*[[Josh Eustis]]: Bass (2013- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, backing vocals)
*[[Robin Finck]]: Guitar (1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008- ) (Also occasionally handles backing vocals, keyboards)
*[[Ilan Rubin]]: Drums (2009- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, cello)
===Former Members===
====Guitar====
*[[Adrian Belew]] (2013) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Finck)
*Ralf Dietel (2005) (Never made it to the road, replaced by North)
*Kevin McMahon (1996) ([[Nights Of Nothing Tour]] only)
*[[Aaron North]] (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
*[[Richard Patrick]] (1989-1993) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
====Bass====
*[[Eric Avery]] (2013) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Eustis)
*[[Rich Fownes]] (2008) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Meldal-Johnsen)
*[[Danny Lohner]] (1994-2003) (Also occasionally handled guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals)
*[[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] (2008-2009) (Also occasionally handled guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals)
*[[Jeordie White]] (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled guitar, backing vocals)
====Keyboards====
*[[Charlie Clouser]] (1994-2001) (Also played theremin on the Fragility Tour, some drums on the [[Dissonance]] Tour)
*[[David Haymes]] (1990)
*Brian Liesegang (Replacement for Mars for a few nights; helped in the studio on ''Broken''; featured in one of the music videos for "[[Gave Up]]")
*[[Lee Mars]] (1990-1991)
*[[Nick Rushe]] (1990)
*[[Gary Talpas]] (1989) ([["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour|Pretty Hate Machine Promotional Tour]] only, replaced by Rushe; also the original NIN art director)
*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988) ([[VIVIsectVI Tour]] only, replaced by Talpas)
*[[James Woolley]] (1991-1994)
====Drums====
*[[Alex Carapetis]] (2005)
*[[Jerome Dillon]] (1999-2005)
*[[Josh Freese]] (2005-2008)
*[[Ron Musarra]] (1988)
*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988-1990, 1992-1997)
*[[Jeff Ward]] (1990-1991)
====Other====
*[[Martin Atkins]] (1991-1992) (Studio-only drummer; featured in music video for "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]")
*[[Sean Beavan]] (Backup vocals from mixing console for the Self Destruct and [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour|Pretty Hate Machine]] tours)
*Wes Borland (Auditioned for guitar player in 2004, eventually replaced by North)
*[[Keith Hillebrandt]] (1996-2002) (Sound designer; was listed as full band member on the "[[I'm Afraid Of Americans]]" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie)
*[[Dave “Rave” Ogilvie]] (1997-1999) (Was listed as full band member on the "I'm Afraid Of Americans" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Keith Hillebrandt)
*[[Atticus Ross]] (Creative partner, mixer and programmer for NIN since ''With Teeth'' era; was guest keyboardist for the last show of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]])
==External Links==
*[http://www.nin.com Official website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/ninofficial Official Facebook account]
*[http://www.flickr.com/nineinchnails/ Official Flickr account]
*[http://instagram.com/nineinchnails Official Instagram account]
*[http://www.myspace.com/nin Official MySpace account]
*[http://thepiratebay.org/user/NINOfficial/ Official The Pirate Bay account]
*[http://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails/ Official SoundCloud account]
*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr account]
*[http://twitter.com/nineinchnails Official Twitter account]
*[http://vimeo.com/ninofficial/ Official Vimeo account]
*[http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial Official YouTube account]
[[Category:The Band]]
: ''For the Wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails click here].''
[[Image:Nin2013.jpg|thumb|right|301px|Nine Inch Nails (photography credit: Baldur Bragason)]]
'''Nine Inch Nails''' is the studio name for [[Trent Reznor]], as well as the name of the band hired by him to perform songs while on tour. It is an industrial rock band, and the most recognized one since the genre was introduced.
Nine Inch Nails (commonly abbreviated as NIN) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1988, and have so far released seven full-length studio albums, seventeen EPs, a number of remix albums, and some live compilations. Reznor is the only official member and has always been solely responsible for the musical direction of the band. His lyrics are largely concerned with the exploration of the self, but with albums such as ''[[Year Zero]]'' and ''[[The Slip]]'', the lyrical focus has shifted somewhat to extrospection.
After recording a new album, the assembly of a new band usually follows, along with extensive touring; the live component of Nine Inch Nails is largely considered a separate entity from NIN in the recording studio. NIN's live shows often involve visually spectacular elements such as screens and lighting rigs, which were used on the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]], [[Fragility]], With Teeth Arena Tours ([[With Teeth Fall Arena Tour|Fall]] & [[With Teeth Spring Arena Tour|Spring]]), [[Performance 2007]] and [[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]] tours, and would sometimes culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.
==Body Of Work==
===Full-Length Albums===
*''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' (1989)
*''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (1999)
*''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' (2005)
*''[[Year Zero]]'' (2007)
*''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'' (2008)
*''[[The Slip]]'' (2008)
*''[[Hesitation Marks]]'' (2013)
===EPs & Remix Albums===
*''[[Broken]]'' (1992)
*''[[Fixed]]'' (1992)
*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' (1994)
*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' (1994)
*''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000)
*''[[Still]]'' (2002)
*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' (2007)
===Live Releases===
*''[[Closure]]'' (1997) Music video & Live documentary double VHS set.
*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (2002) DVD, VHS, CD
*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' (2007) DVD, HD-DVD, Blu Ray.
===Singles===
*''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' (1989)
*''[[Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like a Hole]]'' (1990)
*''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' (1990)
*''[[Wish (halo)|Wish]]'' (1992)
*''[[Happiness In Slavery (halo)|Happiness In Slavery]]'' (1992)
*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March of the Pigs]]'' (1994)
*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer]]'' (1994)
*''[[Burn (halo)|Burn]]'' (1994)
*''[[Hurt (halo)|Hurt]]'' (1994)
*''[[Piggy]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]'' (1999)
*''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]'' (1999)
*''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' (1999)
*''[[Starfuckers, Inc. (halo)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]'' (2000)
*''[[Deep]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Hand That Feeds (halo)|The Hand That Feeds]]'' (2005)
*''[[Only (halo)|Only]]'' (2005)
*''[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (halo)|Every Day Is Exactly The Same]]'' (2006)
*''[[Survivalism (halo)|Survivalism]]'' (2007)
*''[[Capital G (halo)|Capital G]]'' (2007)
*''[[Discipline]]'' (2008)
*''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]'' (2013)
*''[[Copy Of A]]'' (2013)
==Members==
*Trent Reznor
===Live Band Members===
*[[Alessandro Cortini]]: Keyboards (2004-2008, 2013- ) (Also occasionally handles guitar, backing vocals)
*[[Josh Eustis]]: Bass (2013- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, backing vocals)
*[[Robin Finck]]: Guitar (1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008- ) (Also occasionally handles backing vocals, keyboards)
*[[Ilan Rubin]]: Drums (2009- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, cello)
===Former Members===
====Guitar====
*[[Adrian Belew]] (2013) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Finck)
*Ralf Dietel (2005) (Never made it to the road, replaced by North)
*Kevin McMahon (1996) ([[Nights Of Nothing Tour]] only)
*[[Aaron North]] (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
*[[Richard Patrick]] (1989-1993) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
====Bass====
*[[Eric Avery]] (2013) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Eustis)
*[[Rich Fownes]] (2008) (Never made it to the road, replaced by Meldal-Johnsen)
*[[Danny Lohner]] (1994-2003) (Also occasionally handled guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals)
*[[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] (2008-2009) (Also occasionally handled guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals)
*[[Jeordie White]] (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled guitar, backing vocals)
====Keyboards====
*[[Charlie Clouser]] (1994-2001) (Also played theremin on the Fragility Tour, some drums on the [[Dissonance]] Tour)
*[[David Haymes]] (1990)
*Brian Liesegang (Replacement for Mars for a few nights; helped in the studio on ''Broken''; featured in one of the music videos for "[[Gave Up]]")
*[[Lee Mars]] (1990-1991)
*[[Nick Rushe]] (1990)
*[[Gary Talpas]] (1989) ([["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour|Pretty Hate Machine Promotional Tour]] only, replaced by Rushe; also the original NIN art director)
*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988) ([[VIVIsectVI Tour]] only, replaced by Talpas)
*[[James Woolley]] (1991-1994)
====Drums====
*[[Alex Carapetis]] (2005)
*[[Jerome Dillon]] (1999-2005)
*[[Josh Freese]] (2005-2008)
*[[Ron Musarra]] (1988)
*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988-1990, 1992-1997)
*[[Jeff Ward]] (1990-1991)
====Other====
*[[Martin Atkins]] (1991-1992) (Studio-only drummer; featured in music video for "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]")
*[[Sean Beavan]] (Backup vocals from mixing console for the Self Destruct and [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour|Pretty Hate Machine]] tours)
*Wes Borland (Auditioned for guitar player in 2004, eventually replaced by North)
*[[Keith Hillebrandt]] (1996-2002) (Sound designer; was listed as full band member on the "[[I'm Afraid Of Americans]]" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie)
*[[Dave “Rave” Ogilvie]] (1997-1999) (Was listed as full band member on the "I'm Afraid Of Americans" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Keith Hillebrandt)
*[[Atticus Ross]] (Creative partner, mixer and programmer for NIN since ''With Teeth'' era; was guest keyboardist for the last show of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]])
==External Links==
*[http://www.nin.com Official website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/ninofficial Official Facebook account]
*[http://www.flickr.com/nineinchnails/ Official Flickr account]
*[http://instagram.com/nineinchnails Official Instagram account]
*[http://www.myspace.com/nin Official MySpace account]
*[http://thepiratebay.org/user/NINOfficial/ Official The Pirate Bay account]
*[http://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails/ Official SoundCloud account]
*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr account]
*[http://twitter.com/nineinchnails Official Twitter account]
*[http://vimeo.com/ninofficial/ Official Vimeo account]
*[http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial Official YouTube account]
[[Category:The Band]]