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 Million Miles Away | 2008 | Live | Collected 'Best Of' with every live song played during the Lights In The Sky Tour |
| 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 | Live and demos | Recording of 1994/10/03 Los Angeles, CA |
| After Everything I've Done | N/A | Remixes | Songs from The Fragile era and before. Probably web-published |
| Blue Lies | 1996 | Live | Recording of 1995/09/20 Toronto, ON |
| 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. |
| Bridge School Benefit | 2006 | Live | A collection of songs performed by Trent Reznor and a string quartet. |
| 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 | Recording of 1990/03/10 Boston, MA |
| Children of the Night | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/10/11 St. Louis, MO |
| Cleveland 4-12-00 | 2000 | Live | Recording of 2000/04/12 Cleveland, OH |
| Coming Down Fast | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/05/05 New Orleans, LA |
| The CRC Sessions | 2000 | Other | Recorded @ the Chicago Recording Company; inspiration for Still |
| Crossed Nails | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/04/20 Seattle, WA |
| Damaged Nails: Broken and Shattered Mixes | N/A | Remixes | Rare Remixes |
| Damaged Nails: Rust and Decay | N/A | Remixes | Rare Remixes |
| Demos and Remixes | N/A | Other | Live, remix, radio edit, and demo tracks from the Broken era and before |
| Disturbed | 1994 | Other | Interview |
| Familiar Sting | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/04/19 Seattle, WA, incomplete set |
| Feel the Pain | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/10/11 St. Louis, MO. Mislabeled as 1995/09/22 Philadelphia, PA. |
| The Flip | 2009 | Remix | Unofficial fan made remix album, all of remixes of The Slip. |
| Fragile In Berlin | 1999 | Live | Recording of 1999/11/22 Berlin, Germany |
| The Fragile Remixes | N/A | Remixes | 9 rare tracks |
| Fragmentation Bomb | 2000 | Live | Recording of 2000/01/15 Osaka, Japan |
| Frailer than Frail | N/A | Other | Live, remix, and rare tracks from The Fragile era and before |
| Glamour Death | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/09/16 Mansfield, MA |
| Halo 00 | 1992 | Live/Rare | "Suck" live at Lollapalooza, "Supernaut" (Reznor vocal version) |
| Hammar Hard | 1990 | Live | Recording of 1990/06/26 Dallas, TX |
| Hammering It Home | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/05/26 London, UK |
| Holding On | 2007 | Remixes | Web-published remix album |
| Hole In Your Head | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/04/27 Los Angeles, CA |
| Homeboy Renzor | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/12/29 Dayton, OH |
| 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 1990-1991; US, Europe |
| The Limitless Potential | 2007 | Remixes | Open source fan-made remix compilation of songs from Year Zero, hosted on Painful Convictions |
| Live at rehearsals | 2005-2008 | Live | Audio from rehearsals for the With Teeth Tour and the Lights In The Sky Tour (multiple albums) |
| Live at Woodstock '94 | 1994 | Live | Recording of Woodstock '94 |
| Live Hate | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/10/11 St. Louis, MO |
| Manson's Revenge | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/12/03 Boston, MA, out of order. |
| March of the Devil | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/11/21 Tampa, FL |
| MissleTwister | 1990 | Live | Recording of 1990/07/01 Melbourne, FL |
| Monsters In Space | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/09/17 Hershey, PA |
| Mud Pigs | 1994 | Live | Recording of Woodstock '94 |
| Nails In My Head | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/09/05 St Paul, MN. Mislabeled/misidentified as 1994/11/04 and 1994/12/31 Auburn Hills, MI. |
| Nassau 95 | 1995 | Live/Remix | Recording of 1995/01/06 Uniondale, NY. Features Adam Ant. Additionally includes remixes from Closer to God. |
| The Oddball Couple | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/10/21 Mountain View, CA |
| Obscured by Fuckheads | 1994 | Remixes, Other | Contains remixes and a cover of "Supernaut" |
| Painful Convictions | 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 | A clone of Demos and Remixes |
| 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 | Commercial bootleg DVD version of Closure VHS and Woodstock 94. |
| Reznor Sharp | 1994 | Live | Recording of Woodstock '94, includes introduction from Larry "Bud" Melman |
| Rusty Nails | N/A | DJ Mix | "Non-stop mega-mixes". Basically a playlist of songs edited a bit. |
| Rusty Nails II | N/A | DJ Mix | More of the same |
| Rusty Nails III | N/A | DJ Mix | Even more of the same |
| Rusty Nails IV | N/A | DJ Mix | Even more |
| Scary Monsters | 1995 | Live | Recording of 1995/10/11 St. Louis, MO. Mislabeled as 1995/10/08 Raleigh, NC (same as Children of the Night) |
| Self Destruction Men | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/05/04 Houston, TX |
| Shallow Grave | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/05/26 London, UK |
| Show Up Or Throw Up | 1988-1991 | Live | Recordings of 1988/10/31 New York, NY and 1991/08/01 St. Paul, MN |
| Slaughter in the Air | 1994 | Live/Demos | 2-disc set containing recordings of 1994/10/03 Los Angeles, CA and tracks from Purest Feeling. Mislabeled as 1994/10/11 Phoenix, AZ. |
| Slaves | 1993 | Live | Recording of 1991/07/12 New Orleans, LA |
| Solid Gold Hell | 1991 | Live | Recorded 1991; US, Europe |
| Terrible Live Lie | 1994 | Live | Recording of 1994/06/08 Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Time to Suck | N/A | Live | Recorded 1990-1991; US, Europe |
| 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 |
| Uncoiled | 2012 | Remixes | Unofficial remix compilation of Coil mixes and source material for Recoiled. |
| Various NIN Mixes | N/A | Remixes | Several rare remixes, and "versioned" songs only available from nin.com during The Fragile era. |
| When the Whip Comes Down | 1994 | Live | Soundboard recording from Woodstock '94 |
| Where Darkness Doubles, Where 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 |
| You Can't Stop Us | N/A | Live | Recording of 1995/10/09 Atlanta, GA |
| Zero: Destroyer | 2008 | Remix/Live | Unofficial live remixes, mainly from Year Zero and The Slip. |