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}}'''Robin Finck''' (born November 7, 1971 in Georgia) is the lead guitarist of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He is so far the only member has been part of Nine Inch Nails who has left the live band for an extended period and then later returned as a full-time longer than any other member. His appearance, particularly during ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' era, with his intimidating tall stature, tied back dreadlocks , and over-the-top makeup have , has arguably made him one of the most iconic members of NIN other than [[Trent Reznor]]. On November 7, 2020, Finck and NIN were inducted into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]].

==CareerBiography==Finck began his career by playing for many local Atlanta bands, such as Prowess (who later changed their name to Bat Your Lashes and then Sik Dik), The Hookers and Heroin (also known as Impotent Sea Snakes {ISS} when in drag). He joined When Nine Inch Nails solicited guitarist auditions via VHS tape in 1993, Finck sent in a recording of himself playing the guitar naked. That got Reznor's attention, and after auditioning in 1994-95 person, Finck joined the band for the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct Tour]]. During this time, Finck was part of a one-off band (which also appeared included [[Twiggy Ramirez]]) called Sick Mutha Fuckers, which was essentially a Twisted Sister cover band that was conceived when White and Finck were playing Twisted Sister songs together for fun during soundchecks. They asked Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snyder to sing with them, he agreed, and the band at played a single show in New York City.[https://deesnyder.com/dee-snider-endeavors/music/smfs][Woodstock '94https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkb73d/how-marilyn-mansons-twiggy-ramirez-helped-emptiness-embrace-their-inner-goth]] and Finck also appeared on 1997's ''[[Closure]].''

Following touring with Finck left NIN he took a job playing in February 1996 in order to play for Cirque du Soleil and in late 1996 was recruited by . [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.nin/c/Vb7EqVcXRAE/m/S3mTFzvyIocJ] Through early 1997, Finck, while continuing to work with Cirque du Soleil, joined jam sessions with Axl Rose of and Guns N' Roses in a casual capacity, in the wake of Slash having departed the band in 1996. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170630060815/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429816/guns-go-clink/] He signed a two-year contract to replace Slashjoin the band in August 1997, recording material for the ''Chinese Democracy'' album. Finck later rejoined departed promptly at the end of the two years in order to rejoin NIN in August 1999 as part of the live band for the [[Fragility]] Tour and appears on the accompanying album/DVD, ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]].'' Shortly after the NIN tour ended in late 2000, he returned to GN'R and remained in the line-up for almost 8 years, even turning down an offer to re-join NIN in 2005. There was apparently some animosity between he and Reznor around this time, as Trent discussed in the New Zealand Herald shortly before the release of ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'': "Robin Finck [was] getting paid loads of money to hang out with Axl Rose and his house was getting paid for. You know what, fuck you." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=54] The grudge didn't last; on April 4, 2008 Finck's return to the touring lineup was announced via www.nin.com.

He also Shortly after the NIN tour ended, he departed again and rejoined GN'R in October 2000 [https://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=297] and remained in the lineup for almost eight years, even turning down an offer to rejoin NIN in 2005. There was apparently some animosity between him and Reznor around this time, as Reznor discussed in the ''New Zealand Herald'' shortly before the release of ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'': "Robin Finck [was] getting paid loads of money to hang out with Axl Rose and his house was getting paid for. You know what, fuck you." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=54] The grudge didn't last; on April 4, 2008, Finck's return to the touring lineup was announced via [[nin.com]]. He also remained for the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]] in 2009. In 2013, Reznor tried to shake up the live band dynamic with [[Adrian Belew]] and [[Eric Avery]], but they didn't work out during rehearsals. On May 17, 2013, Trent Reznor announced via Twitter that Finck was back in NIN, stating that, "It just didn't feel like Nine Inch Nails without Robin Finck. Now it does."[https://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/335425288580255744]

Finck is a noted bird enthusiast, and his website discusses his fascination with them. Many NIN fans have noted after hearing of his avian fascination that many of his changes to NIN songs during the [[Fragility]] tour stems from his bird-sound-inspired choice of guitar tones and sounds. This is especially notable on the pre-solo section to "[[The Wretched]]" and "[[Just Like You Imagined]]."Finck appears in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|NIN music videos]] for "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" (live), "[[Eraser]]" (live), "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" (live), and "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]".

In 2017, he appeared as part of Nine Inch Nails (in this case consisting of Trent Reznor, Finck appears in the , [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|NIN music videosMariqueen Maandig Reznor]] for ", [[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The PigsAtticus Ross]]", "[[Hurt (song)|HurtAlessandro Cortini]]" (live), "and Joey Castillo of [[EraserQueens Of The Stone Age]]" (live)in an episode of the reboot of ''Twin Peaks''. In 2020, Finck got his own signature guitar model, made by Reverend. Finck appeared on Danny Elfman's ''Big Mess'' album in 2021, "alongside [[Wish (song)|WishJosh Freese]]" (live) , and "joined Elfman's touring band in 2023, alongside [[Into The Void (song)|Into The VoidIlan Rubin]]". Finck co-founded game studio Eyes Out with Cory Davis in 2021 and its first game, ''Sleep Awake'', was released in 2025, with Finck also composing the score.

* ''[[Still]]'' (Performance credit on ''"[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]''")

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