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Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965 in Mercer, Pennsylvania), better known as
Trent Reznor, is the creative force behind the band Nine Inch Nails. He released most of his work under his former record label, Nothing Records. In 2004, he stated he will have nothing more to do with the label. Until recently, he had lived in New Orleans, Louisiana.
TVT Records signed Trent Reznor, and in 1989 he released "Pretty Hate Machine", Nine Inch Nails' first album. Subsequent works include 1992's eight song EP "Broken", 1994's "The Downward Spiral" and 1999's "The Fragile". His latest album, "With Teeth", is expected to be released on 3 May 2005.
Reznor was the credited producer for Marilyn Manson's albums Portrait of an American Family (1994), Smells Like Children (1995), and Antichrist Superstar (1996), as well as the soundtrack for the film Natural Born Killers.
Reznor likes video games, most notably Doom by id Software, which he has said he played in the Nine Inch Nails tour bus after doing shows. He also created the soundtrack for id Software's hit Quake. (As a side-note, the NIN logo also appears on the nailgun ammo boxes in Quake)
Trent returned to work with id Software in 2003 as the sound engineer for video game Doom 3. However, due to "time, money, and bad management" he had to abandon this project, and his audio work did not make it into the game's release. The original audio files can be found on the internet, although they are not officially endorsed by Reznor or id software. Chris Vrenna, former drummer for Nine Inch Nails, produced the music for Doom 3 with his partner Clint Walsh.
During the five years between his albums The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), Trent Reznor struggled with depression, writer's block, and the death of his grandmother. He has been reported to be suffering from bipolar disorder. It was reported that Reznor had considered committing suicide during this period. In a 1999 interview for Rolling Stone magazine, he said that "It just took me time to sit down and change my head and my life around. I had to slap myself in the face: 'If you want to kill yourself, do it, save everybody the fucking hassle. Or get your shit together.'"
Trent has collaborated with such artists as
Tori Amos, adding backing vocals to "Past the Mission" from Under the Pink. He has also worked with
David Bowie, Pigface, Marilyn Manson, The Neptunes, 1000 Homo DJs, and
Peter Gabriel.
A collaboration with Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and Atticus Ross of 12 Rounds known as Tapeworm was in production for almost ten years, but an update on the official Nine Inch Nails website has declared that the project has been terminated. The only known performance of any Tapeworm material was of Keenan's other band, A Perfect Circle performing the song "Vacant" on tour in 2001. "Vacant" appears on A Perfect Circle's third album eMOTIVe, reworked and retitled "Passive".
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LiteratureMusicians against music torture
Musicians and human rights group Reprieve launched a "silent protest" against the use of music for torture and interrogation. For example, the playlists at places like Guantanamo Bay and other US military prisons/bases has included such hot platters as Deicide's "Fuck Your God" and the theme song from Barney The Purple Dinosaur. Musicians like Trent Reznor want to stop the insanity. From Danger Room: Chloe Davis, a researcher for Reprieve, told Danger Room the Zero dB campaign was planning to work with prominent musicians to lobby the incoming administration. "It is really important that we seize the chance to alert Obama to this practice," she said. "... I think there will be people on the other side trying to catch Obama?s attention, saying we need to be tough. We?re trying to counter that message." Rockers To Press Obama on Music Torture Previously:Music Selections at the World-Famous Guantanamo Bay Beach Resort ... US Gov't torture playlist stickers - Boing Boing Ethnomusicologists against music as torture - Boing Boing Torture playlist - Boing Boing The Men Who Stare At Goats - Boing Boing...
Published: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:06:43 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleSystemsTaking the MainStage with Nine Inch Nails
When Nine Inch Nails went on tour, there used to be ?racks of equipment that we had to carry around to reproduce all the different elements,? explains Keyboard and Sound Technician Mat Mitchell. Now all they need is a MacBook Pro and Logic Studio. With MainStage, says Trent Reznor, ?I can do all of my synth work, and my guitar rig, and my vocal processing in an understandable graphic interface that?s easy to change.?
Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:12:20 GMT - Source: Apple.Com - Read the article
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