ArtistInfo

Nine Inch Nails

Band, *1988 US, Cleveland
Rock and Electronic
A.k.a. Trent Reznor

Industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ) was formed in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. Reznor has served as the main producer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and sole member of Nine Inch Nails for 28 years. This changed in December 2016 when Atticus Ross officially became the second member of the band. Nine Inch Nails straddles a wide range of many styles of rock music and other genres that require an electronic sound, which can often cause drastic changes in sound from album to album. However NIN albums in general have many identifiable characteristics in common, such as recurring leitmotifs, chromatic melodies, dissonance, terraced dynamics and common lyrical themes. Nine Inch Nails is most famously known for the melding of industrial elements with pop sensibilities in their first albums. This move was considered instrumental in bringing the industrial genre as a whole into the mainstream, although genre purists and Trent Reznor alike have refused to identify NIN as an industrial band.

Members

	Chris Vrenna sampler, ep *1967 US
	Joshua Eustis syn *1977 US
	Trent Reznor voc, g *1965 US
	Charlie Clouser key *1963 US
	Danny Lohner g, b *1970 US
	Jerome Dillon dr *1969 US
	Adrian Belew voc, g *1949 US
	Richard Patrick g, voc, b *1968 US
	Pino Palladino b *1957 GB
	Robin Finck g, key *1971 US
	Atticus Ross b *1968 GB
	Josh Freese dr *1972 US
	Justin Meldal-Johnsen b, bvoc *1970 US
	Eric Avery b *1965 US
	Jeff Ward dr, voc 1962-1993 US
	James Wooley key 1966-2016
	Aaron North g, voc *1979 US
	Alessandro Cortini g, syn, voc *1976 IT
	Ilan Rubin dr *1988 US