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{{expandmember| name = Chris Vrenna| imgname = Vrenna (gave up).jpg| instruments = Drums, Keyboards (1988 only)| years = 1988-1990, 1992-1997| tours = [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]], [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]]}}'''Chris Vrenna''' (born February 23, 1967) was the live drummer for [[Nine Inch Nails]] from 1989 to 1997 (except for 1991, when he was fired from the band for a brief period). He was also a keyboard player in the earliest incarnation of the NIN live band in 1988. A new keyboard player was then brought on board so that Vrenna could switch to drums. He also served as somewhat of a sound designer during his entire tenure with NIN.
'''Chris Vrenna''' (born February 23, 1967) is the former drummer of He met [[Nine Inch NailsTrent Reznor]] in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-1980s when they were roommates and now brainchild of both played in a local band called the band [[TweakerExotic Birds]]. The band Additionally, Vrenna has two full-length albums entitled been credited as an engineer for ''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' and ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call,[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' , as well as a new album due out playing live drums on the latter. He can be seen in 2007. Vrenna's inspiration is derived mainly from surreal paintings the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]", "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]", "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", "[[Gave Up]]", "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" (live), "[[Eraser]]" (live), "Wish" (live) and dreams"[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]".
After leaving NIN, Vrenna formed the band [[Tweaker]]. The band has three full-length albums entitled ''The inspiration for Attraction to All Things Uncertain'', ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' came from his wife. She had trouble sleeping and would wake up each night at exactly 2 A.M''Call The Time Eternity''. This gave Vrenna the idea for the album. He compiled several artists together for the album 's inspiration is derived mainly from surreal paintings and told them that it would be based off of dreams and feelings that occur at night time. [[Robert Smith]] contributed to this album.
Vrenna has toured, both as Tweaker The inspiration for ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' came from his wife. She had trouble sleeping and as a touring musician for various bandswould wake up each night at exactly 2 A.M. In 2006 he was a touring drummer This gave Vrenna the idea for Gnarls Barkley, even wearing the original Chewbacca costume album. He compiled several artists together for the group's ''Star Wars''-themed performance album and told them that it would be based off of dreams and feelings that occur at the 2006 MTV Movie Awardsnight time. Reportedly, he is touring with [[Marilyn Mansonwp:Robert Smith|Robert Smith]] as a keyboardist for the band's 2007 tourcontributed to this album.
Vrenna has toured, both as Tweaker and as a touring musician for various bands. In 2006 he was a touring drummer for Gnarls Barkley, even wearing the original Chewbacca costume for the group's ''Star Wars''-themed performance at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. He also toured with the former [[Nothing Records]] signed band, [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] from 2007 to 2011, as a drummer and later a keyboardist. ==Body Of Workof work==
Coming soon.
 
==External links==
*[http://www.chrisvrenna.com Official site]
*[http://www.tweaker.net/ Official Tweaker site]
*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2058541 Official MySpace]
*[http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Chris_Vrenna Chris Vrenna biography]
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