• Nine Inch Nails is a Grammy award winning industrial rock band formed and led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor.

  On May 2, 2009, Reznor was informed that Apple would not approve the NIN's iPhone application update over "objectionable content." Reznor announced that the app had been rejected via Twitter and said it had to do with the content from The Downward Spiral.CNET: Apple rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone app update (May 2, 2009)

• 1. Albums: 7
  2. Origin: Cleveland, Ohio
  3. Years active: 1988 - present
  4. Grammy Awards: 2
  5. May 2007 Nine Inch Nails left their record label Interscope Records
  6. March 2008, Nine Inch Nails released the album, Ghosts I-IV via their website
  7. Ghosts I-IV was the Amazon.com MP3 store's bestselling album of 2008PC World: Nine Inch Nails: The First Open-Source Band? (January 7, 2009)

• Lights in the Sky Tour

  In 2009, Reznor announced he would be releasing over 400GB's of free high-definition concert footage filmed during the band's 2008 "Lights in the Sky" tour.PC World: Nine Inch Nails: The First Open-Source Band? (January 7, 2009)

• Head Like a Hole

  After their debut album Pretty Hate Machine shot them to fame with the hit song "Head Like a Hole", they followed it up with the 1994 album The Downward Spiral which became a multi-platinum success and spawned the classic single and video "Closer".

• Artistic Freedom

  Over the years, Reznor has been an outspoken critic of the music industry and its efforts at stifling artistic freedom. After disputes with a number of different record labels, Reznor decided to release his latest album without the help of a label. In March 2008, Reznor released a portion of 6th studio album, Ghosts I-IV, as a free download. The full 36 track album was sold though Amazon.com for $5. Despite the free downloads, the album became the Amazon.com MP3 store’s bestselling album of 2008.

• Studio Albums

  • 1989: Pretty Hate Machine
  • 1992: Broken
  • 1994: The Downward Spiral
  • 1999: The Fragile
  • 2005: With Teeth
  • 2007: Year Zero
  • 2008: Ghosts I–IV
  • 2008: The Slip

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