Nine Inch Nails was formed by Michael Trent Reznor, in Cleveland, OH.
In 1987, Reznor was signed to the TVT label. NIN first album was titled, Pretty Hate Machine, it was Reznor's 1989 debut LP, a record of danceable industrial numbers co-produced by Flood (U2 and Depeche Mode's longtime producer). Over three years of touring followed, paying off with several radio hits, MTV play and a slot on the 1991 Lollapalooza tour. They had a sizable following of fans that only grew with NIN's ferocious performances on the tour.
Reznor's secound album titled Broken, added a harder more abrasive sound, and hit the US Top 10, winning a Grammy for the song 'Wish'.
The Downward Spiral made its US debut at number 2, and a return to live work with Robin Finck (guitar), Danny Lohneer (bass, guitar), James Woolley (keyboards) and Reznor's long-time friend and drummer Chris Vrenna drew floods of praise, with Nine Inch Nails being one of the most talked-about bands for their bizare exploration of human degradation through sex, drugs, violence, depression and suicide.
The first non-Nine Inch Nails releases on Reznor's Nothing label appeared in 1994 (beginning with Marilyn Manson ), and the band also found time to construct an acclaimed soundtrack for Oliver Stone's film Natural Born Killers.
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