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134-461: Nothing Records went largely defunct in 2004, after a lawsuit by Reznor against John Malm. The label became inactive as a whole following several further releases; 2007's Beside You in Time music video was the label's final release. Nothing Records is most famous for its two original signings, Trent Reznor's own band Nine Inch Nails , and Marilyn Manson . The label gained semi-iconic status within

268-633: A self-titled six song EP on June 1, 2010, with the retail edition becoming available on July 6, 2010. They covered the Bryan Ferry song "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" for the soundtrack for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , which was released on December 9, 2011. On September 21, 2012, Reznor announced that the group's next release would be an EP entitled An Omen EP , set for release on Columbia Records in November 2012, and that some of

402-515: A DVD disc image and distributed via BitTorrent at The Pirate Bay by an anonymous user called "seed0," who also uploaded a DVD version of Closure . The DVD image represented a significant upgrade in visual and audio quality from previous bootlegs and included the video for "Help Me I Am in Hell." It is widely believed by fans that Reznor himself was behind the 2006 leaks, as implied by a post on his official blog: "12/21/06 : Happy Holidays! This one

536-515: A Manson record," Reznor recalled of the latter, "which was a way of staying on tour, mentally. Every night was some ridiculous scenario. When that finished, I was really in a low emotional place, disillusioned." Relations between Reznor and Manson subsequently soured. Manson later said: "I had to make a choice between being friends and having a mediocre career, or breaking things off and continuing to succeed. It got too competitive. And he can't expect me not to want to be more successful than him." In

670-589: A Sadist , released in 2011 on Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Metropolis Records in the US. The revived PWEI also began a series of reissues of their back-catalog, via the Cherry Red label. On October 7, 2013, the band re-issued Dos Dedos Mis Amigos on Cherry Red, featuring five rare bonus tracks, as well as a second disc; the unreleased 1996 album, now titled A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box . A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box

804-459: A bootleg, which became heavily traded on VHS in the 1990s and later became widely available via the Internet. "We shelved it, but little did we know that the Internet would come into existence, and it would find its home on there," stated Reznor. Most of the film's content was later included on the release of the band's 1997 VHS Closure . In 2006, an unofficial version of the film was released on

938-668: A career in music in Cleveland , Ohio . His first band in Cleveland was the Urge, a cover band. In 1985, he joined The Innocent as a keyboardist; they released one album, Livin' in the Street , but Reznor left the band after three months. In 1986, he joined local band Exotic Birds and appeared with them as a fictional band called The Problems in the 1987 film Light of Day . During this time, Reznor also contributed on keyboards to

1072-512: A considerably heavier sound, which would act as a precursor for Nine Inch Nails' acclaimed second studio album, The Downward Spiral . The EP originally included a bonus 3" CD or 7" vinyl, depending which format was purchased, featuring two bonus songs; a cover of the Adam and the Ants song "Physical" and "Suck," a reworked version of a song Trent originally recorded with Pigface . Later pressings of

1206-491: A follow-up to Pretty Hate Machine , Reznor secretly began recording under various pseudonyms to avoid record company interference, resulting in an EP called Broken (1992). Nine Inch Nails was included in the Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991, and won a Grammy Award in 1993 under "Best Heavy Metal Performance" for the song " Wish ". Nine Inch Nails' second full-length album, The Downward Spiral , entered

1340-410: A four piece string section, he performed stripped-down versions of many Nine Inch Nails songs. Reznor featured on El-P 's 2007 album I'll Sleep When You're Dead , providing guest vocals on "Flyentology". Reznor co-produced Saul Williams ' 2007 album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! after Williams toured with Nine Inch Nails in 2005 and 2006. Reznor convinced Williams to release

1474-490: A heavier industrial approach, received critical acclaim. In 2023, Reznor and Ross joined Dave Sitek and Hudson Mohawke to create the virtual supergroup WitchGang. The group's first song, "Nothing's Alright", was released in December. In April 2010, it was announced that Reznor had formed a new band with his wife, Mariqueen Maandig , and Atticus Ross , called How to Destroy Angels . The group digitally released

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1608-505: A large audience and actually do something with integrity on our terms?" Well, yeah. Let's roll the dice and go into it with the best intentions, with a performance we think is worthy and might–you know–stand out from the crowd. Or it might not! In 2019, Reznor received a songwriting credit on the Lil Nas X song " Old Town Road ", due to the song heavily sampling the 2008 Nine Inch Nails instrumental track " 34 Ghosts IV ". It reached No. 1 on

1742-463: A little wear on [his] tape heads". While assembling the earliest Nine Inch Nails recordings, Reznor was unable to find a band that could articulate his songs as he wanted. Instead, inspired by Prince , he played all the instruments except drums himself. He continued in this role on most Nine Inch Nails studio recordings, though he has occasionally involved other musicians, assistants, drummers, and rhythm experts. Several labels responded favorably to

1876-445: A member of synth-pop bands such as The Innocent and Exotic Birds . The first Nine Inch Nails album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was a moderate success but largely remained popular with underground audiences; the next two albums, The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), brought the band widespread critical acclaim. There have since been eight more Nine Inch Nails albums and six EPs . Reznor has also contributed to

2010-615: A new label. However, Interscope President Jimmy Iovine looked to allow him more creative freedom. Reznor stated: We made it very clear we were not doing another record for TVT. But they made it pretty clear they weren't ready to sell. So I felt like, well, I've finally got this thing going but it's dead. Flood and I had to record Broken under a different band name, because if TVT found out we were recording, they could confiscate all our shit and release it. Jimmy Iovine got involved with Interscope, and we kind of got slave-traded. It wasn't my doing. I didn't know anything about Interscope. And I

2144-403: A perfect metaphor for this film. [...] The challenge was, simply, what is the musical equivalent of the same sort of façade of comfort and a feeling of insincerity that that music represented? [My primary aim was] to instill doubt [and] remind you that things aren't always what they seem to be." Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs sang a cover version of the song " She ," which was used in

2278-473: A photo of what Manson described as "one of those dolls from the 60s and you pull a string on the back of it and the eyes get really big and they change colors." Manson also intended to use a picture of himself as a child sitting nude on a couch in the album's interior artwork. Though no genitalia was shown in the picture and it was taken by his own parents with no vulgar intent, the record label feared it would be misunderstood as child pornography. The ideas of using

2412-513: A post on his official blog: "12/21/06 : Happy Holidays! This one is a guilt-free download. (shhhh - I didn't say that out loud). If you know what I'm talking about, cool." As the title suggests, Closure marked the conclusion of The Downward Spiral era for the band. A landmark release for the band, The Downward Spiral established Nine Inch Nails as a reputable force in the 1990s music scene, with its sound being widely imitated and Reznor receiving media hype and multiple honors. As of 2011, it

2546-471: A second disc collecting many b-sides and rarities. In 2017, the band reissued the album on vinyl. In the months following the momentum of The Downward Spiral , the next release from the label came from Marilyn Manson . One of the earliest signings to the label, Marilyn Manson first met Reznor in 1990, while enrolled as a student at Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . Warner

2680-678: A selection of new songs, along with material from their Spooky Kids repertoire, the first version of their debut, titled The Manson Family Album , was completed by the end of September. However, it was not well received. The band's members, along with Reznor, felt Mosimann's production was flat, lifeless and poorly representative of the band's live performances. Seeking a more raw sound, Reznor agreed to rework production of The Manson Family Album in October 1993 at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles . After seven weeks of mixing and re-recording,

2814-402: A solo artist for the label would be short-lived, as his career as a film composer blossomed. While Mansell would appear on numerous releases for the label as a remixer and collaborator, as well as an appearance in 1996 on the label's "Nights Of Nothing" label showcase, performing with Nine Inch Nails (which included performances of some Pop Will Eat Itself songs), his planned solo album for Nothing

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2948-471: A solo artist. Mansell stated: I got to the point where I didn't really know what else we could do, but I don't think that was as much a factor as I just didn't feel very comfortable in it any more. I was 33 at the time, and playing songs that were written 10 years before, and it just seemed like this wasn't what I wanted to do; I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I was just becoming more and more aware that I didn't want to do that. Only two songs from

3082-756: A tape of his material. Upon forming the Nothing Records imprint, Reznor called Manson and offered to sign him to the label, alongside an opening slot supporting Nine Inch Nails on their upcoming " Self Destruct Tour ". At the time, Manson's band had been fielding offers from numerous record companies, including Madonna's Maverick label. Given the promise of total artistic freedom, the band opted to sign to Nothing Records. Recording sessions for their debut studio album began in July 1993 with Swans producer Roli Mosimann at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida . Recording

3216-669: Is a guilt-free download. (shhhh - I didn't say that out loud). If you know what I'm talking about, cool." Contributing to the band's growing mainstream success, the EP sold well upon release, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard 200 charts and eventually going platinum " Wish " won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance , as did " Happiness in Slavery " (live performance at Woodstock '94 ) in 1996 . Despite their increasing commercial success, Trent opted against touring in support of

3350-576: Is of German and Irish descent, and grew up in Mercer . His great-grandfather, George Reznor, founded the heating and air conditioning manufacturer Reznor Company in 1884. After his parents divorced when he was six years old, Reznor's sister Tera lived with their mother while he went to live with his maternal grandparents. He began playing the piano at the age of 12 and showed an early aptitude for music. His grandfather told People in February 1995, "He

3484-471: Is still debate as to which version is Reznor and which is Jourgensen, it has been definitively stated that Reznor's vocals were used in the TVT Records ' Black Box box set. He also performed with another of Jourgensen's side projects, Revolting Cocks , in 1990. He said: "I saw a whole side of humanity that I didn't know existed. It was decadence on a new level, but with a sense of humor." Reznor sang

3618-730: The Billboard 200 chart in 1994 at number two, and remains the highest-selling Nine Inch Nails release in America. To record the album, Reznor rented and moved into the 10050 Cielo Drive mansion , where the Tate–LaBianca murders had been perpetrated by the Manson Family in 1969. He built a studio space in the house, which he renamed Le Pig, after the word that was scrawled on the front door in Sharon Tate 's blood by her murderers. Reznor told Entertainment Weekly that, despite

3752-575: The Billboard Hot 100 in April 2019, with Reznor and Ross both receiving songwriting and production credit. The song would go on to become the chart's longest-running #1 hit, staying at the top for a record 19 weeks . Reznor gave clearance for the use of the sample and expressed support for the song, but declined an invitation to appear in the music video. In 2020, Reznor collaborated with Tobacco on his fifth studio album Hot Wet and Sassy on

3886-489: The Manson Family in 1969. Sirius, a Northern California resident, had left Mondo 2000 three months prior and was visiting Los Angeles with some promotional Mondo Vanilli booklets and demo tapes, to shop them around the L.A. music scene. Sirius had been invited as a guest of Timothy Leary to a housewarming party at the grounds. It was there he met Reznor and gave him some of the Mondo Vanilli recordings, which included

4020-469: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs ) as the featured singer, accompanied a trailer for the film. Reznor and Ross' second collaboration with Fincher was scored as the film was shot, based on the concept of "what if we give you music the minute you start to edit stuff together?" Reznor explained in 2014 that the composition process was "a lot more work" and that he "would be hesitant to go as far in that direction in

4154-600: The industrial rock scene, and even acquired its own online-fanzine in Sick Among the Pure , although this later became a more general industrial fanzine, and ceased to exist at all in 2005. The Nothing label would often reward its fanbase over the Internet — one form of this outreach was Radio Nothing: an exclusive collection of free MP3 music streams, compiled by Nothing label artists, producers and fans. In September 2004, coinciding with Trent Reznor leaving New Orleans for

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4288-409: The score for David Fincher 's The Social Network , a 2010 drama film about the founding of Facebook. Says Reznor, "When I actually read the script and realized what he was up to, I said goodbye to that free time I had planned." The score was noted for portraying "Mark Zuckerberg the genius, developing a brilliant idea over ominous undertones," and received nearly unanimous praise. The film's score

4422-530: The west coast , the Nine Inch Nails website announced "nothing studios: 1994-2004", suggesting that Nothing Studios was closed. This later proved to be the end of the associated record label as well. Speculation among listeners that the label could continue ceased when Reznor successfully sued co-founder John Malm for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty (amongst others), ensuring that the Nothing era

4556-662: The "Best in Drama" accolade by his classmates for his roles as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man . He graduated in 1983 and enrolled at Allegheny College in Meadville , where he studied computer engineering . While still in high school, Reznor joined local band Option 30 and played three shows a week with them. After a year of college, he dropped out to pursue

4690-457: The 2007 album Era Vulgaris . Josh Homme has since revealed that Reznor was originally meant to produce the album. In January 2013, Reznor appeared in a documentary entitled Sound City , directed by former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl . Sound City is based on real-life recording studio Sound City Studios , originating in Van Nuys, California. It has housed

4824-650: The Actual Events saw a return to the heavier industrial style of the 1990s, while 2017's Add Violence instead focused on a more electronic sound and 2018's Bad Witch ventured into experimental jazz. One of Reznor's earliest collaborations was a Ministry side project in 1990 under the name of 1000 Homo DJs . Reznor sang vocals on a cover of Black Sabbath 's " Supernaut ". Due to legal issues with his label, Reznor's vocals had to be distorted to make his voice unrecognizable. The band also recorded additional versions with Al Jourgensen doing vocals. While there

4958-629: The Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Mank (2020), and The Killer (2023). They won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for both The Social Network and Soul (2020). They won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series for Watchmen (2019). Reznor, Ross, Dave Sitek , and Hudson Mohawke created

5092-692: The EP's songs would later appear on the band's first full-length album in 2013. On October 8, 2012, they released a song and music video from An Omen EP entitled "Keep it Together". How to Destroy Angels announced in January 2013 that their first full-length album entitled Welcome Oblivion would be released on March 5 of the same year. Following the release of Year Zero , Reznor announced later that Nine Inch Nails had split from its contractual obligations with Interscope Records , and would distribute its next major albums independently. In May 2008 Reznor founded The Null Corporation and Nine Inch Nails released

5226-425: The EP, choosing instead to remain at work in the studio. A companion remix EP, Fixed , was released on December 7, 1992 and featured remixes from the band, as well as J. G. Thirlwell of Foetus , Butch Vig of Garbage and future Nothing label-mates Coil . An additional Butch Vig remix of "Last" was omitted from the EP, although the outro can be heard on "Throw This Away." The complete Vig remix circulated on

5360-569: The Flood (whose score also included compositions by Gustavo Santaolalla and Mogwai ) and Peter Berg 's Patriots Day , a crime drama about the Boston Marathon bombings . The following year, they made their television debut with the score for Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 's documentary series The Vietnam War . In 2018, Reznor and Ross scored Jonah Hill 's directorial debut Mid90s . , as well as Susanne Bier 's Bird Box , which

5494-455: The Gacy artwork and the nude photos were ultimately dropped and, after a few months delay, the album was released on Nothing Records on July 19, 1994 and peaked at number thirty-five on Billboard ' s Top Heatseekers album chart, establishing the band as rising stars and a commercial success. Originally, their song "Snake Eyes And Sissies" from Mosimann's The Manson Family Album sessions

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5628-690: The Girl! Kill the Baddies!" single was released. It went on to peak at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart , becoming the band's biggest hit to date, also making them, at that time, the highest charting act to ever appear on Top of The Pops without a record deal. In the wake of the RCA shake-up, Pop Will Eat Itself moved to Infectious Records in the UK. A call between PWEI and Nine Inch Nails management would lead to Nothing Records picking up licensing rights for

5762-399: The Internet as a bootleg file, until Reznor finally released it at remix.nin.com. Vig later addressed the reason for its omission, stating "I started recording a lot of new parts, and took it in a much different direction. When it was finished, Trent thought the front part of the mix didn't fit the EP, so he just used the ending. I'm glad it's on his website. Duke and Steve worked with me on

5896-495: The NIN logo appears on the nailgun ammunition boxes in the game. Reznor's association with id Software began with Reznor being a fan of the original Doom . He reunited with id Software in 2003 as the sound engineer for Doom 3 , though due to "time, money and bad management", he had to abandon the project, and his audio work did not make it into the game's final release. Nine Inch Nails' 2007 major studio recording, Year Zero ,

6030-583: The North American Fragility Tour out of his own pocket. A further six years followed before the next Nine Inch Nails album With Teeth was released. Reznor went into rehab during the time between the two records, and was able to manage his drug addictions. With Teeth reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. After With Teeth , Reznor released the concept album Year Zero in 2007, which has an alternate reality game themed after

6164-513: The Nothing Records logo, Reznor has publicly stated that this was at the insistence of John Malm . Beside You In Time (February 2007) was the last release to carry the Nothing Records logo on its packaging. The logo also appears in the end credits. The " Survivalism " single is the first Nine Inch Nails release not to be released with the Nothing Records logo. Since early 2004, the official website, NothingRecords.com, has been closed down. In addition to Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson ,

6298-491: The Self-Destruct Tour, while the second half compiled all of the band's music videos to that point. A DVD release was planned at one point, but never came to fruition. Instead, in 2006, an unofficial version was released on a DVD disc image and distributed via BitTorrent at The Pirate Bay by an anonymous user called "seed0." It is widely believed by fans that Reznor himself was behind the 2006 leaks, as implied by

6432-607: The Spiral , was released in on June 1, 1995, which once again included contributions from Nothing act Coil , as well as Rick Rubin , J. G. Thirlwell and some original interludes by Aphex Twin . The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 26, 1996, denoting sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the US. Nine Inch Nails released the double VHS collection Closure on November 25, 1997. The first half documented

6566-534: The Stone Age at the 2014 Grammy Award ceremony . In an interview with a New Zealand media outlet, Reznor explained his thought process at the time that he was considering his participation in the performance: I spent a long time talking about the pros and cons. You know, "Do we want to be on a shit show on TV?" No, not really. "Do we want to be affiliated with the Grammys?" No, not really. "Would we like to reach

6700-453: The Top 30 hit singles "Karmadrome" and "Bulletproof!" Despite healthy sales and successful touring, by January 1993, a shake-up at their longtime label RCA would lead to the band's biggest supporters leaving the company. The remaining executives did not understand the band or their music, suggesting that EMF 'write a hit' for them at one meeting. The band was dropped from the label before their "Get

6834-520: The U.S., with albums by Autechre , Plaid , and Squarepusher (although Warp's Aphex Twin appeared on the Further Down the Spiral release, he was already under a contract with Sire Records in the U.S. at the time). This distribution deal ended when Warp expanded operations into the U.S. market in 2001. Nothing also managed to secure the U.S. release of two albums from England's Blue Planet Recordings. The two albums were slightly different than

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6968-435: The UK releases. Plug's "Drum and Bass for Papa" included an extra disc of tracks from earlier EPs, and The Bowling Green's "One Pound Note" omitted one track from the UK release due to problems with sample clearance. Nothing Records was founded by Trent Reznor and his former manager John Malm Jr. in 1992. Amid pressure from Nine Inch Nails' then-label TVT to produce a follow-up to Pretty Hate Machine , Reznor began to feel

7102-444: The album Hesitation Marks that September. Atticus Ross, a frequent collaborator of Reznor's since 2002, was announced as an official member of Nine Inch Nails in 2016 – the first and only other official member of the band besides Reznor himself. With Nine Inch Nails' new incarnation as a duo, they released a trilogy of EPs from 2016 to 2018, tied together by a loose concept and spanning a wide variety of musical styles. 2016's Not

7236-629: The album (see Year Zero (game) ) which is about how the current policies of the American government will affect the world in the year 2022. After Year Zero 's release, Reznor broke from large record labels and released two albums, Ghosts I–IV and The Slip , independently on his own label, The Null Corporation. In 2009, Nine Inch Nails went on hiatus following the Wave Goodbye Tour . Nine Inch Nails returned to large record labels in 2013, signing with Columbia Records , and releasing

7370-489: The album as a free download, while giving fans the option of paying $ 5 for higher quality files, or downloading all of the songs at a lower quality for free. Reznor was also credited as "Musical Consultant" on the 2004 film Man on Fire . The movie features six Nine Inch Nails songs. Reznor produced songs for Jane's Addiction at his home studio in Beverly Hills, California . The first recordings (new versions of

7504-574: The album in the UK that Nothing opted not to license for release in the States. Infectious Records released singles for "Ich Bin Ein Auslander", "R.S.V.P. / Familus Horribilus", "Everything's Cool" and "Underbelly", none of which received licensing from Nothing. Most notable of all was the remix album Two Fingers My Friends! , which featured acts such as The Orb, Feotus and Die Krupps remixing tracks from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos . The remix collection

7638-428: The album, retitled Portrait of an American Family , was presented to Nothing's parent label Interscope . The song "Filth" was dropped from the revised album, while the songs "Prelude (The Family Trip)" and "Wrapped In Plastic" were added. The song "Citronella" was renamed "Dogma". Several other minor musical and lyrical differences exist throughout the two versions, such as fewer Charles Manson samples being included in

7772-520: The album, while Robin Finck would become the full-time guitarist for the band. The first single from the album, " March of the Pigs ," was released on February 25, 1994. The single featured remixes by Dave Ogilvie , as well as an exclusive instrumental, entitled "A Violet Fluid". A pair of music videos for the song were also shot. The first version was ultimately scrapped, while the second and final version

7906-413: The audience that he did not like to play large venues. Around this time, Reznor's studio perfectionism, struggles with addiction, and bouts of writer's block prolonged the production of a follow-up to The Downward Spiral . In 1999, the double album The Fragile was released. It was partially successful, garnering generally positive critical reception, but lost money for Reznor's label, so he funded

8040-457: The band Slam Bamboo and briefly joined the new wave band Lucky Pierre . Reznor got a job at Cleveland's Right Track Studio as an assistant engineer and janitor. Studio owner Bart Koster later commented, "He is so focused in everything he does. When that guy waxed the floor, it looked great." Reznor asked Koster for permission to record demos of his own songs for free during unused studio time. Koster agreed, remarking that it cost him "just

8174-430: The band as full-time bassist for the tour. The tour included a set at Woodstock '94 , which was broadcast on pay-per-view and featured the band performing while covered in mud. The performance went on to become one of the most famous of the band's career. In 1995, Nine Inch Nails embarked on a tour with David Bowie , with Nothing Records act Prick supporting as guest openers. A companion remix album , Further Down

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8308-484: The band entering the studio in 1996. Their sixth studio album, which had been intended for Stateside release via Nothing, would not see release before the band broke up, however. Member Graham Crabb quit the band to focus on his ambient project Golden Claw Musics . Members Richard March and Robert "Fuzz" Townshend went on to form the big beat band Bentley Rhythm Ace . Townshend also released two solo albums, while Clint Mansell would end up signing onto Nothing Records as

8442-661: The band in the United States. Former frontman Clint Mansell (who shared songwriting and vocal duties with Graham Crabb) recalled: Trent had been a fan from the first album for RCA, This Is The Day, This Is The Hour, and he'd seen us play on our first tour in America in Cleveland, and we'd got to know his manager and he'd come and see us play whenever we were in America. And when we got dropped by RCA, my then-manager asked Trent's manager if he knew of labels that were actively looking, and he said "Well, strangely enough we've just started our own label and we'd like to sign you," and it

8576-572: The boundaries, to explore. It isn't a bad place where I grew up, but there was nothing going on but the cornfields. My life experience came from watching movies, watching TV and reading books and looking at magazines. And when your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities. None of that happened where I was. You're almost taught to realize it's not for you." However, in April 1995, he told Details that he did not "want to give

8710-464: The comic, approached Lindelof to work on the series, and released three volumes of music from the series over the course of its broadcast. The score was critically acclaimed, and Reznor and Ross won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series in 2020. In 2020, Reznor and Ross reunited with Fincher to score his Netflix drama film Mank as well as scoring their first animated project, Pixar 's Soul . In 2021,

8844-495: The completion of each gig, double live albums of the performance could be purchased. The band also released a preview of newly recorded material (not to be confused with their then-unreleased 1996 material), under the working title of Sonic Noise Byte in November 2005, via their official website, pweination. However, an announcement on the official website in March 2006 confirmed that Mansell and March would no longer be involved in

8978-472: The condition that the band remove some photos from the album sleeve. The album's original cover art featured no text, simply a painting of a clown by John Wayne Gacy (the Gacy painting was later used as album art by the band Acid Bath for the album When the Kite String Pops in 1994). The sleeve photography included Polaroid pictures (faked by Manson and friends) of a mutilated female body, and

9112-530: The demo material, and Reznor signed with TVT Records . Nine selections from the Right Track demos were unofficially released years later in 1994 as Purest Feeling and many of these songs appeared in revised form on Pretty Hate Machine , Reznor's first official release under the Nine Inch Nails name. Pretty Hate Machine was released in 1989 and was a moderate commercial success, certified Gold in 1992. Amid pressure from his record label to produce

9246-695: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 961364026 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:44:21 GMT Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician. He came to prominence as the founder, lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails . The band's line-up has constantly changed, with Reznor being its only official member from its creation in 1988 until 2016, when he added English musician and frequent collaborator Atticus Ross as its second permanent member. Reznor began his career in 1982 as

9380-455: The early tracks "Chip Away" and "Whores") were released simultaneously on Jane's Addiction's website and the NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler digital EP. In November 2012, Reznor revealed on Reddit that he would be working with Queens of the Stone Age on a song for their sixth studio album, ...Like Clockwork . He had worked with the band once before, providing backing vocals on the title track of

9514-457: The film π , he went on to become a full-time film composer, on such films as Requiem for a Dream , Doom (the soundtrack to which featured an exclusive Mansell remix of Nine Inch Nails' track "You Know What You Are"), The Fountain , The Wrestler , Moon , and Black Swan . In January 2005, Pop Will Eat Itself reunited for a brief series of shows in the UK, which produced a number of Instant Live albums, whereby ten minutes after

9648-543: The film's teaser trailer . The soundtrack album was released on the Columbia label on September 30, 2014. During Reznor and Ross' keynote session at the 2014 "Billboard and Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference", held on November 5, Reznor said that he is open to working with other filmmakers besides Fincher, the only director he had worked with as a composer up until that point: "I'm open to any possibility. [...] Scoring for film kind of came up unexpectedly. It

9782-458: The film's editing department for mixing the score too low in the final cut of the film, as well as the production team overall for "phoning in" the project. Reznor also revealed that he and Ross pulled out of scoring Joe Wright 's The Woman in the Window , having scrapped their completed score due to displeasure with the studio's "transformation" of the film following test screenings. The film

9916-414: The film's score, "Driver Down" and "Videodrones; Questions", with Peter Christopherson . He tried to get Coil onto the soundtrack , but couldn't convince Lynch. Nine Inch Nails also recorded a new song, " The Perfect Drug " for the soundtrack. The release spawned its release as a single, the music video for which was also directed by Mark Romanek. In 2001, Reznor was asked by Mark Romanek to provide

10050-466: The footage was so realistic, he informed Reznor, "I'm going to send it to you, but it's going to show up in a paper bag unmarked because there could be ... I'm not sure I want the authorities knowing this came from me." After reviewing the film, Reznor stated, "It felt like we'd crossed over into territory that was perhaps too far. And to be honest, at that point I was living in the Sharon Tate house recording The Downward Spiral . Anyway, that's where I

10184-496: The future of Nine Inch Nails on NIN.com, stating that "I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while." Reznor noted in an interview on the official website that while he has not stopped creating music as Nine Inch Nails, the group will not be touring in the foreseeable future. The original music from id Software 's 1996 video game Quake is credited to "Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails"; Reznor helped record sound effects and ambient audio, and

10318-435: The future". Reznor and Ross again collaborated to score Fincher's film Gone Girl . Fincher was inspired by music he heard while at an appointment with a chiropractor and tasked Reznor with creating the musical equivalent of an insincere façade. Reznor explained Fincher's request in an interview: "David [Fincher] was at the chiropractor and heard this music that was inauthentically trying to make him feel OK, and that became

10452-460: The genres of rock, punk, world music, country, hip-hop and more. It was released on August 23, 1994 to commercial and critical success. To date, the soundtrack has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States, making it a gold record. It was also named third best compilation album of 1995 by New Musical Express (December 24, 1994), and one of the "90 Best Albums of the 1990s" by Q magazine (December 1, 1999). Nine Inch Nails' video for "Burn"

10586-421: The home studio "Le Pig". Reznor would record The Downward Spiral at Le Pig, co-producing it with Flood . The recordings were inspired by concept albums such as David Bowie 's Low and Pink Floyd 's The Wall . Guitarist Richard Patrick had left the band after touring completed for Pretty Hate Machine , moving on to form his own band, Filter . Adrian Belew would take over guitar duties for much of

10720-606: The impression it was a miserable childhood". Reznor would later recall, "The first concert I ever saw was the Eagles in 1976. The excitement of the night struck a chord with me and I remember thinking, 'Someday I'd love to be up on that stage.'" At Mercer Area Junior/Senior High School , he learned to play the tenor saxophone and tuba, and was a member of both the jazz band and marching band . The school's former band director remembered him as "very upbeat and friendly". He became involved in theater while in high school, being awarded

10854-405: The label also signed and released albums from 2wo , Pig , Pop Will Eat Itself , Prick , 12 Rounds , Einstürzende Neubauten , The The , and Meat Beat Manifesto . Additionally, Coil was under contract for a record but it was never delivered (though some of the songs from the slated Nothing album appeared in reworked form on The Ape of Naples and The New Backwards ). The album Backwards

10988-418: The label was hindering his control of the band and requested to terminate their contract, to which they ignored his plea. In response, Reznor secretly began recording under various pseudonyms to avoid record company interference. TVT ultimately put together a deal with Interscope Records (then part of Atlantic Records), in which they would still retain some financial stake, while Reznor worked creatively under

11122-428: The label, Reznor also worked on the soundtrack to Oliver Stone 's controversial 1994 film, Natural Born Killers . Reznor oversaw the structure of the soundtrack, which included audio collages from the film and aimed to recreate the style the film itself. Reznor worked on the soundtrack using a portable Pro Tools in his hotel room. Reznor received a producer credit, but did not select the artists chosen for it (which

11256-416: The label, which included the likes of Marilyn Manson , Coil , Prick , Trust Obey , Pop Will Eat Itself and Mondo Vanilli . Reznor stated of the label, "The whole thing I want to do right now is provide a shell to other bands where they can have the benefit of a major label without being fucked with creatively in any way. Let them do what they want to do, make them aware of the business side of things how

11390-510: The money is spent." The label would go on to set up offices in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City, with a recording studio , Nothing Studios, in New Orleans. The first release bearing the label's name was Nine Inch Nails ' Broken EP. Released September 22, 1992, the EP marked their major label debut and consisted entirely of new material, departing from the electronica and synthpop style of Pretty Hate Machine and instead presenting

11524-401: The most successful rock acts of the 1990s. " Closer " became the second single for the album, released on May 30, 1994. The single included remixes from Nothing Records acts Coil and Meat Beat Manifesto , as well as an exclusive cover of Soft Cell 's "Memorabilia." A music video for "Closer" was directed by Mark Romanek . Despite undergoing heavy censorship for television and radio airplay,

11658-455: The notoriety attached to the house, he chose to record there because he "looked at a lot of places, and this just happened to be the one I liked most". He explained that he was fascinated by the house due to his interest in "American folklore", but has stated that he does not "want to support serial-killer bullshit." Nine Inch Nails toured extensively over the next few years, including a performance at Woodstock '94 , although Reznor admitted to

11792-431: The project was eventually terminated before any official material was released. The only known released Tapeworm material is a reworked version of a track called "Vacant" (retitled " Passive ") on A Perfect Circle 's 2004 album eMOTIVe , as well as a track called "Potions" on Puscifer 's 2009 album "C" Is for . In 2006, Reznor played his first "solo" shows at Neil Young 's annual Bridge School Benefit . Backed by

11926-677: The reformation of the band, due to other work commitments, effectively ending that conception of the PWEI reformation. However, the remaining band members continued as Vileevils , performing live, releasing re-recorded versions of several tracks from the Sonic Noise Byte sessions and releasing two EPs; Demon / Axe Of Men 2010 and Demon / Axe Of Men 2010 Remixes , both of which were credited as featuring Clint Mansell and Pop Will Eat Itself. Vileevils performed their final live date in December 2008, before recording an unreleased album, which

12060-490: The release merged these tracks as a single release, although a 2017 vinyl repress by the band once again pressed them as a separate 7". The Broken film accompanied the EP, directed by Coil 's Peter Christopherson . Reznor recalled, "Making the Broken movie was a lot of fun. There was no label involvement or pressure from anyone, it was just he (Christopherson) and I talking. At the completion of filming, Christopherson felt

12194-483: The remix, in the very early days of Garbage." After Broken , Reznor began recording Nine Inch Nails ' full-length debut for the Nothing / Interscope Records label, the seminal sophomore album, The Downward Spiral . For the recording of Broken , Reznor had moved into 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles , where actress Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Manson Family . He named

12328-550: The score for One Hour Photo , but the music did not work for the film and was not used. These compositions eventually evolved into Still . A remix of the Nine Inch Nails track " You Know What You Are? " by Clint Mansell was used as part of the latter's soundtrack to the 2005 film adaptation of Doom . In 2009, Trent Reznor composed "Theme for Tetsuo" for the Japanese cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Bullet Man from Shinya Tsukamoto . Reznor collaborated with Ross to compose

12462-465: The sequel to 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . However, after the release of the 2015 book The Girl in the Spider's Web , a part of the series from which the films are based, Sony decided to reboot the franchise and cancelled this production. Reznor and Ross have gone on to score films by a number of other directors, starting in 2016 with Fisher Stevens ' climate change documentary Before

12596-537: The sixth album's recording sessions were released at the time, both on compilations. A cover of Gary Numan's "Friends" was included on the Numan tribute album Random on the Beggars Banquet label, while the song "Zero Return (Instrumental Mix)" was included on Future Music Magazine's June 1996 sampler FMCD June 1996 , which also featured Nothing Records label-mates Meat Beat Manifesto . Clint Mansell's time as

12730-602: The song "Baby Sitter" after they had previously toured together in 2017. In 2021, it was that revealed Reznor and Atticus Ross would be producing Halsey 's fourth studio album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power . The album was released on August 27, 2021. Reznor and Ross recorded instrumentation and produced the album from a studio in Los Angeles, while Halsey sang at a studio in the Turks and Caicos Islands . The album, which largely abandoned Halsey's usual pop style for

12864-419: The song "My Monkey". Upon delivery of the album, Interscope was receiving a lot of negative press for the content of artists on another label they were housing at the time, Death Row Records , and expressed some reservations about releasing the album, which they anticipated could be controversial. Reznor threatened to take the album to another label if necessary, at which time Interscope agreed to release it, on

12998-405: The song received major airplay, becoming one of the biggest hits of NIN's career. The uncensored version of the music video was eventually released in 1997 on the band's Closure home video. "Piggy" and "Hurt" were both released as promotional singles to radio and received regular airplay. Nine Inch Nails also recorded a pair of exclusive songs for soundtracks. A cover of Joy Division 's "Dead Souls

13132-567: The songs "Love Is The Product", "Thanx!" and "Wraparound World." The day after the party, Reznor expressed interest in the band and discussed a deal singing them to Nothing Records. When the contract arrived, however, the band expressed some reservations. Sirius stated: Beside You in Time Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

13266-399: The soundtrack for Oliver Stone 's film Natural Born Killers , using a portable Pro Tools setup in his hotel room. Nine Inch Nails recorded an exclusive song, " Burn " for the film. The group also recorded a cover version of Joy Division 's "Dead Souls" for The Crow soundtrack . Reznor produced the soundtrack for David Lynch 's 1997 film Lost Highway . He produced two pieces of

13400-428: The studio album The Slip as a free digital download . In his appreciation for his following and fan base, and having no contractual obligation, he made "The Slip" available for free on his website, stating "This one's on me." A month and a half after its online release, The Slip had been downloaded 1.4 million times from the official Nine Inch Nails website. In February 2009, Reznor posted his thoughts about

13534-534: The two won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award alongside Jon Batiste for their work on the Soul score. In 2022, Reznor and Ross scored Luca Guadagnino 's Bones and All , as well as Sam Mendes ' Empire of Light . In 2023, the duo scored their second animated project, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem , and reunited with Fincher for The Killer . In 2024, Reznor and Ross scored two films by Guadagnino: Challengers and Queer . The two also scored

13668-499: The video for David Bowie's " I'm Afraid of Americans " (1997), Reznor plays a stalker who shows up wherever Bowie goes. In a 2016 Rolling Stone article after Bowie's death, Reznor recalled how touring with Bowie in 1995–96 inspired Reznor to stay sober. Reznor produced a remix of The Notorious B.I.G. 's song "Victory", featuring Busta Rhymes , in 1998. Under the name Tapeworm , Reznor collaborated for nearly 10 years with Danny Lohner , Maynard James Keenan , and Atticus Ross , but

13802-500: The virtual supergroup WitchGang in 2023. As Nine Inch Nails, they are creating the soundtrack to Tron: Ares , to be released in 2025. In 1997, Reznor appeared on Time 's list of the year's most influential people and Spin magazine described him as "the most vital artist in music". Michael Trent Reznor was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania , on May 17, 1965, the son of Nancy Lou (née Clark) and Michael Reznor. He

13936-548: The vocals on the 1991 Pigface track "Suck" from their first album Gub , which also featured production work from Steve Albini . Reznor sang backing vocals on "Past the Mission" on Tori Amos ' 1994 album Under the Pink . He produced Marilyn Manson 's first album, Portrait of an American Family (1994), and several tracks on Manson's Smells Like Children (1995) and Antichrist Superstar (1996). "I went right into doing

14070-471: The work of artists such as his protégé Marilyn Manson , rapper Saul Williams , and pop singer Halsey . Alongside his wife Mariqueen Maandig and long-time collaborators Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan , he formed the post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels in 2009. Beginning in 2010, Reznor and Ross began to work on film and television scores. The duo have scored many of David Fincher 's films, including The Social Network (2010), The Girl with

14204-483: The works of some of the most famed names in music history since its founding in 1969. The film was chosen as an official selection for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was available to download from its official website on February 1, 2013. Reznor also contributed to the soundtrack for the film, on the track " Mantra ", along with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme . Reznor appeared in a live performance with Fleetwood Mac 's Lindsey Buckingham , Dave Grohl, and Queens of

14338-584: Was ... It just blew me away. I said, "What would the soundtrack be?" I didn't know if he was just going to pick the best fifteen or the most appropriate fifteen [songs]. So, I suggested to Oliver to try to turn the soundtrack into a collage of sound, kind of the way the movie used the music. Make edits of things, and add dialogue; make it something that was interesting rather than just a bunch of previously released music. And he looked at me and goes, "That's good. Yeah, do it." The resulting soundtrack blended both previously released and unreleased material, spanning

14472-468: Was a good kid [...] a Boy Scout who loved to skateboard, build model planes, and play the piano. Music was his life, from the time he was a wee boy. He was so gifted." Reznor has acknowledged that his sheltered life left him feeling isolated from the outside world. In a September 1994 interview with Rolling Stone , he said of his career choices, "I don't know why I want to do these things, other than my desire to escape from Small Town, U.S.A., to dismiss

14606-550: Was accompanied by a music video, which received some airplay on MTV. Around this same time, the band had a high-profile collaboration with The Prodigy , on the track "Their Law" from the album Music for the Jilted Generation . Dos Dedos Mis Amigos peaked at No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart and their single " Everything's Cool " became their ninth Top 30 UK hit. A Japanese edition of Dos Dedos Mis Amigos

14740-488: Was also released as a limited edition, stand-alone vinyl pressing that same year. Pop Will Eat Itself continues as a full-time project to this day, under the direction of Graham Crabb. One act to depart during the early era of the label was Mondo Vanilli . Mondo Vanilli (sometimes referred to as MV Inc. or The Artists Formerly Known As Mondo Vanilli) was the brainchild of R. U. Sirius , an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture personality. Sirius

14874-469: Was always something I'd been interested in and it was really a great experience and I've learned a lot." Reznor further explained that he cherishes his previous experiences with Fincher as "there's a pursuit and dedication to uncompromised excellence". In December 2014, it was announced that Reznor would collaborate with composer Mike Patton , best known as the frontman of alternative metal band Faith No More , on The Girl Who Played With Fire by Fincher,

15008-422: Was backed by members Scrappi DüChamp, with whom he had collaborated on previous musical projects and would compose most of the music - and Simone Third Arm, a performance artist introduced to Sirius early into the project's inception. Mondo Vanilli's involvement with Nothing Records came about through a chance meeting at Reznor's then-home at 10050 Cielo Drive , the site of the infamous Tate murders by members of

15142-428: Was cancelled prior to release in 2010. Instead, Pop Will Eat Itself finally reformed in 2011, with Graham Crabb serving as the band's only original member, while having the blessing of all the former members. Songs from both the abandoned Vile Evils album, as well as the abandoned Sonic Noise Byte album, were reworked and re-recorded for alongside new material for Pop Will Eat Itself's return album New Noise Designed by

15276-504: Was certified quadruple platinum and had sold 3.7 million copies in the United States. The Downward Spiral has been regarded by music critics and audiences as one of the most important albums of the 1990s and was praised for its abrasive, eclectic nature and dark themes, although it was scrutinized by social conservatives for its lyrics. For its tenth anniversary, the album was remastered and re-released on November 23, 2004 in high-resolution Super Audio CD (SACD) and DualDisc formats, with

15410-647: Was directed by Coil 's Peter Christopherson . Portions of the original, incomplete video eventually surfaced as part of an online, DVD disc image version of the Closure DVD in 2006, which surfaced on BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay . The Downward Spiral was released on March 8, 1994. The album was an immediate success, debuting at number two on the US Billboard 200 with sales of nearly 119,000 copies in its first week. It also garnered wide, critical acclaim, helping elevate Nine Inch Nails into one of

15544-494: Was done by music supervisor Budd Carr). The soundtrack originally included the songs "A Warm Place" and "Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails. A new composition from the band, "Burn", was recorded for the soundtrack, with a music video shot in the style of the film (although it was not directed by Stone). Reznor said of the experience: I approached it with a bit of skepticism, because I'm not real keen on using my music in films. I went and saw this movie, an edit of it, and I

15678-624: Was editor-in-chief of Mondo 2000 , a glossy cyberculture magazine published in California during the 1980s and 1990s. It covered cyberpunk topics such as virtual reality and smart drugs , serving as a more anarchic and subversive predecessor to the later-founded Wired magazine. Sirius described the band as "a virtual reality band that would proudly lip-synch, or maybe not, even pretend to play live music on stage - perhaps we would exist totally in virtuality - or else we would do other, more original types of performance to our music." Sirius

15812-465: Was eventually released in 2015 by Cold Spring Records. John Bergin was also signed briefly under the name Trust Obey, but the album he recorded ("Hands of Ash") was instead released in 1996 on Fifth Colvmn Records with a sticker that quoted Reznor's reaction to the completed work: "Not a great commercial potential." Nothing also distributed music from Warp Records , Sheffield, England 's venerable electronic music label, under an exclusive license in

15946-490: Was intended to be the band's first single, with a single edit having been created. However, after the Reznor sessions, the album was instead led by the single " Get Your Gunn ", followed by " Lunchbox " and " Dope Hat ". The album was certified Gold on May 29, 2003 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. During this time, in addition to recording with Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson for

16080-514: Was later included on the home video release of the Natural Born Killers: Director's Cut on VHS and laserdisc, but omitted from subsequent editions, such as DVD and blu-ray. The bonus features on the home video editions of the director's cut also included a behind-the-scenes featurette, in which Oliver Stone recollects his experiences working with Reznor on the film. Capping off a successful year in 1994 at Nothing Records

16214-399: Was living when this package turned up, and I thought, 'Enough. I don't know that I need this kind of thing.' With the house it felt too stunty, and Peter agreed." Five of the eight total tracks were edited down into music videos, were widely censored from television airplay, due to their disturbing content. The complete, uncensored film was never officially released, however it was leaked as

16348-418: Was over. In a May 5, 2005 post to nin.com, Trent wrote, "To be clear: my involvement with Nothing Records is over. Is Nothing Records alive or an entity? You'd have to ask John Malm (we're not really speaking that much these days) ... Nothing studios is still in New Orleans and I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I'll figure that out when I finish touring." While With Teeth and its following singles carry

16482-473: Was real pissed off at him at first because it was going from one bad situation to potentially another one. But Interscope went into it like they really wanted to know what I wanted. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. Part of the deal included allowing Reznor the run his own boutique label under the Interscope umbrella, which became Nothing Records. Reznor and Malm began a series of signings to

16616-531: Was released alongside an accompanying alternate reality game . With its lyrics written from the perspective of multiple fictitious characters, Reznor described Year Zero as a concept album criticizing the United States government 's current policies and how they will affect the world 15 years in the future. In July 2012, it was announced that Reznor had composed and performed the theme music for Call of Duty: Black Ops II . In 1994, Reznor produced

16750-517: Was released in Infectious in 1995 in both a single disc set, as well as a limited edition two-disc edition, featuring additional remixes. Two Fingers My Friends! was not picked up for US release by Nothing. PWEI toured to promote the album and enjoyed a raised profile in the States, but at the end of touring, the band found themselves struggling to continue as a creative force. Work did begin on an untitled follow-up to Dos Dedos Mis Amigos , with

16884-493: Was released in October 2010 in multiple formats, including digital download , compact disc, 5.1 surround on Blu-ray , and vinyl record . A 5-song sampler EP was released for free via digital download. On January 7, 2011, Reznor announced that he would again be working with Fincher, this time to provide the score for the American adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . A cover of " Immigrant Song " by Led Zeppelin , produced by Reznor and Ross, with Karen O (of

17018-456: Was released on Netflix . Reznor and Ross also released a 2-hour box set for the Bird Box soundtrack containing additional material from their recording sessions, titled Bird Box/Null 09 Extended . Reznor later admitted his dissatisfaction with working on Bird Box during an interview for the December 2019 edition of Revolver , calling the experience a "fucking waste of time". He criticized

17152-504: Was released on Midi Music, which included four bonus tracks, all of which have since been released elsewhere by the band. The band followed up Dos Dedos Mis Amigos with the Amalgamation EP, featuring remixes and additional tracks from the album sessions. The EP was picked up for US release on Nothing, which also released a promo-only single for R.S.V.P. , featuring alternate mixes. However, there were several releases tied into

17286-666: Was released on the soundtrack to The Crow , while an original track, "Burn," was recorded for the Natural Born Killers soundtrack . The latter also filmed a music video and the soundtrack was released on Nothing Records. A remix of "Closer" was also used in the opening credits to the David Fincher film Seven . The album was promoted with the extensive Self Destruct Tour , which featured opening Nothing Records acts Marilyn Manson , Pop Will Eat Itself and Pig during various legs. Danny Lohner would join

17420-450: Was simple as that really. Dos Dedos Mis Amigos was released on September 19, 1994 on Nothing Records. It marked a change in direction for the band, which had, until that time, featured a sound that blended hip-hop, electronic and alternative influences. Dos Dedos Mis Amigos took on a heavier, industrial rock sound. It was led by the singles "Ich Bin Ein Auslander", "Everything's Cool", "R.S.V.P." and "Underbelly". "Ich Bin Ein Auslander"

17554-592: Was the arrival of Pop Will Eat Itself , who were licensed by the label for Stateside release. Already established in the UK by the late 1980s, the band (sometimes referred to as PWEI or The Poppies ) had a growing fanbase, with albums such as Box Frenzy , This Is the Day ... This Is the Hour ... This Is This! , Cure for Sanity and The Looks or the Lifestyle? . The latter album peaked at UK No. 15 and featured

17688-444: Was ultimately scrapped. Only two demos from Mansell's solo album ever surfaced. The songs "Atlantic Crossing" and "The Mechanic" found their way online, by way of Clint Mansell and Nothing Records' official websites (both since defunct). Mansell also put together a streaming mix for "Radio Nothing" on the Nothing Records website, which included "The Mechanic", alongside other tracks from the label. After Mansell's successful work composing

17822-436: Was ultimately sold to Netflix and released on their platform in 2021, with Danny Elfman replacing Reznor and Ross as composer. In 2019, Reznor and Ross composed the score for the independent drama Waves , and later that year made their second contribution to television with their score for Damon Lindelof 's HBO miniseries Watchmen , a sequel to Alan Moore 's original 1987 comic series . Reznor and Ross, both fans of

17956-546: Was working towards a degree in journalism and gaining experience in the field by writing articles for a music magazine, 25th Parallel . One of his interviews for the magazine was with Reznor. Manson also performed as a local opener for Nine Inch Nails in July 1990 with his band, then known as Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids, at Club Nu in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (a show which also included future Nothing Records act Meat Beat Manifesto ). Manson wound up giving Reznor

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