TRENT REZNOR1. What is Trent Reznor's birthday? May,17 1965 2. Where was Trent Reznor born? Mercer, Pennsylvania 3. Who raised Trent Reznor? Trent was raised by his grandparents from the age of five (when his parents divorced). 4. What Tori Amos song did Trent Reznor do backup vocals for? Past the Mission (Under the Pink - track 4) 5. What instrument did Trent Reznor first learn as a young man? the piano 6. What event altered his relationship with his father as a young man? (Besides his parent's divorce.) Trent and his father shared a joint his grandparentsforeboded him to continue to see him. 7. Where did Trent attend college? Allegheny University, where he majored in Computer Engineering. He dropped out after a year. 8. Is Trent an only child? Trent's mother and father also had a daughter. Her name is Tera and she is several years younger than Trent. When Trent's parents weredivorced, Tera lived with her mother while Trent went to live with his grandparents. The two are still close, even though their childhoods didn't allow them that much timetogether. 9. What computer game did Trent Reznor create a soundtrack for? Quake 10. Who was the first women Trent Reznor dated while in college? Andrea Mulrain, who is now an A&R executive for London Records. 11. After leaving his position in the band, Exotic Birds, where did Trent work next? He was hired by a local studio called the Right Track, which was bought out inthe early 90s and renamed. From here, Trent would create Nine Inch Nails in his free time. 12. While on the Bowie/NIN tour, what virtual family member of Trent died? In August of 1995, Maise, Trent's golden retreiver was killed at a hotel along the tour.Because of Trent's relationship with his four-legged friend, the concert scheduled for that evening was canceled. 13. When did Trent Reznor meet his (still to this day) manager, John Malm Jr.? Trent first worked with John Mahlm when he was a member of Exotic Birds and hetried out for a keyboardist part in a band that John was managing. Even though he didn't get the part, Trent made a lasting impression on John that would eventually help tocreate their partnership. 14. What was Trent Reznor's first acting performance? Trent Reznor first took the stage during his High School years. Further information can be found in thebiography CD book. 15. Is there such a thing as a Reznor Heater? (talk but no answers) There is a heater company called 'Reznor Heaters' which was founded by a relative of TrentReznor. 16. What was Trent's favorite movie as a child? The Exorcist 17. Has Trent Reznor ever been in a movie? Trent Reznor appears in the movie "Light of Day" in 1987. He was keyboardist for an old Cleveland based band called "TheProblems." 18. What Nine Inch Nails video(s) does Trent Reznor NOT appear? Pinion, Help Me I'm In Hell, and the "The Downward Spiral" video which appears on A PerfectCircle of Scars bootleg video. "The Downward Spiral" video was actually created by the company that produced the video in an attempt to help boost sales. 19. What other artist has Trent Reznor recently helped with the creation of his video? David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans video. 20. Has Trent Reznor ever confirmed or denied using illegal substances? On several occasions, Trent has mentioned that he has used cocaine in the past but ispresently not using it. It is likely, like most people in the music industry (to stereotype), he has done his share of experimentation with several types of drugs. After all,Absinthe, a powerful drug similar to LSD is directly referred to in the video for "The Perfect Drug." 21. Where is Trent Reznor currently living? New Orleans 22. Trent appears as a keyboardist for the band The Problems in the movie "Light of Day," is the band an actual band? No, it was rumored that it was, but Trenthas confirmed that it was not. 23. Is Trent Reznor straight/gay/bi? Trent has confirmed that is straight, he has, however, kissed his guitarist in public in front of reporters, just a publicity stunt to starttalk. 24. Has Trent Reznor ever been romantically involved with Tori Amos? Though there have been rumors, Trent Reznor and Tori Amos have never been romanticallyinvolved with one another. They have what some people might consider a mutual admiration for each others work. Trent has done backup vocals for Tori's song, "Past theMission" which appears on her album Under the Pink.
NINE INCH NAILS1. Is there a specific meaning for the name, Nine Inch Nails? (According to Trent Reznor) No - It was easy to abbreviate and easy to remember. 2. What city was home to Nine Inch Nails when they first created "Pretty Hate Machine"? Cleveland, Ohio 3. Where did Trent Reznor first work with recording using machines? Right Track Studios 4. What was the most recent Nine Inch Nails tour? The Nights of Nothing mini-tour. 5. Besides Marilyn Manson, what is another (of many) band/groups that Nine Inch Nails helped to shape? Two 6. What groups influenced Nine Inch Nails? Bauhaus, KMFDM, Ministry, Skinny Puppy.... 7. What record label did Nine Inch Nails first signed with? TVT Records 8. What song is considered the first true Nine Inch Nails song? Down In It 9. Who were the original "studio" members of Nine Inch Nails? Chris Vrenna, and of course, Trent Reznor. 10. Where did Trent Reznor and Chris Vrenna first work together on the first thing that even resembled what we would consider Nine Inch Nails today? BothTrent and Chris were members of a Cleveland based band called Exotic Birds. This is of course one of the most notorious pre-NIN bands which Trent was a member of.This collaboration helped them to establish what would shortly after become NIN. 11. "Down In It" was a virtual cover of what song by what group? Trent Reznor admits that "Down In It" was a virtual rip-off of Skinny Puppy's "Dig-It." 12. The concept of "pig/piggy" is constant throughout The Downward Spiral. Is there a specific meaning for it? The Downward Spiral is an album that addressesmany issues that Trent felt/feels are important enough to spend his time over. In the song "Piggy," Trent explains that the pig is a combination of individuals in his life. Toparaphrase Trent, "The pigs are past friends, the media, people who want to make money off you, and people who want to see you fuck up." This can be found in severalsources, best known is the interview disc, "Disturbed." 13. What song from Broken has never been performed live and has never been remixed? (That has NOT been released officially that is.) Last. There istheButch Vig "a.k.a. Garbage" remix which was created but not released due to the fact that Trent considered it a "rock 'n' roll" remix and it was not in his best interests torelease it. 14. After leaving Nine Inch Nails, what is one large band that Chris Vrenna has worked with? The Smashing Pumpkins, and he has worked on several otherprojects as well. 15. Who were the four original producers that worked with Trent during the creation of Pretty Hate Machine? John Fryer, Flood, Adrian Sherwood, and KeithLeBlanc. 16. Is there a Nine Inch Nails fan club or somewhere where I can write for informational purposes? The address for contacting NIN through non-business methodsis printed on the inside of the Broken disc sleeve. PO Box 16681 - Cleveland, OH 44116 - USA 17. What company is the main distributor for Nine Inch Nails merchandise to all the retail outlets? J. Artist Management located in Macedonia, Ohio is the maindistributor for Nine Inch Nails. 18. What is the rumored name for the next Halo? (aka Halo 13) The Fragile 19. What is the meaning behind the Pretty Hate Machine cover? Trent once answered this question in an interview. The PHM artwork is intended to look like bones orthe backbone of an animal. It is actually the blades of a turbine photographed with colors layed over top of it. Some people have also suggested that the colors represent the relationship between males and females. The pink representing females, while the blue represents male.This rumor has never been addressed by Trent. But it's safe to say that we at least know what the image is. What it means is something entirely different. 20. What was the band that Trent Reznor played in with Kevin McMahon, the headman of Prick? Lucky Pierre. 21. Is Nine inch Nails a band? In the sense that a band is a group of people that get together and play together in the studio and record it, no, live NIN is a band, but NINis essentially Trent Reznor. 22. How many videos has Nine Inch Nails made? 14, including the video for Gave up on the Broken movie, which is not official, but was created by NIN. 23. Why is halo 13 taking so long to be put together and released? According to Trent, he didn't know if he wanted to continue. "I had to rediscover my passion formaking music." 24. What type of music is Nine Inch Nails? Nine Inch Nails does not really fit into a specific category of music, NIN is an industrial based techno/pop incorporated withhip-hop, it is not easy to describe the type of music NIN is. 25. At the Woodstock 94' performance, Nine Inch Nails were covered in mud, why? Before the band was to go onstage, Trent tripped Danny and he fell into the mudpit, to re-taliate, Danny pushed Trent into the mud, then it turned into a full scale mud riot.
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