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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.

In late 1989, Woolley joined the band [[Related_bands_and_artists#Die_Warzau|Die Warzau]], mainly on keyboards. Known for their elastic styles of meshing jazz, funk, and rock with industrial, Die Warzau was a staple of the Chicago native James Jscene. He toured with them in support of their debut album ''Disco Rigido''. The singles "Land of the Free" 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 to the "Bodybag/Shakedown" single, this time being specifically mentioned. After touring keyboardist and recording for their debut album, Die Warzau started on their second album, ''Big Electric Metal Bass Face''. Woolley was involved with the majority of the songs, contributing keyboard, percussion, and vocals. More importantly, however, was the closing track, named "Head." On this track, Woolley is credited as the sole songwriter. Meshing a classical lead piano with ambient programming, it showed a softer yet more complex James Woolley. After an appearance on the ''Jesus Killer EP'', 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]]/[[Nine Inch NailsTerrible Lie]] during the later " has become an iconic moment. The band also opened for [[Pretty Hate MachineRelated_bands_and_artists#Guns_N.27_Roses|Guns N' Roses]] tours (most notably on a [[Lollapalooza TourPretty_Hate_Machine_European_Tour|Lollapaloozashort European tour]] where NIN did not get a warm reception. Afterwards, NIN started work on their second studio effort, ''[[Broken]]''. Although not featured on ''Broken'' itself, Woolley, [[Richard Patrick]] 1991), and toured the late [[Jeff Ward]] were credited as inspiration. He was later featured on national television on the show ''Request Video'', along with them through most of [[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 "[[Self Destruct Touring CycleMarch of the Pigs (song)|Self DestructMarch Of The Pigs]] tour", including their the first single off of NIN's next album ''[[WoodstockThe Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]] ''. This performance was actually done in one take, live in front of a white screen. This unique performancecaptured the essence of 1994 NIN, before being replaced by and was included in audio format on certain editions of the ''[[Charlie ClouserCloser to God]] in December '' single. Woolley was once again tapped to play live keyboards for NIN, this time on the 1994Self Destruct Tour. He left It was during this time that NIN was a headliner for some family reasonsWoodstock '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''. He spent some time briefly in This album was a departure from the studio synthpop and electronica debut effort, featuring heavier programming, keyboards, crunched guitars, and numerous segues, all with Reznorthe assistance of Woolley. Also on the album were other sometime members of Die Warzau (Randall, Jim Marcus, Chris VrennaLevi Levi, and Danny Lohner during 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 ''[[The Downward SpiralClosure]]'' recordings but never had any known contributions . 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 made 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 releaseproject never got finished. Woolley passed away on August 15, 2016, from injuries he sustained after falling from a ladder.