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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. 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's [[Richard Patrick]], and the late [[Jeff Ward]] were credited as inspiration. He was later featured on national television on the show ''ConvenienceRequest Video'' 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 (Trent opted to retain Charlie Clouser for NIN itself at the time), which Woolley was also included John 5 of featured in the music video for "[[Marilyn Manson Wish (bandsong)|Marilyn MansonWish]] fame. With Two, Woolley played live keyboards and did quite " This performance earned him a bit of vocals as wellGrammy. After Two, Woolley did some studio audio work He was later featured in L.A. By 2005, Woolley had relocated to Chicago. Since 2006, he has been involved in a new band V.O.I.D., whose long-awaited album is due in early 2009. the video for "[[March of the Pigs (song)|March Of The band is led by Woolley and features players Jon RobertsPigs]]", Mark Pearlman, and DJ Aaron Chase. A demo is available at V.O.I.D.the first single off of NIN's MySpace page: next album ''[http://www.myspace.com/voidspace[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''. James has also collaborated This performance was actually done in the past one take, live in front of a minimal sense to white screen. This unique performance captured the music essence of 1994 NIN, and was included in audio format on certain editions of jazz group NRG Ensemblethe ''[[Closer to God]]'' single.