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*In support of his 1995 ''Outside'' album, Bowie co-headlined the [[Dissonance]] tour with NIN, and both bands would collaborate on each other's repertoire in between sets. He also appears briefly in ''[[Closure]],'' chatting backstage as well as performing "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" with the band.
*Reznor remixed Bowie's 1995 single "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" (Alt. Mix).
*Nine Inch Nails (Reznor, [[Charlie Clouser]], [[Keith Hillebrandt]], [[Dave Ogilvie]], [[Danny Lohner]]) made five remixes for Bowie's 1997 single ''[[I'm Afraid of Americans]]'' (V1, V2, V3, V4, V6). Reznor starred in the music video as a psychopathic stalker, taking the role of "JohnnyJonny" from the song.
*A ''Billboard'' article from 1997[https://books.google.com/books?id=7QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=nine+inch+nails&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWs8O_1fqNAxVHv4kEHe4rDuw4HhDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=nine%20inch%20nails&f=false] and a fan Q&A session with Reznor conducted in 2000[http://www.nin-pages.de/chat_spin_21_11_00.htm] revealed that Reznor was originally asked to do production work on ''Hours...'', but was not able to do so.
*A special "Farewell Mix" of "[[I Can't Give Everything Away]]" was created by Reznor and [[Atticus Ross]], which was then performed live by NIN in 2017.
Reznor said in interviews that he played ''Low'' constantly during the recording of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' for inspiration. Incidentally, Reznor has been accused of using the main melody from Bowie's 1980 instrumental single "Crystal Japan" in Nine Inch Nails' 1994 track "[[A Warm Place]]." Reznor explained the similarity in an interview.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RQCT69y5s&feature=player_embedded] The half-song, half-instrumental approach of ''Low'' was also a reference point as ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' was being written.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=833]
The line "falls wanking to the floor" from Bowie's 1973 song "Time" was featured in several remixes of "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" from ''[[Further Down the Spiral]].'' A reversed [[samples|sample]] from the end of Bowie's "It's No Game" runs through the background of "[[Pinion]]".[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327] The lyrics to "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" may be inspired by Bowie's song "Heroes". The lyric "it looks as though they're here to stay", used in "[[Find My Way]]" and "[[All Time Low]]", may be a reference to the Bowie song "Oh! You Pretty Things".
Bowie also possibly drew some influence from Nine Inch Nails. A beat similar to that of "[[Closer]]" was used in Bowie's 1997 track "Seven Years In Tibet" (the kick drum that was sampled for "Closer" had been taken from "Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop, a track that was co-written and produced by Bowie.) Taking a cue from photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, the music video for "Closer" contains a scene of a bald woman wearing a black mask with a crucified Jesus on it. Though the influence could have come directly from Witkin instead of "Closer", a similar mask is worn by Gail Ann Dorsey in Bowie's 1997 video for "Dead Man Walking".