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Nine Inch Nails
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Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American industrial rock band formed by singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Reznor was the sole permanent member of the band until his frequent collaborator, English musician Atticus Ross, became an official member in 2016. The band's debut album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was released via TVT Records. After disagreements with TVT over how the album would be promoted, the band signed with Interscope Records and released the EP Broken (1992), followed by the albums The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999).
Following a hiatus, Nine Inch Nails resumed touring and released their fourth album With Teeth (2005). Following the release of the next album Year Zero (2007), the band left Interscope after a feud. Nine Inch Nails continued touring and independently released Ghosts I–IV (2008) and The Slip (2008) before a second hiatus. Their eighth album, Hesitation Marks (2013), was followed by a trilogy which consisted of the EPs Not the Actual Events (2016) and Add Violence (2017) and their ninth album Bad Witch (2018). The band simultaneously released two further installments of the Ghosts series in 2020: Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. In 2024, Nine Inch Nails announced a number of new projects through their multimedia company With Teeth; the following year, they embarked on the Peel It Back Tour and released the soundtrack to Tron: Ares.
When touring, Reznor typically assembles a live band to perform with him under the Nine Inch Nails name. This live band has varied over the decades, with various members leaving and returning; the current lineup consists of Reznor and Ross alongside Robin Finck (who initially joined in 1994), Stu Brooks (who joined in 2026), and Josh Freese (who initially joined in 2005). The band's concerts are noted for their extensive use of thematic visual elements, complex special effects, and elaborate lighting. Songs are often rearranged to fit any given performance, and the melodies or lyrics of songs that are not scheduled to be performed are sometimes assimilated into other songs.
Nine Inch Nails has sold over 20 million records worldwide and been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning for the songs "Wish" in 1993, "Happiness in Slavery" in 1996 and "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" in 2026. Time magazine named Reznor one of its most influential people in 1997, while Spin magazine has described him as "the most vital artist in music". In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Nine Inch Nails No. 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Nine Inch Nails was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, having first been nominated in 2014 (their first year of eligibility) and again in 2015.
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Nine Inch Nails [naɪn ɪnt͡ʃ ˈneɪlz], NIN ou parfois stylisé NIИ, est un groupe de metal industriel américain, originaire de Cleveland, dans l'Ohio. Il est formé en 1988 par Trent Reznor, le principal producteur, chanteur, compositeur et instrumentiste, qui représente l'unique membre officiel de Nine Inch Nails et reste le seul responsable de sa direction, jusqu'à l'arrivée du musicien anglais Atticus Ross dans le groupe en 2016. Principalement metal industriel, la musique de Nine Inch Nails propose un assemblage éclectique de genres comme le rock alternatif, l'ambient, l'electronica et la synthpop. Après l'enregistrement d'un album, Reznor recrute habituellement un groupe de musiciens pour jouer avec lui. La formation change à chaque nouvelle tournée et réadapte souvent les chansons pour correspondre à une interprétation en live. Sur scène, Nine Inch Nails intègre souvent des jeux de lumière comme éléments visuels de scénographie.
Les fans de la musique underground accueillent chaleureusement Nine Inch Nails durant ses premières années. Reznor produit plusieurs enregistrements très influents dans les années 1990 qui atteignent une grande popularité. Beaucoup de chansons de Nine Inch Nails sont devenues des succès radiophoniques. Parmi les douze nominations aux Grammy Awards reçues par Nine Inch Nails, deux chansons sont récompensées (Wish en 1992 et Happiness in Slavery en 1995). Leur discographie complète atteint des ventes dépassant les 30 millions d'albums à travers le monde, avec 11 millions de ventes certifiées seulement aux États-Unis. En 1997, Reznor apparait dans le magazine Time dans la liste des personnes les plus influentes de l'année, et le magazine Spin le décrit comme l'« artiste incontournable de la musique. » En 2004, le magazine Rolling Stone place Nine Inch Nails à la 94e place des 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps. En dépit de cette renommée, le groupe a eu plusieurs querelles avec l'industrie du disque. En 2007, ces problèmes ont forcé Trent Reznor à annoncer que Nine Inch Nails se séparerait de son label et deviendrait indépendant.
Depuis 1989, Nine Inch Nails compte un total de treize albums studio. Les derniers albums Ghosts V: Together et Ghosts VI: Locusts, entièrement instrumentaux, ont été mis en ligne par le groupe sur son site officiel en téléchargement gratuit. L'avant dernier album, intitulé Bad Witch, formant une trilogie avec Not The Actual Events et Add Violence, est publié en 2018. Deux des albums précédents, Ghosts I-IV et The Slip, furent publiés en 2008 sous la licence Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA). Ces derniers sont initialement publiés en version numérique, les versions physiques étant arrivées plus tard. La version numérique de The Slip est publiée gratuitement, et Ghosts I-IV, également disponible à la vente, est publié sous licence Creative Commons et donc librement partageable.
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Discography
Albums
- 1989 Pretty Hate Machine
- 1994 The Downward Spiral
- 1999 The Fragile
- 2005 With Teeth
- 2007 Year Zero
- 2008 Ghosts I–IV
- 2008 The Slip
- 2013 Hesitation Marks
- 2018 Bad Witch
- 2020 Ghosts V: Together
- 2020 Ghosts VI: Locusts
- 2020 2000-05-18: The Lakeland Center, Lakeland, FL, USA
EPs
- 1992 Broken
- 2002 Still
- 2008 Lights in the Sky: Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler
- 2009 NIN|JA 2009 Tour Sampler
- 2016 Not the Actual Events
- 2017 Add Violence
Singles
- 1989 Down in It
- 1990 You Get What You Deserve
- 1990 Head Like a Hole
- 1990 Sin
- 1992 Happiness in Slavery
- 1992 Physical
- 1992 Suck
- 1992 Wish
- 1994 Burn
- 1994 Piggy
- 1994 March of the Pigs
- 1994 Closer
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- 1995 Hurt
- 1995 The Perfect Drug
- 1999 Into the Void
- 1999 Starfuckers, Inc.
- 1999 The Day the World Went Away
- 1999 We’re in This Together
- 2005 The Hand That Feeds
- 2005 Only
- 2006 Every Day Is Exactly the Same
- 2007 Survivalism
- 2007 Capital G
- 2007 The Perfect Drug (instrumental)
- 2008 Discipline
- 2008 Echoplex
- 2013 Came Back Haunted
- 2013 Copy of A
- 2013 Everything
- 2017 Less Than
- 2018 God Break Down the Door
- 2019 Terrible Lie (zxz mix)
- 2021 ISN’T EVERYONE