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Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is the name of a music project by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as well as the name of the band hired by them to perform songs while on tour. It is an industrial rock band, and the most recognized one since the genre was introduced. Before Ross's inclusion in 2016, Nine Inch Nails was solely under the creative direction of Trent Reznor.

Nine Inch Nails (commonly abbreviated as NIN) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1988, and has so far released eleven full-length studio albums, four EPs, seventeen singles, several remix collections, and some live material. Reznor's lyrics are largely concerned with the exploration of the self, but with albums such as Year Zero and The Slip, the lyrical focus shifted somewhat to extrospection. Earlier NIN material was created almost entirely by Reznor, but starting with The Fragile, he began to allow for a more collaborative writing process involving other players. The sonic ethos of NIN frequently juxtaposes electronic sounds with organic ones, and ugliness with beauty.

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 (with more basic elements having been used on the Self Destruct and Fragility tours, and more sophisticated ones on the With Teeth Fall and Spring Arena tours, Performance 2007, Lights In The Sky and NIN 2013-2014 tours) and earlier shows would sometimes culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.

For more history of Nine Inch Nails, see Trent Reznor.

Wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails.

Body Of Work

See also Halo numbers.

Full-Length Albums

Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
The Downward Spiral (1994)
The Fragile (1999)
With Teeth (2005)
Year Zero (2007)
Ghosts I–IV (2008)
The Slip (2008)
Hesitation Marks (2013)
Bad Witch (2018)
Ghosts V: Together (2020)
Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)

EPs

Broken (1992)
Still (2002)
Not The Actual Events (2016)
Add Violence (2017)

Remix Collections

Fixed (1992)
Further Down The Spiral (1994)
Things Falling Apart (2000)
Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (2007)
Remix 2014 EP (2014) Digital only
Recoiled (2014) Semi-official

Live Releases

Closure (1997) Music video & Live documentary double VHS set
And All That Could Have Been (2002) DVD, VHS, CD
Beside You In Time (2007) DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray
Live 2013 EP (2013) Digital only

Other

Quake Soundtrack (1996)
The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2016)

Singles

Commercial

Down In It (1989)
Head Like A Hole (1990)
Sin (1990)
March Of The Pigs (1994)
Closer/Closer To God (1994)
The Perfect Drug (1997)
The Day The World Went Away (1999)
We're In This Together (1999)
Into The Void (1999)
The Hand That Feeds (2005)
Only (2005)
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (2006)
Survivalism (2007)
Capital G (2007)
Came Back Haunted (2013) Digital only
Copy Of A (2013) Digital only
Everything (2013) Digital only

Radio/Promotional

Wish (1992)
Happiness In Slavery (1992)
Burn (1994)
Hurt (1994)
Piggy (1994)
Starfuckers, Inc. (2000)
Deep (2001)
Discipline (2008)
Burning Bright (Field On Fire) (2016)
Less Than (2017)
This Isn't The Place (2017)
God Break Down The Door (2018)

Members

Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross

Live Band Members

Alessandro Cortini: Keyboards (2004-2008, 2013- ) (Also occasionally handles guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming)
Robin Finck: Guitar (1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008- ) (Also occasionally handles backing vocals, keyboards)
Ilan Rubin: Drums (2009- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, cello, guitar, bass, backing vocals)

Former Members

Guitar

Josh Eustis (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only; also occasionally handled keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone)
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

Josh Eustis (2013) (NIN 2013 Festival Tour only)
Danny Lohner (1994-2003) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen (2008-2009) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
Pino Palladino (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
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) (Automatic Tour, Deep Tour, replaced by Mars)
Lee Mars (1990-1991)
Nick Rushe (1989) ("Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour only, replaced by Haymes)
Chris Vrenna (1988) (VIVIsectVI Tour only, replaced by Rushe)
James Woolley (1991-1994)

Drums

Alex Carapetis (2005) (With Teeth Fall Arena Tour only, replaced by Freese)
Jerome Dillon (1999-2005)
Josh Freese (2005-2008)
Ron Musarra (1988) (VIVIsectVI Tour only, replaced by Vrenna)
Chris Vrenna (1989-1990, 1992-1997)
Jeff Ward (1990-1991)

Backing Vocals

Lisa Fischer (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
Sharlotte Gibson (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)

Other

Martin Atkins (1991-1992) (Studio-only drummer; featured in music video for "Head Like A Hole")
Sean Beavan (1988-1991, 1994) (Backup vocals from mixing console for the Self Destruct and Pretty Hate Machine tours)
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 Ogilvie)
Brian Liesegang (Helped in the studio on Broken; featured in one of the music videos for "Gave Up"; may have replaced Lee Mars for a few dates)
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 Hillebrandt)
Gary Talpas (1989) (Supplemental member for a few dates of the "Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour; also the original NIN art director)

Prospective Members

Elijah Blue Allman (Auditioned for guitarist in 1993)[1]
Eric Avery (2013) (Announced as bassist but didn't tour, replaced by Eustis and Palladino)
Adrian Belew (2013) (Announced as guitarist but didn't tour, replaced by Finck)
Wes Borland (Auditioned for guitarist in 2004)[2]
Ralf Dietel (2005) (Announced as guitarist but didn't tour, replaced by North)
Rich Fownes (2008) (Announced as bassist but didn't tour, replaced by Meldal-Johnsen)
Eshan Khadaroo (Auditioned for drummer in 1999)[3]
Ben Weinman (Auditioned for guitarist in 2005)[4]

Martin Atkins was considered as the drummer for the Lollapalooza Tour in 1991.[5] Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb stated in an Instagram message with a fan that he was considered as a live keyboard player for NIN, and it is assumed that this was during the years when Nitzer Ebb was inactive (1995-2006).

External Links

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+[[Image:2017-2018band.jpg|thumb|Nine Inch Nails]]
-: ''For the wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails, go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails here].''
+'''Nine Inch Nails''' is the name of a music project by [[Trent Reznor]] and [[Atticus Ross]], as well as the name of the band hired by them to perform songs while on tour. It is an industrial rock band, and the most recognized one since the genre was introduced. Before Ross's inclusion in 2016, Nine Inch Nails was solely under the creative direction of Trent Reznor.
-[[image:Nin2007.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Nine Inch Nails (photo: Scarlet Page)]]
+Nine Inch Nails (commonly abbreviated as NIN) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1988, and has so far released eleven full-length studio albums, four EPs, seventeen singles, several [[Remixes|remix]] collections, and some live material. Reznor's lyrics are largely concerned with the exploration of the self, but with albums such as ''[[Year Zero]]'' and ''[[The Slip]]'', the lyrical focus shifted somewhat to extrospection. Earlier NIN material was created almost entirely by Reznor, but starting with ''[[The Fragile]]'', he began to allow for a more collaborative writing process involving other players. The sonic ethos of NIN frequently juxtaposes electronic sounds with organic ones, and ugliness with beauty.
-'''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, possibly one of the most recognized ones since the genre was introduced.
-Nine Inch Nails (known as NIN for short) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1988 and have so far released five full-length studio albums, as well as many EPs, remix albums, and live releases. 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 the latest full-length release, ''[[Year Zero]]'', the lyrical focus has shifted somewhat. 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 which were used on the [[With Teeth Arena Tour]], [[Self Destruct]] and [[Fragility]] tours, and often culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.
+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 (with more basic elements having been used on the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] and [[Fragility]] tours, and more sophisticated ones on the With Teeth [[With Teeth Fall Arena Tour|Fall]] and [[With Teeth Spring Arena Tour|Spring]] Arena tours, [[Performance 2007]], [[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]] and [[NIN 2013-2014]] tours) and earlier shows would sometimes culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.
+: ''For more history of Nine Inch Nails, see [[Trent Reznor]].''
+: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails Wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails].''
 ==Body Of Work==
+''See also [[Halo numbers]].''
 ===Full-Length Albums===
 *''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' (1989)
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 *''[[Year Zero]]'' (2007)
 *''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'' (2008)
+*''[[The Slip]]'' (2008)
+*''[[Hesitation Marks]]'' (2013)
+*''[[Bad Witch]]'' (2018)
+*''[[Ghosts V: Together]]'' (2020)
+*''[[Ghosts VI: Locusts]]'' (2020)
-===EP's & Remix Albums===
+===EPs===
 *''[[Broken]]'' (1992)
+*''[[Still]]'' (2002)
+*''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' (2016)
+*''[[Add Violence]]'' (2017)
+===Remix Collections===
 *''[[Fixed]]'' (1992)
-*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' (1994)
 *''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' (1994)
 *''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000)
-*''[[Still]]'' (2002)
 *''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' (2007)
+*''[[Remix 2014 EP]]'' (2014) Digital only
+*''[[Recoiled]]'' (2014) Semi-official
 ===Live Releases===
-*''[[Closure]]'' (1997) Music video & Live documentary double VHS set.
+*''[[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.
+*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' (2007) DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray
+*''[[Live 2013 EP]]'' (2013) Digital only
+===Other===
+*''[[Quake Soundtrack]]'' (1996)
+*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]'' (2016)
 ===Singles===
+====Commercial====
 *''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'' (1989)
-*''[[Head Like a Hole (halo)|Head Like a Hole]]'' (1990)
+*''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]'' (1990)
 *''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'' (1990)
-*''[[Wish]]'' (1992)
+*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Happiness In Slavery]]'' (1992)
+*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer/Closer To God]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Gave Up]]'' (1992)
-*''[[March of the Pigs (halo)|March of the Pigs]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Hurt]]'' (1994)
 *''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]'' (1997)
-*''[[Deep]]'' (1998)
 *''[[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.]]'' (1999)
 *''[[The Hand That Feeds (halo)|The Hand That Feeds]]'' (2005)
-*''[[Only (halo)|Only]]'' (2006)
+*''[[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)
+*''[[Capital G (halo)|Capital G]]'' (2007)
+*''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]'' (2013) Digital only
+*''[[Copy Of A]]'' (2013) Digital only
+*''[[Everything]]'' (2013) Digital only
+====Radio/Promotional====
+*''[[Wish (halo)|Wish]]'' (1992)
+*''[[Happiness In Slavery (halo)|Happiness In Slavery]]'' (1992)
+*''[[Burn (halo)|Burn]]'' (1994)
+*''[[Hurt (halo)|Hurt]]'' (1994)
+*''[[Piggy]]'' (1994)
+*''[[Starfuckers, Inc. (halo)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]'' (2000)
+*''[[Deep]]'' (2001)
+*''[[Discipline]]'' (2008)
+*''[[Burning Bright (Field On Fire)]]'' (2016)
+*''[[Less Than]]'' (2017)
+*''[[This Isn't The Place]]'' (2017)
+*''[[God Break Down The Door]]'' (2018)
 ==Members==
-===Current Members===
-*[[Alessandro Cortini]] (2005– )
-*[[Josh Freese]] (2005– )
 *Trent Reznor
+*Atticus Ross
+===Live Band Members===
+*[[Alessandro Cortini]]: Keyboards (2004-2008, 2013- ) (Also occasionally handles guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming)
+*[[Robin Finck]]: Guitar (1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008- ) (Also occasionally handles backing vocals, keyboards)
+*[[Ilan Rubin]]: Drums (2009- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, cello, guitar, bass, backing vocals)
 ===Former Members===
-*[[Alex Carapetis]] (2005)
+====Guitar====
-*[[Charlie Clouser]] (1994–2002)
+*[[Josh Eustis]] (2013) ([[Tension 2013 Tour]] only; also occasionally handled keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone)
-*[[Jerome Dillon]] (1998–2005)
+*[[Prick|Kevin McMahon]] (1996) ([[Nights Of Nothing Tour]] only)
-*[[Robin Finck]] (1994–1995, 1999–2000)
+*[[Aaron North]] (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
-*[[Danny Lohner]] (1994–2003)
+*[[Richard Patrick]] (1989-1993) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
-*[[Aaron North]] (2005-2007)
+====Bass====
-*[[Richard Patrick]] (1989–1993)
+*Josh Eustis (2013) ([[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]] only)
-*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988–1997)
+*[[Danny Lohner]] (1994-2003) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
-*[[Jeff Ward]] (1991)
+*[[Justin Meldal-Johnsen]] (2008-2009) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
-*[[Jeordie White]] (2005-2007)
+*[[Pino Palladino]] (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
-*[[James Woolley]] (1991–1994)
+*[[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) ([[Automatic Tour]], [[Deep Tour]], replaced by Mars)
+*[[Lee Mars]] (1990-1991)
+*[[Nick Rushe]] (1989) ([["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] only, replaced by Haymes)
+*[[Chris Vrenna]] (1988) ([[VIVIsectVI Tour]] only, replaced by Rushe)
+*[[James Woolley]] (1991-1994)
+====Drums====
+*[[Alex Carapetis]] (2005) (With Teeth Fall Arena Tour only, replaced by Freese)
+*[[Jerome Dillon]] (1999-2005)
+*[[Josh Freese]] (2005-2008)
+*[[Ron Musarra]] (1988) (VIVIsectVI Tour only, replaced by Vrenna)
+*Chris Vrenna (1989-1990, 1992-1997)
+*[[Jeff Ward]] (1990-1991)
+====Backing Vocals====
+*[[Lisa Fischer]] (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
+*[[Sharlotte Gibson]] (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
+====Other====
+*[[Martin Atkins]] (1991-1992) (Studio-only drummer; featured in music video for "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]")
+*[[Sean Beavan]] (1988-1991, 1994) (Backup vocals from mixing console for the [[Self Destruct Tour|Self Destruct]] and [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour|Pretty Hate Machine]] tours)
+*[[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 Ogilvie)
+*Brian Liesegang (Helped in the studio on ''Broken''; featured in one of the music videos for "[[Gave Up]]"; may have replaced Lee Mars for a few dates)
+*[[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 Hillebrandt)
+*[[Gary Talpas]] (1989) (Supplemental member for a few dates of the "Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour; also the original NIN art director)
+===Prospective Members===
+*Elijah Blue Allman (Auditioned for guitarist in 1993)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wkoxmLGGA]
+*[[Eric Avery]] (2013) (Announced as bassist but didn't tour, replaced by Eustis and Palladino)
+*[[Adrian Belew]] (2013) (Announced as guitarist but didn't tour, replaced by Finck)
+*Wes Borland (Auditioned for guitarist in 2004)[https://www.nme.com/features/wes-borland-interview-solo-album-2152011-2152011]
+*Ralf Dietel (2005) (Announced as guitarist but didn't tour, replaced by North)
+*[[Rich Fownes]] (2008) (Announced as bassist but didn't tour, replaced by Meldal-Johnsen)
+*Eshan Khadaroo (Auditioned for drummer in 1999)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-LCRb6XKu8]
+*Ben Weinman (Auditioned for guitarist in 2005)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fye8jIs7hWU]
+Martin Atkins was considered as the drummer for the [[Lollapalooza Tour]] in 1991.[http://www.compulsiononline.com/interview_nineinchnails.htm] Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb stated in an Instagram message with a fan that he was considered as a live keyboard player for NIN, and it is assumed that this was during the years when Nitzer Ebb was inactive (1995-2006).
+==See also==
+*[[Tours]]
+*[[Glossary]]
+*[[Nine Inch Nails music videos|List of music videos]]
+*[[Remixes|List of official remixes]]
+*[[Cover Songs|List of songs covered by NIN]]
+*[[Covers Of NIN|List of songs covered by other artists]]
+*[[List Of BPM Rates|List of BPM rates]]
+*[[Recurring lyrics]]
+*[[Samples In NIN Songs|Samples in NIN songs]]
+*[[In pop culture|NIN in popular culture]]
+*[[NIN songs never played live]]
+*[[Unreleased projects]]
+*[[nin.com|nin.com history]]
+*[[Related bands and artists]]
+*[[Hoaxes and jokes]]
+*[[Playlists]]
+*[[Podcasts]]
+*[[Brand collaborations]]
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.nin.com Official website]
+*[https://www.nin.com Official website]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/nin Official MySpace page]
+*[https://music.apple.com/us/artist/nine-inch-nails/107917 Official Apple Music profile]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial Official YouTube profile]
+*[https://discord.com/invite/xxEA73DkNk Official Discord profile]
+*[https://www.facebook.com/ninofficial Official Facebook profile]
+*[https://www.flickr.com/nineinchnails/ Official Flickr profile]
+*[https://instagram.com/nineinchnails Official Instagram profile]
+*[https://www.myspace.com/nin Official MySpace profile]
+*[https://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails/ Official SoundCloud profile]
+*[https://open.spotify.com/user/ninofficial Official Spotify profile]
+*[https://www.tiktok.com/@nineinchnails Official TikTok profile]
+*[https://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr profile]
+*[https://twitter.com/nineinchnails Official Twitter profile]
+*[https://bsky.app/profile/nine-inch-nails.bsky.social Official Bluesky profile]
+*[https://www.threads.net/@nineinchnails Official Threads profile]
+*[https://vimeo.com/ninofficial/ Official Vimeo profile]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/ninofficial Official YouTube profile]
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Difference between revisions of "Nine Inch Nails"

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Contents

Body Of Work

Full-Length Albums

EPs

Remix Collections

Live Releases

Other

Singles

Commercial

Radio/Promotional

Members

Live Band Members

Former Members

Guitar

Bass

Keyboards

Drums

Backing Vocals

Other

Prospective Members

See also

External Links