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| name = Robin Finck
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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]]; , [[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]]-[[Wave Goodbye Tour|Wave Goodbye]]present}}'''Robin Finck''' (born November 7, 1971 in Georgia) is the lead guitarist of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. Finck is one of only a few artists who have played two bands listed on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock:" Nine Inch Nails (#43) and Guns N' Roses (#9). He is also so far the only member of Nine Inch Nails who has left the band for an extended period and then later returned as a full-time member. His appearancesappearance, particularly during ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|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]].
==Career==
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.
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 back in NIN, stating that, "It just didn't feel like Nine Inch Nails without Robin Finck. Now it does."[https://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/335425288580255744]
Finck is a noted bird enthusiast, and his website discusses his 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]]". In 2017, he appeared as part of Nine Inch Nails (in this case consisting of Trent Reznor, Finck, [[Mariqueen Maandig]], [[Atticus Ross]], [[Alessandro Cortini]] and Joey Castillo of [[Queens Of The Stone Age]]) in an episode of the reboot of ''Twin Peaks''.
==Body Of Work==
* ''Closure''
* ''And All That Could Have Been''
* ''[[Still]]'' (Performance credit on ''"[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]''")
* ''[[The Slip]]''
* ''Ghosts of Mars'' soundtrack - 2001
* Guns N' Roses - ''Chinese Democracy'' - 2008
* [[Gary Numan]] - ''Splinter'' - 2013
* ''Noct'' soundtrack - 2015
==External links==
* [http://www.robinfinck.com Official website]
* {{twitter|robinfincktwitsrobinfinck|robinfincktwitsrobinfinck}}
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