
Image:Nine Inch Nails With Teeth.jpg ''Nine Inch Nails'' (NIN) is a critically and commercially successful United States band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ==Etymology== ''Axcess'' magazine interviewed Reznor after the release of ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1994. They asked him how he came up with the name ''Nine Inch Nails'' and this was his reply: :"I don't know if you've ever tried to think of band names, but usually you think you have a great one and you look at it the next day and it's stupid. I had about 200 of those. Nine Inch Nails lasted the two week test, looked great in print, and could be abbreviated easily. It really doesn't have any literal meaning. It seemed kind of frightening. [In his best he-man voice] Tough and manly! It's a curse trying to come up with band names." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml] The Nine Inch Nails "NIN" logo was designed so that Trent Reznor could have a design that in his own words "looked cool on my leather jacket." It is also interesting to note that the font used in the "NIN" logo was modeled after the font used in the album art for the Talking Heads' album ''Remain In Light''. ==Genre== NIN's sound has variously been described as alternative rock, electronica, Heavy metal music, Rock and roll, synth pop, or, most commonly, Industrial music. Regarding his music being categorized as industrial, Reznor had this to say in a 1994 ''Axcess'' magazine interview: :"What was originally called industrial music was about 20 years ago Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept. We have very little to do with it other than there is noise in my music and there is noise in theirs. I'm working in the context of a pop song structure whereas those bands didn't. And because someone didn't come up with a new name that separates those two somewhat unrelated genres, it tends to irritate all the old school fans waving their flags of alternativeness and obscurity. So, I'd say I've borrowed from certain styles and bands like that." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml] NIN's songs cover a range of genres; as a body of work, they cannot be pigeonholed. "\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" has the flavor of drum and bass, vocals in "Down in It" seem influenced by early rap & hip-hop, "Happiness in Slavery" is in the vein of Skinny Puppy and Ministry (band), "The Frail" is a melancholy piano piece, and most of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' could be considered dark synth pop. ==Albums== ===''Pretty Hate Machine''=== NIN's debut album, ''Pretty Hate Machine'' (1989), largely consists of studio versions of demo recordings. This was also NIN's first collaboration with producer Mark Ellis (record producer) a.k.a. Flood. It went triple platinum in the US and produced the singles "Head Like a Hole," "Down in It" and "Sin (Nine Inch Nails)". Music videos were made for these three tracks, but the one for "Sin" was never released to the public, due to video never being finished. However, since 1997 this video has been available on Closure (Nine Inch Nails). ===''Broken''=== NIN's second major release was ''Broken (album)'' (1992), an EP of six tracks plus two bonus tracks. It was originally released in a fold-out format, containing the first six tracks on a regular CD and an additional three-inch minidisc with the remaining bonus tracks. It was later released as one CD, with the bonus songs as "hidden" tracks 98 and 99. The song "Wish", aided by the video directed by Peter Christopherson of Coil (band), won a Grammy Award in the "Heavy metal music" category. Jon Reiss directed a music video for "Happiness in Slavery," which was universally banned due to its graphic content. The video depicts performance art Bob Flanagan strapping himself to a machine that subsequently pleasures, tortures and kills him. A video for "Pinion" aired twice on MTV before being banned for its objectionable content, although images from it did become a fixture in the opening title sequence of the MTV show 120 Minutes. A full length video informally called ''Broken - The Movie'' was also made by Sleazy, but has not seen an official release. ''Broken'' was followed by the remix EP ''Fixed (album)''. ===''The Downward Spiral''=== NIN's second full album and third major release was ''The Downward Spiral'' (1994). This was NIN's second collaboration with Mark Ellis (record producer) (Flood). It went quadruple platinum and is often considered by critics to be NIN's best work. There were two singles released, "March of the Pigs", "Closer to God", "Hurt" was sent to radio only, but never released as a single, and "piggy" was also only sent to radio. Music videos were made for the singles "March of the Pigs", "Closer", and "Hurt", with the edited MTV version of "Closer" becoming very successful. The album's final track, "Hurt", would enjoy success once again when it was covered, with slight alterations to the lyrics, by Johnny Cash in 2003. ''The Downward Spiral'' was followed by the remix EP ''Further Down the Spiral''. A remastered version of the album was released on November 23, 2004, with an accompanying CD of b-sides and rarities. The Remaster was also released as a two-sided DualDisc Format The SACD edition of the remastered album featured multichannel and stereo SACD versions of the album as well as a remastered standard CD layer, disc 2 featured stereo SACD and standard Red Book (audio CD standard) layers. The DualDisc contains a remastered CD-Audio on one side and features a DVD-Audio format side containing High Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround mixes of the entire album with expanded album art, a discography and Music Videos [Closer(in Stereo & 5.1 audio), March of the Pigs, and Hurt] ===''The Fragile''=== NIN's fourth major release was the two-disk album ''The Fragile'' (1999). It produced three singles, one released in the US ("The Day the World Went Away"), one ===''With Teeth''=== NIN's fifth major release, ''With Teeth'' (2005), was written and recorded following Reznor's painful battle with alcohol addiction and substance abuse. The music video for the first single, "The Hand That Feeds" premiered on the [http://www.nin.com official NIN website] rather than on the traditional MTV. The album was leaked before its official release. It was officially released on May 3, 2005 in a DualDisc format as well as CD-Audio. Though the new album lacks any liner notes, [http://www.nin.com/with_teeth nin.com/with_teeth] features access to download a digital PDF Poster full of lush artwork and stylized liner notes and lyrics. The single was also released in a format for Garageband so that it could be remixied by anyone with the program. The band also allowed the entire album to be listened to in streaming audio at Myspace beginning April 27, 2005. [http://www.myspace.com/ninofficial Myspace NIN album streaming audio] Nine Inch Nails dropped out of the 2005 MTV Video Movie Awards show because of a disagreement with MTV over the use of an image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band's performance of "The Hand That Feeds", which includes such lyrics as: :''What if this whole crusade's a charade :''And behind it all there's a price to be paid :''For the blood on which we dine :''Justified in the name of the holy and the divine "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," Trent Reznor said. They were replaced on the show by Foo Fighters. In fall 2005, the group will be supporting Queens of the Stone Age on their North American tour of ''Lullabies to Paralyze''. ==Official NIN releases== Each Nine Inch Nails release is given a sequential number, with the word "Halo" preceding it (eg. ''The Downward Spiral'' is also known as ''Halo 8''). Many independent and new wave records follow similar numbering schemes. Official halos are as follows (colors denote main album eras): {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" |- ! style="background:#efefef;" |Halo ! style="background:#efefef;" |Released ! style="background:#efefef;" |Title ! style="background:#efefef;" |Type ! style="background:#efefef;" |Highest chart position |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|1 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 15, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Down in It'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|2 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 20, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Pretty Hate Machine'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|LP |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#75 (US Billboard 200, #67 UK Albums Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|3 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 22, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Head Like a Hole'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Maxi-Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#45 (UK UK Singles Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|4 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 10, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Sin (Nine Inch Nails)'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#35 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|5 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|September 22, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|''Broken'' |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|#7 (US Billboard 200), #18 (UK UK Albums Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|6 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|December 7, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|''Fixed (album)'' |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP; remix album |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|7 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|February 25, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''March of the Pigs'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#59 (US Billboard Hot 100), #45 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March 8, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|LP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#2 (US Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DE |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double Hybrid Super audio compact disc |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DVD-A |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|DVD#DVD-Audio/CD |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|9 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 30, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Closer to God'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#41 (US Billboard Hot 100), #25 (UK), #3 (Australian ARIA) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|10 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|June 1, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Further Down the Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP (US Release) |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#23 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|10v2 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 30, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Further Down the Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP (UK Release) |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|11 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 13, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#46 (US Billboard Hot 100), #43 (UK), #48 (Australia) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|12 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double VHS |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|13 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|July 20, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''The Day the World Went Away'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Single |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#17 (US Billboard Hot 100), #31 (Australia) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|14 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|September 21, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''The Fragile'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#1 (US Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|15 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|December 6, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''We're in This Together'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|3-Disc Single (EU Release) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#39 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|16 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|November 21, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''Things Falling Apart'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Remix LP (not official LP) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#67 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|17 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 22, 2002 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''And All That Could Have Been'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP + Double DVD |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#37 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|18 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|April 18, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''The Hand That Feeds'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Single (EU Release) |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#31 (US Billboard Hot 100 - charted due to airplay), #7 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''With Teeth'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|LP |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#1 (US Billboard 200), #3 UK Albums Chart, #10 (Australian ARIA) |- |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 DVD-A |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''With Teeth'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|DVD#DVD-Audio/CD |style="background:#F0FFF0;"| |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|20 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|July 19, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''Only (Nine Inch Nails song)'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Single |style="background:#F0FFF0;"| |- |} Many of these releases are now out of print. ''Down in It'', ''Pretty Hate Machine'', ''Head Like a Hole'' and ''Sin (Nine Inch Nails)'' are out of print due to Reznor's conflict with his former label TVT Records. ''The Day the World Went Away'', ''We're in This Together'' are also out of print. When any of these will be back in print is unknown. ''Still'' from ''And All That Could Have Been'' is now re-available Nine Inch Nails's online merchandise store. The fans rejoiced at this announcement. In Australia, a single for ''Into the Void'' was released as ''Halo 16''. This single was released about ten months before the release of the ''Halo 16'' remix album ''Things Falling Apart'', most people do not consider the ''Into the Void'' single an "official halo". It is also not mentioned on the [http://www.nin.com/halo/index.html nin.com: body of work] section. ==Music videos== {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" |- ! style="background:#efefef;" |Song ! style="background:#efefef;" |Director ! style="background:#efefef;" |Released ! style="background:#efefef;" |Notes |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Down in It" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Eric Zimmerman (director) & Benjamin Stokes |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Head Like a Hole" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Eric Zimmerman (director) |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Sin (Nine Inch Nails)" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Brett Turnbull |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Pinion" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Help Me I Am In Hell" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Happiness in Slavery" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Gave Up" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish (live)" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|aired on 120 minutes (also on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"March of the Pigs" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Closer to God" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 12, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Burn" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Hank Corwin & Trent Reznor |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|August 24, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|for ''Natural Born Killers'' |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Hurt (live)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|January 18, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|for ''Lost Highway'' |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Eraser (live)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"We're In This Together" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Mark Pellington |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|August 27, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Into the Void" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Walter Stern & Jeff Richter |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 14, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Starsuckers, Inc." |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Robert Hales (director) & Marilyn Manson (person) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|May 2, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|edit of "Starfuckers, Inc." |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Deep" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Enda McCallion |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|August, 2001 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|"The Hand That Feeds" |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Rob Sheridan |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|March 17, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|released on [http://www.nin.com nin.com] |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|"Only" |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|David Fincher |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|June, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|(shooting April 19, 2005) |- |} ''Broken (movie)'', the unreleased short film directed by Peter Christopherson, contains the videos for "Pinion", "Wish" and "Happiness in Slavery". It also features the song "Help Me I Am in Hell", set to a black screen, and the song "Gave Up", set to scenes within the film. In colloquial usage it is commonly referred to as, "the Broken Movie." ==Other NIN works== ===Woodstock '94=== NIN's mud-soaked performance at ''Woodstock '94'' is one of their most famous moments. The band earned a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" for their live performance of "Happiness in Slavery" when it was included on the 1996 in music ''Woodstock '94'' double CD set. The performance was also released as a bootleg album known as "When The Whip Comes Down." ===Quake=== NIN created the ambient music for id Software's computer game ''Quake'' in 1996 in music. As a tribute to this, the programmers of the game included a nail gun as a weapon, whose ammo boxes bore the ''NIN'' logo. This music was available as audio tracks on the ''Quake'' CD. ===Doom 3=== Chris Vrenna, formerly of NIN, created the intro for the popular video game for id Software. John Carmack, the lead programmer for id Software, wanted to work with Reznor for additional in-game music, but due to management problems courtesy of John Malm (Reznor's former manager), he was unable to allot time for studio work for the new ambient soundtrack. Trent Reznor's sound and music files for Doom 3 have been rumored to be floating around the internet. ===Remixes=== *"Light (Fat Back Dub)" for KMFDM, appears on ''Light (single)'' (1994) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V1" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V2" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V3" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V4" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V6" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"Victory (Nine Inch Nails Remix)" for P. Diddy, appears on ''Victory: Remixes'' (1998) *"Democracy (NIN Remix)" for Killing Joke, appears on ''Wardance: The Remixes'' (1998) For remixes credited to Trent Reznor, see the "Trent Reznor#Remixes" section of the Trent Reznor article. ===Songs for film soundtracks=== *"Dead Souls," NIN's cover of the Joy Division (band) song, appears on the soundtrack for ''The Crow'' (1994 in film). *"Burn," "Something I Can Never Have" and "A Warm Place" appear on the soundtrack for ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994 in film), which Reznor also record producer. *"\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" appears on the soundtrack for ''Lost Highway'' (1997 in film), which Reznor also produced. The soundtrack also contains two songs credited only to Trent Reznor. *"Deep" appears on the soundtrack for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001 in film). ===Unreleased songs=== A number of NIN songs are not available on any of the official releases. Some can be found on Bootleg recording, but others have only been performed live. *"Theme from the Right Track" - instrumental track from Reznor's sessions at the Right Track studios. *"Slate/Sanctified Intro" - introduction to ''Purest Feeling'', which was the demo for ''Pretty Hate Machine'', in which "Sanctified" led off the album. *"Purest Feeling" - ''Pretty Hate Machine'' reject. *"Maybe Just Once" - ''Pretty Hate Machine'' reject. *"Twist" - demo version of "Ringfinger". *"Now I'm Nothing" - track performed live between the releases of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and ''Broken'', used as an introduction to "Terrible Lie". Some of the lyrics were worked into "Gave Up" from ''Broken''. This was never recorded in the studio. *"Last (Butch Vig Remix)" - rejected remix by Butch Vig for ''Fixed (album)''. *"Red Scab" - performed live in 1995 with Adam Ant, a cover of his track of the same name. *"Beat My Guest" - performed live in 1995 with Adam Ant, a cover of his track of the same name. *"Scary Monsters" - performed live in 1995 with David Bowie on the Outside Tour. *"Hurt (With David Bowie)" - performed live in 1995 with David Bowie on the Outside Tour. ===Reznor's other works=== More information on Reznor's work outside of Nine Inch Nails can be found in the Trent Reznor entry. ==Future NIN releases== A post-''With Teeth'' album has already been started. According to Reznor, "There is another record in the works that I hope to release in a timely fashion." [http://www.nin.com/access/index.html] Reznor has mentioned that he has more new songs created than appear on ''With Teeth''. One of these songs may be "My Dead Friend", a song announced by Reznor in 2003 when ''With Teeth'' was known as ''Bleedthrough''. Reznor is not planning to release any remix albums for ''With Teeth''. [http://www.nin.com/access/index.html] (see: ''Fixed (album)'', ''Further Down the Spiral'' or ''Things Falling Apart'') A DVD version of ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'' is forthcoming, pending the resolution of some legal troubles. In a response to a question on the [http://www.nin.com official NIN website], Reznor indicated that he would like to release surround sound versions of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and ''The Fragile'', similar to what was done for the 10th anniversary editions of ''The Downward Spiral#Tenth Anniversary Re-releases''. More than likely, Reznor will need to finish the tour for ''With Teeth'' before he can find time to work on this project. ==Awards== ===Recording Industry Association of America gold album=== *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified gold (March, 1992) *''Broken'' certified gold (November or December, 1992) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified gold (April, 1994) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified platinum (October, 1994) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified platinum (March, 1995) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified double platinum (July, 1995) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified double platinum (September, 1995) *''Further Down the Spiral'' certified gold (June, 1996) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified quadruple platinum (October, 1998) *''The Fragile'' certified platinum (October, 1999) *''The Fragile'' certified double platinum (January, 2000) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified triple platinum (May 12, 2003) ===American Music Award=== *Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 30, 1995) *Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 29, 1996) ===Billboard Music Award=== *"Starfuckers, Inc." from the "Lost Highway" O.S.T. nominated for "Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year" (December 5, 2000) ===Grammy Awards=== *"Wish" from ''Broken'' wins for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 24, 1993) *''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album" (March 1, 1995) *"Happiness in Slavery" from ''Woodstock '94'' wins for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 28, 1996) *"Hurt" from ''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Rock Song" (February 28, 1996) *"The Perfect Drug" from ''Lost Highway'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance" (February 25, 1998) *''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album" (February 23, 2000) *"Starfuckers, Inc." from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 23, 2000) *"Into the Void" from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" (February 21, 2001) ===MTV Video Music Award=== *"Wish" from ''Broken'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video" (September 3, 1993) *"Closer" from ''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video" and "MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction" (September 8, 1994) *"The Perfect Drug" from ''Lost Highway'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction" and "MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography" (September 4, 1997) *"Into the Void" from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video" (September 7, 2000) ==Members== Trent Reznor is the only official member of the band. He assembles different record producer , engineers and musicians to assist him in creating new songs, though Reznor writes all of the lyrics himself and is in sole control of the direction of the band. Similarly, Reznor assembles a live backing band for each NIN tour. ===Live band members=== ====Hate '90 Tour (1990 in music)==== *Richard Patrick - Guitar *Jeff Ward - Drums (beginning of tour) *Chris Vrenna - Drums (remainder of tour) *James Woolley - Keyboard ====Closure (Nine Inch Nails) (1994 in music - 1995 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Chris Vrenna - Drums *James Woolley - Keyboard (1994) *Charlie Clouser - Keyboard (1995) ====Outside Tour with David Bowie (September - October, 1995 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Chris Vrenna - Drums *Charlie Clouser - Keyboards, Drums ====And All That Could Have Been (1999 in music - 2000 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Jerome Dillon - Drums *Charlie Clouser - Keyboard, Theremin ====With Teeth Tour (2005 in music - ????)==== *Aaron North - Guitar *Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez) - Bass, Guitar *Jerome Dillon - Drums *Alessandro Cortini - Keyboard ==Trivia== In their early days, NIN used Phantasy as a practice space and it was home for several of their first concerts. Director Tony Scott has used Nine Inch Nails music in two of his films to date. ''The Fan'' featured a clip from "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" from ''Further Down the Spiral''. ''Man on Fire'' featured clips from six Nine Inch Nails songs: "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One", "Self Destruction, Part Two", and "The Downward Spiral (the bottom)" from ''Further Down the Spiral''; "The Mark Has Been Made" and "The Great Below" from ''The Fragile''; and "The Wretched" from ''Things Falling Apart''. Reznor himself received a "Music Consultant" credit on the film. The credit sequence for the David Fincher film ''Seven (movie)'' uses the NIN song "Closer (precursor)". Surprisingly, this was done without seeking permission, though NIN is credited in the end credits for the song. ''Final Destination'' used "Into the Void" in its soundtrack. The entire 2005 US Club tour sold out in under 10 minutes, with tickets selling on eBay and other sources for more than $200. To date, Trent Reznor claims he has no tattoos of any kind. He does however, have both of his ears pierced and had his septum pierced briefly. He stated "... it was a nightmare whenever I had a cold!" While obviously not limiting himself to Apple Computers, Reznor does own a PC (mostly for gaming, among many other things), although he exclusively prefers an Apple. Reznor was relatively new to PC games: He's a die-hard Mac man. "I was never aware of what was going on in the PC world until someone showed me Castle Wolfenstein 3D," he admits. "I'd never gone near a PC; that's a bad word around the studio. We're all Mac people, since most of the music software is written for Mac. But when I saw Wolfenstein I went out and bought whatever it was at the time, 386, 486, and we got hooked. The sense of being immersed in the game really struck a chord with me. And when we were rehearsing for the downward spiral tour, Doom came out, and I was like, 'Oh my god.' So now every six months a major [PC] upgrade goes on around here." Trent is obsessed when it comes to video games. During tours the band would sometimes be deathmatching on Quake in a makeshift LAN or Trent would be playing anything he would get his hands on in a dressing room or bus, whether it was a Super Nintendo or a Sega Genesis Trent Reznor is a sci-fi and horror fanatic, often sampling movie sound bytes for his music, including THX 1138 and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among countless others. Among many books that he has read, The Lathe of Heaven is one of his personal favorites and is thought to be an indirect inspiration for some of the songs on With Teeth. The horror film classic The Exorcist has "...ruined my childhood", he says. "It was the ultimate scare thing because it couldn't easily be disproved." He also loved the tv show Six Million Dollar Man, "probably because I wasn't the biggest kid in the class and I wasn't the athletic superstar football player. I always thought he was cool. The day the Bionic Woman died on The Six Million Dollar Man, that was a tearful day in our household." He considers this. "When I think back, I had a degree of feeling mildly depressed; of melancholiness." ==See also== *Trent Reznor *Nothing Records *List of Nine Inch Nails covers ==External links== * [http://www.nin.com/ nin.com] - the official site * [http://www.theninhotline.net The NIN Hotline] - the latest NIN news * [http://www.livejournal.com/~nine_inch_nails NIN LJ Community] - fan discussion * [http://mike7478.homestead.com/files/main.htm The NIN Collector] - archive of official releases * [http://seething-animosity.schulte.org/ Seething Animosity] - archive of bootleg & other releases * [http://www.taosd.net/index.php/ The Art of Self Destruction] - the largest online archive of NIN material * [http://www.nincol.com/ Nine Inch Nails Collectors Forum] - buy, sell & trade NIN collectibles * [http://www.wellnowwhat.net/nin/ nine inch nails lyrics] - complete lyrics to official releases * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nine+Inch+Nails Discogs: Nine Inch Nails] - listing of releases and appearances *[http://www.theninhotline.net/nin_historian/tour_dates.html Nine Inch Nails Tour Dates] - listing of NIN gigs *[http://www.burningsouls.com Burning Souls] - the Internet's oldest NIN fansite *[http://www.burningsoulsforum.com Burning Souls Forum] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/ Echoing The Sound] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.ninqc.forumactif.com/ Forum Nine Inch Nails] * [http://www.screaming-slave.fr.fm/ Screaming Slave] * [http://www.nailedonline.com/phpBB/ NAiLEDONLiNE] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.cricketsoda.com/content/movies/nine_inch_nails_video.php Nine Inch Nails : Live At Coachella] American musical groups Industrial music groups Nine Inch Nails
== Formatting the word "halo" == How should the word "halo" be formatted? Is it just a release number, or is it another name for the title? All of the halo pages and this page should be converted to the same format. Possibilites: *halo - informal, synonymous with "number" - e.g., ''Broken'' is release number 5 / halo 5. *''Halo'' - formal, synonymous with the album title - e.g., ''Broken'' is also known as ''Halo 5''. *Halo - somewhere in-between - e.g., ''Broken'' is Halo 5. Formal might work. When someone says "Halo 14 is my favorite," that is closer to "''The Fragile'' is my favorite" than "NIN's 14th release is my favorite" Than again, informal might work too. When someone says "I have all of the halos!", that means "I have every NIN release!" Perhaps a combination of formatting, depending on context? Edit: at least in the introductory paragraphs of each halo, I've used ''Halo #'' format because it's an aka for the title. --User:Tripps 17:39, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Article Re-organization == I re-organized the article yesterday and added a bit more info. Some things that I did: *section on the naming of NIN, which will answer info-seekers's question about that. Don't know if this should be the first section on not, but there it is for now. *section on the genre -- because it's tedious to see NIN always referred to as an industrial band when this isn't totally true. *began ''italizing'' the word halo when it's used as an aka for the album name. *future releases section to collect all data on future projects. Just brief descriptions, however -- the main data belongs on the relevant halo page. *moved ''Closure'' DVD info to Closure (Nine Inch Nails). *reversed the order of the live band listing. Makes more sense to go from earliest to latest. *trivia section for all the miscellaneous info. *re-arranged the links. Removed the French NIN page link (belongs on the French wiki article for NIN). Put all of the discussion forums at the bottom of the list in alphabetical order. Added the touring link. Things I plan to add in the future on this article or the halo articles (or would like to see others add): *music video data
*better history of the band
*impact on culture (copycat bands, "Closer" as a favorite strip club song, etc.)
*awards won section
Essentially, I want this articles to be in good shape for when ''With Teeth'' comes out. There'll be all kinds of new people seeking NIN info and this is one place some of them will come.
--User:Tripps 18:11, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
== A cover of Hurt ==
This is a bit offtopic, but do any of you know who covers hurt in this remix: http://files.bungie.org/themegg_mid2.mov — 07:14, 2005 Mar 16 (UTC)
:Would be slightly more ontopic List of Nine Inch Nails covers
"Hurt (Start the Violence Mix)" Tin Electric Radiant Decay: A Tribute To Nine Inch Nails 2000 --User:Tripps 14:44, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) == An Amazing Article == In case everyone doesn't know the Resources section from Nin.com (http://www.nin.com/resources/index.html) contains a link to this article. I think that's a great indication of how good this article is and everyone who has worked on it deserves a pat on the back. [i know this really doesn't belong here I just thought everyone would've liked to know about it]. User:Naufana 17:13, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) :I just noticed that myself and thought it was pretty cool. I wonder if the nin.com webmaster is a wiki-contributor around these parts? :--User:Tripps 03:13, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::Apologies if I'm bungling this post, but Tripps, please shoot me an email at my NIN Hotline email address... not sure how to contact you. Feel free to wipe this post afterwards ;) ::--User:Leviathant 3:32, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Into the Void == I'm thinking that the Into the Void single (halo 16) should be listed in the "offical Releases" section, even though Things Falling Apart is usually recognized at halo 16. I was initially hesitant to add it to the list, but in the interests of having a complete discography I included it (there are now two halo 16s). People might argue that "Into the Void" is a radio single and it doesn't belong in the offical discography but I have a copy of the legitimate radio single for "Into the Void" and it has a different cover and track listing that the one in the Wikipedia article. User:Naufana 18:30, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) :''Into the Void'' was originally in the halo table when I began editing the page. I had removed it for a few reasons. One reason: in database-speak, I see the halo number column as the primary key of the table; that is, each entry should be unique and identify the row it's in. Another reason: ''Into the Void'' isn't mentioned on nin.com's discography. The similarly non-US-released ''Halo 15'' is, for example. Although ''Halo 10v2'' is also missing from the official site, it has a unique halo number, the exact same title as the US release, and new songs -- it makes sense to me to treat it the same as the two ''Halo 8'' re-releases in this regard. Another reason: ''Things Falling Apart'' seems clearly to be Trent's official intention for ''Halo 16'' -- I'd almost think Universal Music came up with the ''Into the Void'' single on their own way down there in Oz. :Without it in there, the halo table matches the inter-linked album infoboxes on the right side of each halo page (''We're in This Together''' s info box links back to ''The Fragile'' and forward to ''Things Falling Apart'', for example). As well, it matches the Template:NIN halos boxes at the bottom of each halo page (which would look odd if there were a double 16 added to it).
:So, I'll edit it out of there again, but add a mention of it below the table. You think that might be the way to go? Or should it really be left in there?
:--User:Tripps 03:50, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
::i think that's an excellent compromise, personally i thought it looked kind of odd w/ the two halo 16s, which is why i was relucant to include it in the first place. for some reason the simplest answer of tagging in on at the end eluded me. i just thought it deserved to be included in some fashion in the interests of completeness. as a side note, i believe "into the void" was intended to be a full fledged single; i remember 'modern rock radio' playing it for a short time, and of course europe got the video. User:Naufana 23:14, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
::As a note I fixed the little blurb about Into the Void, originally it read that Things Fall Apart was released first. Although the dates on the infoboxes for the two halo 16's read that ''Into the Void'' was released about 10 months earlier. User:Naufana
== Misc. non-musical Nin Material ==
I was wondering if the Fragility 2.0 Tour Book should be included somewhere in this article. User:Naufana 03:11, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
perhaps a list of general non-musical nin stuff, excluding ubiquitous items like T-shirts & posters. Material like the nin notebooks, i heard there are (literally) nine inch nails that have the word 'broken' stamped in them that were promo items from that era, some of you may have heard about the NIN condom that was created and distributed at the initial release of 'Down in it'. (btw once finals are over I'm going to uncover and dust off all my old Nin related magazines, etc and attempt to write a comprehensive history of the band)User:Naufana 00:30, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
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@"looked cool on my leather jacket": Where does this quote come from? I can't find it, but if anyone can cite a source, then please delete the
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Image:Nine Inch Nails With Teeth.jpg ''Nine Inch Nails'' (NIN) is a critically and commercially successful United States band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ==Etymology== ''Axcess'' magazine interviewed Reznor after the release of ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1994. They asked him how he came up with the name ''Nine Inch Nails'' and this was his reply: :"I don't know if you've ever tried to think of band names, but usually you think you have a great one and you look at it the next day and it's stupid. I had about 200 of those. Nine Inch Nails lasted the two week test, looked great in print, and could be abbreviated easily. It really doesn't have any literal meaning. It seemed kind of frightening. [In his best he-man voice] Tough and manly! It's a curse trying to come up with band names." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml] The Nine Inch Nails "NIN" logo was designed so that Trent Reznor could have a design that in his own words "looked cool on my leather jacket." It is also interesting to note that the font used in the "NIN" logo was modeled after the font used in the album art for the Talking Heads' album ''Remain In Light''. ==Genre== NIN's sound has variously been described as alternative rock, electronica, Heavy metal music, Rock and roll, synth pop, or, most commonly, Industrial music. Regarding his music being categorized as industrial, Reznor had this to say in a 1994 ''Axcess'' magazine interview: :"What was originally called industrial music was about 20 years ago Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept. We have very little to do with it other than there is noise in my music and there is noise in theirs. I'm working in the context of a pop song structure whereas those bands didn't. And because someone didn't come up with a new name that separates those two somewhat unrelated genres, it tends to irritate all the old school fans waving their flags of alternativeness and obscurity. So, I'd say I've borrowed from certain styles and bands like that." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml] NIN's songs cover a range of genres; as a body of work, they cannot be pigeonholed. "\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" has the flavor of drum and bass, vocals in "Down in It" seem influenced by early rap & hip-hop, "Happiness in Slavery" is in the vein of Skinny Puppy and Ministry (band), "The Frail" is a melancholy piano piece, and most of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' could be considered dark synth pop. ==Albums== ===''Pretty Hate Machine''=== NIN's debut album, ''Pretty Hate Machine'' (1989), largely consists of studio versions of demo recordings. This was also NIN's first collaboration with producer Mark Ellis (record producer) a.k.a. Flood. It went triple platinum in the US and produced the singles "Head Like a Hole," "Down in It" and "Sin (Nine Inch Nails)". Music videos were made for these three tracks, but the one for "Sin" was never released to the public, due to video never being finished. However, since 1997 this video has been available on Closure (Nine Inch Nails). ===''Broken''=== NIN's second major release was ''Broken (album)'' (1992), an EP of six tracks plus two bonus tracks. It was originally released in a fold-out format, containing the first six tracks on a regular CD and an additional three-inch minidisc with the remaining bonus tracks. It was later released as one CD, with the bonus songs as "hidden" tracks 98 and 99. The song "Wish", aided by the video directed by Peter Christopherson of Coil (band), won a Grammy Award in the "Heavy metal music" category. Jon Reiss directed a music video for "Happiness in Slavery," which was universally banned due to its graphic content. The video depicts performance art Bob Flanagan strapping himself to a machine that subsequently pleasures, tortures and kills him. A video for "Pinion" aired twice on MTV before being banned for its objectionable content, although images from it did become a fixture in the opening title sequence of the MTV show 120 Minutes. A full length video informally called ''Broken - The Movie'' was also made by Sleazy, but has not seen an official release. ''Broken'' was followed by the remix EP ''Fixed (album)''. ===''The Downward Spiral''=== NIN's second full album and third major release was ''The Downward Spiral'' (1994). This was NIN's second collaboration with Mark Ellis (record producer) (Flood). It went quadruple platinum and is often considered by critics to be NIN's best work. There were two singles released, "March of the Pigs", "Closer to God", "Hurt" was sent to radio only, but never released as a single, and "piggy" was also only sent to radio. Music videos were made for the singles "March of the Pigs", "Closer", and "Hurt", with the edited MTV version of "Closer" becoming very successful. The album's final track, "Hurt", would enjoy success once again when it was covered, with slight alterations to the lyrics, by Johnny Cash in 2003. ''The Downward Spiral'' was followed by the remix EP ''Further Down the Spiral''. A remastered version of the album was released on November 23, 2004, with an accompanying CD of b-sides and rarities. The Remaster was also released as a two-sided DualDisc Format The SACD edition of the remastered album featured multichannel and stereo SACD versions of the album as well as a remastered standard CD layer, disc 2 featured stereo SACD and standard Red Book (audio CD standard) layers. The DualDisc contains a remastered CD-Audio on one side and features a DVD-Audio format side containing High Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround mixes of the entire album with expanded album art, a discography and Music Videos [Closer(in Stereo & 5.1 audio), March of the Pigs, and Hurt] ===''The Fragile''=== NIN's fourth major release was the two-disk album ''The Fragile'' (1999). It produced three singles, one released in the US ("The Day the World Went Away"), one ===''With Teeth''=== NIN's fifth major release, ''With Teeth'' (2005), was written and recorded following Reznor's painful battle with alcohol addiction and substance abuse. The music video for the first single, "The Hand That Feeds" premiered on the [http://www.nin.com official NIN website] rather than on the traditional MTV. The album was leaked before its official release. It was officially released on May 3, 2005 in a DualDisc format as well as CD-Audio. Though the new album lacks any liner notes, [http://www.nin.com/with_teeth nin.com/with_teeth] features access to download a digital PDF Poster full of lush artwork and stylized liner notes and lyrics. The single was also released in a format for Garageband so that it could be remixied by anyone with the program. The band also allowed the entire album to be listened to in streaming audio at Myspace beginning April 27, 2005. [http://www.myspace.com/ninofficial Myspace NIN album streaming audio] Nine Inch Nails dropped out of the 2005 MTV Video Movie Awards show because of a disagreement with MTV over the use of an image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band's performance of "The Hand That Feeds", which includes such lyrics as: :''What if this whole crusade's a charade :''And behind it all there's a price to be paid :''For the blood on which we dine :''Justified in the name of the holy and the divine "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," Trent Reznor said. They were replaced on the show by Foo Fighters. In fall 2005, the group will be supporting Queens of the Stone Age on their North American tour of ''Lullabies to Paralyze''. ==Official NIN releases== Each Nine Inch Nails release is given a sequential number, with the word "Halo" preceding it (eg. ''The Downward Spiral'' is also known as ''Halo 8''). Many independent and new wave records follow similar numbering schemes. Official halos are as follows (colors denote main album eras): {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" |- ! style="background:#efefef;" |Halo ! style="background:#efefef;" |Released ! style="background:#efefef;" |Title ! style="background:#efefef;" |Type ! style="background:#efefef;" |Highest chart position |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|1 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 15, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Down in It'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|2 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 20, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Pretty Hate Machine'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|LP |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#75 (US Billboard 200, #67 UK Albums Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|3 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 22, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Head Like a Hole'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Maxi-Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#45 (UK UK Singles Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|4 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 10, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|''Sin (Nine Inch Nails)'' |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#35 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|5 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|September 22, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|''Broken'' |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|#7 (US Billboard 200), #18 (UK UK Albums Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|6 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|December 7, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|''Fixed (album)'' |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP; remix album |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|7 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|February 25, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''March of the Pigs'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#59 (US Billboard Hot 100), #45 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March 8, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|LP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#2 (US Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DE |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double Hybrid Super audio compact disc |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DVD-A |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''The Downward Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|DVD#DVD-Audio/CD |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|9 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 30, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Closer to God'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#41 (US Billboard Hot 100), #25 (UK), #3 (Australian ARIA) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|10 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|June 1, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Further Down the Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP (US Release) |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#23 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|10v2 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 30, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Further Down the Spiral'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP (UK Release) |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|11 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 13, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#46 (US Billboard Hot 100), #43 (UK), #48 (Australia) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|12 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'' |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double VHS |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|13 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|July 20, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''The Day the World Went Away'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Single |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#17 (US Billboard Hot 100), #31 (Australia) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|14 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|September 21, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''The Fragile'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#1 (US Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|15 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|December 6, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''We're in This Together'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|3-Disc Single (EU Release) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#39 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|16 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|November 21, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''Things Falling Apart'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Remix LP (not official LP) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#67 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|17 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 22, 2002 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''And All That Could Have Been'' |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP + Double DVD |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#37 (US Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|18 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|April 18, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''The Hand That Feeds'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Single (EU Release) |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#31 (US Billboard Hot 100 - charted due to airplay), #7 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''With Teeth'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|LP |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#1 (US Billboard 200), #3 UK Albums Chart, #10 (Australian ARIA) |- |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 DVD-A |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''With Teeth'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|DVD#DVD-Audio/CD |style="background:#F0FFF0;"| |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|20 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|July 19, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|''Only (Nine Inch Nails song)'' |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Single |style="background:#F0FFF0;"| |- |} Many of these releases are now out of print. ''Down in It'', ''Pretty Hate Machine'', ''Head Like a Hole'' and ''Sin (Nine Inch Nails)'' are out of print due to Reznor's conflict with his former label TVT Records. ''The Day the World Went Away'', ''We're in This Together'' are also out of print. When any of these will be back in print is unknown. ''Still'' from ''And All That Could Have Been'' is now re-available Nine Inch Nails's online merchandise store. The fans rejoiced at this announcement. In Australia, a single for ''Into the Void'' was released as ''Halo 16''. This single was released about ten months before the release of the ''Halo 16'' remix album ''Things Falling Apart'', most people do not consider the ''Into the Void'' single an "official halo". It is also not mentioned on the [http://www.nin.com/halo/index.html nin.com: body of work] section. ==Music videos== {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" |- ! style="background:#efefef;" |Song ! style="background:#efefef;" |Director ! style="background:#efefef;" |Released ! style="background:#efefef;" |Notes |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Down in It" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Eric Zimmerman (director) & Benjamin Stokes |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Head Like a Hole" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Eric Zimmerman (director) |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"| |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Sin (Nine Inch Nails)" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Brett Turnbull |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Pinion" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"| |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Help Me I Am In Hell" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Happiness in Slavery" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Gave Up" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish (live)" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|aired on 120 minutes (also on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"March of the Pigs" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Closer to God" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 12, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Burn" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Hank Corwin & Trent Reznor |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|August 24, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|for ''Natural Born Killers'' |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Hurt (live)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"| |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|January 18, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|for ''Lost Highway'' |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Eraser (live)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|never aired (on ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'') |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"We're In This Together" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Mark Pellington |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|August 27, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Into the Void" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Walter Stern & Jeff Richter |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 14, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"| |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Starsuckers, Inc." |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Robert Hales (director) & Marilyn Manson (person) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|May 2, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|edit of "Starfuckers, Inc." |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"Deep" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Enda McCallion |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|August, 2001 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|"The Hand That Feeds" |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Rob Sheridan |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|March 17, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|released on [http://www.nin.com nin.com] |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|"Only" |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|David Fincher |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|June, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|(shooting April 19, 2005) |- |} ''Broken (movie)'', the unreleased short film directed by Peter Christopherson, contains the videos for "Pinion", "Wish" and "Happiness in Slavery". It also features the song "Help Me I Am in Hell", set to a black screen, and the song "Gave Up", set to scenes within the film. In colloquial usage it is commonly referred to as, "the Broken Movie." ==Other NIN works== ===Woodstock '94=== NIN's mud-soaked performance at ''Woodstock '94'' is one of their most famous moments. The band earned a Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" for their live performance of "Happiness in Slavery" when it was included on the 1996 in music ''Woodstock '94'' double CD set. The performance was also released as a bootleg album known as "When The Whip Comes Down." ===Quake=== NIN created the ambient music for id Software's computer game ''Quake'' in 1996 in music. As a tribute to this, the programmers of the game included a nail gun as a weapon, whose ammo boxes bore the ''NIN'' logo. This music was available as audio tracks on the ''Quake'' CD. ===Doom 3=== Chris Vrenna, formerly of NIN, created the intro for the popular video game for id Software. John Carmack, the lead programmer for id Software, wanted to work with Reznor for additional in-game music, but due to management problems courtesy of John Malm (Reznor's former manager), he was unable to allot time for studio work for the new ambient soundtrack. Trent Reznor's sound and music files for Doom 3 have been rumored to be floating around the internet. ===Remixes=== *"Light (Fat Back Dub)" for KMFDM, appears on ''Light (single)'' (1994) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V1" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V2" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V3" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V4" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"I'm Afraid of Americans V6" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) *"Victory (Nine Inch Nails Remix)" for P. Diddy, appears on ''Victory: Remixes'' (1998) *"Democracy (NIN Remix)" for Killing Joke, appears on ''Wardance: The Remixes'' (1998) For remixes credited to Trent Reznor, see the "Trent Reznor#Remixes" section of the Trent Reznor article. ===Songs for film soundtracks=== *"Dead Souls," NIN's cover of the Joy Division (band) song, appears on the soundtrack for ''The Crow'' (1994 in film). *"Burn," "Something I Can Never Have" and "A Warm Place" appear on the soundtrack for ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994 in film), which Reznor also record producer. *"\"The Perfect Drug\" Versions" appears on the soundtrack for ''Lost Highway'' (1997 in film), which Reznor also produced. The soundtrack also contains two songs credited only to Trent Reznor. *"Deep" appears on the soundtrack for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001 in film). ===Unreleased songs=== A number of NIN songs are not available on any of the official releases. Some can be found on Bootleg recording, but others have only been performed live. *"Theme from the Right Track" - instrumental track from Reznor's sessions at the Right Track studios. *"Slate/Sanctified Intro" - introduction to ''Purest Feeling'', which was the demo for ''Pretty Hate Machine'', in which "Sanctified" led off the album. *"Purest Feeling" - ''Pretty Hate Machine'' reject. *"Maybe Just Once" - ''Pretty Hate Machine'' reject. *"Twist" - demo version of "Ringfinger". *"Now I'm Nothing" - track performed live between the releases of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and ''Broken'', used as an introduction to "Terrible Lie". Some of the lyrics were worked into "Gave Up" from ''Broken''. This was never recorded in the studio. *"Last (Butch Vig Remix)" - rejected remix by Butch Vig for ''Fixed (album)''. *"Red Scab" - performed live in 1995 with Adam Ant, a cover of his track of the same name. *"Beat My Guest" - performed live in 1995 with Adam Ant, a cover of his track of the same name. *"Scary Monsters" - performed live in 1995 with David Bowie on the Outside Tour. *"Hurt (With David Bowie)" - performed live in 1995 with David Bowie on the Outside Tour. ===Reznor's other works=== More information on Reznor's work outside of Nine Inch Nails can be found in the Trent Reznor entry. ==Future NIN releases== A post-''With Teeth'' album has already been started. According to Reznor, "There is another record in the works that I hope to release in a timely fashion." [http://www.nin.com/access/index.html] Reznor has mentioned that he has more new songs created than appear on ''With Teeth''. One of these songs may be "My Dead Friend", a song announced by Reznor in 2003 when ''With Teeth'' was known as ''Bleedthrough''. Reznor is not planning to release any remix albums for ''With Teeth''. [http://www.nin.com/access/index.html] (see: ''Fixed (album)'', ''Further Down the Spiral'' or ''Things Falling Apart'') A DVD version of ''Closure (Nine Inch Nails)'' is forthcoming, pending the resolution of some legal troubles. In a response to a question on the [http://www.nin.com official NIN website], Reznor indicated that he would like to release surround sound versions of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and ''The Fragile'', similar to what was done for the 10th anniversary editions of ''The Downward Spiral#Tenth Anniversary Re-releases''. More than likely, Reznor will need to finish the tour for ''With Teeth'' before he can find time to work on this project. ==Awards== ===Recording Industry Association of America gold album=== *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified gold (March, 1992) *''Broken'' certified gold (November or December, 1992) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified gold (April, 1994) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified platinum (October, 1994) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified platinum (March, 1995) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified double platinum (July, 1995) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified double platinum (September, 1995) *''Further Down the Spiral'' certified gold (June, 1996) *''The Downward Spiral'' certified quadruple platinum (October, 1998) *''The Fragile'' certified platinum (October, 1999) *''The Fragile'' certified double platinum (January, 2000) *''Pretty Hate Machine'' certified triple platinum (May 12, 2003) ===American Music Award=== *Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 30, 1995) *Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 29, 1996) ===Billboard Music Award=== *"Starfuckers, Inc." from the "Lost Highway" O.S.T. nominated for "Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year" (December 5, 2000) ===Grammy Awards=== *"Wish" from ''Broken'' wins for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 24, 1993) *''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album" (March 1, 1995) *"Happiness in Slavery" from ''Woodstock '94'' wins for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 28, 1996) *"Hurt" from ''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Rock Song" (February 28, 1996) *"The Perfect Drug" from ''Lost Highway'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance" (February 25, 1998) *''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album" (February 23, 2000) *"Starfuckers, Inc." from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance" (February 23, 2000) *"Into the Void" from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" (February 21, 2001) ===MTV Video Music Award=== *"Wish" from ''Broken'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video" (September 3, 1993) *"Closer" from ''The Downward Spiral'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video" and "MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction" (September 8, 1994) *"The Perfect Drug" from ''Lost Highway'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction", "MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction" and "MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography" (September 4, 1997) *"Into the Void" from ''The Fragile'' nominated for "MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video" (September 7, 2000) ==Members== Trent Reznor is the only official member of the band. He assembles different record producer , engineers and musicians to assist him in creating new songs, though Reznor writes all of the lyrics himself and is in sole control of the direction of the band. Similarly, Reznor assembles a live backing band for each NIN tour. ===Live band members=== ====Hate '90 Tour (1990 in music)==== *Richard Patrick - Guitar *Jeff Ward - Drums (beginning of tour) *Chris Vrenna - Drums (remainder of tour) *James Woolley - Keyboard ====Closure (Nine Inch Nails) (1994 in music - 1995 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Chris Vrenna - Drums *James Woolley - Keyboard (1994) *Charlie Clouser - Keyboard (1995) ====Outside Tour with David Bowie (September - October, 1995 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Chris Vrenna - Drums *Charlie Clouser - Keyboards, Drums ====And All That Could Have Been (1999 in music - 2000 in music)==== *Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard *Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard *Jerome Dillon - Drums *Charlie Clouser - Keyboard, Theremin ====With Teeth Tour (2005 in music - ????)==== *Aaron North - Guitar *Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez) - Bass, Guitar *Jerome Dillon - Drums *Alessandro Cortini - Keyboard ==Trivia== In their early days, NIN used Phantasy as a practice space and it was home for several of their first concerts. Director Tony Scott has used Nine Inch Nails music in two of his films to date. ''The Fan'' featured a clip from "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" from ''Further Down the Spiral''. ''Man on Fire'' featured clips from six Nine Inch Nails songs: "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One", "Self Destruction, Part Two", and "The Downward Spiral (the bottom)" from ''Further Down the Spiral''; "The Mark Has Been Made" and "The Great Below" from ''The Fragile''; and "The Wretched" from ''Things Falling Apart''. Reznor himself received a "Music Consultant" credit on the film. The credit sequence for the David Fincher film ''Seven (movie)'' uses the NIN song "Closer (precursor)". Surprisingly, this was done without seeking permission, though NIN is credited in the end credits for the song. ''Final Destination'' used "Into the Void" in its soundtrack. The entire 2005 US Club tour sold out in under 10 minutes, with tickets selling on eBay and other sources for more than $200. To date, Trent Reznor claims he has no tattoos of any kind. He does however, have both of his ears pierced and had his septum pierced briefly. He stated "... it was a nightmare whenever I had a cold!" While obviously not limiting himself to Apple Computers, Reznor does own a PC (mostly for gaming, among many other things), although he exclusively prefers an Apple. Reznor was relatively new to PC games: He's a die-hard Mac man. "I was never aware of what was going on in the PC world until someone showed me Castle Wolfenstein 3D," he admits. "I'd never gone near a PC; that's a bad word around the studio. We're all Mac people, since most of the music software is written for Mac. But when I saw Wolfenstein I went out and bought whatever it was at the time, 386, 486, and we got hooked. The sense of being immersed in the game really struck a chord with me. And when we were rehearsing for the downward spiral tour, Doom came out, and I was like, 'Oh my god.' So now every six months a major [PC] upgrade goes on around here." Trent is obsessed when it comes to video games. During tours the band would sometimes be deathmatching on Quake in a makeshift LAN or Trent would be playing anything he would get his hands on in a dressing room or bus, whether it was a Super Nintendo or a Sega Genesis Trent Reznor is a sci-fi and horror fanatic, often sampling movie sound bytes for his music, including THX 1138 and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among countless others. Among many books that he has read, The Lathe of Heaven is one of his personal favorites and is thought to be an indirect inspiration for some of the songs on With Teeth. The horror film classic The Exorcist has "...ruined my childhood", he says. "It was the ultimate scare thing because it couldn't easily be disproved." He also loved the tv show Six Million Dollar Man, "probably because I wasn't the biggest kid in the class and I wasn't the athletic superstar football player. I always thought he was cool. The day the Bionic Woman died on The Six Million Dollar Man, that was a tearful day in our household." He considers this. "When I think back, I had a degree of feeling mildly depressed; of melancholiness." ==See also== *Trent Reznor *Nothing Records *List of Nine Inch Nails covers ==External links== * [http://www.nin.com/ nin.com] - the official site * [http://www.theninhotline.net The NIN Hotline] - the latest NIN news * [http://www.livejournal.com/~nine_inch_nails NIN LJ Community] - fan discussion * [http://mike7478.homestead.com/files/main.htm The NIN Collector] - archive of official releases * [http://seething-animosity.schulte.org/ Seething Animosity] - archive of bootleg & other releases * [http://www.taosd.net/index.php/ The Art of Self Destruction] - the largest online archive of NIN material * [http://www.nincol.com/ Nine Inch Nails Collectors Forum] - buy, sell & trade NIN collectibles * [http://www.wellnowwhat.net/nin/ nine inch nails lyrics] - complete lyrics to official releases * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nine+Inch+Nails Discogs: Nine Inch Nails] - listing of releases and appearances *[http://www.theninhotline.net/nin_historian/tour_dates.html Nine Inch Nails Tour Dates] - listing of NIN gigs *[http://www.burningsouls.com Burning Souls] - the Internet's oldest NIN fansite *[http://www.burningsoulsforum.com Burning Souls Forum] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/ Echoing The Sound] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.ninqc.forumactif.com/ Forum Nine Inch Nails] * [http://www.screaming-slave.fr.fm/ Screaming Slave] * [http://www.nailedonline.com/phpBB/ NAiLEDONLiNE] - NIN discussion forum * [http://www.cricketsoda.com/content/movies/nine_inch_nails_video.php Nine Inch Nails : Live At Coachella] American musical groups Industrial music groups Nine Inch Nails
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== Formatting the word "halo" == How should the word "halo" be formatted? Is it just a release number, or is it another name for the title? All of the halo pages and this page should be converted to the same format. Possibilites: *halo - informal, synonymous with "number" - e.g., ''Broken'' is release number 5 / halo 5. *''Halo'' - formal, synonymous with the album title - e.g., ''Broken'' is also known as ''Halo 5''. *Halo - somewhere in-between - e.g., ''Broken'' is Halo 5. Formal might work. When someone says "Halo 14 is my favorite," that is closer to "''The Fragile'' is my favorite" than "NIN's 14th release is my favorite" Than again, informal might work too. When someone says "I have all of the halos!", that means "I have every NIN release!" Perhaps a combination of formatting, depending on context? Edit: at least in the introductory paragraphs of each halo, I've used ''Halo #'' format because it's an aka for the title. --User:Tripps 17:39, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Article Re-organization == I re-organized the article yesterday and added a bit more info. Some things that I did: *section on the naming of NIN, which will answer info-seekers's question about that. Don't know if this should be the first section on not, but there it is for now. *section on the genre -- because it's tedious to see NIN always referred to as an industrial band when this isn't totally true. *began ''italizing'' the word halo when it's used as an aka for the album name. *future releases section to collect all data on future projects. Just brief descriptions, however -- the main data belongs on the relevant halo page. *moved ''Closure'' DVD info to Closure (Nine Inch Nails). *reversed the order of the live band listing. Makes more sense to go from earliest to latest. *trivia section for all the miscellaneous info. *re-arranged the links. Removed the French NIN page link (belongs on the French wiki article for NIN). Put all of the discussion forums at the bottom of the list in alphabetical order. Added the touring link. Things I plan to add in the future on this article or the halo articles (or would like to see others add): *
"Hurt (Start the Violence Mix)" Tin Electric Radiant Decay: A Tribute To Nine Inch Nails 2000 --User:Tripps 14:44, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) == An Amazing Article == In case everyone doesn't know the Resources section from Nin.com (http://www.nin.com/resources/index.html) contains a link to this article. I think that's a great indication of how good this article is and everyone who has worked on it deserves a pat on the back. [i know this really doesn't belong here I just thought everyone would've liked to know about it]. User:Naufana 17:13, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) :I just noticed that myself and thought it was pretty cool. I wonder if the nin.com webmaster is a wiki-contributor around these parts? :--User:Tripps 03:13, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::Apologies if I'm bungling this post, but Tripps, please shoot me an email at my NIN Hotline email address... not sure how to contact you. Feel free to wipe this post afterwards ;) ::--User:Leviathant 3:32, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Into the Void == I'm thinking that the Into the Void single (halo 16) should be listed in the "offical Releases" section, even though Things Falling Apart is usually recognized at halo 16. I was initially hesitant to add it to the list, but in the interests of having a complete discography I included it (there are now two halo 16s). People might argue that "Into the Void" is a radio single and it doesn't belong in the offical discography but I have a copy of the legitimate radio single for "Into the Void" and it has a different cover and track listing that the one in the Wikipedia article. User:Naufana 18:30, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) :''Into the Void'' was originally in the halo table when I began editing the page. I had removed it for a few reasons. One reason: in database-speak, I see the halo number column as the primary key of the table; that is, each entry should be unique and identify the row it's in. Another reason: ''Into the Void'' isn't mentioned on nin.com's discography. The similarly non-US-released ''Halo 15'' is, for example. Although ''Halo 10v2'' is also missing from the official site, it has a unique halo number, the exact same title as the US release, and new songs -- it makes sense to me to treat it the same as the two ''Halo 8'' re-releases in this regard. Another reason: ''Things Falling Apart'' seems clearly to be Trent's official intention for ''Halo 16'' -- I'd almost think Universal Music came up with the ''Into the Void'' single on their own way down there in Oz. :Without it in there, the halo table matches the inter-linked album infoboxes on the right side of each halo page (''We're in This Together''
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