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[[Image:2_21_07.jpg|thumbnail|Trent Reznor (source: http://www.nin.com)]]
'''Micahael Michael Trent Reznor''' (born May 17, 1965) is the founder and mastermind behind [[Nine Inch Nails]].
===Growing Up===
===The Early Years===
Reznor graduated from high school in 1983 and went on to study production at Allegheny College. It was there that he joined his first "real" band, Option 30. They became popular in the college scene in western Pennsylvania but Reznor clearly wanted to get out and see more. After a year in college, Reznor dropped out of school and left Option 30, moving to Cleveland. Once there, he worked a few odd jobs, selling music instruments and as a studio technician. It was in Cleveland that he met roommate and future bandmate [{[Chris Vrenna]]. The day jobs helped reznor Reznor pay the bills but, like in Pennsylvania, he became active in Cleveland's music scene.
Reznor's first band in Cleveland was a cover band call the Urge. This band drew crowds and Reznor got some recognition. When he left the band months later they lost much of their audience. Reznor briefly re-joined before parting ways again shortly thereafter. In 1986 he joined the Exotic Birds as a keyboardist and back-up vocalist with [[Andy Kubiczewski]] (who would later join [[Stabbing Westward]]) and, at one point, Vrenna. The Exotic Birds received some national attention after playing a few gigs with the Culture Club, but Reznor's tenure with them would not last. This was followed by keyboardist positions in the Innocent, Lucky Pierre, and Slam Bamboo. But all the while, Reznor wanted to be able to do his own music and be his own musician.
It was during this time that Reznor was in the process of recording the second NIN album, ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It was recorded in a Beverly Hills mansion-turned-studio, that would later be revealed to be the house where actress Sharon Tate and others were murdered by followers of cult leader Charles Manson. Reznor had also befriended a Florida-based shock-rock band, [[Marilyn Manson]], who would sign to Nothing Records.
==Fun FactsDiscography==*'''Video games''' such as ''DOOM'' slowed his work in the studio.. Also composed the music and crafted the sounds used for Quake. The ammo boxes for the nailgun have the NIN logo on them as a tribute.*He writes a lot of [[recurring lyrics]] such as "nothing can stop me now". ==In [[Nine Inch Nails in popular culture|popular culture]]==*Stephen King: "I've always been a TrentRez fan--and Nails. "Hurt" says all you need to know about what life takes away. What it ALWAYS takes away in the end. A song like that is a treasure because it vocalizes what we all feel but somehow can't say. Of course the Cash video blew me away, but that song (and the Bad Company lyric) have been in my head for a couple of years now."[http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/04/10#1097116302]*The fortress boss in ''Super Mario World'' is called Reznor.*''Glamorama'' (1998): On page 157, after being told he can't smoke during an MTV interview, protagonist Victor Ward replies, "Yet you sell Trent Reznor's hate to millions of unsuspecting youth. Tch-tch-tch."*''The Machinist'' (2004): Writer Scott Kossar is a NIN fan, and named Christian Bale's character Trevor Reznik in tribute to Reznor. Early press articles described Reznik as going through a "[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|downward spiral]]".*''Hostage'' (2005): The psychopathic murderer Mars dons a Trent Reznor haircut. Before burning down the house, he uses his blood to write "BUЯN it" on a mirror and wallComing soon.
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