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{{expand}}member| name = James Woolley[[Image:jamestoday| imgname = Jameswoolley.jpg|thumbinstruments = Keyboards, Backing Vocals|years = 1991-1994| tours = [[Lollapalooza Tour]]-[[Self Destruct Tour]]}}'''James J. Woolley''' (September 26, 1966 – August 15, 2016) was the touring keyboardist for [[Nine Inch Nails]]during the later [[Pretty Hate Machine]] tours (most notably [[Lollapalooza Tour|Lollapalooza]] 1991), and toured with them through roughly half of the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, including their [[Woodstock]] performance, before being replaced by [[Charlie Clouser]] in December 1994.

James J. ==Career==In late 1989, Woolley was joined the touring keyboardist for band [[Nine Inch Nails]] during the later [[Pretty Hate Machine]] tours (most notably [[Lollapalooza TourRelated_bands_and_artists#Die_Warzau|LollapaloozaDie Warzau]] 1991), mainly on keyboards. Known for their elastic styles of meshing jazz, funk, and rock with industrial, Die Warzau was a staple of the Chicago scene. He toured with them through most in support of the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, including their [[Woodstock]] performance, before being replaced by [[Charlie Clouser]] in December 1994debut album ''Disco Rigido''. He left for some family reasons. He spent some time briefly in The singles "Land of the studio with Reznor, Chris Vrenna, Free" and Danny Lohner during "Strike to the Downward Spiral recordings but never had any known contributions Body" contained remixes that made it involved all members of the band; thus, Woolley was a part of these remixing sessions. He also contributed to the release"Bodybag/Shakedown" single, this time being specifically mentioned.

Previous to NINAfter touring and recording for their debut album, Die Warzau started on their second album, ''Big Electric Metal Bass Face''. Woolley was a major collaborator along involved with former NIN drummer [[Chris Vrenna]] to Chicago band Die Warzauthe majority of the songs, contributing keyboard, percussion, and vocals. More importantly, however, was the closing track, named "Head. In 1994" On this track, just before NIN hit Woolley is credited as the roadsole songwriter. Meshing a classical lead piano with ambient programming, it showed a softer yet more complex James Woolley contributed heavily to Sister Machine Gun. After an appearance on the 's album 'Jesus Killer EP'Torture Technique', Woolley joined NIN, once again behind a set of keyboards. He joined at a time where NIN moved into a more heavy and aggressive sound. He was involved in the famous 1991 Lollapalooza Tour, in which a performance of "[[Now I'm Nothing]]/[[Terrible Lie]]" has become an iconic moment. The band also opened for [[Related_bands_and_artists#Guns_N.27_Roses|Guns N'Roses]] on a [[Pretty_Hate_Machine_European_Tour|short European tour]] where NIN did not get a warm reception.

Subsequent to Afterwards, NINstarted work on their second studio effort, ''[[Broken]]''. Although not featured on ''Broken'' itself, Woolley made contributions to Die Warzau albums again, particularly 2005[[Richard Patrick]], and the late [[Jeff Ward]] were credited as inspiration. He was later featured on national television on the show 's 'Request Video'Convenience'' album. In 1998, Woolley toured along with Rob Halford's one-time Nothing Records band Two after [[Trent Reznor helped him land ]] and returning drummer [[Chris Vrenna]]. During this gig time, Woolley was also featured in the music video for "[[Wish (Trent opted to retain Charlie Clouser song)|Wish]]." This performance earned him a Grammy. He was later featured in the video for NIN itself at "[[March of the timePigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", which also included John 5 the first single off of NIN's next album ''[[Marilyn Manson The Downward Spiral (bandhalo)|Marilyn MansonThe Downward Spiral]] fame''. With TwoThis performance was actually done in one take, Woolley played live keyboards and did quite in front of a bit white screen. This unique performance captured the essence of vocals as well. After Two1994 NIN, Woolley did some studio and was included in audio work in Lformat on certain editions of the ''[[Closer to God]]'' single.A Woolley was once again tapped to play live keyboards for NIN, this time on the 1994 Self Destruct Tour. By 2005It was during this time that NIN was a headliner for Woodstock '94, which brought Woolley had relocated to Chicagohis highest exposure. Since 2006Despite numerous technical issues and Reznor's antics, he has been involved in Woolley kept his composure and still delivered a new band Vsolid performance.O.I.DAn immediate interview after the set showed their optimism and exhaustion.Although no contributions from Woolley made it onto ''The Downward Spiral'', whose long-awaited he was instead focused on helping Chris Randall create the second Sister Machine Gun album is due in late 2010, ''The Torture Technique''. The band is led by Woolley (KeyboardsThis album was a departure from the synthpop and electronica debut effort, featuring heavier programming, keyboards, crunched guitars, backup vocals) and features players Jon Roberts numerous segues, all with the assistance of Woolley. Also on the album were other sometime members of Die Warzau (vocalsRandall, guitar)Jim Marcus, Mark Pearlman (Bass)Levi Levi, and DJ Aaron Chase (DrumsVan Christie.) Woolley and NIN parted ways after the main leg of the Self Destruct Tour, due to Woolley wanting to spend more time with his family. A demo is available at V.O.I.DHe did appear heavily in the tour documentary ''[[Closure]]''.Woolley then became the touring keyboardist for Rob Halford's band 2wo, who were signed to Trent Reznor's MySpace page: [http://www.myspace.com/voidspace[Nothing Records]]label. James has also collaborated in the past It's highly possible that Reznor suggested his former bandmate to fill in . Woolley then took a minimal sense to hiatus from the music of jazz group NRG Ensembleindustry, most notably working on the popular TV show ''The Simpsons'', doing sound design. Woolley owns http://www.boycottrecordsWhen he did return, it was on the Die Warzau album ''Convenience''; however, numerous people were credited as performers, and so his contributions are unknown.com/ and  V.O.I.D. has some new material posted was the last band Woolley was involved in. Their debut album was due for a 2009 release, but got pushed back numerous times. The track "Get in Line" is a good indication of what was to come of the band, but sadly the project never got finished. Woolley passed away on the siteAugust 15, 2016, from injuries he sustained after falling from a ladder. ==Body of Work=====Nine Inch Nails===*''Closure'' ===Die Warzau===*''Big Electric Metal Bass Face'' (Percussion, additional keyboards, backing vocals)*''Convenience'' (Performer) ===Sister Machine Gun===*''The Torture Technique'' (Editing, keyboards) ===Leah Andreone===*''Alchemy'' (Programming, keyboards) ===Ednita Nazario===*''Corazón'' (Keyboards)