Rock On The Net: Nine Inch Nails (original) (raw)

Trent Reznor was born May 17, 1965 and grew up in Pennsylvania. Although Nine Inch Nails is considered a group, Reznor is viewed as the creative energy of NIN no matter who's accompanying him. His ability to play several instruments began in his youth with training as a classical pianist.

Nine Inch Nails released Pretty Hate Machine.

Nine Inch Nails toured in the Lollapalooza package tour.

Pretty Hate Machine was certified gold.

Nine Inch Nails released the EP Broken.

Broken was certified gold.

Broken was certified gold.

Nine Inch Nails won a Grammy Awardfor Best Metal Performance ("Wish").

The video for "Wish" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video.

# 155Singles Artist of the Year

Nine Inch Nails released The Downward Spiral.

The Downward Spiral was certified gold.

Nine Inch Nails performed at Woodstock '94.

The video for "Closer" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video and Best Art Direction.

The Downward Spiral was certified platinum.

# 198 Singles Artist of the Year

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

Pretty Hate Machine was certified platinum.
Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Alternative Music Performance (The Downward Spiral).

Nine Inch Nails released Further Down The Spiral.

Pretty Hate Machine was certified 2x platinum.

The Downward Spiral was certified 2x platinum.

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

Nine Inch Nails won a Grammy Awardfor Best Metal Performance ("Happiness Is Slavery") and Reznor was nominated for Best Rock Song ("Hurt").

Further Down The Spiralwas certified gold.

The video for "The Perfect Drug" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Alternative Video, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography.

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Hard Rock Performance ("The Perfect Drug").

Trent Reznor was sued by a musician who claims that Reznor stole 6 of his songs after conversing over the internet. The musician claims he had sent Reznor a copy of his music in 1993 so that Reznor could listen to the tunes. The songs in question include 4 from The Downward Spiral(Nine Inch Nails' biggest LP) and a track from the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.

The Downward Spiral was certified 4x platinum.

The lawsuit claiming Trent Reznor plagiarized songs for The Downward Spiralwas dismissed by a judge in California.

Reznor talked with USA Today about his next LP, The Fragile: "I'm in the home stretch and there's this question nagging me: Is this fantastic or so self-absorbed that I missed the mark?"

A new track, "The Day The World Went Away" was released.

The Fragile was released.

Reznor appeared on cover of Rolling Stone.
The Fragile topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week and the Billboard Internet Album Sales chart for a week.
The Fragile was certified platinum.

MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Madeincludes "Closer" at # 17.

The Fragile was certified 2x platinum.

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Metal Performance ("Starf****rs, Inc.") and Best Alternative Music Performance (The Fragile).

Nine Inch Nails began touring in April in Ohio.

The video "Into The Void" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. The video for "Starf****rs, Inc." was nominated for a Billboard Music Video Award for Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year.

Nine Inch Nails released Things Falling Apart - a remix LP.
Nine Inch Nails came in at # 43 on VH1: 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Into The Void").

Nine Inch Nails released a live LP - And All That Could Have Been.

Pretty Hate Machine was certified 3x platinum.

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Closer" at # 93.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 200:The Downward Spiral.

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Nine Inch Nails at # 94.

Nine Inch Nails released With Teeth with the first single "The Hand That Feeds."
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top Internet Albums chart with With Teeth - selling over 272,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with "The Hand That Feeds."
Nine Inch Nails were to perform at the MTV Movie Awards, but cancelled after wanting to use George Bush's image in the background as the performed "The Hand That Feeds" but being told not to by MTV.

Reznor performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with "Only."

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Hard Rock Performance ("The Hand That Feeds").

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with "Every Day Is Exactly The Same."

Nine Inch Nails topped the Canadian singles chart with "Every Day Is Exactly The Same."
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart and Hot Dance Singles Sales chart with "Every Day Is Exactly The Same."

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance Single Sales ("Every Day Is Exactly The Same").

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Hard Rock Performance ("Every Day Is Exactly The Same").

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with "Survivalism."
Nine Inch Nails released Year Zero.

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Internet Albums chart with Year Zero.

The remix LP Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3D was released.

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart with Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3D. Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance Single Sales ("Every Day Is Exactly The Same").

Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts I-IV through there official website. The set consists of 36 instrumental tracks.

Ghosts I-IV was released in stores.
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart with Ghosts I-IV.

Nine Inch Nails gave away their next LP The Slip free off their website (www.NIN.com) with a statement by Reznor saying "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me."

Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included The Downward Spiral at # 81.

The Slip was released.

Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Top Electronics Albums chart with The Slip.

Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("34 Ghosts I-IV"). Reznor was also nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (Ghosts I-IVwith Rob Sheridan).

Pretty Hate Machine: 2010 Remaster was released.

Reznor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film The Social Network.

Reznor won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film The Social Network.

Reznor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Reznor won a Grammy Awardfor Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo).

Nine Inch Nails released Hesitation Marks.
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart and Alternative Albums chart with Hesitation Marks.

• January 26: Nine Inch Nails were nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Alternative Music Album (Hesitation Marks).

• January 11: Reznor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Gone Girl).
• February 8: Reznor was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Gone Girl).

• December 23: Nine Inch Nail released the EP Not The Actual Events.

• January 14: Nine Inch Nail topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart with Not The Actual Events.
• July 21: Nine Inch Nails released the EP Add Violence digitally. The audio CD was released later in the year.

• June 22: Nine Inch Nails released Bad Witch.

• March 27: Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts V: Togetherand Ghosts VI: Locusts.
• November 7: Nine Inch Nails was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• February 28: Trent won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Soul) and was also nominated in that category for his work on Mank.
• April 25: Trent won an Academy Award for Best Original Score (Soul) and was also nominated in that category for his work on Mank.

• April 3: Trent was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Soul).

	Pretty Hate MachineReleased: November, 1989 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 75 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Head Like A Hole" - "Terrible Lie" - "Down In It" - "Sanctified" - "Something I Can Never Have" - "Kinda I Want To" - "Sin" - "That's What I Get" - "Only Time" - "Ringfinger"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Broken(EP)Released: September , 1992 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 7 Tracks: "Pinion" - "Wish" - "Last" - "Help Me I Am In Hell" - "Happiness Is Slavery" - "Gave Up" - "Physical" - "Suck"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Downward SpiralReleased: March, 1994 US: 4x Platinum Billboard peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Mr. Self Destruct" - "Piggy" - "Heresy" - "March Of The Pigs" - "Closer" - "Ruiner" - "The Becoming" - "I Do Not Want This" - "Big Man With A Gun" - "A Warm Place" - "Eraser" - "Reptile" - "The Downward Spiral" - "Hurt"
	Further Down The SpiralReleased: May, 1995 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 23 Tracks: "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" - "Art Of Self Destruction, Part One" - "Self Destruction, Part Two" - "Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" - "Hurt (Quiet)" - "Eraser (Denial: Realization)" - "At The Heart Of It All" - "Eraser (Polite)" - "Self Destruction, Final" - "Beauty Of Being Numb" - "Erased, Over, Out"
	The FragileReleased: September, 1999 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "The Way Out Is Through" - "Into The Void" - "Where Is Everybody?" - "The Mark Has Been Made" - "Please" - "Starf****rs, Inc." - "Complication" - "I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally" - "The Big Come Down" - "Underneath It All" - "Ripe (With Decay)"
	Things Falling Apart Released: November, 2000 Billboard peak: # 67 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Slipping Away" - "Great Collapse" - "Wretched" - "Starf****rs, Inc." - "Frail" - "Starf****rs, Inc." - "Where Is Everybody?" - "Metal" - "10 Miles High" - "Starf****rs, Inc."
	And All That Could Have Been Released: February, 2002 Billboard peak: # 26 Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Terrible Lie" - "Sin" - "March Of The Pigs" - "Piggy" - "The Frail" - "The Wretched" - "Gave Up" - "The Great Below" - "The Mark Has Been Made" - "Wish" - "Suck" - "Closer" - "Head Like A Hole" - "The Day The World Went Away" - "Starf*****rs, Inc." - "Hurt"
	With Teeth Released: May, 2005 Billboard peak: # 1 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B+ Tracks: "All The Love In The World" - "You Know What You Are?" - "The Collector" - "The Hand That Feeds" - "Love Is Not Enough" - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" - "With Teeth" - "Only" - "Getting Smaller" - "Sunspots" - "The Line Begins To Blur" - "Beside You In Time" - "Right Where It Belongs"
	Year Zero Released: April, 2007 Billboard peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B+ Tracks: "Hyperpower!" - "Beginning Of The End" - "Survivalism" - "Good Soldier" - "Vessel" - "Me, I'm Not" - "Capital G" - "My Violent Heart" - "Warning" - "God Given" - "Meet Your Master" - "Greater Good" - "Great Destroyer" - "Another Version Of The Truth" - "In This Twilight" - "Zerio-Sum"
	Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3DReleased: November, 2007 Billboard peak: # 77 Tracks: "Gunshots By Computer" - "The Great Destroyer" - "My Violent Heart" - "The Beginning Of The End" - "Survivalism" - "Capital G" - "Vessel" - "The Warning" - "Meet Your Master" - "God Given" - "Me, I'm Not" - "Another Version Of The Truth" - "In This Twilight" - "Zero Sum"
	Ghosts I-IVReleased: April, 2008 Billboard peak: # 14 Rolling Stone:
	The SlipReleased: July, 2008 Billboard peak: # 13 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "999,999" - "1,000,000" - "Letting You" - "Discipline" - "Echoplex" - "Head Down" - "Lights In The Sky" - "Corona Radiata" - "Four Of Us Are Dying" - "Demon Seed" - "Slip"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Hesitation MarksReleased: September 3, 2013 Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "The Eater Of Dreams" - "Copy Of A" - "Came Back Haunted" - "Find My Way" - "All Time Low" - "Disappointed" - "Everything" - "Satellite" - "Various Methods Of Escape" - "Running" - "I Would For You" - "In Two" - "While I'm Still Here" - "Black Noise"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Not The Actual Events (EP)Released: October 23, 2016Tracks: "Branches / Bones" - "Dear World," - "She's Gone Away" - "The Idea Of You" - "Burning Bright (Field On Fire)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Add Violence (EP)Released: July 21, 2017Tracks: "Less Than" - "The Lovers" - "This Isn't The Place" - "Not Anymore" - "The Background World"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Bad WitchReleased: June 22, 2018 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 12Tracks: "Sh** Mirror" - "Ahead Of Ourselves" - "Play The Goddamned Part" - "God Break Down The Door" - "I'm Not From This World" - "Over And Out"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Ghosts V: TogetherReleased: March 27, 2020Tracks: "Letting Go While Holding On" - "Together" - "Out In The Open" - "With Faith" - "Apart" - "Your Touch" - "Hope We Can Again" - "Still Right Here"
iTunes	Ghosts VI: LocustsReleased: March 27, 2020Tracks: "The Cursed Clock" - "Around Every Corner" - "The Worriment Waltz" - "Run Like Hell" - "When It Happens (Don't Mind Me)" - "Another Crashed Car" - "Temp Fix" - "Trust Fades" - "A Really Bad Night" - "Your New Normal" - "Just Breathe" - "Right Behind You" - "Turn This Off Please" - "So Tired" - "Almost Dawn"