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Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965 in Mercer, Pennsylvania), better known as Trent Reznor, is the creative force behind the band Nine Inch Nails. He releases his albums under his own record label, Nothing Records. He currently lives in New Orleans.
Reznor was the credited producer for Marilyn Manson's albums Portrait of an American Family (1994), Smells Like Children (1995), and Antichrist Superstar (1996), as well as the soundtracks for the films Natural Born Killers and Lost Highway.
Reznor likes video games, most notably DOOM by id software, which he has said he played in the Nine Inch Nails tour bus after doing shows. He also created the soundtrack for id Software's hit Quake. (As a side-note, the NIN logo also appears on the nailgun ammo boxes in Quake)
Trent returned to work with id Software in 2003 as the sound engineer for video game Doom 3. However, due to "time, money, and bad management" he had to abandon this project, and his audio work did not make it into the game's release.
During the five years between his albums The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), Trent Reznor struggled with depression, writer's block, and the death of his grandmother. It was reported that Reznor had considered committing suicide during this period. In a 1999 interview for Rolling Stone magazine, he said that "It just took me time to sit down and change my head and my life around. I had to slap myself in the face: 'If you want to kill yourself, do it, save everybody the fucking hassle. Or get your shit together."
Trent has collaborated with such artists as Tori Amos, adding backing vocals to "Past the Mission" from Under the Pink. He has also worked with David Bowie, Pigface, Marilyn Manson, The Neptunes, 1000 Homo DJs, and Peter Gabriel.
A collaboration with Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and Atticus Ross of 12 Rounds known as Tapeworm was in production, but an update on the official Nine Inch Nails website has declared that the project has been terminated. The only known performance of any Tapeworm material was of Keenan's other band, A Perfect Circle performing the song "Vacant" on tour in 2001. "Vacant" appears on A Perfect Circle's third album eMOTIVe, reworked and retitled "Passive".
Non-NIN albums that Trent Reznor has also appeared on
| Artist | Album | Year |
| 1000 Homo DJs | Supernaut EP (vocals are distorted) | 1990 |
| Tori Amos | Under The Pink | 1994 |
| David Bowie | I'm Afraid of Americans | 1997 |
| David Bowie | Best of Bowie (plus bonus CD) | 2002 |
| David Bowie | Best of Bowie (DVD) | 2003 |
| KMFDM | Light | 1994 |
| Peter Gabriel | Growing Up | 2003 |
| Meat Beat Manifesto | 2002 | |
| The Orb | Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty, Pt. 2 | 2001 |
| Pigface | Gub | 1993 |
| Josh Wink | Herehear | 1998 |
| Soundtrack | Natural Born Killers | 1994 |
| Soundtrack | The Crow | 1994 |
| Soundtrack | Lost Highway | 1997 |
| Soundtrack | Tomb Raider | 2001 |
| Various Artists | Woodstock 94 | 1994 |
| Various Artists | Oliver Stone Connection | 1998 |
| Various Artists | Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 5 | 1998 |
| Various Artists | Sanctuary | 1998 |
| Various Artists | Art of Darkness | 1998 |
| Various Artists | 1999 | |
| Various Artists | Shockwave | 1999 |
| Various Artists | 2001 | |
| Various Artists | Remix Album, Vol. 2 | 2002 |
| Various Artists | Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 2 | ? |
| Various Artists | Hot Wired Monstertrux | ? |
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