Changes

After the [[The Downward Spiral (halo)Self Destruct Touring Cycle|The Downward SpiralSelf Destruct]] tours ended in 1996, [[Danny Lohner]] and [[Charlie Clouser]] approached Trent Reznor with music ideas that Trent he felt did not fit in with his vision of the band, but instead agreed to collaborate and work on the material as a side project, with each member having equal say in decisions. The band eventually became a supergroup of sorts including, among others, [[Maynard James Keenan]] ([[Tool]], [[A Perfect Circle]]), [[Page Hamilton]] ([[Related bands and artists#Helmet|Helmet]]), and Phil Anselmo (Pantera).

By 2001, producer [[Alan Moulder]] had tracked "more than an album's worth" of demos, according to Reznor's post on the site, adding that the rough songs are "very unlike ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'', and may not even be released as NIN material,". However after 2002, Clouser left NIN and was no longer a part of Tapeworm. The group (at the time consisting of Reznor, Lohner, Keenan and [[Atticus Ross]]) booked time in a recording studio in an attempt to produce an album. An official Tapeworm website (Tapeworm.net, now offline) was created and showed pictures from various recording sessions.

In September 2003, Lohner told ''Kerrang! '' magazine that the album was "ready to mix" but had been held up by legal issues stemming from conflicts between Reznor and Keenan's record labels. [http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/03/9#1064407046]

Over time, the band began to break down, partly due to label issues and partly due to TrentReznor's lack of interest in the project and it was announced that the band was dead in 2004.

Only one No Tapeworm song was ever released to the public, but "[[Vacant]]", which was performed live by [[A Perfect Circle]] on several occasions and eventually became "Passive" on their last full length release ''eMOTIVE'', was a song originally by the band. The bandAPC's live performance of the track before it's its release has also been attributed to the demise of Tapeworm. It Danny Lohner has also been rumored stated that he used Tapeworm material as Renholder when he did the soundtrack to the tracks motion picture ''Underworld.'' In November 2009, Puscifer released by Maynard's '"C" Is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE)'', which contained "[[PusciferPotions (Deliverance Mix)|Potions]] side-project are ", with writing credits to Reznor. Keenan explained that it was a Tapeworm song, recorded by Puscifer as a "wedding gift" to Reznor. Some people believed that Trent was on the track, or that it was actually renamed and reworked versions of the original Tapeworm trackspiece, but Keenan stated the following:<blockquote>"Ok. Let's use an APC album as an example. eMOTIVe. APC did a song called "Imagine." If you view the credits for the song you'll find various bits of info. Generally speaking the writers name appears in parenthesis next to the track. The performer info may or may not be listed in the album credits. If you see performer info it may be broken down to instruments. For example... "Billy Howerdel - Guitars and Back-up Vocals. HoweverJosh Freese - Drums and percussion, Lohner has stated etc... Or it may be a given that the people who performed on this project/album/track are the band in question. So it will just say "B Howerdel - guitars, Josh Freese - drums, M J Keenan - vocals, etc... But Writing credits are different. Next to "Imagine" you'll see the name John Lennon. Because he used Tapeworm material as Renholder when he did wrote the soundtrack song. You may want to sit down for the motion picture next bit. Ready? John Lennon didn't perform or sing or play on the APC version of "Imagine." He didn'Underworldt produce it, direct it, co-produce it, or grab us Latte's during the recording of it.Why? Because he's dead. he just wrote it. And we performed a version of it. If you visit the Project Credits of this site now, you'll start to see what we mean. Hope that helps."</blockquote>

*"Potions" (later "covered" and renamed "Potions (Deliverance Mix)" by Puscifer)

Image:Tapeworm_Band.jpg|3.27.02 - Maynard James Keenan, Danny Lohner, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor.<center><br>Image:Tapeworm01.jpg|3.27.02 - Atticus Ross, Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor.<center><br>Image:Tapeworm2.jpg|3.27.02 - Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor.<center><br>Image:Tapeworm.jpg|6.25.02 - Josh Freese, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Danny Lohner.<center><br>Image:Tapeworm1.jpg|6.25.02 - Trent Reznor, Danny Lohner, ???, ???, Josh Freese.<center><br>Image:Tapewormfreese.jpg|6.25.02 - Josh Freese.<center><br>Image:Tapeworm08.jpg|7.06.02 - Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan and .<center><br>Image:Tapeworm09.jpg|7.09.02 - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.<center><br>Image:LohnerTapeworm.jpg|8.21.02 - Danny Lohner.<center><br>Image:MoulderTapeworm.jpg|8.21.02 - Alan Moulder.<center><br>Image:Tapewormrossmoulder.jpg|8.21.02 - Atticus Ross, Alan Moulder.<center><br>Image:Tapewormtr02.jpg|8.21.02 - Trent Reznor.<center><br>