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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, 1971 in Georgia) is the former lead guitarist of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He joined is so far the only member who has left the band in 1994for an extended period and then later returned as a full-95 for the time member. His appearance, particularly during ''[[Self-DestructThe Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]] tour. Finck also appeared '' era, with his intimidating tall stature, tied back dreadlocks and over-the-top makeup have arguably made him one of the band at most iconic members of NIN other than [[Woodstock '94Trent Reznor]] . On November 7, 2020, Finck and features on NIN were inducted into the [[ClosureRock And Roll Hall Of Fame]] video which was released in 1997.

Following touring with NIN he took a job ==Career==Finck began his career by playing for Cirque du Soleil 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 late 1996 1993 and joined for the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct Tour]]. During this time, Finck was recruited by Axl Rose part of Guns Na one-off band (which also 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 played a single show in New York City.[https://deesnyder.com/dee-snider-endeavors/music/smfs][https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkb73d/how-marilyn-mansons-twiggy-ramirez-helped-emptiness-embrace-their-inner-goth] Finck also appeared on 1997' Roses to replace Slashs ''[[Closure]].''

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]

Shortly 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 NIN [[Fragility]] tour ended 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 late 2000the [[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 returned to GN'R appeared as part of Nine Inch Nails (in this case consisting of Trent Reznor, Finck, [[Mariqueen Maandig]], [[Atticus Ross]], [[Alessandro Cortini]] and is still a member Joey Castillo of [[Queens Of The Stone Age]]) in an episode of the Guns Nreboot of ' Roses line'Twin Peaks''. In 2020, Finck got his own signature guitar model, made by Reverend. In 2021, Finck co-upfounded game studio Eyes Out.

==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]]'' ===Other===* [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' - 1996* ''Ghosts of Mars'' soundtrack - 2001* Guns N' Roses - ''Chinese Democracy'' - 2008* [[Gary Numan]] - ''Splinter'' - 2013* ''Noct'' soundtrack - 2015* Danny Elfman - ''Big Mess'' - 2021 ==External linklinks==

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