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Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17 , 1965 ) is an American Musician , Singer , Producer , and Multi-instrumentalist . He is the founder and primary creative force behind the successful Grammy Award -winning Industrial Rock band Nine Inch Nails . EARLY LIFE Michael Trent Reznor was born in Mercer , Pennsylvania halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland , to Michael J. Reznor and Nancy Lou Clark. Reznor was called by his middle name to avoid confusion with his father. After his parents divorced, he lived with his grandparents, while his sister Tera lived with their mother. Reznor began playing the " when he played. Reznor has repeatedly acknowledged that his sheltered life in Pennsylvania left him feeling somewhat isolated from the outside world. In a 1994 interview with '' Rolling Stone '', he makes reference to his choices in the music industry. "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 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 fucking 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."http://www.9inchnails.com/articles/articles.php?id=8 However, Reznor later confesses, "I don't want to give the impression it was a miserable childhood."http://www.9inchnails.com/articles/articles.php?id=13 At the Mercer Area Junior and Senior High School s, Reznor learned to play the Saxophone and Tuba . He was a member of both the Jazz and Marching Band s. Former Mercer High School band director Dr. Hendley Hoge remembered Reznor as "very upbeat and friendly." Reznor also became involved in theater while in high school. He was voted Best in Drama by classmates for his roles as Judas in '' Jesus Christ Superstar '' and Professor Harold Hill in '' The Music Man ''. Reznor graduated from high school in 1983 and enrolled at Allegheny College , where he studied Computer Engineering . He also joined a local band called Option 30 and played three shows per week with them. After a year in college, Reznor dropped out to pursue a full-time career in music. Reznor moved to Cleveland, Ohio . In 1985, he joined a band named The Innocent as a Keyboardist . They released one album, ''Livin' in the Street'', but Reznor quit after just three months. In 1986, Reznor joined the local band Exotic Birds . He also appeared with them as the fictional band The Problems in the film '' Light Of Day ''http://imdb.com/title/tt0093415/soundtrack. He got a job at Right Track Studio (now known as Midtown Recording) as a handyman. Studio owner Bart Koster later said Reznor "is so focused in everything he does. When that guy waxed the floor, it looked great." Koster allowed Reznor to use the studio during off hours, which he used to record demos for songs that ended up on Nine Inch Nails' first album, '' Pretty Hate Machine ''. These demos were later released as a bootleg under the name '' Purest Feeling ''. NINE INCH NAILS See Also: Nine Inch Nails ''Pretty Hate Machine'' was released in 1989 on TVT Records . The album was a moderate success, certified Gold in 1992, and its lead single, "Head Like a Hole", received heavy airplay. In 1993 Nine Inch Nails won a Grammy for "Best Metal Performance" for the song "Wish" and in that same year, the band was included in the Lollapalooza package tour. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-n/nineinchnails_main.htm In 1994, Nine Inch Nails released its biggest critical and commercial success to date, '' The Downward Spiral '', which eventually went Platinum twice. The lead single, " Closer ", became a huge hit, and its Music Video an MTV staple. ''The Downward Spiral'' won many music industry honors, including MTV Music Award s and American Music Award s. Apart from the Remix album '' Further Down The Spiral '', Reznor did not release another album until 1999's '' The Fragile ''. The album sold well, and received generally positive reviews. 2005's '' With Teeth '' received a similar reception. in March of 2006]] PERSONAL LIFE During the five years between his albums '' The Downward Spiral '' (1994) and '' The Fragile '' (1999), Trent Reznor struggled with Depression , Social Anxiety Disorder , Writer's Block , and the death of his grandmother. It has also been revealed by Reznor that he had been suffering from Alcohol and Drug Addiction during the ''Fragile'' era. In a 2005 interview with '''' that "I’m pretty happy right now... Wait! Don’t print that! You’ll ruin my reputation. At least lie and say that I’ve got a dead body in my closet or something."http://theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=51 Reznor was involved in a feud with ''. This is due to this song's use of lyrics from "Closer," in particular the phrase "I want to fuck you like an animal."http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=380496384&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 WORK OUTSIDE OF NINE INCH NAILS 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 films '' Natural Born Killers '' and '' Lost Highway ''. Reznor is credited for "Driver Down" and "Videodrones; Questions" on the soundtrack for '' Lost Highway ''. One other track, " The Perfect Drug " is credited to Nine Inch Nails instead. Reznor created the soundtrack for id Software's hit '' Quake ''. The NIN logo also appears on the Nail Gun ammo boxes in ''Quake'' and prior to this, embedded in both the floor and ceiling of a Secret Room in ''Ultimate Doom''. He 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",http://www.nin.com/access/7_21_04/index.php 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 nor id Software. Chris Vrenna, on again off again drummer for Nine Inch Nails, produced the music for ''Doom 3'' with his partner Clint Walsh. Tapeworm , Reznor's collaboration with Danny Lohner , Maynard James Keenan of Tool , and Atticus Ross of 12 Rounds , was in production for almost 10 years, but an update on the official Nine Inch Nails website declared that the project had been terminated. The only known performance of any Tapeworm material was when Keenan's other band, A Perfect Circle , performed the song "Vacant" on tour in 2001. "Vacant" appears on A Perfect Circle's third album '' EMOTIVe '', reworked and retitled "Passive". In 2006, Reznor played his first "solo" show(s) at Neil Young 's annual Bridge School Benefit . Backed by a four piece string section, he performed stripped-down versions of many Nine Inch Nails songs. Reznor has been confirmed as the co-producer of the next album by Saul Williams , who toured with NIN in 2005 and 2006.http://www.theninhotline.net/news/index.php?fromrss=1#1142284426 The album is due to be released sometime in 2007. DISCOGRAPHY This is a list of musical work credited to Trent Reznor. For work credited to Nine Inch Nails, see Nine Inch Nails Discography . Writing and performance
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