Nin.com/access

Access was a page on nin.com V6 from 2004-2005 where Trent Reznor would answer user submitted questions. Rob Sheridan, Jerome Dillon and Aaron North would also sometimes answer questions.

2004_05_06

What music have you been listening to while making Bleedthrough?
What equipment and instruments are being used on Bleedthough?
Are there plans to release Closure on DVD?
Meathead.
You've changed a lot since Pretty Hate Machine, how will this change affect the new album?
How is your approach to this album different to the ones in the past?
i'm looking forward to playing u !
Will the new album feature the same form of sonic layering as previous albums?
What will the live show be like?
Does it feel damn good to be a gangster?

2004_05_07

How much of the music on Still was original music written for that release?
What is the biggest obstacle in writing new material?
Will the Broken Movie ever be released?
Have you ever thought about doing a fan club section on the website?
What do you think of the new Marilyn Manson album?
Why aren't there instrumentals on the new album?
Have you considered creating material specifically for a 5.1 channel mix?
I could use a hug.
What the connection between Bleedthrough and the Lathe of Heaven?
Do you ever see yourself doing a small club tour again?
What's up with Nothing Records?
Where?
Are you looking forward to getting out there and shaking things up?

2004_05_08

What's going on with Tapeworm?

2004_05_10

K-ROCK NYC
The Fragile
What does a typical work day look like for you?
Noam Chomsky
Did you seek out many of the artists to work with on artwork and videos, or did they contact you?
What are your thoughts on what some people refer to as the 'home recording revolution'?
Does the minimal approach to the web site relate to your approach to the new album?
After you release an album, do you feel "cleansed" so to speak?
What inspired you to use modular synths so extensively on the new material?

2004_05_12

Bleed through or Bleedthrough?
Do you ever doubt your relevance as an artist in the current entertainment industry?
Billy Bob Thornton
Why did you move to LA?
Is there anything you look back at and say "jeez what was i thinking.."?
What's your favourite David Bowie album?
What do you do to prepare your voice?
Casio SK-1
Best live bands?
How do you plan on reinterpreting the new material on tour?
your a fag you faggot!!!

2004_05_18

Are expectations daunting to you?
Do you ever see music coming to exist purely in a digital form?
Do the links for Noam Chomsky and moveon.org on nin.com indicate anything in terms of your lyrical direction for the new album?
Is it difficult to keep your quality standards up in an industry driven by low overheads and a general lack of care?
What are the reasons for putting "rules" on yourself for this album?
Will you continue to put out videos for mtv/mtv2 viewers?
How do you feel about legendary artists selling their songs for TV commercials?

2004_05_22

Will these lawsuits we've been hearing about affect the release of the new record?
What is the chance you'd consider doing a one-time live concert of The Fragile in its entirety?
Will you come to South America?
You were bitching about artists putting their songs in commercials and you have done it yourself.
Um, was that a question?
When you are working on an album, does the workload take over your life?
What is the process you go through when developing an idea for a video or stage show?
What do you do when it feels like you're being crushed from all different angles?
What are you listening to right now as you answer these questions?
When's the release date?
Were there samples from movies/songs/etc. on The Fragile and will there be any on the new album?
Really a homo?
Is it your desire to continue using constructive noise in further projects?

2004_05_29

Do you ever wish you could write music totally 180 from NIN under a different name?
What would you think if a chick got your signature on her ass in green ink?
I really like the vocal style on "Get Down Make Love", you've never really got back to that, why is that?
How does it feel to be one of the last remaining career artists in rock music?
Do you find it difficult to trust people?
Do you ever listen to your old work?
Do you ever hope to work with Flood again?
Did you enjoy Courtney Love's new album?
What made you start this q&a session?
Mom
When you sit down to write songs for a new album... do you think of it as an album as a whole as you write?
B Black
What is the connection between "Into the Void" and "La Mer"?
Do you ever create material that you feel is just too personal to release?
Trent appreciates Urizen's kind words of advice.
Is there any possibility of the instrumentals from Still being played on the next tour?
You seem to be a private and isolated person yet you can scrape out your soul and present the results to millions of people. What gives?
Do you plan to continue NIN indefinitely or is there a shelf life?

2004_07_13

What is the state of the new record?
Any particular consoles or eq's that will define the sound of Bleedthrough?
Why haven't you played "Last" live?
Do you intend to continue releasing halos on vinyl?
What do you think about edited (clean) versions?
Why was Still a limited edition?
Are you planning on releasing something like Still again?
How did you record the vocals on Still?

2004_07_21

How many tracks on the new album?
Are you working on any recent covers?
What were you doing with Doom 3?
you cause shitty shitty fucking shitty farty smelly shitty music tro happenm!!!! goddamn you!!!!
Who designed the NIN logo and what's the story behind its origin?
Will listening to "Into The Void" whilst driving kill you?
Is it weird watching yourself perform?
Do you ever hear a new band or album and are so blown away it intimidates you?

2004_10_18

Bleedthrough is no more.
Tell me that you aren't leaving Nothing Studios
What do you think of Doom 3?
And All That Could Have Been
You have a weird cat.
Will you be releasing a single prior to the album's release?
Have you seen Coil's recent live shows?

2004_12_03

Are there any plans to re-release Pretty Hate Machine?
Will you be mixing the new album in surround sound?
What is your lyrical approach on With Teeth?
How has the mixing process been with this record?
What song are you working on today?
How long and difficult is it to re-mix something into the 5.1 surround format?
What do you think is the future of the music industry?
Was "Now I'm Nothing" ever recorded in the studio?
I'd really like to hear about "Leaving Hope".
Would it be too much to hope for a surround version of The Fragile in 2009?
What software have you been using the most on With Teeth.
Will you come to Australia?
Are the works on the new album more like pieces...or songs?
During the course of revisiting The Downward Spiral, was it tempting to just go through and completely rework some of the songs?

2005_01_22

Who is in the band and why?
Will there be more dates added to the UK tour?
Will you be debuting new songs on the tour before the album is released?
Have you considered any opening bands for the upcoming tour?
Bootlegs
Satisfied Customer
What do you think about the state of music today?
Will we get to see a new video from the new album?
Will the new album still be "monophonic" and contain no chords?
Will the production of this tour be as elaborate as the last?
Are you coming to Mexico City?
Originally you said no instrumentals on this new album. Have you stuck with that?
What's up with Closure?
When will we get an exact date for the release of With Teeth.
Since you write all of the music for the album, how does it work with a band when you prepare the songs to play live?

2005_02_26

How do you feel about The Hand That Feeds and The Line Begins To Blur being leaked on the internet?
Is With Teeth a political album?
With the event of new music coming out, there's alot of talk and arguing that goes on over the internet between fans about the releases.
Now that With Teeth is finished do you you still feel that The Fragile is your best work?
I noticed that someone posted a question about whether or not you were ashamed of your earlier work or something along those lines.
Any chance of you and Mark Romanek getting together for a third music video for the album?
I've heard all this stuff about a deluxe edition of With Teeth being released in Japan.
I can see that "My Dead Friend" isn't on the lineup for With Teeth.
What was the first song you wrote for With Teeth?
What was the last song you finished on the new album?
Regarding a previous response where you stated you have been using the audio production software Ableton Live.
Ever let any "source sounds" out for the rest of us to play with?
Is that Dave Grohl drumming on "The Hand That Feeds"?
Will you document this tour much like Closure was to Self Destruct and AATCHB to Fragility?
Will there be another printing of Still?
I saw that on A Perfect Circle's Emotive CD that you helped write "Passive."
Oh my dear Trent: I become very excited for your new album...
Big question: modular synths during the live show?

2005_03_22

I noticed that in the upcoming tour, the choices of venues are small.
What's going on with the video for "The Hand That Feeds"?
What's in your CD player right now?
What's the hardest thing you have to do to prepare for the tour?
From the bits and pieces I've heard, it sounds like "With Teeth" has a wide variety of music on it...
You've mentioned songs being moved to the next album...
I read that Photek is remixing "The Hand That Feeds" for you.
Who's lined up to run the lighting for this tour?
What can we expect from the packaging this time around?

2005_05_03

Why no booklet with the CD? Why have a PDF?

2005_05_05

Putting out the Garageband file of The Hand That Feeds has to be one of the coolest things an artist has ever done for his fans.
There are rumours that Silverchair's frontman Daniel Johns has a small singing part on your new album...
I hate to be 'personal', if you will, but I haven't drank...
Could you try and get a few tshirts made for us fat people...
The new album is made up mostly (or entirely) of songs that fall into the radio-friendly-length category.
According to you, Nothing Records/Studios are done for and finished.
You've talked about another album being released relatively soon.
In the .PDF file for the lyrics to the With Teeth album, there appears to be songs listed that do no appear on the Dual Disc CD/DVD album.
Hey Trent. I guess I'm pretty much obligated to say congratulations on all the hype lately for the new album...
I noticed last night at the show you were using the new Digidesign live technology for your sound consoles.
How does it feel to be back on tour again with the new you?
I was looking at the "current page" and on May seventh 2004 you found an old track...
What is the music that plays before the shows?
I noticed at Coachella that Alessandro is doing all kinds of different things back there...

2005_06_25

2005_07_09

Will any changes be made to the UK tour because some stupid motherfuckers decided to start killing random and innocent people?
Pre-sale tickets.
The Spiral/Pre-sale.
Why is Saul Williams opening some shows for you guys?
Is there any chance of some more difficult sounding songs being played live?
Will there be a new live DVD and is it funny seeing Jeordie White perform Starfuckers Inc.?
What's up with the Closure DVD?
You should get an MRI test.
Lou Barlow had some mean shit to say about you. What gives?
Will you come to Spain?
The Fragile
How was the video for "The Hand That Feeds" made? (response from Rob Sheridan)
The only reason I'm putting this letter up is to show the world what an ignorant asshole you are.
Is everything the same sober or different, and if so, what is different?

2005_07_19 (Aaron North & Jerome Dillon)

What was Aaron doing behind his amp when I saw you live, and what does the red handkerchief he wears mean?
Is the reason you don't play The Perfect Drug live because Jerome Dillon's arms would fall off?
What kind of guitars does Aaron play?
Trent, are you helping with Jerome's solo project?
Aaron, what's up with the mishap at the A Perfect Circle show in Housten when you were in The Icarus Line?
Jerome, a brief synopsis of your drumming history?
That fucking Aaron North guy sucks ass
What is Jerome's electronic setup?
Please give us some information about Aaron North.
I want to challenge Jerome to a drum off.
Is Jerome Dillon married or in a relationship?
I was curious if Jerome has any tips to build endurance (for drumming)?