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THE ORIGINS OF THE BAND:

NINE INCH N AIL S IS THE MONIK ER USED BY SONG W RITER AND PRODUCER TRENT RE ZNOR . INCORPOR ATING EL EMENTS OF POSTPUNK , H A RD ROCK , EL EC TRONIC A AND INDUSTRIAL , NINE INCH NAIL S AL BUMS ARE CONCEIV ED AND PERFORMED L ARGELY BY RE ZNOR WITH THE OCC A SION A L PRODUCER OR MUSICIAN A SSISTING HIM IN THE PROCESS. RE ZNOR STARTED RECORDING UNDER THE NAME NINE INCH NAIL S IN 1988 W HEN HE WA S LIVING IN CL E V EL AND, OHIO, FOCUSING ON DANCE ABL E ROCK TH AT EMPH A SIZED THE ALIENATION AND H Y POCRISY OF MODERN LIFE.

A MARRIAGE OF INDUSTRIAL AND NE W WAVE:

IN 1989, RE ZNOR REL E A SED HIS FIRST AL BUM A S NINE INCH NAIL S, PRE T T Y H ATE M ACHINE. DR AWING INSPIR ATION FROM INDUSTRIAL ROCK AC TS LIK E MINISTRY BU T AL SO MOODY MODERN ROCK ARTISTS SUCH A S DEPECHE MODE, PRE T T Y H ATE M ACHINE OFFERED A ROUGH DR AF T

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OF NIN’S MODUS OPER ANDI . ON “ HE AD LIK E A HOL E,” THE AL BUM’S BIGGEST SINGL E, RE ZNOR DEMONSTR ATED HIS SKIL L AT M ARRYING A DEFIA NTLY A NTIAU THORIT Y R ANT TO AN ENG AGING K E Y BOARD - DRIV EN TR ACK . PRE T T Y H ATE M ACHINE MOST CL E ARLY RE V E AL ED RE ZNOR’S LOV E OF ‘80S NE W WAV E, AN INFLUENCE TH AT WOUL D REM AIN ON L ATER AL BUMS BUT WOUL D NE V ER BE A S PROMINENT A S IT WA S HERE.

TRENT RE ZNOR DIVES INTO THE DARKNESS:

A F TER THE 1993 EP BROK EN , RE ZNOR RE T URNED WITH HIS SECOND FUL L- L ENGTH AL BUM A Y E AR L ATER . THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL BUILT ON PRE T T Y H ATE MACHINE’S MISANTHROPY, BU T ITS FE ARL ESS E X PLOR ATION OF RE ZNOR’S INNER DARK NESS WA S AL MOST A S BR ACING A S ITS JAGGED, H A RROWING TR ACK S. THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL DE ALT FR ANK LY WITH SUICIDE, SE X UAL PERV ERSION , RELIGION AND ADDIC TION . NINE INCH N AIL S W ERE MORE POPUL AR WITH MODERN ROCK FANS TH AN WITH M AINSTRE AM AUDIENCES, BU T RE ZNOR STARTED M AKING M AJOR INROA DS WITH TH AT AUDIENCE ON THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL , PARTLY TH ANK S TO THE H ALLUCINATORY DANCE TR ACK “CLOSER .”

NINE INCH NAIL S GET AMBITIOUS:

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NINE INCH N AIL S WOUL D NOT REL E A SE ANOTHER ST UDIO AL BUM UNTIL 1999. THE FR AGILE, AN AMBITIOUS DOUBL E AL BUM , PROV ED TO BE L ESS COMMERCIA L TH A N THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL A S ITS IC Y SONGS MOSTLY ESCHE W ED STR AIGHTFORWARD POP STRUC T URES. THOUGH L ESS DEPR AVED THEMATIC AL LY TH AN ITS PREDECESSOR , THE FR AGIL E WA S A DEEPLY TROUBLING LOOK AT HOPEL ESSNESS, ITS 10 0 MINU TES OF DESPER ATE DESPAIR SOLIDIF YING RE ZNOR’S BL E AK WORL DVIE W. DESPITE SEL LING H AL F A S M ANY COPIES A S THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL , THE A L BUM CONTINUED M AINSTRE AM AUDIENCES’ EMBR ACE OF HIS POISONOUS LY RICS AND INTIMIDATING H ARD ROCK , E V ENT UAL LY GOING DOUBL E PL ATINUM .

A TURN TOWARD THE POLITIC AL :

A NOTHER SIX Y E A RS WOUL D PA SS BEFORE RE ZNOR’S NE X T ST UDIO EFFORT, ALTHOUGH A S BEFORE HE WOUL D SATIATE H ARDCORE FANS’ A PPE TITE WITH REMIX A LBUMS IN BE T W EEN OFFICIAL REL E A SES. AT FIRST, 20 05’S WITH TEE TH SEEMED LIK E A MORE CONV ENTIONAL AL BUM A F TER THE THE FR AGIL E'S L ENGTH AND THE DOW NWARD SPIR AL'S DARK NESS. FOCUSING ON MORE STR AIGHTFORWARD ROCK ARR ANGEMENTS, WITH TEE TH MAY NOT H AV E POSSESSED THE L AY ERED COMPL E XIT Y OF PRE VIOUS EFFORTS, BU T RE ZNOR COMPENSATED WITH OV ERTLY POLITIC A L LY RICS, DECRYING AMERIC ANS’ FE AR OF CRITICIZING THE BUSH ADMINISTR ATION ON THE HIT SINGL E “ THE H AND TH AT FEEDS.”

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TRENT RE ZNOR CUTS TIES WITH THE RECORD INDUSTRY:

W HERE MA N Y OF HIS CONTEMPOR ARIES H AV E LOST STE AM CRE ATIV ELY IN THE 21ST CENT URY, RE ZNOR APPE ARED TO BE REENERGIZED A S HIS CONTR AC T WITH INTERSCOPE RECORDS RE ACHED ITS END IN 20 07. TH AT Y E AR , HE REL E A SED Y E AR ZERO, A NERV Y CONCEP T RECORD ABOU T A GOV ERNMENT- RUN FU T URE SOCIE T Y WITH OBVIOUS PAR AL L EL S TO POST-9/11 AMERIC A . CRITIC AL LY AND COMMERCIAL LY, THE RECORD WA S L A RGELY OVERLOOK ED, DESPITE THE FAC T TH AT IT WA S ONE OF HIS STRONGEST EFFORTS, AN AL BUM TH AT COMBINED THE AMBITION OF THE FR AGIL E WITH THE MAINSTRE AM SENSIBILITIES OF WITH TEE TH .

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HIS OWN MAN AT L A ST:

A Y E A R L ATER , RE ZNOR ANNOUNCED TH AT HE WA S CU T TING TIES WITH INTERSCOPE AND DISTRIBU TING HIS MUSIC INDEPENDENTLY. PROVING TRUE TO HIS WORD, HE RELE A SED GHOSTS I-IV, A COL L EC TION OF INSTRUMENTAL S, THROUGH HIS W EBSITE. LESS TH AN T WO MONTHS L ATER , RE ZNOR SURPRISED THE WORL D BY OFFERING HIS NE X T ST UDIO AL BUM , THE SLIP, A S A FREE DOW NLOAD. THE SLIP DIDN’ T H AV E THE SAME POLITIC A L OV ERTONES OF YE AR ZERO, BU T IT REPRESENTED ANOTHER COMPEL LING CH AP TER IN RE ZNOR’S C ANDID ONGOING E X AMINATION OF HIS A NGST A ND INSECURITIES.

FOUNDER OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROCK MUSIC AL PROJEC T K NOW N A S NINE INCH NAIL S, HE WA S PRE VIOUSLY A SSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OP TION 30, E XOTIC BIRDS, AND TAPE WORM , AMONG OTHERS. RE ZNOR L EF T INTERSCOPE RECORDS IN 20 07, AND IS NOW AN INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN .

TRENT REZNOR

DISCOGRAPHY

WITH TEETH

GHOST I-IV

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2005

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YEAR ZERO

THE SLIP

PRETTY HATE MACHINE

THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

1992

BROKEN

THE FRAGILE

DISCOGRAPHY

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THE HAND THAT FEEDS

JUST HOW DEEP DO YOU BELIEVE? WILL YOU BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS? WILL YOU CHEW UNTIL IT BLEEDS?

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