NINE INCH NAILS

'Nine Inch Nails' (abbreviated as 'NIN') is an industrial rock band founded in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1988 by Trent Reznor. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its musical direction. NIN's music straddles a wide range of musical genres and modes, while retaining a characteristically intense sound through instruments and a heavy use of electronics and electronic processing techniques. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him; this live component is a separate entity from Nine Inch Nails in the recording studio.⁶⁰⁶¹ On stage, NIN often employs spectacular visual elements to accompany its performances, which frequently culminate with the band destroying musical instruments.
Underground music audiences warmly received Nine Inch Nails in its early years. The band would produce several highly influential records in the 1990s that achieved widespread popularity and won two Grammy Awards. Many Nine Inch Nails songs became radio hits, and the RIAA has certified the sale of over 10.5 million units of the band's albums in the United States.^[1] In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' placed Nine Inch Nails at 94 on their list of the 100 greatest music artists of all time.^[2] Despite this acclaim, the band has had several feuds with corporate aspects of the recording industry.
In the past, NIN released major studio albums infrequently; remixes and live albums bridged these gaps in the band's catalog. Reznor cites his personal issues as the cause of these delays, and his songs often confront dark explorations of the self.^[3] The most recent Nine Inch Nails album, ''Year Zero'', is an exception to both the typically introspective nature of Reznor's songwriting and its long gestation period.

Contents

History

Early years

''Pretty Hate Machine''

''Broken''

''The Downward Spiral''

''The Fragile''

''With Teeth''

''Year Zero''

Musical characteristics

Band members

Corporate entanglements

Discography

Prospective Re-releases

Awards

RIAA certifications

Grammy Awards and nominations

References

External links

Other

Major fansite

History

Early years

Initial ambitions for Nine Inch Nails in 1988 were to release one 12-inch single on a small European label. Getting Down in It, , , , Alternative Press, Reznor was employed at that time as an assistant engineer and janitor at Right Track Studios in Cleveland,^[4] and asked studio owner Bart Koster for permission to record some demos of his own songs for free during unused studio time. Koster agreed, remarking that it cost him "just a little wear on [his] tape heads."^[5] While assembling these, the earliest NIN recordings, Reznor was unable to find a band that could articulate his songs as he wanted. Instead, inspired by Prince, Reznor played all the instruments except drums himself.^[6] On most of the band's studio recordings, this role remains Reznor's, though he has occasionally involved other musicians and assistants. Several labels responded favorably to the demo material, and Reznor signed with TVT Records. Nine selections from the Right Track demos were unofficially released in 1994 as ''Purest Feeling''; many of these songs would appear in revised form on ''Pretty Hate Machine'' in 1989.
Several rumors have persisted about the origins of the name "Nine Inch Nails," one being that Reznor chose to reference the story of Jesus' crucifixion with nine inch spikes. Electro Shock!: Groundbreakers of Synth Music, , Greg, Rule, Backbeat Books, 1999, ISBN 0-8793-0582-7 Chuck Klosterman surmised that Reznor was inspired by the sight of nine inch fingernails on Freddy Krueger.^[7] Reznor maintains that he coined the name because it "abbreviated easily," rather than for "any literal meaning." Talking about Nothing with Trent Reznor, , , , Axcess, Reznor and Gary Talpas designed the Nine Inch Nails logo, which consists of the letters "NIN" set inside a border with the second "N" reversed. The logo first appeared on NIN's debut, "Down in It," and was inspired by Tibor Kalman's typography on the Talking Heads album ''Remain in Light''.^[8] Talpas, a native of Cleveland, would continue to design NIN packaging art through the 1997 double VHS ''Closure''.^[9]

''Pretty Hate Machine''

Main articles: Pretty Hate Machine

''Pretty Hate Machine''
(1989)

Written, arranged, and performed by Trent Reznor, NIN's first album '''Pretty Hate Machine''' debuted in 1989. The album marked Reznor's first collaboration with Adrian Sherwood (who produced the lead single "Down in It" in London, England without having met Reznor face-to-face) and Mark "Flood" Ellis. Flood's production would appear on each major Nine Inch Nails release until 1994, and Sherwood has done remixes for the band as recently as 2000. Reznor and his co-producers expanded upon the ''Purest Feeling'' demos, and added future singles "Head Like a Hole" and "Sin".
''Rolling Stone's Michael Azerrad described the album as "industrial-strength noise over a pop framework" and "harrowing but catchy music";^[10] Reznor proclaimed this combination "a sincere statement" of "what was in [his] head at the time."^[11] Spending two years on the album charts, ''Pretty Hate Machine'' became one of the first independently released records to attain platinum certification.⁴ MTV aired videos for "Down in It" and "Head Like a Hole," but an explicit video for "Sin" was only released on the 1997 home video ''Closure'', albeit in edited form.
In 1988 Reznor assembled a live band and toured North America opening for industrial act Skinny Puppy and later for alternative rock artists such as Peter Murphy and The Jesus and Mary Chain.⁴ On these tours, Reznor quickly gained a reputation for smashing equipment on stage out of frustration, and an interview with ''Rockbeat'' attributed NIN's eventual success in front of rock orientated audiences to this extremely aggressive attitude. The man behind the machine, Gitter, Mike, , , Rockbeat, Nine Inch Nails then embarked on a world tour that continued through the first Lollapalooza festival in 1991, where the band "stole the show" from headliners Jane's Addiction despite numerous equipment problems. Nine Inch Nails: Self Destruct, , Martin, Huxley, St. Martin's Griffin, 1997, ISBN 0-3121-5612-X After a disastrous European reception opening for Guns N' Roses, NIN returned to America amid pressure from TVT to produce a more commercial follow-up to ''Pretty Hate Machine''. In response, Reznor secretly began recording under various pseudonyms to avoid record company interference.^[12]

''Broken''

Main articles: Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)

''Broken''
(1992)

The fruit of Reznor's disillusionment with his record label and culmination of the band's harsh, aggressive live sound, the '''Broken''' EP of six songs and two bonus tracks was released in 1992. In the liner notes, Reznor credits his band from the 1991 tour as an influence on ''Broken'', which he described as a guitar-based "blast of destruction." Songs from ''Broken'' have garnered NIN their only two Grammy awards: a performance of the EP's first single "Happiness in Slavery" at Woodstock '94, and the second single "Wish".⁸¹
Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of the bands Coil and Throbbing Gristle directed a performance video for "Wish",^[13] but the EP's most infamous video accompanied the song "Happiness in Slavery". The video was almost universally banned for its graphic depiction of performance artist Bob Flanagan disrobing in front of the camera and lying on a machine that pleasures, tortures, then kills him.^[14] A third video for "Pinion", partially incorporated into MTV's ''Alternative Nation'' opening sequence, showed a toilet that apparently flushes into the mouth of an individual in bondage.^[15] Reznor and Christopherson compiled these three clips into a longform music video also called ''Broken'', which depicts the murder of a young man who is kidnapped and tortured while forced to watch the videos. This footage was never officially released, but instead appeared covertly among tape trading circles.¹⁴
A separate performance video for "Gave Up" featuring Richard Patrick and Marilyn Manson was filmed at 10050 Cielo Drive (then renamed "Le Pig studios" by Reznor), site of the Tate Murders. A live recording of "Wish" was also filmed, and both videos appeared on the ''Closure'' compilation in 1997.^[16] ''Broken'' was followed by the remix EP ''Fixed'' in late 1992. Rather than tour in support of the new material, Reznor began living and recording full-time at Le Pig, working on a follow-up free of restrictions from his record label.

''The Downward Spiral''

Main articles: The Downward Spiral

''The Downward Spiral''
(1994)

Nine Inch Nails' second full-length album, '''The Downward Spiral''', entered the Billboard 200 in 1994 at number two,^[17] and it remains the highest-selling NIN release in the United States.⁸⁰ Inspired by late-1970s rock albums ''Low'' and ''The Wall'', ''The Downward Spiral'' features a wide range of textures and moods to illustrate the mental progress of a central character. The art of darkness, , Chris, Heath, Details, In his last work with the band to date, Flood once again co-produced several tracks; his longtime collaborator and fellow Englishman Alan Moulder mixed most of ''The Downward Spiral'' and took on more extensive production duties for subsequent NIN releases.
The album spawned two singles: "March of the Pigs" and "Closer"; "Hurt" and "Piggy" were issued to radio without a commercial single release. The music video for "Closer", directed by Mark Romanek, received frequent rotation on MTV after the network made edits to it.^[18] A radio edit that partially mutes the song's explicit lyrics also received extensive airtime. "Hurt" enjoyed renewed success when it was covered by Johnny Cash in 2002, and Reznor has stated that hearing Cash's cover revitalized his interest in writing music.^[19] The ''Closure'' video documented highlights from NIN's ''Self Destruct'' tour, including full live videos of "Eraser", "Hurt" and the one-take "March of the Pigs" clip made for MTV. This tour reached its widest mainstream audience with a mud-drenched performance at Woodstock '94 that was broadcast on Pay-Per-View and seen in as many as 24 million homes.^[20]
Nine Inch Nails received considerable mainstream success thereafter, performing with significantly higher production values and adding theatrical visual elements to the live show.^[21] Many other artists began citing Reznor as an influence following the release of ''The Downward Spiral''.^[22] Around this time, Reznor's relentless studio perfectionism, struggles with addiction and bouts of writer's block began to elongate the time required to produce a follow-up record.^[23] To Hell and back, Chick, Steve, , , Kerrang!, In 1997 Reznor appeared in ''Time'' magazine's list of the year's most influential people, which described him as "the most vital artist in music";^[24] however, the end of NIN's first decade was characterized by a long period of relative silence.
After ''The Downward Spiral'', Reznor produced a remix album entitled ''Further Down the Spiral'', the only non-major NIN release to be certified gold in the United States.⁸⁰ It featured contributions from electronic musician Aphex Twin, producer Rick Rubin, and former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. Two versions of ''Further Down the Spiral'' were released in 1995, both featuring exclusive content. A 10th anniversary deluxe reissue of ''The Downward Spiral'' was released in 2004, prompting ''Rolling Stone'' to describe the album as a "masterpiece."^[25]
Critical response to ''The Downward Spiral'' has generally been favorable: in 2005 the album was ranked 25 in ''Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005",^[26] and in 2003 the album was ranked number 200 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

''The Fragile''

Main articles: The Fragile

''The Fragile''
(1999)

Five years elapsed between ''The Downward Spiral'' and NIN's next major album, '''The Fragile''', which arrived as a double CD in September 1999. On the heels of NIN's previous successes, media anticipation surrounded ''The Fragile'' more than a year prior to its arrival,^[27] when it was already described as "oft-delayed".^[28] When the album was finally released it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in one week and receiving generally favorable reviews. Without sufficient promotion from Interscope Records, however, it slipped out of the charts soon afterward, and Reznor was forced to pay for the subsequent North American tour out of his own pocket.^[29]
According to Reznor, the album was built around "sound-scapes" in which "songwriting and arranging and production and sound design [...] became the same thing. A song would start with a drum loop or a visual and eventually a song would emerge out of it and that was the song."^[30] Canadian rock producer Bob Ezrin was consulted on the album's track listing; the liner notes state that he "provided final continuity and flow." Ezrin, who has produced albums by Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper, would in 2007 describe Reznor as a "true visionary."^[31] ''Spin'' hailed ''The Fragile'' as "album of the year", and several songs from it were regular features on alternative rock radio stations.^[32]
Prior to the album's release, the song "Starfuckers, Inc." provoked media speculation about whom Reznor had intended its acerbic lyrics to satirize.^[33] Cinesexuality critic Patricia MacCormack interprets the song as a "scathing attack on the alternative music scene", particularly Reznor's former friend and protégé Marilyn Manson.^[34] The two artists put aside their differences when Manson co-directed and appeared in the song's music video, retitled "Starsuckers, Inc." and performed on stage with NIN at Madison Square Garden in 2000. Nine Inch Nails released three commercial singles from the album in different territories: "The Day the World Went Away" in North America; "We're in This Together" in the EU and Japan (on three separate discs); and an EP with "Into the Void" as its lead track in Australia. MTV aired videos for the latter two tracks, as well as "Starsuckers, Inc."
Reznor followed ''The Fragile'' with another remix album, ''Things Falling Apart''. This was released soon after the 2000 ''Fragility'' tour, which itself was recorded and released on CD, DVD, and VHS in 2002 as ''And All that Could Have Been''. A deluxe edition of the live CD came with the companion disc ''Still'', featuring stripped-down re-interpretations of songs from the band's entire career along with several new pieces of music.

''With Teeth''

Main articles: With Teeth

''With Teeth''
(2005)

Nine Inch Nails' fourth full-length album, '''With Teeth''', was released in 2005, though it was leaked prior to its official release date. The album was written and recorded following Reznor's battle with alcoholism and substance abuse.³ ''Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield described the album as "vintage Nine Inch Nails",^[35] while others such as Robert Christgau criticized the album as "shtick". Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Like ''The Fragile'', ''With Teeth'' debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.^[36] The album's package lacks typical liner notes; it simply lists the names of songs and co-producers Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder, and the URL for an online PDF poster with lyrics and full credits.^[37] The entire album was made available in streaming audio on the band's official MySpace page in advance of its release date.^[38]
A promotional video for the song "The Hand That Feeds" premiered on NIN's website in March 2005, rather than the traditional music channels, and Trent Reznor released the source files for "The Hand that Feeds" in GarageBand format a month later, allowing fans to remix the song. Current This release spawned an unofficial remix contest, in which over 500 fan remixes were submitted.^[39] In response to this successful experiment, Reznor also released the source files for the album's second single "Only" in a wider range of formats, including ProTools and ACID Pro; fans were also invited to access the band's official MySpace page to upload remixes, vote for favorites, and comment about them in a blog.^[40] David Fincher directed a video for "Only" using primarily computer-generated imagery. The third single, "Every Day Is Exactly the Same," was released in April 2006 along with an EP of ''With Teeth'' remixes, but a planned music video was reportedly scrapped in the post-production stage.^[41] The song topped ''Billboard's 2006 year-end Hot Dance Singles Sales and Hot Digital Songs charts.^[42]
In autumn 2005, Nine Inch Nails launched a North American arena tour supported by Queens of the Stone Age and Autolux.^[43] Another opening act on this tour, hip-hop artist Saul Williams, performed on stage with Nine Inch Nails at the Voodoo Music Experience festival during a headlining appearance in hurricane-stricken New Orleans, Reznor's former home.^[44] To conclude the ''With Teeth'' era of the band, NIN completed a tour of North American amphitheaters in the summer of 2006, joined by Bauhaus, TV on the Radio, and Peaches. In late 2006, the official NIN website announced that a tour documentary entitled ''Beside You in Time'' would be released in three formats: DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray.^[45] After taking a break to complete work on a follow-up album, NIN embarked on a world tour in 2007. Trent Reznor personally invited Ladytron to open for the band in Europe.^[46]

''Year Zero''

Main articles: Year Zero (album)

''Year Zero''
(2007)

Nine Inch Nails' latest studio album, '''Year Zero''', was released only two years after ''With Teeth''. It features lyrics written from the perspective of multiple fictitious characters, leading critics to draw comparisons between it and the character-driven ''The Downward Spiral''.^[47] Reznor himself described ''Year Zero'' as a concept album criticizing the United States government's current policies and how they will impact the world fifteen years in the future.^[48] Previously, Reznor had called the 2004 US election date "one step closer to the end of the world" and a "shameful day to be an American."
An alternate reality game emerged parallel to the ''Year Zero'' concept, expanding upon its storyline. Clues hidden on tour merchandise initially led fans to discover a network of fictitious, in-game websites that describe an "Orwellian picture of the United States circa the year 2022."^[49] Before the album's release, unheard songs were reportedly found on USB drives hidden at NIN concert venues in Europe.^[50] Fan participation in the alternate reality game has caught the attention of the media; ''USA Today'' and ''Rolling Stone'' have cited fan-site The NIN Hotline, forum Echoing the Sound, fan club The Spiral, and NinWiki as sources for new discoveries.^[51][52]
First single "Survivalism" and other tracks from the album have been released as multitrack audio files for fan remixing.^[53] A posting by webmaster Rob Sheridan on the official NIN website dated August 15, 2007 announced that an official ''Year Zero Remixed'' compilation was "coming soon" and provided a first look at the artwork.^[54]

Musical characteristics

Nine Inch Nails live on tour in 2005

All Music Guide's Steve Huey states "Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and were largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience."⁴ Reznor has never referred to his own work as industrial music, but admits to borrowing techniques from such bands as Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept. Despite the disparity between those artists initially operating under the term "industrial" and Nine Inch Nails, it has become common in journalistic descriptions of Reznor's body of work to describe it as such. In actuality, the band's output has covered a wide range of genres: though Reznor acknowledged in ''Spin'' magazine that "Down in It" was influenced by early Skinny Puppy, particularly their song "Dig It", other songs from ''Pretty Hate Machine'' were described in the same interview as synth-pop.^[55] By contrast, songs such as "The Perfect Drug" and "Starfuckers, Inc." contain elements of drum and bass dance music, whereas "The Frail" is a solo piano piece.^[56]
Certain techniques and styles can be found throughout NIN's catalog. Extreme dynamics are staples of songs like "Wish" () and "The Day the World Went Away" (), which quickly change from quiet to loud and back again, ending with a loud climax followed by an abrupt stop, rather than by fading out or letting the final note resonate. Reznor's singing follows a similar pattern, frequently moving from whispers to screams. The band's music also occasionally features odd time signatures, notably in "The Collector" "Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth" Schiller, Mike and "March of the Pigs".^[57] Reznor also favors the use of noise and distortion in his song arrangements, and often incorporates dissonance with chromatic melody and/or harmony. A well-known example of this technique is in the song "Hurt" (), which features a highly dissonant tritone played on guitar during the verses, a B5#11, emphasized when Reznor sings the eleventh note on the word "I" every time the B/F dyad is played.^[58] "Closer" (), from the same album, concludes with a chromatic piano motif: the same melody that recurs on the title track of ''The Downward Spiral''. On ''The Fragile'', Reznor revisits this technique of repeating a motif multiple times throughout different songs, either on a different musical instrument, with a transposed harmony, or in an altered tempo.^[59]

Band members

Main articles: Nine Inch Nails live performances

It is generally understood that the Nine Inch Nails live band is a separate entity from the recording studio-based component of NIN.^[60][61] Occasionally, past band members are invited to participate in the process, but when not directly involved with recording new material, Nine Inch Nails' lineup tends to change drastically between major tours. Aside from Trent Reznor remaining on lead vocals and guitar, nothing about the live band has remained constant since its inception. Reznor cited the long gestation period between studio albums as part of the reason for these frequent personnel changes.^[62] Beginning in 2005, the live band featured Aaron North on guitar, Jeordie White on bass guitar, Alessandro Cortini on keyboards, and Josh Freese on drums, though all occasionally perform with different instruments. Changes in songs, lineup keep Nails sharp This lineup toured Europe, Asia, Australia, and America throughout 2007.^[63]

Corporate entanglements

Trent Reznor is an outspoken critic of the music industry, particularly corporate influence on his artistic freedom. As a result, Nine Inch Nails has clashed with several corporations.
In the early 1990s, Nine Inch Nails was involved in a much-publicized feud with TVT Records, the first record label to sign the band. Reznor objected to the label's attempted interference with his intellectual property. Ultimately, they entered into a joint venture with Interscope Records in which Reznor forfeited a portion of his publishing rights to TVT Music in exchange for the freedom of having his own Nothing Records imprint. In 2005, Reznor sued his former friend and manager John Malm, Jr., co-founder of Nothing, for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.^[64] Their relationship was formally severed in a New York courtroom, with damages awarded to Reznor in excess of three million US dollars. Reznor bails on MTV, nails manager Amter, Charlie
At the behest of Prudential Securities bankruptcy proceedings, TVT put the rights to Reznor's recordings for the label on auction in 2005. This offer included all of the label's catalog, including ''Pretty Hate Machine'' and a percentage of royalties from Reznor's song publishing company, Leaving Hope Music/TVT Music. Rykodisc, who did not win the auction but were able to license the rights from Prudential, re-issued the out-of-print ''Pretty Hate Machine'' CD on November 22, 2005.^[65] Ryko also reissued the "Head Like a Hole" CD and a vinyl edition of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on January 31, 2006. They considered releasing a deluxe edition, just as Interscope had done for ''The Downward Spiral''; however, Reznor declined to produce it for them without payment. Reznor grits his teeth
Nine Inch Nails was scheduled to perform at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, but dropped themselves from the show due to a disagreement with the network over the use of an unaltered image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band's performance of "The Hand that Feeds."^[66] Soon afterwards, Reznor wrote on the official NIN website: "apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me."⁶⁶ MTV replied that they respected Reznor's point of view, but were "uncomfortable" with the performance being "built around partisan political statements." A performance by the Foo Fighters replaced NIN's time slot on the show.⁶⁶
In 2006, after being alerted by a fan website, Reznor issued a cease and desist to Fox News for using three songs from ''The Fragile'' on air without permission. The songs "La Mer," "The Great Below," and "The Mark Has Been Made" appeared in an episode of ''War Stories with Oliver North'' detailing the battle of Iwo Jima.^[67] A post appeared on Reznor's blog, which read: "Thanks for the Fox News heads-up. A cease and desist has been issued. FUCK Fox Fucking News."^[68][69]
As part of the alternate reality game which accompanied the release of ''Year Zero'', three tracks from the album were intentionally "leaked" prior to the album's release at a number of NIN concerts on USB drives.⁵⁰ The high-quality, pre-release audio quickly circulated the internet. Owners of websites hosting the files soon received cease and desist orders from the Recording Industry Association of America, despite the fact that the viral campaign, and the use of USB drives, was sanctioned by Nine Inch Nails' record label.^[70] The source that broke the story was quoted as saying "These fucking idiots are going after a campaign that the label signed off on."⁷⁰
On May 13, 2007 Reznor made a post on his blog on the official Nine Inch Nails website condemning Universal Music Group for their pricing and distribution plans for ''Year Zero''.^[71] He criticized the company's retail pricing of ''Year Zero'' in Austraila as "ABSURD," concluding "I guess as a reward for being a 'true fan' you get ripped off." Reznor went on to say "As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more."^[72] Reznor's post, specifically his citing of the recording industry's "self-inflicted wounds," elicited considerable media attention.^[73]

Discography

Main articles: Nine Inch Nails discography

In addition to the six major studio releases, Nine Inch Nails has released numerous remix albums, singles with extensive b-sides, and tour documentaries. Most of these are labeled with ''halos'', a sequential numbering system that applies to most official NIN releases.
Nine Inch Nails has also recorded five songs specifically for film soundtracks: in 1994, Joy Division's "Dead Souls" for ''The Crow'', "Burn" and a reworked version of "Something I Can Never Have" for ''Natural Born Killers''; "The Perfect Drug" for 1997's ''Lost Highway''; and in 2001, "Deep" for ''.^[74] Other film music, such as "You Know What You Are?" from Clint Mansell's ''Doom'' soundtrack, constitutes remixes of NIN's official catalog by other artists.^[75] Reznor himself has remixed a number of songs by other artists, only a few of which are credited to NIN. The sound effects and background music for the video game ''Quake'' are credited to "Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails",^[76] and the NIN logo appears on ammunition boxes in the game.^[77]

Prospective Re-releases

Reznor has stated that he would like to release remastered editions of ''Pretty Hate Machine'', ''Broken''/''Fixed'', and ''The Fragile'' akin to ''The Downward Spiral'' tenth anniversary re-release.^[78] A deluxe DVD version of the 1997 VHS release ''Closure'' was delivered to Interscope Records in 2004, but has been indefinitely delayed. Both discs appeared on BitTorrent networks in December 2006.^[79]

Awards

RIAA certifications

''These statistics were compiled from the RIAA certification online database.''^[80]

★ ''Pretty Hate Machine'' — Triple platinum (May 2003)

★ ''Broken'' — Platinum (December 1992)

★ ''The Downward Spiral'' — Quadruple platinum (October 1998)

★ ''Further Down the Spiral'' — Gold (June 1996)

★ ''The Fragile'' — Double platinum (January 2000)

★ ''With Teeth'' — Gold (July 2005)

Grammy Awards and nominations

2 Wins, 8 Nominations

★ "Wish" — Best Metal Performance, 1992 ('win')^[81]

★ ''The Downward Spiral'' — Best Alternative Music Performance, 1994 (nomination)^[82]

★ "Happiness in Slavery" — Best Metal Performance, 1995 (from ''Woodstock '94'' compilation) ('win') Past Winners Database - 1995

★ "Hurt" — Best Rock Song, 1995 (nomination)

★ "The Perfect Drug" — Best Hard Rock Performance, 1997 (nomination)^[83]

★ ''The Fragile'' — Best Alternative Music Performance, 1999 (nomination) Past Winners Database - 1999

★ "Starfuckers, Inc." — Best Metal Performance, 1999 (nomination)

★ "Into the Void" — Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, 2000 (nomination)^[84]

★ "The Hand That Feeds" — Best Hard Rock Performance, 2005 (nomination)^[85]

★ "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" — Best Hard Rock Performance, 2006 (nomination)^[86]

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60. Industrial Introspection Archived at WELL.
61. NIN keyboardist having a blast Allan Wigney Archived at Canadian Online Explorer.
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63. Performance 2007 tour dates
64. NIN's Reznor: I was duped by my manager, , , , Associated Press,
65. Rykodisk to reissue pretty hate machine
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66. Nine Inch Nails Drop Out Of MTV Movie Awards Over Bush Dispute
67. Fox News, War Stories, and Nine Inch Nails
68. Trent Reznor issues a cease and desist to Fox News
69. Updates from Trent Archived at The NIN Hotline.
70. Online Odyssey Stoking Interest In New NIN Album
71. Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor Slams Records Labels for Sorry State of the Industry
72. Updates from Trent
73. Reznor Smashes UMG, Websites Write About It
74. Nine Inch Nails - Discography
75. Doom Soundtrack
76. Full cast and crew for Quake (1996) (VG)
77. Quake
78. Responses from Trent
79. Closer to Closure?
80. Gold and Platinum database
81. Past Winners Database - 1992
82. Past Winners Database - 1994
83. Past Winners Database - 1997
84. Past Winners Database - 2000
85. 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
86. 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List

External links

★ nin.com − official website

★ The Spiral − official fan club

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Major fansite

★ The NIN Hotline