Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is the name of a music project by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as well as the name of the band hired by them to perform songs while on tour. It is an industrial rock band, and the most recognized one since the genre was introduced. Before Ross's inclusion in 2016, Nine Inch Nails was solely under the creative direction of Trent Reznor.

Nine Inch Nails (commonly abbreviated as NIN) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1988, and has so far released eleven full-length studio albums, four EPs, seventeen singles, several remix collections, and some live material. Reznor's lyrics are largely concerned with the exploration of the self, but with albums such as Year Zero and The Slip, the lyrical focus shifted somewhat to extrospection. Earlier NIN material was created almost entirely by Reznor, but starting with The Fragile, he began to allow for a more collaborative writing process involving other players. The sonic ethos of NIN frequently juxtaposes electronic sounds with organic ones, and ugliness with beauty.

After recording a new album, the assembly of a new band usually follows, along with extensive touring; the live component of Nine Inch Nails is largely considered a separate entity from NIN in the recording studio. NIN's live shows often involve visually spectacular elements such as screens and lighting rigs, which have been used on the Self Destruct, Fragility, With Teeth Arena Tours (Fall & Spring), Performance 2007, Lights In The Sky and NIN 2013-2014 tours, and would sometimes culminate with the destruction of musical instruments.

For more on the history of Nine Inch Nails, see Trent Reznor.

Wikipedia entry on Nine Inch Nails.

Body Of Work

See also Halo numbers.

Full-Length Albums

Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
The Downward Spiral (1994)
The Fragile (1999)
With Teeth (2005)
Year Zero (2007)
Ghosts I–IV (2008)
The Slip (2008)
Hesitation Marks (2013)
Bad Witch (2018)
Ghosts V: Together (2020)
Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)

EPs

Broken (1992)
Still (2002)
Not The Actual Events (2016)
Add Violence (2017)

Remix Collections

Fixed (1992)
Further Down The Spiral (1994)
Things Falling Apart (2000)
Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (2007)
Remix 2014 EP (2014) Digital only
Recoiled (2014) Semi-official

Live Releases

Closure (1997) Music video & Live documentary double VHS set
And All That Could Have Been (2002) DVD, VHS, CD
Beside You In Time (2007) DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray
Live 2013 EP (2013) Digital only

Other

Quake Soundtrack (1996)

Singles

Commercial

Down In It (1989)
Head Like A Hole (1990)
Sin (1990)
March Of The Pigs (1994)
Closer/Closer To God (1994)
The Perfect Drug (1997)
The Day The World Went Away (1999)
We're In This Together (1999)
Into The Void (1999)
The Hand That Feeds (2005)
Only (2005)
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (2006)
Survivalism (2007)
Capital G (2007)
Came Back Haunted (2013) Digital only
Copy Of A (2013) Digital only
Everything (2013) Digital only

Radio/Promotional

Wish (1992)
Happiness In Slavery (1992)
Burn (1994)
Hurt (1994)
Piggy (1994)
Starfuckers, Inc. (2000)
Deep (2001)
Discipline (2008)
Burning Bright (Field On Fire) (2016)
Less Than (2017)
This Isn't The Place (2017)
God Break Down The Door (2018)

Members

Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross

Live Band Members

Alessandro Cortini: Keyboards (2004-2008, 2013- ) (Also occasionally handles guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming)
Robin Finck: Guitar (1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008- ) (Also occasionally handles backing vocals, keyboards)
Ilan Rubin: Drums (2009- ) (Also occasionally handles keyboards, cello, guitar, bass, backing vocals)

Former Members

Guitar

Josh Eustis (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only; also occasionally handled keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone)
Kevin McMahon (1996) (Nights Of Nothing Tour only)
Aaron North (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)
Richard Patrick (1989-1993) (Also occasionally handled backing vocals)

Bass

Josh Eustis (2013) (NIN 2013 Festival Tour only)
Danny Lohner (1994-2003) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen (2008-2009) (Also occasionally handled guitar, keyboards, backing vocals)
Pino Palladino (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
Jeordie White (2005-2007) (Also occasionally handled guitar, backing vocals)

Keyboards

Charlie Clouser (1994-2001) (Also played theremin on the Fragility Tour, some drums on the Dissonance Tour)
David Haymes (1990) (Automatic Tour, Deep Tour, replaced by Mars)
Lee Mars (1990-1991)
Nick Rushe (1989) ("Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour only, replaced by Haymes)
Gary Talpas (1989) ("Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour only, replaced by Rushe; also the original NIN art director)
Chris Vrenna (1988) (VIVIsectVI Tour only, replaced by Talpas and Rushe)
James Woolley (1991-1994)

Drums

Alex Carapetis (2005) (With Teeth Fall Arena Tour only, replaced by Freese)
Jerome Dillon (1999-2005)
Josh Freese (2005-2008)
Ron Musarra (1988) (VIVIsectVI Tour only, replaced by Vrenna)
Chris Vrenna (1989-1990, 1992-1997)
Jeff Ward (1990-1991)

Backing Vocals

Lisa Fischer (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)
Sharlotte Gibson (2013) (Tension 2013 Tour only)

Other

Martin Atkins (1991-1992) (Studio-only drummer; featured in music video for "Head Like A Hole")
Eric Avery (2013) (Announced as bassist, never made it to the road, replaced by Eustis and Palladino)
Sean Beavan (Backup vocals from mixing console for the Self Destruct and Pretty Hate Machine tours)
Adrian Belew (2013) (Announced as guitarist, never made it to the road, replaced by Finck)
Wes Borland (Auditioned for guitar player in 2004, eventually replaced by North)
Ralf Dietel (2005) (Announced as guitarist, never made it to the road, replaced by North)
Rich Fownes (2008) (Announced as bassist, never made it to the road, replaced by Meldal-Johnsen)
Keith Hillebrandt (1996-2002) (Sound designer; was listed as full band member on the "I'm Afraid Of Americans" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie)
Brian Liesegang (Helped in the studio on Broken; featured in one of the music videos for "Gave Up"; may have replaced Lee Mars for a few dates)
Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (1997-1999) (Was listed as full band member on the "I'm Afraid Of Americans" remix along with Reznor, Lohner, Clouser and Keith Hillebrandt)

Nine Inch Nails

Contents

Body Of Work

Full-Length Albums

EPs

Remix Collections

Live Releases

Other

Singles

Commercial

Radio/Promotional

Members

Live Band Members

Former Members

Guitar

Bass

Keyboards

Drums

Backing Vocals

Other

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