Glossary

Listings of words important in the understanding of Nine Inch Nails.

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105th Airborne Crusaders

A military unit formed in the fictional world of Year Zero.

10 Miles High

A NIN song that initially appeared on the vinyl edition of The Fragile

1 (216) 333-1810

A telephone number from the Year Zero promotion.

1 (310) 295-1040

A telephone number from the Year Zero promotion.

1 (866) 445-6580

A telephone number from the Year Zero promotion.

24.x.x

A numbering system found with Year Zero promotional items. See Numbers article for specific information.

A

A Mix Of All That Was

A fan compled bootleg of all songs that NIN played live from 1989 to 2000.

A Perfect Circle

Band formed by Billy Howerdel, a guitar tech that worked for NIN, and featuring Maynard James Keenan from Tool. They opened for NIN during Fragility v2.0 in 2000. See A Perfect Circle on Wikipedia for more information.

A Warm Place

The tenth track off of The Downward Spiral.

Aaron North

A musician whom was recruited to play with the NIN live band.

Aatchb

Abbreviation for And All That Could Have Been.

Adrian Sherwood

A producer whom has worked with NIN on numerous occasions.

Adrift And At Peace

The second track off of the album Still.

AIR

Abbreviation for Art Is Resistance.

Alan Moulder

A producer who has worked with NIN on numerous occasions.

Alessandro Cortini

A musician who was recruited to play with the NIN live band.

All The Love In The World

The first track off the album With Teeth.

All The Pigs, All Lined Up

The remix of March of the Pigs.

And All That Could Have Been

• Album: A CD/DVD/VHS album of NIN's live performances during the Fragility 2.0 tour.
• Song: The seventh track on Still.

Angry Sniper

A fictional character from the world of Year Zero.

Annie

Andrea Mulrain. She was "a college sweetheart/ heartbreak situation" of Trent's. Her name appears in The Becoming and is the only name of a person to ever appear in a NIN song.

Another Version of the Truth

• Song: The fourteenth track off of Year Zero.
• Website: Fictional website created for the story of Year Zero.

Art Is Resistance

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

B

BallgameOver.mp3

A recording from the fictional world of Year Zero. It is about a man (presumed to be Angry_Sniper) who sets off bombs of Silver Nitrate in Wrigley Field, and shoots and kills someone.

Baseball in February

In BallgameOver.mp3, the character mentions that the baseball game is in February. This has significance because currently, professional baseball games usually not held in that month.

Bauhaus

A rock band whom opened for Nine Inch Nails during their Summer Amphitheatre Tour. Lead Singer Peter Murphy collaborated with Trent Reznor for several special radio appearances. See the Wikipedia entry of Bauhaus for more details.

Be The Hammer

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

Beside You In Time

• Album: A DVD/HD DVD/Blu-Ray documenting the Live: With Teeth tour.
• Song: The 12th track off the album With Teeth.

Big Man With A Gun

The ninth track off the album The Downward Spiral

Blue pills

A type of medication given to soldiers in the fictional world of Year Zero.

Brian Tsunoda

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

Broken

A Nine Inch Nails album. Also known as Halo 5.

Broken Movie

A music video made to promote the Broken EP, released in 1992.

Burn

A track from Nine Inch Nails on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.

BYIT

Abbreviation for Beside You In Time

C

Capital G

• Album - Also known as Halo 25; a single released from the Year Zero album.
• Song - The seventh track off of Year Zero.

Cedocore

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

Charlie Clouser

A former NIN band member whose activites included playing drums and keyboard, engineering, mixing, and music programming.

Chris Vrenna

A former drummer for NIN.

Church of Plano

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

Closer

The fifth track off the album The Downward Spiral.

Closer (Precursor)

The second track off the album Closer To God. This track is a remix of the song Closer.

Closer To God

• Album - Also known as Halo 9.
• Song - The first track off of Closer To God

Closure

Also known as Halo 12. Closure has been released officially as two VHS tapes with NIN tour footage from the Self-Destruct Tour and NIN music videos. An "unoffical" DVD version was "leaked" via BitTorrent in late December of 2006.

Coachella

A music festival in Indio, CA. NIN played the festival on May 1, 2005.

Complication

The seventh track off of the right disk of The Fragile.

Consolidated Mail Systems

Website created for the fictional world of Year Zero.

Copper

In the fictional world of Year Zero, copper is used in the vaccine to prevent infection by the Red Horse virus.

D

Danny Lohner

Former NIN member whom has played bass, guitar, and synthesizer. Danny has also played for A Perfect Circle, Tapeworm, Killing Joke, Methods of Mayhem, Skrew, and Angkor Wat. Due to the Trent's relationship with Marilyn Manson, Danny had also played acoustic guitar on the track "The Reflecting God" from the Antichrist Superstar album.

Darren Kroupa

A NIN fan whom died on April 1, 2007. It is understood that Darren met Trent via The Francis Foundation. He was allowed to visit with NIN during the production of the Year Zero album, where this photo was taken. Darren was eventually incorporated into the fictional Year Zero world on the website Secure Broadcast Informatics.

Dave “Rave” Ogilvie

A producer and musician whom has collaborated with not only NIN, but other bands. Dave has been know to also collaborate with 54-40, David Bowie, Jakalope, Marilyn Manson, Skinny Puppy, and Tool

David Bowie

A famous musician whom Trent Reznor was not only influenced by, but has worked with on many occasions.

Dead Souls

A Joy Division cover recorded for The Crow Soundtrack. It was later added as the fifth track on Disk 2 of The Downward Spiral "Deluxe Edition".

Deep

The second track off of the Lara Croft:Tomb Raider Soundtrack performed by NIN. This track currently does not appear on any Halos.

Der Kommissar

A Falco cover sang by Trent when he was with Option 30.

Dig It

The Skinny Puppy song that supposedly inspired "Down In It".

Dissonance

The name given to NIN's set when playing during the Outside Tour with David Bowie in 1995.

Down In It

• Album - Also known as Halo 1
• Song - The third track off of Pretty Hate Machine. Versions of this track also appear on Down In It, Head Like A Hole, Closure, and Purest Feeling.

E

EL-P

Also known as El-Producto. An artist whose remix of Nine Inch Nails' Only appeared on the Every Day Is Exactly The Same single. El-P and Trent Reznor also collaborated on a song entitled Flyentology, which can be found on El-P's March 2007 release, I'll Sleep When You're Dead.

ETS

Short for Echoing The Sound.

Echoing The Sound

A predominant fan-run internet forum for discussions about Nothing Records artists, most prominently Nine Inch Nails. The site name is taken from the lyrics from the NIN song, "Please".

Elliot R Carraig

A character from the fictional world of Year Zero. Elliot is first mentioned on the Exterminal website as a member of a resistance group called, The Spiders.

Eraser

The eleventh track off of The Downward Spiral. Versions of this track can also be found on Further Down The Spiral, Closure, and Beside You In Time.

Even Deeper

The eighth track from the Left Disk of The Fragile. Currently, no other versions of this track appear on any other Halos.

Every Day Is Exactly The Same

• Album - Also known as Halo 21.
• Song - The sixth track off of With Teeth. Versions of this track can also be found on Every Day Is Exactly The Same.

Exhibit 24

A website created for the fictional world of Year Zero. The website is dossier of evidence against a classified individual, who is speculated to be Trent Reznor. In addition, the site lists usernames of members from both Spiral and Echoing The Sound as a part of The Resistance Network.

Exterminal

A website created for the fictional world of Year Zero. It is a database of the inmates in Extrajudiciary Federal Detainment Camp in Guam. Included are many references to the actions various individuals and groups, providing a broader understanding of how people are fighting for their freedoms in Year Zero.

F

Filter

A band formed by former NIN guitarist, Richard Patrick. You can read more about this band on their Wikipedia entry.

Fist Fuck

The fifth track on the album, Fixed. This track is a remix of the song, Wish.

Fixed

Also known as Halo 6. This album is comprised of remixes of the songs from the album Broken.

Flyentology

A track by EL-P that Trent Reznor has collaborated on. It is the tenth track on the album, I'll Sleep When You're Dead.

Fragility

The name given to the tour in 1999-2000 that was in support of the album The Fragile. The first leg was called Fragility v1.0 and took place in Europe, Japan, and Australia. The second leg was called Fragility v2.0 and took place in North America and European festivals. From the Fragility v2.0 leg of the tours, the CD/DVD, And All That Could Have Been was made.

Fragility v1.0

The name given to the first leg of the Fragility tour. This leg took place between November 1999 to February 2000 in Europe, Japan, and Australia. See the Fragility article for more details.

Fragility v2.0

The name given to the second leg of the Fragility tour. This leg took place between April 2000 to July 2000 in North America and European festivals. Footage from this leg of the tour was later used to create the CD/DVD, And All That Could Have Been.

Free Rebel Art

A website created for the fictional world of Year Zero. The website is akin to the Art Is Resistance website in that it preaches non-violent resistance. However, further research of the website reveals more.

Further Down The Spiral

Also known as Halo 10. This album contains mostly remixes of the tracks from The Downward Spiral.

G

Gave Up

The sixth track off of Broken. Versions of this track also appear on Fixed, And All That Could Have Been, and Beside You In Time.

Get Down, Make Love

The third track off of Sin. This track is a cover of the Queen song from the album News of The World.

Getting Smaller

The ninth track off of With Teeth. This track features Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (and formerly Nirvana). Currently, the only version of this track is featured on With Teeth.

God Given

The tenth track off of Year Zero. Currently, the only version of this track is on Year Zero.

Gone, Still

The fifth track off of Still. This track is an instrumental. Currently, the only version of this track is on Still.

Grace The Teacher

A website created for the fictional world of Year Zero. The website features the journal of the fictional character, Jeremiah Snow.

H

Halo

This is the official numbering system of NIN albums. While there is plenty of speculation, there is no official statement of why the word "Halo" is used for this purpose.

I

I Like Dudes

Heard when a line in "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" is played backwards. Originated from The Meathead Perspective.

J

JLYI

Short for "Just Like You Imagined".

L

La Mer

Track 11 from The Fragile (left).

Last

Track 3 from Broken.

Leaving Hope

Track 9 from Still.

Liar

Demo of "Reptile" on The Downward Spiral: Deluxe Edition.

Lost Fragile Tracks

The label of a CD in a picture on nin.com, speculated to contain unreleased tracks from The Fragile recordings.

LINE

Abbreviation for "Love Is Not Enough". Shorthand for "The Line Begins To Blur".

Love Is Not Enough

Track 5 from With Teeth.

M

Michael Reznor

See Trent Reznor.

O

OSR

Short for Open Source Resistance.

P

PHM

Short for Pretty Hate Machine.

R

Red Horse

A virus in the fictional world of Year Zero. Victims of this virus are prone to homicidal psychosis and massive hemorrhaging from lachrymal ducts, ears anus, and urethra. The virus is highly contagious and may spread via airborne means. The mortality rate is 100% within 48 hours. See Redhorsevector.net for more details.

Reznor Heating and Air Conditioning

A company that was started by George Reznor, great-great grandfather of Trent Reznor. The Reznor family has not had anything to do with the company in decades, despite it still using the Reznor name. You can read more here.

T

TF

Short for The Fragile.

W

WT

Short for With Teeth.

Y

YZ

Short for Year Zero.