Retired fan sites
This is a list of Nine Inch Nails fan sites that are no longer active. This list is not exhaustive.
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nineinchnails.net
nineinchnails.net was a NIN fan site run by Evan Moore, which included Seems Like Salvation news. The site also contained lyrics, fonts, videos, graphics, etc.
smashedupsanity.com
smashedupsanity.com (aka Sick Among The Pure) was a major NIN fan site run by Keith Duemling.
Above The Trees
Above The Trees was a NIN fan site run by Rob Sheridan before he was hired as NIN’s official webmaster. It contained lyrics, pics, trivia, videos, fonts, a rare song archive, etc.
thefragile.com
thefragile.com contained news, custom @thefragile.com email addresses for fans, etc.
The Art of Self Destruction
The Art of Self Destruction was a Nine Inch Nails archive of general information as well as music downloads, images, fonts, desktop themes, discography and tour information. It offered all NIN music videos, many unreleased tracks, stills of music videos, multitrack files, and more. The web site went down after the sole operator of the web site fell behind in the updating process - mainly because of the influx of new Nine Inch Nails information at the time.
nintorrents.com
nintorrents.com was a fan-made BitTorrent tracker for non-commercially released Nine Inch Nails content. Launched on May 8, 2008, it hosted live concert recordings, among other things, and had over 1,000 registered users.
nincollector.com
nincollector.com was a website which attempted to document every version of every release by Nine Inch Nails. The website was run in connection with the Burning Souls NIN fansite.
Burning Souls
Burning Souls was a Nine Inch Nails forum and resource associated with nincollector.com. The site had a history of stability problems and is smaller in member size to Echoing the Sound.
9inchnails.cz
9inchnails.cz was a Czech fansite of Nine Inch Nails with a large amount of informations including discography, lyrics (also Czech translations) and downloads. It was partly written in English (almost all headers and important links) and Czech. It also included a Czech board about Nine Inch Nails. The site had a very stylish design.
Happiness In Slavery
Happiness In Slavery (aka nineinch.com) was an Australian NIN fan site run by John Raptis. It contained a message board, articles, photos, downloads, and various multimedia.
Painful Convictions
Painful Convictions was a popular NIN fansite. It was first created in early 1995 under the name "NAILS Links." Back in those days the site was no more than a simple link list. In time the site grew, and in the fall of 1996 the domain, 9inchnails.com, was graciously donated by Radiks Internet Access. After that, the site greatly expanded and went through several metamorphoses. In around 2000, the site was sold to MusicFans.com. While MusicFans continued to employ Matt Brink for upkeep, the company couldn't survive the fall of the dot coms and the site fell back into complete control of Matt Brink. The site was also home to the Perfect Isolation message boards.