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{{member| name = Chris Vrenna is the former drummer of | imgname = Vrenna (gave up).jpg| instruments = Drums, Keyboards (1988 only)| years = 1988-1990, 1992-1996| tours = [[Nine Inch NailsPretty Hate Machine Tour]] and now brainchild of the band , [[TweakerSelf Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]]. The band has two full-length albums entitled }}''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain'Chris Vrenna' and ''2 (born February 23, 1967) was the live drummer for [[Nine Inch Nails]] from 1989 to 1996 (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. Anew keyboard player was then brought on board so that Vrenna could switch to drums.MHe also served as somewhat of a sound designer during his entire tenure with NIN. Wakeup Call''On November 7, 2020, as well as a new album due out in 2007Vrenna and NIN were inducted into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]]. Vrenna's inspiration is derived mainly from surreal paintings (along with [[Danny Lohner]], [[Charlie Clouser]] and dreams[[Richard Patrick]]) joined NIN onstage for six songs at the [[2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland show]] of the [[NIN 2022]] tour.

The inspiration for ==Career==Vrenna grew up in Erie, PA. He first met [[Trent Reznor]] in nearby Mercer, PA, in 1985, when a mutual friend introduced them so that Vrenna could buy Reznor's LinnDrum, and they became instant friends. In late 1986, Vrenna was attending Kent State University, south of Cleveland, when Reznor asked him to come up and audition to be the [[Exotic Birds]]'2 Anew drummer after Tom Freer quit.M[https://www. Wakeup Call'' came from his wifeal. She had trouble sleeping com/life-and would wake up each night at exactly 2 A-culture/erry-2018/10/2b578ecb8a5013/why-is-nine-inch-nails-marilyn.Mhtml] He joined the band and became roommates with Reznor. This gave Vrenna the idea has been credited as an engineer for ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' and ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', as well as playing live drums on the albumlatter. He compiled several artists together can be seen in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for the album "[[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 told them that it would be based off of dreams and feelings that occur at night time. "[[Robert SmithThe Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]] contributed to this album".

CurrentlyAfter leaving NIN in late 1996, Vrenna formed the band [[Tweaker]]. The band has three full-length albums entitled ''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain'', ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' and ''Call The Time Eternity''. Vrenna's inspiration is playing drums on tour derived mainly from surreal paintings and dreams. The inspiration for ''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' came from his wife. She had trouble sleeping and would wake up each night at exactly 2 A.M. This gave Vrenna the idea for the album. He compiled several artists together for the album and told them that it would be based off of dreams and feelings that occur at night time. [[wp:Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] contributed to this album. Vrenna has also scored several video games, including ''American McGee's Alice'', ''DOOM 3'', and ''Quake 4''. 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. His career as a live/touring drummer ended after having torn his rotator cuff twice, and he is now a teacher at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama.[https://www.al.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/10/2b578ecb8a5013/why-is-nine-inch-nails-marilyn.html] ==Body of work=====Nine Inch Nails===*''Pretty Hate Machine''*''The Downward Spiral''*''[[Quake Soundtrack]]'' ===Tweaker===*''The Attraction To All Things Uncertain''*''2 A.M. Wakeup Call''*''Call The Time Eternity'' ==External links==*[https://twitter.com/chrisvrenna?lang=en Chris Vrenna on Twitter]*[http://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Chris_Vrenna Chris Vrenna biography]