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Several songs have been falsely attributed to Nine Inch Nails (or related projects), through deliberate fraud, poor track marking or honest mistake.
There have also been fake pre-release leaks over the years. A handful of songs claiming to be new NIN tracks were leaked during the summer of 1999, ahead of the release of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]''.
==Fake ARG videos==
Ten years later, as a new April Fools Joke, a fan-made mashup album was released under the same title. It was posted to Bandcamp and archive.org.
=="Down In It" music videoincident==
To film the shots of lifeless Reznor in the "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" music video, he was covered with cornstarch to create the illusion of decay and cameras were tied to heavy-duty balloons that were tied down. During the filming of these scenes, one of the balloons broke free and took the camera with it, drifting some 200 miles before being found by a farmer in Michigan. The camera was turned over to local police who, upon seeing the raw video footage, assumed it was a snuff film and the FBI was called in to investigate. The incident was even reported on ''Hard Copy'' and recalled in an interview for ''SPIN'' magazine.
==Trent Reznor's homepage==
In 1995, a fan created a parody site claiming to be Trent Reznor's personal homepage. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308161538/http://www.ericseven.com/saga.html] It was called "Reznor's Edge" and was also the source of the fake rumor from 1997 1996 that the follow-up to ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' was already completed and would be titled ''Impossible Pain'', with an accompanying remix album titled ''Improbable Pain''.[https://nothing.nin.net/edge.html]
=="Dive And Slam"==In 2016, prior to the release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'', a new NIN single was rumored, with the title "Dive And Slam". The information was sourced from someone claiming to have seen it on a Kobalt Music Group internal database, even posting a screen shot as proof. The single was debunked by Reznor on Twitter.[https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/nine-inch-nails-dive-slam-trent-reznor-not-true-kobalt-7461016/]
==''With Teeth'' "Tentative Sequence" CD upload==In January 2020, two separate CDs a five-track ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' "Tentative Sequence" CD (marked as being from late 2004) surfaced that purported was sold on eBay by Amoeba Records. Tracks claiming to contain songs be from the CD were posted to archive.org the same month and while the existence of such a CD was verified by [[Rob Sheridan]], the posted tracks were found to be elaborate fakes.[https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5831-With-Teeth-Tentative-Sequence] ==nin.com Memorial Day sale==[[Image:Reptilecassette.jpg|thumb|"Reptile" cassette]][[Image:Closurelaserdisc.jpg|thumb|''With TeethClosure'' LaserDisc]]In May 2021, a Memorial Day weekend sale was advertised in various states of completionthe nin.com store, as well as outtakes with a note that some new old stock media items had not previously been mentionedlocated and placed up for sale. There While there were legitimate media items, two different CDsjoke items were added and shown as being "sold out": one with five tracks that were all released on the final albuma LaserDisc of "[[Closure]]", and a double CD cassette single of "[[Reptile]]". The cassette was even touted as containing all of the album tracks (some finishedlong-fabled unreleased song "[[Just Do It]]". The LaserDisc was, some in demo form) and several demoed outtakes on disc two. A few months laterreality, an upload of the 5available for pre-track Tentative Sequence CD was put on archive.orgorder in 1997 through Trimark, but was debunked as being fakecanceled.[https://store.nin.com/collections/music][https://www.theninhotline.com/features/news.nin.net/monthly_041998.html]
==thninchnails Releases==
===Fan Remixes===
After the release of the vinyl versions of ''[[Watchmen (Music From The HBO Series)]]''vinyls, an ETS user released a series of elaborately created remixes which were posted to Bandcamp and Soundcloud under the name "thninchnails". This was a shortened and stylized version of The Nine Inch Nails, the "alternate universe" moniker of NIN that was used in the faux packaging presentation on Volume 03 (''The Manhattan Project'') of the aforementioned vinyls. The remixes were done in the style of mid-90s NIN remixes and were released as faux singles for "[[Hurt]]" and "[[Heresy]]", with the "Heresy" artwork being borrowed from the liner notes of ''The Manhattan Project''. A third installment was to come, but never got released.[https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5917-thninchnails-hurt-(stained)-and-heresy-ep-(fan-made-remixes)]
The track titles were as follows:
*Hurt (Stained)
*Whirlpools And Spirals
*My Me And My Fucking Gun
*Burn (In Flames)
*The Infector
===Saigon 1995 recording===
Another ''Watchmen'' score universe joke came in the form of a fake recording of a 1995 "The Nine Inch Nails" show in Saigon, which was "surfaced" and posted to ninlive.com. This was a reference to the storyline of "The Nine Inch Nails" as told in the liner notes of ''The Manhattan Project'' vinyl, with the Saigon show being the last show ever performed. The recording was a file of pure noise, but also contained a folder with a real soundboard recording of the [[2005/12/10_Los_Angeles,_CA|Almost Acoustic Christmas 2005show]] show as a consolation.[https://www.reddit.com/r/nin/comments/ei6bsd/the_nine_inch_nails_live_archive_tnin_april_28/]
==Blue Sunday==
[[Image:Bluesunday.jpg|thumb|Blue Sunday]]
A ''Watchmen'' joke merchandise item was added to the [[nin.com]] store just before the release of Volume 03, which was dirt from the crater mentioned in the series. The item was called "Blue Sunday" and it was priced at $195. When attempting to add the item to the shopping cart, a popup stated "Due to FDTA regulations this item is not available for transport to your region." Some people were able to actually place an order for the item and by exploiting the store's wishlist functionality. The orders were refunded, but also they subsequently received a fake letter in the mail and/or a fake voicemail message that led some to believe that an ARG was underway. ==nin.com Memorial Day sale==[[Imagehttps:Reptilecassette//soundcloud.jpg|thumb|com/user-967627360/blue-sunday automated phone call] from the FDTA informing them that they were in violation of "Reptileattempted transport of M-class materials" cassette]][and would be receiving a notification in the mail. A [Imagehttps:Closurelaserdisc//imgur.jpg|thumb|''Closure'' LaserDisccom/gallery/we1eHMV Fedex envelope]]In May 2021, arrived the next day which contained a Memorial Day weekend sale was advertised in notification letter from the FDTA regarding the confiscation of the nin.com storematerial, with a note that some new old stock media items had been located and placed up for sale. While there were legitimate media items, two joke items were added and shown as being "sold out"the remnants of the original shipment: a LaserDisc Certificate of "[[Closure]]", Authenticity for the Blue Sunday material and a cassette single of "[[Reptile]]"bag from which the Blue Sunday was confiscated. The cassette was even touted as containing the long-fabled unreleased song "[[Just Do It]]"https://watchmen. The LaserDisc was, in reality, available for pre-order in 1997 through Trimark, but was canceledfandom.com/wiki/Blue_Sunday]
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