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. |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Zero: Destroyer | 2008 | Remix/Live | Unofficial live remixes, mainly from Year Zero and The Slip. |