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 compiled 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

BYIT

Abbreviation for Beside You In Time

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 9th 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.

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.

O

OSR

Abbreviation for Open Source Resistance

Y

YZ

Short for Year Zero.