Nine Inch Nails: Difference between revisions

They're somewhat unusual in that [[I Am the Band|it's essentially one man]], Trent Reznor, who's done all of it. Most members have come and gone, occasionally contributing to albums but mostly staying for the live shows. In 2009, Reznor announced that he retired from touring, though that he was going to continue to release albums under the Nine Inch Nails name; he ended up reneging on this four years later when he went on tour in assistance of the new album at that time ''Hesitation Marks''. Also in 2016, Atticus Ross, a long time collaborator, was made an official member of the band.

In the past couple of years, though, Reznor has taken a break from new Nine Inch Nails work and instead focusesfocused on a project with his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, called [[How to Destroy Angels]], active from 2010 to 2013, as well as on film soundtracks. Along with Atticus Ross, Reznor has composed the score for ''[[The Social Network]]'', for which the duo won an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Original Music Score, 2011's ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' and 2014's ''[[Gone Girl]]'' (all for director [[David Fincher]]). ([[He Also Did|Reznor also provided the soundtrack]] to ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' and recorded tracks for ''[[Doom 3]]'' that didn't make it into the final game (although they can still be found in the game files)).

* ''Pretty Hate Machine'' (1989) - Nine Inch Nails' debut, at points showing the way towards the [[Industrial Metal]] that they'd popularisepopularize and at other points sounding like evil [[Depeche Mode]].

* ''Broken'' (1992 EP) - thisThis is where Reznor definitely adopted harsh [[Industrial Metal]], updating his electronics, putting the guitars in the forefront and employing a more abrasive production.

** ''Fixed'' (1992;) a- A remix album of ''Broken'').

* ''The Downward Spiral'' (1994) - aA [[Concept Album]], bordering on [[Rock Opera]], about one man's anger, downfall and eventual suicide. Loved by critics, andit's considered as one of the most important albums of the 1990s. And yes, it's the one with [[Misaimed Fandom|the "fuck you like an animal" song]] on it).

** ''Further Down the Spiral'' (1995) - theThe remix album of the above.

* ''[[The Fragile]]'' (1999) - aA double album (and possibly another [[Concept Album]], albeit one with a less tightly structured narrative than The Downward Spiral) beloved by fans. Famously debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, then dropped to #16 the next week, the only album ever to have dropped that low from #1.

** ''Things Falling Apart'' (2000) - remixRemix album

* ''And All That Could Have Been'' (2002) - liveLive album recorded during the ''Fragility 2.0'' tour.

** ''Still'' (2002) - acousticAcoustic, stripped-down companion piece to the above, including alternate versions of older songs as well as some new and thoroughly depressing tracks).

* ''Year Zero'' (2007) - aA futuristic-dystopia-type [[Concept Album]]; accompanied by an extensive ARG).

** ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (Year Zero Remixed)'' (2007) - afterAfter the clever names for the other remix albums, something of a let down, though it is a clever reference to the hackers and digital 1337-folk that discovered the Year Zero sites.

* ''Ghosts I-IV'' (2008) - containsContains 36 instrumental tracks on four discs.. Notable for being obtainable in about twenty different ways, and all the tracks not having proper names and being called by names such as '2 Ghosts I' and '22 Ghosts III'.

* ''The Slip'' (2008) - releasedReleased completely for free on the website as a "thank you" to fans. Theories exist among fans that this is another [[Concept Album]], following the aftermath of ''Year Zero''.

* ''Not The Actual Events'' (2016 EP) - Self-released, the first entry in a trilogy. Digital versions bought from the NIN store came with a "physical component".

* ''Add Violence'' (2017 EP) - The second entry in a trilogy. Also came with a "physical component" for the NIN store ofdigital EPsversion.

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