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{{Member| name = Robin Finck| imgname = 040408-705617.jpg| instruments = Guitar, Backing Vocals, Synthesizers| years = 1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2008-| tours = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]]-[[Fragility]], [[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]]-present}}'''Robin Finck''' (born November 7, 1971in Georgia) is from Georgia and is the former lead guitarist of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. Finck He is one of so far the only member who has left the band for an extended period and then later returned as a few artists who have played two bands listed on VH1full-time member. His appearance, particularly during ''s "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock:" Nine Inch Nails [[The Downward Spiral (#43halo) |The Downward Spiral]]'' era, with his intimidating tall stature, tied back dreadlocks and Guns N' Roses (#9)over-the-top makeup have arguably made him one of the most iconic members of NIN other than [[Trent Reznor]]. On November 7, 2020, Finck and NIN were inducted into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]].

Finck joined 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 audtioned for Nine Inch Nails in 1994-95 1993 and joined for the [[Self-DestructTouring Cycle|Self Destruct Tour]] tour. During this time, Finck was part of a one-off band (which also appeared included [[Twiggy Ramirez]]) called Sick Mutha Fuckers, which was essentially a Twisted Sister cover band that was conceived when White and Finck were playing Twisted Sister songs together for fun during soundchecks. They asked Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snyder to sing with them, he agreed, and the band at played a single show in New York City.[https://deesnyder.com/dee-snider-endeavors/music/smfs][Woodstock '94https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkb73d/how-marilyn-mansons-twiggy-ramirez-helped-emptiness-embrace-their-inner-goth]] and features Finck also appeared on the 1997's ''[[Closure]].'' video which was released in 1997.

Following touring with NIN in 1995, 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 in 1999 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. In 2013, Reznor tried to shake-up the live band dynamic with [[Adrian Belew]] and [[Eric Avery]], but they didn't work out during rehearsals, and on May 17, 2013, 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 later rejoined is a noted bird enthusiast, and his website discusses his fascination with them. Many NIN as part fans have noted after hearing of his avian fascination that many of his changes to NIN songs during the live band for [[Fragility]] tour stems from his bird-sound-inspired choice of guitar tones and sounds. This is especially notable on the pre-solo section to "[[FragilityThe Wretched]] Tour " and "[[Just Like You Imagined]]." Finck appears on in the accompanying album/DVD[[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 "[[And All That Could Have Been Into The Void (halosong)|And All That Could Have BeenInto 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''. In 2020, Finck got his own signature guitar model, made by Reverend. In 2021, Finck co-founded game studio Eyes Out.

Shortly after the NIN tour ended in late 2000, he returned to GN==Body Of Work=====Nine Inch Nails===* ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''* ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''* ''[[Quake Soundtrack]]''* ''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]]'R and is still a member of the Guns N' Roses line-up.

==Body Of Work=Other===* ''[[Woodstock 94]]''* [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''- 1996* ''Ghosts of Mars'' soundtrack - 2001* Guns N' Roses - ''Chinese Democracy'' - 2008* [[ClosureGary Numan]]- ''Splinter'' - 2013* ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]Noct'' soundtrack - 2015* Danny Elfman - ''Big Mess''- 2021

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