Etymology
Axcess magazine interviewed Trent Reznor after the release of The Downward Spiral in 1994. It asked him how else he come higher by owning a title Nine Inch Nails & this was his reply: A Nine Inch Nails logotype (which consists of the letters "NIN" by owning a 2nd "N" reversed, which looks similar to "NIИ") was designed therefore that Trent Reznor stand the project that within his have words "looked cool on my leather jacket."http://www.live105.com/sales/nin/nin_logo.png According to Reznor, the logotype was inspired per typography of the album handle for Talking Heads' album Remain in Light [http://www.nin.com/access/7_21_04/questions5.gif ¹].

Genre
NIN's healthy hwhen diversely been described as alternative, electronica, heavy metal, rock, synth pop, or, virtually all unremarkably, industrial or industrial rock. On his music existence categorized when industrial, Reznor experienced this to say within the 1994 Axcess magazine interview: NIN's songs handle the range of genres; as a oeuvre, it just can't become pigeonholed. "The Perfect Drug" has the flavor of drum and bass, vocals and drum machine beats, "Down in It" seems influenced by early rap & hip-hop, "Happiness in Slavery" is in the vein of Skinny Puppy and Ministry, "The Frail" is a melancholy minimalist 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 (freed in the future unofficially when Purest Feeling.) This was also NIN's number one collaboration by having producer Mark 'Flood' Ellis. It went triple atomic number 78 in the U.S. & produced a singles "Head Like a Hole," "Down in It" and "Sin". Music cd were wreak everthing 3 tracks, however a of these for "Sin" was non freed to a public until 1997, by using the release of Closure. "Something I Can Never Have" besides appeared inside an emended form on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.

Trent Reznor is planning to release a re-down pat version of Pretty Hate Machine however due to certain mishaps, fans can keep around to hold off for it the little yearn. When of August 19, 2005, a ownership rights to Pretty Hate Machine were put higher for auction by TVT Records, compliments of Prudential Securities Financial Services. Pretty Hate Machine is a share of an overall acquiescent pack that too includes a rights to the ''Television's Greatest Hits compilations & a Mortal Kombat'' movie soundtracks. Additionally, the greatest bidder is suspire to collect a percentage in new sales of Nine Inch Nails' more TVT-related releases, including Broken, Fixed, The Downward Spiral and Further Down the Spiral.

Broken
NIN's 2nd major release was Broken (1992), an EP of six tracks + ii bonus tracks. It was originally freed within a stack-out format, containing the number one six tracks in a regular Video & even more, an extra trio-inch minidisc sustaining the left bonus tracks. It wwhen late freed when a single Video, sustaining a bonus songs as "hidden" tracks 98 & 99. A song "Wish", aided per streaming directed by Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson of Coil, won a Grammy in the "metal" category. Jon Reiss directed a music streaming video for "Happiness in Slavery," which was nearly always banned due to its graphic content. A videos depicts performance artist Bob Flanagan strapping himself to a machine that later pleasures, tortures & kills him. The streaming videos for "Pinion" aired twice in MTV before being banned for its objectionable content, although images from either it did be the fixture in the opening title sequence of the MTV indicate Choice United states. A fully length cd informally known as The Broken Movie was also manufactured by Sleazy, however has non seen an official release. A Broken Movie, when of 2005, may exclusively become witnessed in black-market. Broken was followed per remix EP Fixed.

The Downward Spiral
NIN's 2nd fully album & third major release was The Downward Spiral (1994). This was NIN's 2nd collaboration by owning Mark 'Flood' Ellis. It went quadruple pt & is typically considered by critics to become NIN's better act. Both singles, "March of the Pigs" and "Closer", were released, & 2 extra tracks, "Hurt" and "Piggy", were sent to radio forgoing one release. Music cds were play "March of the Pigs", "Closer", survive footage of "Eraser" (which would never receive airtime), & "Hurt". A emended MTV version of "Closer" became super successful. A cd for "Closer" (directed by Mark Romanek), inside numbers of ways, placed the standard for Nine Inch Nails cds by using its eerie images of pigs' heads & S&M paraphenalia. A album's final track, "Hurt", would enjoy profits again once it was covered, by using cold-shoulder alterations to the lyrics, by Johnny Cash in 2003.

A Downward Spiral was followed per remix EP Further Down the Spiral, which featured a collaboration by owning electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin and new guitar area existence lent by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. The remastered version of The Downward Spiral was freed in November 23, 2004, with an attendant Video of B-sides and rarities. A remastered recording was likewise freed as a 2-bilateral DualDisc. A Deluxe Edition of the remaster features multichannel & stereophonic SACD versions of the album as well as a remastered standard Video layer on the number one disc, & stereophonic SACD and standard CD layers on the second. A DualDisc contains the remastered Video-Audio in 1 side & features a DVD-Audio format side containing High Resolution Stereo & Quintet.Single Surround mixes of the entire album by having expanded album art, the discography, & Music Training videos "Closer" (stereo & environs), "March of the Pigs", & "Hurt (Live)".

The Fragile
NIN's quaternary major release was them-disc album The Fragile (1999). It produced troika singles, of these freed in A The states ("The Day the World Went Away"), of these in the UK ("We're In This Together") freed as a Tercet a portion l1, & one inside Japan & Australia ("Into The Void"). Music video cd for "We're In This Together", "Into The Void" & "Starf***ers, Inc." (retitled when "Starsuckers, Inc.") were airy in the United states of america.

"Starsuckers, Inc." was the vicious mockery of Reznor's previous friend & protégé , Marilyn Manson. Many vocal will require were chop & spliced together as a does'nt-and so-subtle jab at Manson's common inability to sing swell plenty to capture his vocals around one choose. A lyrics satirized Manson when existence vain & insincere. the recording ended using the clip from either a KISS concert—Manson repeatedly professed to be "the KISS of the Nineties." A few of the lyrics in the song (professional people’re and then vain/I’ll bet professional people believe this song is just about you/Don’t you? don’t your family?) came from either a Carly Simon song "You're So Vain." When NIN get on tour, Reznor would sneeringly introduce a song when existence "about a friend of mine." around a period of 1 such performance in Just released York, Reznor subtly changed the lyrics of of these a share of the song ("How did you think we'd get by without you?" became "How did we ever get by without you?"), so put the song in hang in to midway across when he was joined on stage by a surprise guest — Manson himself. Them duetted a rest of a song, by having Manson putting his arm in the area of Reznor at one point, so it finished the indicate sustaining Manson's hit "The Beautiful People." This event — featured as an easter egg on the And All That Could Have Been DVD — seemed to mark an end to their feud when Mansin went on to come out in the "Starsuckers, Inc." videos, however, for reasons undecipherable, a feud was resumed & Mansin & Reznor come there is no yearn on speaking terms.

Nonetheless, in the "Starsuckers Inc." streaming, there is a clear stab at Courtney Love, widow woman of Kurt Cobain. Inside 1994 shortly when Kurt's Demise, them experienced turn into romantically exposed by having every more for the period of astir Half a dozen months. When their relationship ended, Trent claimed that she was shallow, vain, & as well into her image. By paying close attention to "Starsuckers Inc.," 1 may notice that the woman Trent dunk shot in the carnival, bears a striking resemblence to Courtney Love dispatch of the album Survive Across This, complete sustaining dress, tiara, & lip rouge.

Inside interviews before a album's completion, Reznor said he was looking for organizing a tracks such that 1 disc would contain tons instrumentals & a more a songs by owning lyrics. These plans changed once Bob Ezrin (producer of Pink Floyd's The Wall, a 2-disc album typically seen as a predecessor of The Fragile) suggested an arrangement of tracks that would strengthen a "four corners of the album"—namely a beginnings & stops of every of the deuce discs. Ezrin is credited in the liner notes when getting "provided final continuity and flow."

'Into A Void' was utilized in the soundtrack for the film 'Final Destination'

A Fragile was followed per remix album Things Falling Apart. A Fragility Tour wwhen recorded & freed in Video & DVD as And All That Could Have Been. The favorite edition come using the companion disc known as Still, featuring accoustic re-recordings of songs from through NIN's career, along by owning many newly songs. However is regarded as a classic among fans, & there was great deal speculation before a release of With Teeth in 2005 that the album would take a form similar to However. 3 online videos for However were freed in NIN's official web site.

With Teeth
NIN's fifth major release, With Teeth (tentatively titled "Bleedthrough") (2005), was written and recorded as a result Reznor's painful battle by having alcoholism & habit. A album exposed a collaboration of the Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana) swimming survive drums, replacing a drum machines utilized in virtually all Nine Inch Nails releases. A music streaming for the number 1 lone, "The Hand that Feeds" premiered on the [http://www.nin.com official NIN website] like than on the traditional music video channel. A album was leaked before its official release in May 3, 2005 on both Video & DualDisc formats. Though a pack for a album lacks the average liner notes, [http://www.nin.com/with_teeth nin.com/with_teeth] features access to download the digital PDF poster full of stylised art & lyrics. "The Hand that Feeds" was besides discharged as a Garageband multitrack file so that it can be remixed by anyone by owning access to the program. A band too allowed a entire album to exist as listened to within video audio at MySpace beginning April 27, 2005. [http://www.myspace.com/ninofficial MySpace NIN album streaming audio] A vinyl release & Dualdisc release of By using Dentition two featured an additional track, "Home", a remnant cut from either the Sustaining Dentition recording sessions.

Nine Inch Nails dropped away from a 2005 MTV Movie Awards show because of a disagreement using MTV over the apply of an unchanged image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band's performance of "The Hand That Feeds," which includes such lyrics as: "Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," Trent Reznor said. It were replaced on the indicate per Foo Fighters.

Within fall 2005, the class action may last on the road within North America supported by Queens of the Stone Age, when well as Autolux for the first half of the tour followed by Death from Above 1979 during the 2nd half.

Clint Mansell is remixing a "You Know What You Are?" for the soundtrack of the forthcoming feature motion picture Day of reckoning, depending polish off of the popular computer game that potentially Reznor was another time addicted to.

A 2nd only for this album, freed inside mid-July, was "Only." The streaming for "Only" was completed about Can. It was created utilizing primarily computer-generated imagery, and directed by David Fincher. It debuted in July 11th on FuseTV and can been seen on the band's official internet site. A third individual, "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" has non eventually experienced the release date slated.

Trent Reznor freed a source files for "The Hand That Feeds" and "Only" to allow his fans to remix his songs inside something of the contest. It is within various file formats, including Garageb& and ACID formats. A files may be detected in [http://www.nin.com/downloads/index.html nin.com].

In a months as a result the release of By having Dentition, deuce newly Nine Inch Nails songs surfaced: "Non-Entity" recorded survive at a ReactNow! Hurricane Katrina benefit concert. "Not So Pretty Now" has appeared on the setlist of two or three recent Nine Inch Nails survive shows, however has non eventually seen the studio recording release.

Discography
From each one Nine Inch Nails release, disregarding of format, is given a successive total, by using the word "Halo" preceding it (eg. The Downward Spiral is also known as Halo 8). Several independent & just released wave records watch similar enumeration schemes. Official Halos come when follows (colors denote independent album eras):

|- ! style="background:#efefef;" |Halo ! style="background:#efefef;" |Title ! style="background:#efefef;" |Type ! style="background:#efefef;" |Released ! style="background:#efefef;" |Highest chart position |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|1 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Down in It |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 15, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|N/A |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|2 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Pretty Hate Machine |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|LP |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 20, 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#75 (US Billboard 200 Albums Chart, #67 UK Albums Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|3 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Head Like a Hole |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Maxi-Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 22, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#45 (UK Singles Chart) |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|4 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Sin |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Single |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|October 10, 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|#35 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|5 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Broken |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|September 22, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|#7 (United states Billboard 200), #18 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|6 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Fixed |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|EP; remix album |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|December 7, 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|N/A |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|7 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March of the Pigs |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|February 25, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#59 (The states Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart), #45 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|The Downward Spiral |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|LP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March 8, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#2 (America Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DE |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|The Downward Spiral: Deluxe Edition |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double Hybrid SACD |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|N/A |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|8 DVD-A |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|The Downward Spiral: DualDisc |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|DVD-A/CD |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 23, 2004 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|N/A |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|9 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Closer To God |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Single |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 30, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#41 (United states Billboard Hot 100), #25 (UK), #3 (Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|10 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Further Down the Spiral |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP (U.s.a. Release) |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|June 1, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#23 (United states Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|11 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"The Perfect Drug" Versions |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|EP |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 13, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|#46 (United states Billboard Hot 100), #43 (UK), #48 (Australia) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|12 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Closure |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Double VHS |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|N/A |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|13 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|The Day the World Went Away |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Single |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|July 20, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#17 (United states Billboard Hot 100), #31 (Australia) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|14 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|The Fragile |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|September 21, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#1 (America Billboard 200), #9 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|15 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|''We're in This Together |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|3-Disc Lone (EU Release) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|December 6, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#39 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|16 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Things Falling Apart |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|EP |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|November 21, 2000 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#67 (Me Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|17 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|And All That Could Have Been |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP + Double DVD |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 22, 2002 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|#26 (Usa Hoarding 200 - Deluxe Edition), #37 (Me Billboard 200) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|17 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|And All That Could Have Been (w/ Still) |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Double LP + Double DVD |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|January 22, 2002 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|See above |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|18 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|The Hand That Feeds |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Single (EU Release) |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|April 18, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#31 (Me Billboard Hot 100), #1 (Modern Rock), #2 (Mainstream Rock), #7 (UK) |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|With Teeth |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|LP |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#1 (United states Billboard 200), #3 UK Albums Chart, #10 (Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart) |- |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|19 DVD-A |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|With Teeth: DualDisc |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|DVD-A/CD |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|May 3, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|See above |- |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|20 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Only |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|Maxi-Lone + Niner" Vinyl + DVD |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|July 25, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|#20 (UK), #1 (Modern Rock) |- |}

Many of these releases are now out of print. Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4'' are out of print due to Reznor's conflict with his former label TVT Records. Halo 13, ''Halo 15 are also out of print. When any of these will be back in print is unknown.

Still from Halo 17'' is now re-available at Nine Inch Nails's online merchandise store.

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="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 & Benjamin Stokes |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|September 1989 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|The birth of Nine Inch Nails' logo can be seen in the jacket that Trent Reznor is wearing |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Head Like a Hole" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Eric Zimmerman |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|March 1990 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|the audio for this video is not the album version and in fact from the remix titled Head Like A Hole (Clay), found on the US Head Like A Hole single |- |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|"Sin" |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|Brett Turnbull |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF0FF;"|never aired (an edited version appears on Halo 12, though the original video only became available through TVT's website and has yet to be officially released) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Pinion" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|The video of '"Pinion," though not the audio, was used for the introduction of MTV's Kennedy-hosted Alternative Nation. |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|February 1992 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|  |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Support Maine We are Inside Hell" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Eric Goode & Serge Becker |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on Halo 12) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Happiness inside Slavery" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on Halo 12) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Gave Up" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Jon Reiss |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|never aired (on Halo 12) |- |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|"Wish (survive)" |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFF5F0;"|aired on 120 minutes (also on Halo 12) |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"March of the Pigs" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Peter Christopherson |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|The released video was second attempt, after a more complex concept was abandoned. [http://www.9inchnails.net/ninfo/ninfaq-v77.html#j4]. There is speculation that clips from the original shoot appear in Closure. |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Closer" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|May 12, 1994 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|two versions of video released (Original Version / Nothing Version) |- |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;"|"Pain (survive)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|March, 1995 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|  |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"The Perfect Drug" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Mark Romanek |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|January 18, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|for Lost Highway |- |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|"Eraser (survive)" |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|Simon Maxwell |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|November 24, 1997 |style="background:#FFFFF0;"|never aired (on Halo 12) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"We're In This Together" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Mark Pellington |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|August 27, 1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|two versions of video released (Short / Long) |- |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|"A Day The World Went Away" |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|Unknown |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|1999 |style="background:#F0F0FF;"|never completed (original clips compiled with live video on Halo 17) |- |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 & Marilyn Manson |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;"|July 12, 2005 |style="background:#F0FFF0;"|90-95% CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) |- |}

Broken, the unreleased short film directed by Peter Christopherson, contains the videos for "Pinion", "Wish" and "Happiness within Slavery". It also features the song "Assist Maine We are around Hell", set to a black screen, and the song "Gave Higher", set to scenes within the film. In colloquial usage it is commonly referred to as, "a 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 for "Best Metal Performance" for their live performance of Happiness in Slavery when it was included on the 1996 Woodstock '94 double CD set. The performance was also released as a bootleg album known as When The Whip Comes Down''.

Doom 3
Chris Vrenna, formerly the drummer 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 arising from Reznor's legal struggles with then-manager John A. Malm, Jr., he was unable to allot time for studio work for the new ambient soundtrack. Trent Reznor's sounds for Doom 3 are available for download[http://www.download.com/Doom-3-Trent-Reznor-sound-pack/3000-7453_4-10309315.html].

Remixes
"Weak (Fat Back Dub)" for KMFDM, appears on Light (1994) "We'm Afraid of Americans V1" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) "I personally'm Afraid of Americans V2" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) "We'm Afraid of Americans V3" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) "We'm Afraid of Americans V4" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans'' (1997) "We'm Afraid of Americans V6" for David Bowie, appears on ''I'm Afraid of Americans (1997) "Triumph (Nine Inch Nails Remix)" for Puff Daddy & The Family, 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 "Remixes" section of the Trent Reznor article.

Songs for film soundtracks
"Dead Mortals," NIN's cover of the Joy Division song, appears on the soundtrack for The Crow (1994). "Burn," "Something I personally May Never Own" and "The Caring Place" appear on the soundtrack for Natural Born Killers (1994), which Reznor also produced. "Nearer (Precursor)," is played during the opening sequence of Se7en (1995), and is the first song on the soundtrack. "The Perfect Drug" appears on the soundtrack for Lost Highway (1997), which Reznor also produced. The soundtrack also contains two songs credited only to Trent Reznor. "Into a void" appears briefly in Final Destination (2000) and is the third song on the soundtrack. "Deep" appears on the soundtrack for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

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
Reznor is not planning to release any remix albums for With Teeth. [http://www.nin.com/access/3_22_05/index.php] (see: Fixed, Further Down the Spiral or Things Falling Apart) yet Reznor has been heard to comment in Kerrang magazine that he has enough material for a new release tentativly scheduled for spring next year featuring the tracks that didn't make it on to With Teeth such as "House," bolstered with other new material.

A DVD version of Closure 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 remastered surround sound editions of Pretty Hate Machine and The Fragile, similar to the 10th anniversary edition of The Downward Spiral. More than likely, Reznor will need to finish the tour for With Teeth before he can find time to work on this project.

Awards

RIAA Gold albums
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) With Teeth certified gold (July, 2005)

American Music Awards
Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favored Guide Artist" (January 30, 1995) Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Preferred Guide Artist" (January 29, 1996)

Billboard Music Awards
The video for "Starsuckers, Inc." was nominated for a Billboard Music Video Award for Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year. (December 5, 2000)

Grammy Awards
"Wish" from Broken wins for "Best Metal Performance with Vocal" (February 24, 1993) The Downward Spiral nominated for "Best Alternative Music Performance" (March 1, 1995) "Happiness around Slavery" from ''Woodstock '94 wins for "Best Metal Performance" (February 28, 1996) "Injured" from The Downward Spiral nominated for "Best Rock Song" (February 28, 1996) "A Right Drug" from Lost Highway nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" (February 25, 1998) The Fragile nominated for "Best Alternative Music Performance" (February 23, 2000) "Starsuckers, Inc." from The Fragile nominated for "Best Metal Performance" (February 23, 2000) "Into a Void" from The Fragile nominated for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" (February 21, 2001)

MTV Video Music Awards
"Wish" from Broken nominated for "Best Metal/Hard Rock Video" (September 3, 1993) "Nigher" from The Downward Spiral nominated for "Breakthrough Video" and "Best Art Direction" (September 8, 1994) "A Right Drug" from Lost Highway nominated for "Best Video of the Year", "Best Alternative Video", "Best Direction", "Best Art Direction" and "Best Cinematography" (September 4, 1997) "Into a Void" from The Fragile'' nominated for "Breakthrough Video" (September 7, 2000)

Members
Trent Reznor is the only constant member of the band; he assembles various producers, 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)
Richard Patrick - Guitar Jeff Ward - Drums (beginning of tour) Chris Vrenna - Drums (remainder of tour) James Woolley - Keyboard

Self Destruct Tours (1994 - 1995)
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)
Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard Chris Vrenna - Drums Charlie Clouser - Keyboards, Drums

Fragility Tours (1999 - 2000)
Robin Finck - Guitar, Keyboard Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard Jerome Dillon - Drums Charlie Clouser - Keyboard, Theremin

With Teeth Tour (March - November 2005)
Aaron North - Guitar Jeordie White - Bass, Guitar Alessandro Cortini - Keyboard, Guitar, Bass Jerome Dillon - Drums (May-October 2005) Josh Freese - Drums (October 4-5, 2005) Alex Carapetis - Drums (October 7, 2005-onwards)

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 "A Art of Self Destruction, Section 1" from Further Down the Spiral. Man on Fire featured clips from six Nine Inch Nails songs: "A Art of Self Destruction, Section Of these", "Self Destruction, A share Both", and "A Downward Spiral (a bottom)" from Further Down the Spiral; "The Mark Has Been Processed" and "A Awesome Following" from The Fragile; and "A Wretched" from Things Falling Apart. Reznor himself received a "Music Consultant" credit on the film.

The credit sequence for the David Fincher film Seven uses the NIN song "Nigher (precursor)". Surprisingly, this was done without seeking permission, though NIN is credited in the end credits for the song.

The entire 2005 U.S. 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. However, he had both of his ears pierced and had his septum pierced briefly. He stated, "... it was the nightmare if I personally experienced the 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. "We was never caring of what was running in in the PC globe until individual showed us Castle Wolfenstein 3D," he admits. "I personally'd never no more touching the PC; that's a bad word about the studio. I're a lot Mackintosh humans, since virtually all of the music software system is written for Macintosh. However while We saw Wolfenstein I personally went out & bought whatever it was at a instance, 386, 486, & i personally had hooked. the feel of existence immersed in the gamaine really struck a chord by having me. & after i were rehearsing for the down spiral tour, Doom came out, and We was prefer, 'Oh the god.' Therefore nowadays each sextuplet months the major [PC] update goes in in on this button."

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 also plays Counter-Strike: Source competitevely in the Cyberathlete Amateur League. in Rolling Stone Magazine, trent admitted that he often played the game Halo when he should have been writing or recording songs.

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 a ultimate scare tool because it couldn't easy exist as disproved." He also loved the TV show Six Million Dollar Man, "probably because I wasn't a large child in the class & We wasn't a athletic wizard footballer. We universally thought he was cool. A day a Bionic Woman died on The Six Million Dollar Human, that was the dolourous day around my menage." He considers this. "Whilst I personally personally remember, I experienced the degree of feeling mildly depressed; of melancholiness."

Tori Amos's song "Caught a Lite Sneeze" features the lyrics "manufactured our have jolly hatred machine," Precious Things includes the line "by having their nine-inch nails...," and "Agency Widow woman" repeats the word, "Starfuckers," which Reznor proceeded to write a song about. Reznor also sings with Amos on the song "Past a Mission", from her album Under the Pink, and Amos sometimes performs the Nine Inch Nails track "Pain" live in concert.