TRENT REZNOR
Name: Michael Trent Reznor
Born: 17 May 1965 Mercer, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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 industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and was previously
associated with the bands Option 30, Exotic Birds, and Tapeworm, among others.
As of 2007, Reznor split his ties with Interscope Records, and is now an
independent, unsigned musician.
Reznor began creating music early in his life, and cites his sheltered Western
Pennsylvania childhood as an early influence. After being involved with a number
of synthesizer-based bands in the mid-80s, Reznor gained employment at Right
Track Studios and began creating his own music during the studio's closing hours
under the moniker Nine Inch Nails. Reznor's first release as Nine Inch Nails,
Pretty Hate Machine was a commercial success, and he has since released six
major studio releases. Outside of Reznor's chief project Nine Inch Nails, he has
contributed to many other artists' albums, including Marilyn Manson and more
recently Saul Williams. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine's list of the
year's most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as "the most
vital artist in music."
Name: Michael Trent Reznor
Born: 17 May 1965 Mercer, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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 industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and was previously
associated with the bands Option 30, Exotic Birds, and Tapeworm, among others.
As of 2007, Reznor split his ties with Interscope Records, and is now an
independent, unsigned musician.
Reznor began creating music early in his life, and cites his sheltered Western
Pennsylvania childhood as an early influence. After being involved with a number
of synthesizer-based bands in the mid-80s, Reznor gained employment at Right
Track Studios and began creating his own music during the studio's closing hours
under the moniker Nine Inch Nails. Reznor's first release as Nine Inch Nails,
Pretty Hate Machine was a commercial success, and he has since released six
major studio releases. Outside of Reznor's chief project Nine Inch Nails, he has
contributed to many other artists' albums, including Marilyn Manson and more
recently Saul Williams. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine's list of the
year's most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as "the most
vital artist in music."