About
Aaron North was recruited as part of the live band in 2005. He has a rather unique sloppy playing style which has caused him to receive much criticism. Before joining Nine Inch Nails, he was a part of the Los Angeles based punk band The Icarus Line. He is the main character of the web comic Squires Of Dimness.
He was known as Aaron Icarus while he was a part of The Icarus Line.
The Red Hankercheif as said by Aaron, is symbolic for lots of guitar flailing and fist pumping, something Aaron is known for in his wild performances.
Projects
- Buddyhead
A "project of sheer boredom" of Aaron North and Travis Keller. Buddyhead is a record label that is infamous for it's gossip section that frequently features phone numbers of celebrities such as Fred Durst and Courtney Love. The gossip section also frequently slams Axl Rose of Guns & Roses fame. The members of Nine Inch Nails also receive a lot of attention, but not in a negative fashion. Buddyhead are also known for their somewhat insane antics such as spray painting "$uckin' Dick$" on the tour bus of another band and even breaking into the Interscope Records building to steal the famous Fred Durst baseball cap and selling it on eBay.
Incidents
Stevie Ray Vaughan
In 2002 during a show with The Icarus Line at the Hard Rock Cafe in Austin, Texas, Aaron smashed a protective case with a mic stand containing a guitar that belonged to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was escorted out by security before he could plug in the guitar.
With Teeth Tour Mic-Stand Incident
In 2006, Aaron North and the rest of the band were faced with a lawsuit from a venue security guard named Mark LaVoie who claimed that North "violently and intentionally" attacked him with a mic stand. The suit was dropped.