Option 30
Option 30 was founded in the early 1980s founded by TK Smith on guitars and vocals, Jim Nordstrom on bass and saxophone, Todd Nero on drums, and Trent Reznor on keyboards and lead vocals.
Option 30
The band has only released one album consisting of demos from 1983, except for a live recording of "Ice House". The album was re-released in 1997 by Shriek Records, with bonus interview clips with the band from 1984. Soon after a Nine Inch Nails fan website linked to the Shriek Records website, it vanished; only 1000 copies were pressed, and they are extremely hard to find.
Despite his later career, Reznor had little songwriting input; all songs were written by Smith and Nordstrom, with the exception of "Ice House" (a cover of a song by the band Icehouse), "Lies" (a cover of a song by The Thompson Twins), and "Der Kommissar" (a cover, with English lyrics, of a song by Falco).
Track listing
- "Ice House" – 4:24
- "Edinboro radio interview" – 1:17
- "Time & Chance" – 3:23
- "Interview" – 3:13
- "Abomination" – 3:02
- "Interview" – 1:50
- "Der Kommissar" – 4:11
- "Interview" – 4:30
- "Lies" – 3:19
- "Interview" – 2:54
- "Just Out Enough to be In" – 2:43
- "Equal Rights" – 3:57
- "Old Habits Die Hard" – 3:09
- "Interview" – 1:10
- "Pandora's Box" – 4:02