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| instruments = Guitar, backing vocalsBacking Vocals, Synthesizers| years = 1994–19961994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008 -| tours = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]]–-[[Fragility]]; , [[Performance 2008Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]]-present}}'''Robin Finck''' (born November 7, 1971in Georgia) is from Georgia and is the lead guitarist of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. Finck He is one of so far the only a few artists who have played two bands listed on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists member of Hard Rock:" Nine Inch Nails (#43) who has left the band for an extended period and Guns Nthen later returned as a full-time member. His appearance, particularly during ' Roses '[[The Downward Spiral (#9halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' era, with his intimidating tall stature, tied back dreadlocks and over-the-top makeup have arguably made him one of the most iconic members of NIN other than [[Trent Reznor]].

Finck began his career by playing for many local Atlanta bands, such as Prowess (who later changed their name to Bat Your Lashes and then Sik Dik), The Hookers and Heroin (also known as Impotent Sea Snakes {ISS} when in drag). He joined Nine Inch Nails in 1994-95 for the [[Self-DestructTouring Cycle|Self Destruct Tour]] tour. Finck also appeared with the band at [[Woodstock '94]] and on 1997's ''[[Closure]].''

Following touring with NIN he took a job playing for Cirque du Soleil and in late 1996 was recruited by Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses to replace Slash. Finck later rejoined NIN as part of the live band for the [[Fragility]] Tour and appears on the accompanying album/DVD, ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]].'' Shortly after the NIN tour ended in late 2000, he returned to GN'R and remained in the line-up for almost 8 years, even turning down an offer to re-join NIN in 2005. There was apparently some animosity between he and Reznor around this time, as Trent discussed in the New Zealand Herald shortly before the release of ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'': "Robin Finck [was] getting paid loads of money to hang out with Axl Rose and his house was getting paid for. You know what, fuck you." [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=54] The grudge didn't last; on April 4, 2008 Finck's return to the touring lineup was announced via www.nin.com.

Robin He also remained in the lineup for the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]] in 2009. On May 17, 2013, Trent Reznor announced via Twitter that Finck was announced via www.nin.com to again be back in NIN, stating that, "It just didn't feel like Nine Inch Nails on April 4, 2008 after an 8 year stint with GnRwithout Robin Finck. Now it does."[https://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/335425288580255744]

Finck is a noted bird enthusiast, and his website discusses his fastination fascination with them. Many NIN fans have noted after hearing of his avian fascination that many of his changes to NIN songs during the [[Fragility]] tour stems from his bird-sound-inspired choice of guitar tones and sounds. This is especially notable on the pre-solo section to "[[The Wretched]]" and "[[Just Like You Imagined]]." Finck appears in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|NIN music videos]] for "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" (live), "[[Eraser]]" (live), "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" (live) and "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]". Finck (along with Trent Reznor and [[Mariqueen Maandig]]) appeared in an episode of the 2017 reboot of [[David Lynch]]'s ''Twin Peaks''.

 ===Guns* ''[[Still]]'N'Roses===* (Performance credit on "Oh My God[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]" (single) - 1999 Finck didn* ''[[The Slip]]''t play on that song

* [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' - 1996

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