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{{expand}}member| name = James Woolley| imgname = Jameswoolley.jpg| instruments = Keyboards, Backing Vocals| years = 1991-1994| tours = [[Image:jamestoday.jpgLollapalooza 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 most roughly half of the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, including their [[Woodstock]] performance, before being replaced by [[Charlie Clouser]] in December 1994.
Previous to NINIn late 1989, Woolley was a major collaborator along with former NIN drummer Chris Vrenna to Chicago joined the band [[Related_bands_and_artists#Die_Warzau|Die Warzau]], mainly on keyboards. In 1994Known for their elastic styles of meshing jazz, funk, and rock with industrial, just before NIN hit Die Warzau was a staple of the Chicago scene. He toured with them in support of their debut album ''Disco Rigido''. The singles "Land of the roadFree" and "Strike to the Body" contained remixes that involved all members of the band; thus, Woolley was a part of these remixing sessions. He also contributed heavily to Sister Machine Gun's album Torture Techniquethe "Bodybag/Shakedown" single, this time being specifically mentioned.
Subsequent to NIN Woolley made contributions to After touring and recording for their debut album, Die Warzau albums againstarted on their second album, particularly 2005's Convenience album'Big Electric Metal Bass Face''. In 1998 Woolley toured was involved with Rob Halford's one-time band Twothe majority of the songs, contributing keyboard, which also included John5 of Marilyn Manson fame. With Two Woolley played live keyboardspercussion, and did quite a bit of vocals as well. After Two Woolley did some studio audio work in LMore importantly, however, was the closing track, named "Head.A. By 2005 " On this track, Woolley had relocated to Chicagois credited as the sole songwriter. Since 2006Meshing a classical lead piano with ambient programming, he has been involved in it showed a new band V.O.I.Dsofter yet more complex James Woolley.After an appearance on the ''Jesus Killer EP'', who's long awaited album is due in early 2009. The band is led by Woolley and features players Jon Robertsjoined NIN, Mark Pearlman, and DJ Aaron Chaseonce again behind a set of keyboards. A demo is available He joined at V.Oa 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.D.'s MySpace page: www.myspace.comm Nothing]]/voidspace[[Terrible Lie]]" has become an iconic moment. James has The band also collaborated in the past in 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 minimal sense to the music of jazz group NRG Ensemblewarm reception.
Afterwards, NIN started work on their second studio effort, ''[[Broken]]''. Although not featured on ''Broken'' itself, Woolley, [[Richard Patrick]], and the late [[Jeff Ward]] were credited as inspiration. He was later featured on national television on the show ''Request Video'', along with [[Trent Reznor]] and returning drummer [[Chris Vrenna]]. During this time, Woolley was also featured in the music video for "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]." This performance earned him a Grammy. He was later featured in the video for "[[March of the Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", the first single off of NIN's next album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''. This performance was actually done in one take, live in front of a white screen. This unique performance captured the essence of 1994 NIN, and was included in audio format on certain editions of the ''[[Closer to God]]'' single.
 
Woolley was once again tapped to play live keyboards for NIN, this time on the 1994 Self Destruct Tour. It was during this time that NIN was a headliner for Woodstock '94, which brought Woolley his highest exposure. Despite numerous technical issues and Reznor's antics, Woolley kept his composure and still delivered a solid performance. An immediate interview after the set showed their optimism and exhaustion. Although no contributions from Woolley made it onto ''The Downward Spiral'', he was instead focused on helping Chris Randall create the second Sister Machine Gun album, ''The Torture Technique''. This album was a departure from the synthpop and electronica debut effort, featuring heavier programming, keyboards, crunched guitars, and numerous segues, all with the assistance of Woolley. Also on the album were other sometime members of Die Warzau (Randall, Jim Marcus, Levi Levi, and Van 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. He 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 [[Nothing Records]] label. It's highly possible that Reznor suggested his former bandmate to fill in. Woolley then took a hiatus from the music industry, most notably working on the popular TV show ''The Simpsons'', doing sound design. When he did return, it was on the Die Warzau album ''Convenience''; however, numerous people were credited as performers, and so his contributions are unknown.
 
V.O.I.D. 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 August 15, 2016, from injuries he sustained after falling from a ladder.
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