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'''Coil''' was an experimental/industrial group primarily consisting of [[John Balance]] and [[Peter Christopherson]]. Coil They were commissioned to do several [[Nine Inch NailsRemixes|remixes]] remixes. At one time the group planned on releasing ''Backwards'' through for [[Nothing RecordsNine Inch Nails]], but this never happened. The ''Backwards'' demo surfaced and alternate incarnations of the songs appear on the Coil releases ''The Ape of Naples'' and ''The New Backwards''. Many of the NIN remixes also employed part time Coil member [[Danny Hyde]]. [[Drew McDowall]] was an additional Coil credit on the ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' remixes. In an interview, Peter Christopherson also mentioned that [[Trent Reznor]] asked Coil to do a remix of "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]", but he turned the offer down to focus on ''Backwards''. The group ended when John Balance died in November of 2004. Peter Christopherson also died in 2010. Trent Reznor's side project, [[How To Destroy Angels]], was named after Coil's first single. Christopherson also directed several [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for NIN and collaborated with Reznor on "[[Videodrones; Questions]]".

A group Many of unreleased alternate versions the NIN remixes also employed part time Coil member Danny Hyde. Drew McDowall was an additional Coil credit on the ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' remixes. In an interview, Peter Christopherson also mentioned that Reznor asked Coil to do a remix of "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]", but he turned the offer down to focus on Coil's remixes for Nine Inch Nails were unofficially released by Danny Hyde in 2012''Backwards''. At one time the group planned on releasing ''Backwards'' through [[Nothing Records]], but this never happened. They were given cover art The ''Backwards'' demo surfaced and alternate incarnations of the songs appear on the Coil releases ''The Ape of Naples'' and dubbed ''Nine Inch Nails: UncoiledThe New Backwards''. The original ''Backwards'' by the NIN fanbasewas finally given a proper release in 2015.

==Discography involvement with NIN The group ended when John Balance died in November of 2004. Peter Christopherson also died in 2010. Christopherson and Trent=='''1992'''*"[[Gave Up]]" Reznor were planning to collaborate musically on Reznor''[[Fixed]]''s How To Destroy Angels project, but Christopherson passed before this could come to fruition.'''1994'''*"[[Closer |Closer (Precursor)]]" on ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''https://thequietus.'''1995'''*"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]", "[[Eraser|Erased, Over, Out]]", "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" on ''[[Further Down The Spiralcom/articles/14600-trent-reznor-interview-coil-nine-inch-nails]]''.

==Involvement with NIN and Trent==*1992: "[[Gave Up]]" remix on ''[[Fixed]]''*1994: "[[Closer |Closer (Precursor)]]" remix on ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''*1995: "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]", "[[Eraser|Erased, Over, Out]]", "Eraser (Polite)", "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" remixes on ''Further Down The Spiral''*2002: Coil sampled the NIN songs "[[Adrift And At Peace]]" and "[[Leaving Hope]]" for remixes on ''The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed''*2012: New alternate versions (by Danny Hyde) of several of the 1990s NIN remixes on ''[[Uncoiled]]''/''Recoiled'' ==External Links==