Bootlegs
Bootlegs are unofficial recordings, often produced overseas to avoid legal issues. Most bootlegs are either live recordings or remix albums.
Incomplete List of Bootlegs
| Name | Release Year | Album Type | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 IRON Nails | N/A | Remixes | Remixes from The Downward Spiral era | ||||
| A Mix Of All That Was | 2002 | Live | collected 'best of' with every live song ever played from 1988-2000 | ||||
| A Thousand Pleasures | N/A | N/A | (source unknown) | ||||
| Bootleg Is Resistance V1 | 2008 | Mash-ups | Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume one of three. | ||||
| Bootleg Is Resistance V2 | 2008 | Mash-ups | Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume two of three | ||||
| Bootleg Is Resistance V3 | 2008 | Mash-ups | Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume three of three. | ||||
| Broken Machine V1 | N/A | Remixes | "A collection of the best independent remixes" | ||||
| Broken Machine V2 | N/A | Remixes | "A collection of the best independent remixes" | ||||
| By Bizzare Hands | 1992 | Live | Recorded Live 3/10/1990; Boston, Mass. | ||||
| Bridge School Benefit | 2006 | Orchestral | A collection of songs performed by Trent Reznor and a string quartet. | ||||
| Cleveland 4-12-00 | 2000 | Live | Recorded live 4/12/2000; Cleveland, OH | ||||
| After Everything I've Done | N/A | Remixes | Songs from The Fragile era and before. Probably web-published | ||||
| Broken Movie | 1993 | "Music Videos" | "Full length" "music video" for "Pinion," "Wish," "Help Me I Am In Hell," "Happiness In Slavery," and "Gave Up," with segues between songs. | ||||
| Children of the Night | 1995 | Live | Live with David Bowie on the US tour | ||||
| Closure Two-Disc DVD set | 2006 | Live/Music Videos | Two-disc DVD set of Closure; leaked to the internet on 20/12/2006; rumored to be leaked by NIN | ||||
| Coming Down Fast | 1994 | Live | Recorded live in Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| The CRC Sessions | 2000 | Other | Recorded @ the Chicago Recording Company; source of "Still" | ||||
| Crossed Nails | N/A | Live | (source unknown) | ||||
| Damaged Nails: Broken and Shattered Mixes | N/A | Remixes | Rare Remixes | ||||
| Damaged Nails: Rust and Decay | N/A | Remixes | Rare Remixes | ||||
| The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts | 2006 | Other | Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN | ||||
| The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks | 2006 | Other | Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN | ||||
| The Definitive NIN - The Singles | 2006 | Other | Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN | ||||
| Demos and Remixes | N/A | Other | live, remix, and demo tracks from the Broken era and before | ||||
| Disturbed | 1994 | Other | Interview | ||||
| The Fragile Remixes | N/A | Remixes | 9 rare tracks | ||||
| Fragmentation Bomb | 2000 | Live | Recorded live on 1/15/2000; Osaka, Japan | ||||
| Frailer than Frail | N/A | Other | live, remix, and rare tracks from The Fragile era and before | ||||
| Glamour Death | 1995 | Live | (Source unknown) With David Bowie | ||||
| Hammar Hard | 1990 | Live | Recorded live on 6/26/1990; Dallas, TX | ||||
| Hammering It Home | 1994 | Live | Recorded live in London, date unknown | ||||
| Holding On | 2007 | Remixes | web-published remix album | ||||
| In This Twilight (Live 2005-2007) | 2007 | Live | collected 'best of' with every live song played from 2005 to 2007 | ||||
| Killer Instinct | 1991 | Live | Recorded live in various locations 1990-1991 | ||||
| The Limitless Potential | 2007 | Remixes | Open source fan-made remix compilation of songs from Year Zero, hosted on Painful Convictions | ||||
| Live at Woodstock '94 | 1994 | Live | Recorded Live at Woodstock '94 | ||||
| Live Hate | 1995 | Live | Recorded live 10/11/1995; St. Louis, MO | ||||
| The Oddball Couple | 1995 | Live | Recorded live 10/21/1995; Mountain View, CA | ||||
| Obscured by Fuckheads | 1994 | Remixes, Other | Contains remixes and a cover of Supernaut | ||||
| Painful Convictions (bootleg) | 1995 | Demos and Live | Contains demos, remixes, and Woodstock 94 | ||||
| Purest Feeling | 1988 | Demos | Contains demos from Pretty Hate Machine | ||||
| Purest Feeling II | 1989 | Demos and remixes | Contains demos and remixes from Purest Feeling/Pretty Hate Machine | ||||
| Rare and Remixed | N/A | Remixes, Other | Contains original songs NIN covered and several very rare remixes | ||||
| Rated 'R' - A Retrospective (1989-1997) | 1998 | Live/Music Videos | Fan-created DVD version of Closure VHS. | ||||
| Rusty Nails | N/A | Remixes | "Non-stop mega-mixes". Basically a playlist of songs edited a bit. | ||||
| Rusty Nails II | N/A | Remixes | More of the same | ||||
| Rusty Nails III | N/A | Remixes | Even more of the same | ||||
| Rusty Nails IV | N/A | Remixes | Even more | ||||
| Shallow Grave | 1994 | Live | Recorded live 5/25/1994; London, England | ||||
| Slaves | 1993 | Live | Recorded Live 7/12/1991 New Orleans, LA | ||||
| Solid Gold Hell | 1991 | Live | (source unknown) | ||||
| Terrible Live Lie | 1994 | Live | Recorded live 1994; US | ||||
| Time to Suck | N/A | Live | Recorded Live in USA 90, 91 | ||||
| They're Starting To Open Up The Sky | 2008 | Rarities and live | Features Year Zero-related soundbites and rare live tracks. | ||||
| Ultra Rare Tracks | 1995 | Remixes | Purest Feeling II with an alternate tracklist | ||||
| Various NIN Mixes | N/A | Remixes | Several rare remixes, and "versioned" songs only available from nin.com during The Fragile Era. | ||||
| Where Darkness Doubles Light Pours In | 2006 | Live | Recordings from the With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration and The CRC Sessions | ||||
| With Boots | 2005 | Mash-ups | With Teeth songs mashed up with random other songs in funny ways | ||||
| Zero: Destroyer | 2008 | Remix/Live | Unofficial live remixes, mainly from Year Zero and The Slip. | [Live at rehearsals]] | 2005-2008 | Live | audio from rehearsals for the With teeth tour and the lights in the sky tour (multiple albums) |