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                              Version : 3.921

                            Released : 10.26.95

                        Author : Christopher Sobczak

                            Author : Gina Grano

                            HTML : Erik Gilling

              Supported by : Nine Inch Nails, nothing records,

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                    Copyright 1995, Christopher Sobczak

                       (C) 1995, Christopher Sobczak

            Please read section H:6 for distribution information



Table of Contents



A...GENERAL NINFORMATION



  1. What is the 'ninternet'?

  2. What does nine inch nails mean?

  3. What is the significance of the Halo numbers?

  4. Is nine inch nails really only one person?

  5. Trent Reznor's Stats

  6. Chris Vrenna's Stats

  7. Robin Finck's Stats

  8. Danny Lohner's Stats

  9. What equipment does nine inch nails use?

 10. What is Trent whispering?[NEW]

 11. nin's conections

        o a. What is nin's connection to the Revolting Cocks?

        o b. What is nin's connection to Stabbing Westward?

        o c. What is nin's connection to Filter?

        o d. What is nin's connection to Die Warzau?

        o e. What is nin's connection to Tori Amos?

        o e. What is nin's connection to David Bowie?

        o e. What is nin's connection to Ministry?

        o e. What is nin's connection to Guns n' Roses?

        o e. What is nin's connection to 1,000 Homo DJs?

        o e. What is nin's connection to Pigface?

 12. What's with 'warning: not for use with mono devices'?

 13. What is 'nothing'?

 14. What is 'Le Pig'?

 15. Was Trent in a movie?

 16. What NIN songs have appeared in movies?

 17. What's the story with 'Natural Born Killers'?

 18. Is the band on the Internet?

 19. What about that live movie coming out this winter?

 20. Any information about a next album?

 21. What is the about a funeral home?

 22. Little bullshit things that keep getting mentioned on AMN.



B...Pretty Hate Machine / Down In It / Head Like a Hole / Sin



  1. What's with the extra lyrics that are printed, but not sung?

  2. What is _PHM_'s album cover a picture of?

  3. What's the difference between Euro and American _HLAH_ and _Sin_?

  4. What is that last track on the _HLAH_ single?Where are the samples at

     the beginning of "get down make love" from?



C...Broken / Fixed



  1. What's the differences between all the _Broken_s?

  2. Are there any singles off of _Broken_?

  3. Is _Fixed_ a limited edition? Why?

  4. What is the difference between the import and domestic _Fixed_?

  5. Who does the remixes on _Fixed_?

  6. What is that 'I could feel that way too' from?



D...The Downward Spiral / March of the Pigs / Closer



  1. Why did it take so long?

  2. What singles are there off of _TDS_?

  3. What is Trent whispering in 'mr self destruct'?



E...Further Down the Spiral



  1. What is _Further Down The Spiral_?

  2. Where are those hidden 'erase me's?

  3. What are the differences between Halo 10 and Halo 10v2?

  4. When was it released, and on what formats?

  5. What is that 'Falls wanking to the floor' from?



F...MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM NINFORMATION



  1. Was there a Halo 00?

  2. What is this plain-looking CD that claims to be Halo 10?

  3. Why is it getting so hard to find the domestic _Closer_?

  4. What is the Fisted Box Set?[NEW]



G...NINE INCH NAILS VIDEOS



  1. Ninformation about each officially released video

  2. The Broken Movie, Oh My God!

  3. How much of "Happiness in Slavery" is real?

  4. What was the original video for "March of the Pigs" like?

  5. Where was the video for "Hurt" recorded?

  6. Why wasn't there ever a video for "Piggy"?



H...THE FAQ'S FAQ



  1. Who wrote the FAQ?

  2. What's all this 'official source of unofficial information' stuff?

  3. Where can I get the newest version of the FAQ?

  4. Whats new with the FAQ?[NEW]

  5. Who helped out? (This is constantly being updated)

  6. Legal Stuff







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A:1 What is the 'ninternet'?



The ninternet is what us ninnies [read: fans of nine inch nails] call our

section of the internet. Many people have contributed many fine FTP and WWW

sites to the ninternet, and we are not saying those listed are any better

than others, but due to space limitations, we will only be listing the

larger sites for now. In the future we may be able to list all the known

WWW/FTP sites.



   * Unofficial NIN Homepage http://ibms15.scri.fsu.edu/~patters/nin.html

   * Hope and Vaseline http://www.seas.smu.edu/~justin/nin.html

   * Trent Fetish Group alt.sex.fetish.trent-reznor

   * NIN Usenet Group alt.music.nin.creative

   * NIN Usenet Group alt.music.nin.d

   * NIN Usenet Group alt.music.nin

   * NIN IRC Channel #nin



A:2 What does nine inch nails mean?



In the words of Trent :

     "I don't know if you've ever tried to think of band names, but usually

     you think you have a great one and you look at it the next day and

     it's stupid. I had about 200 of those. nine inch nails lasted the

     two-week test, looked great in print, and could be abbreviated easily.

     It really doesn't have any literal meaning. It seemed kind of

     frightening. [In his best he-man voice] Tough and manly! It's a curse

     trying to come up with band names."



A:3 What is the significance of the Halo numbers?



The Halo numbers appear on every official NIN release. It appears to just

be a numbering system to keep the CDs in order. Here is a short HALO list.

Each album is also described in detail in their individual sections.

 Release DateHalo #    TITLE

             Halo 1    Down In It (single) *

 11.29.89    Halo 2    Pretty Hate Machine

 01.01.90    Halo 3    Head Like a Hole (single) $

 11.27.90    Halo 4    Sin (single) +

 09.16.92    Halo 5    Broken (EP) !

 02.28.94    Halo 6    Fixed (EP)

 03.08.94    Halo 7    March of the Pigs (single) &%

 05.29.94    Halo 8    The Downward Spiral @

 05.30.94    Halo 9    Closer to God (single) &^

             Halo 10v1 Further Down the Spiral [American Version]

             Halo 10v2 Further Down the Spiral [UK Version]

* The remixes on this were re-released on halo 3

+ Contains cover of Queen's "Get Down Make Love"

! Available as the following:



  1. Regular 5" w/ bonus tracks on 3" minidisk

  2. Regular 5" w/ bonus tracks as tracks 6 & 7

  3. Regular 5" w/ bonus tracks as tracks 98 & 99

  4. Cassette w/ bonus tracks at end of side 2

  5. 12" vinyl w/ bonus tracks on white label 7"

  6. 12" vinyl w/ bonus tracks on b side



& Available as 2-disc sets in UK

^ Contains cover of Soft Cell's "Memorabilia"

$ A Halo-less version of HLaH (3 tracks) is available in UK

% Also available on limited edition 9" vinyl

@ Japanese release contained 'Dead Souls' as track 15



In addition to these are the promos for "Piggy" and "Hurt". Although these

aren't official releases, they do have 'halo ten' on them. See section F:2.



A:4 Is nine inch nails really only 1 person?



Every nine inch nails album to date has been the work of Trent Reznor and

his assistants. Trent incorporates the help of other artists (see album

credits for listing) but has always had total control over his albums.



Live NIN is an entirely different matter. For the first Lollapalooza tour,

Trent supported himself with a very real band, including the late Jeff Ward

from Lard on drums, Chris Vrenna on drums, Richard Patrick on guitar, and

James Woolley on keyboard. Woolley also toured with the live band during

the Self Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours. The live NIN lineup

changes a lot. At one point it included Martin Atkins; at another point, in

the early days of the band in Cleveland, apparently it was just Trent,

Richard Patrick, and Chris Vrenna.



Recently, Trent has been saying nine inch nails is no longer just him, but

his present band consisting of himself, Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, and

Danny Lohner. James Woolley was with the band until the beginning of '95,

and since then he has been replaced by Charlie Clouser.



A:5 Trent Reznor's Overdetailed Stats



MUCH MORE than you've ever needed to know about Trent Reznor



Statistics :



 Full Name : Michael Trent Reznor

 Birthdate : May 17, 1965, at 7:30 a.m. EDST

 Address :   New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.A.

 Height :    About 5'6" or 5'7"

 Nickname :  Stimpy

 Eye Color : Hazel

 Hair Color :Dark brown, dyed jet black every six weeks

 Status :    Single

 Pets :      Female Golden Labrador Retriever 'Maise'

 Hometown :  Mercer, Pennsylvania U.S.A.

 Religion :  Brought up Protestant

 Fav. Color :Green

 Fav. Candy :Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Creamy

 Tattoos :   None

 Education : 1 year at Allegheny College

 Majors :    Computer Engineering & Music



 Piercing :  Ears and for about a year he had his septum pierced but it

             'was a nightmare when I had a cold'



Family:



Parerts : Nancy Clark (Homemaker) Mike Reznor (Interior Designer/Amateur

Bluegrass Musician) Sister : Tera (Born: @1971, Mother of 2) Grandfather :

Bill Clark (Semi-Retired Furniture Salesman)



Quick over-detailed overview of childhood:



When Trent's parents divorced in the early 1970s, Trent stayed with his

maternal Grandparents (who raised him) and Tera stayed with her mother. As

a child, Trent was in the boyscouts, skateboarded, built model planes, and

played the piano (according to his grandfather). Trent's piano teacher

(Rita Beglin) compared Trent's piano playing to Harry Connick Jr. In high

school Trent was clean cut, handsome and popular. He played the tenor sax

and keyboards in his high school jazz and marching bands. He was also voted

best in drama by classmates and performed in local rock bands. No, he was

not abused as a child, and has never claimed to be (even though it seems to

be the fashionable thing to do among people these days).



A:6 Chris Vrenna's Stats



 Name :       Chris Vrenna

 Nickname :   Podboy

 Hometown :   Erie, Pennsylvania

 Hair :       Naturally brown, dyed blond

 Instruments :Drums



A:7 Robin Finck's Stats



Name : Robin Finck Age : 23 Hair : Black Instruments : Plays guitars, and

some keyboard Previous Band: A drag-queen act called the Impotent Sea

Snakes; he was a performance artist who ripped up bean bags, painted on

stage, and chainsawed stuff while the band was playing.



A:8 Danny Lohner's Story



 Name :       Danny Lohner

 Age :        24

 Hometown :   Corpus Christi, Texas

 High School :Wheeler High

 College :    University of Texas, Austin Withdrew in Fall 1993

 Past Bands : Skrew

 Instruments :bass, guitar, and keyboard



A:9 What equipment does nine inch nails use?



According to Sean Beavan (NIN engineer extraordinaire): (and I quote)





 "Here's a brief studio equipment list:



   tracking console- amek mozart 56 input automated desk

                                    (with rupert neve modules)



   We mix mostly on ssl series g consoles (72 input and up)

   and remix on neve vr desks.



   Tape machines- 2 studer a 800 mk3's, (3 da88's for live shows)



 outboard gear;

 neve and ssl stereo compressors

 neve mic pre's

 pultek eqs

 focusrite eqs

 summit eqs

 la 2a compressors

 urie 11 76 compressors

 urie la 3a compressors

 eventide h3500

 eventide h3000

 lexicon 300

 zoom 9030, and 9050's

 assorted delays



 1mac quadra 950, 1 mac ci

 barracuda and pro tools harddrives.

 we have three optical drives which store our akai samples

 2 akai 1100s

 2 akai exs

 2 kurzweil k200s

 1 emu e4 (courtesy of emu it's great btw.)

 3 minimoogs

 2 prophet vs

 1 oberhiem expander

 1 ppg wave with waveterm

 1 arp oddessy

 1 doepfer analog sequencer

 1 oberhiem analog sequencer

 1 ob mx

 1 roland mks 80

 1 roland r7

 marshall jmp 1

 assorted gtr pedals and cheap drum machines"



A:10 What is Trent whispering?



In "Sanctified", during the instrumental preceding the final verse, you

will hear a very quiet voice in the background. It is a sample from Oliver

Stone's 'Midnight Express', one of Trent's favorite movies. The sample is

of the main character writing a letter:





  "Dear Mom and Dad, this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write.  I'd

 hoped somehow to get out of this quickly so that you'd never have to know

 about it, but that just isn't possible now.  I don't know what's going to

 happen, but what can I say to you?  Will 'I'm sorry' make a difference? Will

 it ease the pain?  The shame you must be feeling? Forgive me.  Please."



Also, as far as whispering goes, about 30 seconds into "Physical", Trent

whispers something. Most people seem to agree that he is whispering "Eat

your heart out, Steve" in reference to Steve Gottlieb, TVT's manager/owner.

This is whispered on this particular song because it is a cover and a

hidden track, and evidently, they had to go through a bunch of copyright

bullshit to be able to release it. (It is well known that Trent and Steve

have had their disputes over copyright laws and over who's in charge.)



Note:

     The Adam Ant version of "Physical" also has whispering, most notable

     at the beginning he says "Eat Your Heart Out, Do-It. You can't do it,

     can ya?". Adam Ant was refering to Do-It Records, a label they were

     on.



In "Mr Self Destruct" Trent is in fact whispering "I am an exit".



A:11a What is nin's connection to the Revolting Cocks?



Trent is listed as an "Additional Cock" on the inside of the Revolting

Cocks (Al, Paul, and Bill from Ministry, with friends) CD-single for _Beers

Steers And Queers_. Trent is also listed in _Linger Ficken' Good_ under the

thanks list (T.R.). Trent toured with RevCo, taking the spot vacated by

Ogre.



A:11b What is nin's connection to Stabbing Westward?



Chris Vrenna went on tour with them for a bit recently.



A:11c What is nin's connection to Filter?



Richard Patrick was Trent's best friend during the Pretty Hate Machine

Tour, and the guitar player for the live show. Many rumors are floating

around about just why Richard left the group, but he now fronts up the band

Filter. Does Richard miss the band? "Yes." Does Richard think they may ever

work together? "It could happen."



A:11d What is nin's connection to Die Warzau?



Chris Vrenna and James Woolley used to participate in some fashion in the

Chicago-based band Die Warzau. Die Warzau is now no more, thanks to them

fucks at TVT.



A:11e What is nin's connection to Tori Amos?



Trent sang backup vocals in Tori Amos' "Past The Mission" on her _Under the

Pink_ CD. However, he does not appear in the video. Another note: even

though she mentions 'nine inch nails' on _Little Earthquakes_, this is not

where Trent got the name for his band. nine inch nails was already in full

effect when this CD came out.



A:11f What is nin's connection to David Bowie?



David Bowie's late 70's recordings greatly influenced Trent, especially

during the recording of TDS. David Bowie was sampled for some nine inch

nails songs including the re-mix "self destruct, part two" (See section

E:5). Trent remixed the song "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" on Bowie's

upcoming album _Outside_ (Release date: September 26). Also, nin will be

touring with David Bowie this fall (See section A:23)



A:11g What is nin's connection to Ministry?



Trent and Al Jourgenson both remixed "get down make love" (see section B:6)

for the _sin_ single. Trent and Al were also both in RevCo at the same time

(see section A:11a). Trent and Al were also both part of 1,000 Homo DJs

(See section A:11i).



A:11h What is nin's connection to Guns n' Roses?



Trent and co. opened for GnR shortly after the Lollapalooza tour.

Here is what he had to say about that, quoted from Musician

     " ... Axl Rose made contact with us. He was a fan, and wanted to help

     out. We were going to Europe to do a tour and figured what better way

     to confuse people then to open for Gn'R? Se we did, and the audience

     hated us. We were terrified to start with, and then were talking

     onstage in front of 65,000 people in Germany. The first song goes

     okay. Second song people begin to realize we're not Skid Row, who came

     on after us. Third song they'd confirmed the fact that they've heard a

     synthesizer and its time to attack. There's something about the sight

     of every single person flipping you off in a giant stadium that makes

     you go numb. I started laughing, then insulted them with everything I

     could think of ... "



A:11i What is nin's connection to 1,000 Homo DJs?



Trent and Al Jourgenson did a cover of Black Sabbath's "supernaut" for

1,000 Homo DJs. But thanks to TVT, Al Jourgenson was forced to take out

Trent's vocals (It was later revealed that Al never did in fact re-sing

"supernaut" for the official 1kHD release, but he just played with Trent's

vocals and told TVT he re-sang it). The original version can be found on

Wax Trax's _Black Box_ 3-disc compilation.



A:11h What is nin's connection to Pigface?



Pigface, the mind-child of drummer and producer Martin Atkins, is typically

dubbed an 'Industrial Super-group' because of its continual rotating roster

of musicians. Trent became involved in the band's first incarnation on the

album _Gub_ to create and sing the orignal version of the song "Suck" and

is also credited with loops on "The Bushmaster". Trent and Chris Vrenna

toured with Pigface for a while on the "Welcome To Mexico...Asshole" Tour,

and Trent can also be seen on Pigface's _Glitch_ video singing "Suck" with

Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy. There were some rumors of personal termoils

between Pigface and Trent surrounding Trent's departure from the band, but

Atkins claims that their relationship is "very good. Just like any

friendship."



A:12 Whats with 'warning: not for use with mono devices'?



Well, according to Trent: "Regarding the warning for 'mono' devices...

Without getting too far in detail, a scientific property of sound is its

'phase'. When recording music in stereo, you're supposed to be aware of

it's phase. If not, certain parts of the sound will disappear when its

played in mono. So, we discovered that by messing around with the phase, we

could make elements of the music stand out rather oddly. So...certain songs

on _Broken_ we mixed out of phase (because we felt like it) BUT... The

songs don't sound right on mono devices (like some radios or TVs). Has

anyone heard "Happiness in Slavery" on the radio? I heard it on KROQ in LA

and the snare drum was gone through most of the song. (and yes, it kind of

destroys the groove!) So, basically, that's what that means."



A:13 What is 'nothing'?



Located in the Tremont area of Cleveland, Ohio, 'nothing' is Trent Reznor's

record label. With this label, Trent has given many otherwise obscure bands

the notoriety they deserved. Trent treats the bands on the label with the

same respect with which he himself would want to be treated. According to

Marilyn Manson, "Trent gives us full artistic freedom, the kind of freedom

no other label would even consider giving a band." Sooner or later Trent

wants to stop, and just produce. "There's going to be a point where.. I

can't do both things (production and NIN). I can't do it. I tried. So at

some point I would like to focus on production, which I would really like

to do more of, but nine inch nails eats up every second of my life."



The current list of bands on nothing are:



     Pop Will Eat Itself / Coil / Marilyn Manson / Prick / Trust Obey



Each one of the above bands are incredible, and deserve their own FAQs, but

this is the nine inch nails FAQ.



A:14 What is 'Le Pig'?



Le Pig was Trent's house / recording studio for the making of _The Downward

Spiral_. Trent says that at the time he rented it, he did not know that

this was the same house in which the Manson murders occured. On a side

note, Marilyn Manson recorded a few tracks off their album _Portrait of an

American Family_ in that house with Trent. It was "something they had

wanted to do for a long time."



A:15 Was Trent in a movie?



In the 1987 movie 'Light of Day', Trent appears with an old Cleveland based

band The Problems. They did a cover of the Buddy Holly song, "True Love

Ways". Yes, that's him playing the tilted keyboard on the left (you can see

him for a few seconds when they show Joan Jett at the table) and then again

later thats him with the drink taking down the set. (This scene occurs

about 1 hour and 17 minutes into the movie.) "True Love Ways" does not

appear on the 'Light of Day' Soundtrack.



And well, no, that was not him in 'The Crow' crowd surfing to My Life With

The Thrill Kill Kult.



A:16 What NIN songs have appeared in movies?



As far as I know...

     An edit of the _Fixed_ remix of "Gave Up" appeared at the beginning of

     'Young Americans'.



     "Burn", "A Warm Place" and an extended "Something I Can Never Have"

     were in 'Natural Born Killers' (Trent also put together the whole

     movie's soundtrack, see section A:17).



     "Head Like a Hole" was in a movie called 'Prayer of the Roller Boys'.



     "Dead Souls", a cover of the Joy Division song by the same name, is

     featured in 'The Crow' movie and on the soundtrack.



A:17 What's the story with 'Natural Born Killers'?



When shown an edit of Oliver Stone's 'Natural Born Killers', Trent decided

to produce the soundtrack. To do this Trent sampled over 80 songs and made

a very diverse soundtrack that included 3 NIN tracks, "Something I Can

Never Have", "A Warm Place" And "Burn".



A:18 Is the band on the Internet?



From Metal Hammer magazine:

     Chris Vrenna says "We're on Internet, but not a professional site yet,

     but Trent has a private Internet address, and I'm on-line."



A:19 What about the live movie coming out this winter?



According to Sean Beavan:

     "Live video/film will be out for Christmas if all goes according to

     schedule. They (Simon Maxwell, etc.) are still going through footage.

     The soundtrack will be the first thing we do at the new studio in New

     Orleans.



     "The shows were filmed in Dallas and Omaha and recorded in Dallas,

     Omaha, and St. Louis. So it will be a hodgepodge of various scenes

     from various nights, but will be presented as a document of the live

     show. It's a film of the live show."



A:20 Any information about a next album?



Once again, Sean Beavan:

     "Trent is starting to write. But nothing has been written in stone

     about the next record after the live album (which Trent and I are

     producing). All I know is that Trent and I are working on it and that

     we just hired our favorite assistant from the record plant, Brian

     Pollock, to do the assistant engineering chores at our new studio.

     Alan Moulder could be back to mix something for us. We love him and he

     works well with the team."



A:21 "What is this about a funeral home?"



Trent and Co. have bought a funeral home in New Orleans to be converted

into a studio and used on upcoming Nothing material.



A:22 "Little bullshit things that keep getting mentioned on AMN."



A:22 "Little bullshit things that keep getting mentioned on AMN." Here are

some little tidbits that people keep posting about on AMN...



   * In the Super Nintendo game 'Super Mario World' they have an animal

     called the Reznor

   * There is a heater company called 'Reznor Heaters'.. The company's

     founders are Trent's ancestors

   * There is a poster of Broken on the main character's door in the movie

     'Sliver'

   * Every time the word spiral is spoken, it is mentioned on AMN



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     Down In it                                        Pretty Hate Machine





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B:1 What's with the extra lyrics that are printed, but not sung?



According to Trent:

     "There were some lyrics that I had written that I couldn't fit into

     the songs as I was combining lyrics with music. I included them

     because I like them and also because they could be discovered by the

     person that took the time to read the lyrics."



B:2 What is _PHM_'s album cover a picture of?



Once again, I quote from Trent:

     "The cover of _PHM_ is a photo of the blades of some sort of turbine

     stretched vertically so they would look somewhat like bones or a

     ribcage."



B:3 What's the difference between Euro and American _HLAH_ and _Sin_?



The American release of _HLAH_ has 4 mixes of the song (slate, clay,

copper, and soil) as well as instrumental "You Know Who You Are", 3

versions of "Down In It" (shred, singe, and demo), and 2 mixes of "Terrible

Lie" (sympathetic and empathetic). The UK release only has 3 tracks: the

slate and copper mixes, and one that didn't make it to the American

release: the Opal mix. The UK version of _Sin_ comes in a black, instead of

red, case, but the tracks are the same (they're in a different order,

however).



The UK version of _Sin_ comes in a black, instead of red, case, but the

tracks are the same (they're in a different order, however).



B:4 What is that last track on the _HLAH_ single?



Track 11 on Halo 3 (the woman yelling "Let's hear it for nine inch nails --

woo they're GOOD!") was from a nin appearance on Dance Party USA.

Apparently the yelling woman was the show's host.



B:5 Where are the samples at the beginning of "get down make love" from?



And again, Sean Beavan:

     "I think the sample at the beginning of "get down make love" is from

     an old viacom cable access show called 'Video Psychotherapy'... That

     sample along with the japanese porno samples were added in Chicago

     with Al Jourgenson. I did only the basic track recordings in

     Cleveland. Those samples were added during the mix."



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C:1 What's the difference between all the _Broken_s?



Well, _Broken_ was released in many formats:



   * a. As the 5" CD with the six named tracks, enclosed with a smaller, 3"

     CD with the bonus tracks. Some very capitalistic record store owners

     took the 3" out and sold it separately, which is why I believe

     production of that particular kind was limited to the first pressing.

     Some information leads me to believe that the 3" CD might also be

     called _Nothing_.



   * b. As the 5" CD with tracks 1-6 as the normal songs, tracks 7-97 each

     one second long andblank, tracks 98-99 as the bonus tracks.



   * c. As the 5" CD with tracks 1-6 as the normal songs and tracks 7 and 8

     as the bonus stuff.



   * d. As the 5" CD with only 1-6 being the normal songs, without the

     bonus tracks entirely. This form is the result of lame record-store

     owners taking out the 3" to sell separately, leaving them with a 6

     track broken to sell separately. There never was a 6 track broken

     produced.



Now, _Broken_ is produced as the 1-6, 98-99 track CD and I imagine it will

stay this way.



If, on the other hand, you purchased _Broken_ on vinyl, that the EP itself

(the six normal tracks) were on standard 12" vinyl, while the bonus tracks

were a black label 7". Another form of the _Broken_ vinyl has tracks 1-6 on

side a and the bonus tracks on side b.



The names of the bonus tracks are "Physical", which was originally written

and performed by Adam Ant, and "Suck".



C:2 Are there any singles off of _Broken_?



No. There are promos for _Broken_, but no singles. _Fixed_ is the only

_Broken_ follow-up CD, and it consists of remixes of _Broken_ songs. It was

released as a single, yet is not considered to be one... for the following

reasons... [see next section]



C:3 Is _Fixed_ a limited edition? Why?



Sort of. The Domestic printing was limited originally. Couple things,

however: A typical release of a "limited edition" of anything would be

1000-2000 copies. For _Fixed_, it's heard that as many as 50,000 copies

were released domestically. As of late, imports off Island/TVT have been

proliferating the mainstream stores.



There are a few theories as to why _Fixed_ is limited. One holds that

_Fixed_ was kept limited in order to not interfere with the MTV-inspired

success of _Broken_, and will be re-issued in about a year as a

non-limited. It is now around import-wise. Also, collectors LOVE limiteds.

Also, maybe they just thought it wouldn't sell well. It was also just a

"single". All singles have limited runs.



C:4 What is the difference between the import and domestic _Fixed_?



Well, the import version CD is printed with a few more copyright notices,

etc.. and the color used is a light bluish type paint. In contrast, the

domestic version was printed with less copyright notices on the CD, and the

N is a cool shiny blue.



C:5 Who does the remixes on _Fixed_?



Coil remixes "Gave Up"; Jim G. Thirwell (he's also the voice on MTV Sports)

remixed "Wish" into "Wish (remix)" and "Fist Fuck"; Trent Reznor, Chris

Vrenna and Butch Vig remixed "Suck" and "Last" into "Throw This Away"; PK

remixed "Happiness in Slavery"; Reznor, Vrenna and a slew of others

mutilated "Happiness in Slavery" into "Screaming Slave"



C:6 What is that 'I could feel that way too' from?



The quote (found half way through _fixed_'s "Fist Fuck") "I could feel that

way too ... Maybe someday you will" is sampled from the musical Show Boat.

Kathryn Grayson as Nolie Hawks and Ava Gardner as Julie LaVergne were the

actresses, and this scene occurs about 28 minutes into the movie.



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 The Downward Spiral                                   The Downward Spiral





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D:1 Why did it take so long?



In the words of Trent:

     "I tend to get bored when people start saying, `Where's the record

     already?' Hey, I'm not fucking off in there. It just takes a long

     time. Nirvana may be able to make a record in two weeks. That's great.

     We're not doing that. To me, every song means reinventing the whole

     process. There are no constants except maybe that I'll sing it. But

     are the rhythm tracks going to be played or sequenced? Are they going

     to be real, fake, machines, drums, sounds, car doors slamming? It's

     not a simple matter of yelling out chords to someone across the room

     and starting the tape machine. It's a different situation. I'm not

     saying that makes my record any better than theirs. It's just a

     different set of parameters."



D:2 What singles are there off of _TDS_?



_The Downward Spiral_ has produced 2 singles to date, _March of the Pigs_

and _Closer to God_. Both have American and European releases with no major

track differences, and the following subtle changes:



   * Both European CDs come in 2-CD sets, with each CD sold separately, and

     the Euro _Closer_ has no halo number.



   * "Big Man With a Gun" was included in the Euro release of _MOTP_. The

     cover art for disk one is red/pink like the American, but disk two has

     blue cover art.



   * The Euro _Closer_ is similar to the American except for the cover art,

     in which the Euro cover has a larger, 'opened' millipede as opposed to

     the American's smaller, 'closed' millipede.



   * Also is the follow up album, _Further Down the Spiral_. Check out

     section E for information



D:3 What is trent whispering in 'Mr Self Destruct'?



And once again, according to Sean Beavan: "I am an exit"



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  Further Down the                                      Further Down the

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E:1 What is _Further Down the Spiral_?



It's the follow up album to _The Downward Spiral_, much like what _Fixed_

was to _Broken_, this album consists of 11 remix tracks. The UK version has

10. See section E:3.



E:2 Where are those hidden 'erase me's?



If you listen to track eleven ("Erased, Over, Out") in fast forward, you

will hear Trent screaming 'erase me' over and over. Also, track 6 ("Eraser

(Denial; Realization)") he says it twice. Once at the beginning, and then

again once toward the end.



E:3 What are the differences between Halo 10 and Halo 10v2?



Version 1 was the American release, while version 2 was the UK/Japan

release. The UK version has 4 tracks different from the American: heresy

(version), ruiner (version), self destruction, part three and hurt (live).

The first two are remixes by Charlie Clouser; the latter is the live

recording used in the video for the track by the same name.



Another difference is production. The American version was packaged in a

jewel, on a glossy disk. The UK version was packaged in a cardboard sleeve

on a lower quality, low gloss CD. Apprently the Japanese version has the

same track listing as v2 (and indeed has v2 on the disk) but has been

released with an 11th "bonus track" - Reptilian (just as tDS in Japan has

Dead Souls as a bonus track). The packaging is cardboard, same as the UK,

but the disk is a better quality, glossy type.



E:4 When was it released, and on what formats?



Halo 10 was officially released May 23, 1995 on all the standard formats:

Vinyl, CD, and Cassette. However, most stores did not get it until a week

later.



E:5 What is that 'Falls wanking to the floor' from?



About 4:30 into "self destruction, part two" you hear David Bowie singing

'Falls wanking to the floor'. This is a sample from the song "Time" off his

1973 album _Aladdin Sane_.



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F:1 Was there a Halo 00?



No, this is a bootleg. And it's not worth the price when you can get one of

the 2 tracks on WaxTrax! _The Blackbox_ (Trent/Al Jourgenson's cover of

Black Sabbath's classic "Supernaut")



F:2 What is this plain-looking CD that claims to be Halo 10?



You probably have the promo CD for either "Piggy" or "Hurt". These were two

promos that were put out with halo numbers on them. See section F:4 for

track listings.



F:3 Why is it getting so hard to find the domestic _Closer_?



Well, they are out of production in America. You can still get the

imported, double CD set fairly easily though.



F:4 What is the Fisted Box Set?



The Fisted Box Set is just a cheaply made bootleg. It has a cheap t-shirt,

some cheaper buttons, and some still in print cd singles. Everyone who has

bought it, even the most die hard nin collector, has said its a major waste

of money.

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G:1 Ninformation about each officially released video



"Down In It"

     DATE RELEASED :

     DIRECTOR :



     Down in It, Trent and Co.'s first video, for some reason is never

     shown on MTV in its original form. See, in the original video, Trent

     falls off the building he is walking on, and is shown dead, apparently

     for a few days. Anyway, this video somehow got into the hands of the

     FBI, who spent a few weeks looking for the makers of this 'SNUFF FILM'

     as it was thought to be when it was found. Ironically enough, Trent

     (the dead guy) was also in hiding, recording _Broken_ under false band

     names so TVT wouldn't know what he was doing. The censored version is

     pretty much the same thing, with the scenes of 'dead trent' taken out.



"Head Like a Hole"

     DATE RELEASED:

     DIRECTOR :



     A 'live' video in which the band is in a cage-like stage. Toward the

     end the band is overtaken by the surroundings, resulting in an

     upsidedown suspended Trent. This video was released in 2 versions: one

     being the standard, and one being the Flood remix.



"Pinion"

     DATE RELEASED : Feb. 1992

     DIRECTOR : Peter Christopherson



     Pinion is what Alternative Nation ripped off. It basically starts off

     with a toilet being flushed, then you follow the flushed water down

     the plumbing until it gets to the mouth of a bound man being tortured.



"Wish"

     DATE RELEASED : Feb. 1992

     DIRECTOR : Peter Christopherson



     Wish is another 'live' video, this one is in an elaborate caged-in

     'stage' in which the audience is trying to get to the band through the

     cage. At the end of the un-edited version, they finally break through

     and get Trent.



"Happiness in Slavery"

     DATE RELEASED : 1992

     DIRECTOR : Jonathan Reiss



     This video has never been seen on MTV for very obvious reasons. The

     video contains a man (Bob Flanagan--READ: Section G:3) being tortured

     to death by his own free will. At the end, Trent comes in for his

     turn. It is a must see video, shot all in black and white.



"March of the Pigs"

     DATE RELEASED : March 1994

     DIRECTOR : Peter Christopherson / Trent Reznor



     March of the Pigs was a very low budget, thrown together live

     performance of the track. Very Good video.



"Closer"

     DATE RELEASED :

     DIRECTOR : Mark Romanek



     Closer was nine inch nails' 'breakthrough' video. Much of it was

     filmed on old 1920s' file Trent aquired. It was put out in 2 versions:

     MTV's censored with 'scene missing' in place of some of the more

     explicit shots, and the uncensored version



"Burn"

     DATE RELEASED :

     DIRECTOR : Hank Corwin (also did the editing for 'NBK')



     Burn is a video for the soundtrack of 'Natural Born Killers', the

     video contains many scenes from the movie, and Trent singing in a

     white teeshirt and jeans



"Hurt"

     DATE RELEASED :

     DIRECTOR : Simon Maxwell



     Hurt is nine inch nails' most recent video. It is a live video, shot

     in Omaha/Dallas (See Section G:4). The backdrop contains footage of

     rapidly decaying animals, predators, and old World War ][ footage.



Apparently the video for "Sin" was not released because of some more TVT

legal problems. The video was released to certain dance clubs though.



A long-form video of _Broken_ was made by Trent and Peter Christopherson.



G:2 The Broken Movie, Oh My God



Yes, that is the common first reaction to this film. Trent Reznor made this

with Peter Christopherson for the _Broken_ EP. The film shows a kidnapped

man being forced to watch nine inch nails videos while being graphically

tortured and killed by a masked madman.



Why was it never officially released? According to Trent, he didn't want

the press on his ass trying to get him to explain it. Plain and simple.



And NO, it is not real. It was filmed to look like a snuff film, which

apparently worked very well considering how many people have asked if it

was real or not. Score one for Trent/Peter.



G:3 How much of "Happiness in Slavery" is real?



Bob Flanagan is a rather famous S&M performance artist. He has done stuff

much worse than that shown on "HiS". In fact, pretty much the only thing

that was fake on the video was when he was actually killed. Yes: That

penis/nipple pulling/testicle clamping is all real.



G:4 What was the original video for "March of the Pigs" like?



According to a cameraman who works on NIN videos:

     " ... I'm not talking about the video where it's just one shot, one

     take, live recording in the 'white' room video, I worked on the one by

     Peter Christopherson (I think that's what his name was) .... You'll

     have to excuse me because it was a real real long time ago since i

     worked on it ... We shot it in two days around the end of January

     1994. The thing was, I don't think we shot everything we were supposed

     to ... you see, there was supposed to be a third day of production ...

     never happened! What we did shoot was stuff with the entire band (not

     just Trent) in various 'dark' situations. Essentially trashing

     instruments and other items along the way. We did a lot of 'dutch'

     angles, a lot of fast-paced stuff ... all in all, to me, it seemed

     like an angry, aggressive, Evil Dead II meets Hellraiser mini-movie

     ... a lot of hanging chains and always a watered-down set ... but, I

     don't know if it was ever cut together, or if it is in somebody's

     closet somewhere..."



G:5 Where was the video for "Hurt" recorded?



The video for "Hurt" was recorded before the show in Omaha, Nebraska on

February 13, 1995 and Dallas, Texas on Febuary 11, 1995. Some concert-goers

were let in a half hour or so sooner to be the audience. Apparently the

reason for this is to keep the audience noise to a minimal level,

especially considering that in concert "Happiness in Slavery" and "Eraser"

are before "Hurt", and this makes for one wild/loud crowd. Why is he wet in

the video? He probably doused himself with water.



G:6 Why wasn't there ever a video for "Piggy"?



Welp, According to Trent:

     "We tried to make a video for Piggy, but all the directors I talked to

     ...their ideas just *sucked*"



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H:1 Who wrote the FAQ?



The NINFAQ was written by Christopher Sobczak and Gina Grano. Sections have

been written and contributed to the FAQ by members of Alt.Music.Nin



Full Name : Christopher Brian Sobczak

                       Full Name : Gina Marie Grano

                         Address : 506 East Stoughton #27

                                   Champaign, Il

                                   61820

                           Phone : (217)-355-4215

                          E-mail : nothing@prairienet.org

                          E-mail : g-grano@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu





H:2 What's all this 'official source of unofficial information' stuff?



O.K. Well we came to the conclusion that it would be much better to stay

independent (this way we don't have to take shit from anyone <grin>). So



anyway, nothing records, formula public relations and the band members do

contribute information to the faq, but it is not an official product of

nine inch nails. It is, as Sean put it, 'the official source of un-

official information about nine inch nails' and that is just how it will

stay. The authors are in no way affiliated with Nothing records other than

we are always bugging them for information <bigger grin>. What will the

future hold? I have no idea.



H:3 Where can I get the newest version of the FAQ??



NEW: You can get all the newest versions of the FAQ automatically via

      e-mail. To be added to the FAQLIST, E-Mail me at nothing@prairienet.org





Here is the full distribution list.



 Usenet:

   alt.music.nin : Posted every other day under heading ** NIN FAQ v#.# **



 The FAQ is posted to the following bases once a month:

   alt.answers / rec.answers / news.answers / rec.music.industrial



 WWW:

   The html version: http://prairienet.org/~konkers/ninfaq.html

   The nin homepage: http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~patters/nin.html



 FTP:

  (Most recent version)

                   ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcs.users/jimkelly



  (Posted once a month)



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H:4 What's new with this FAQ??



Welp, touched up the logo, and just added some info. The Nad put some

canadian spellings in.. this is just a tempoary update. look for the totaly

new, all redone NINFAQ comming before christmas...



H:5 What's new with this FAQ??



Here is a list of the people who have gone above and beyond the call of

duty, and helped out even more. I started this list late, and sometimes

forget to write down names. PLEASE, if you feel you were left out (I KNOW I

LEFT OUT MANY!!) E-Mail ME with your hate letters, and tell me how you want

to be listed below. I'm sorry to everyone I left out; I tried to make it as

thorough as possible, but I'm bound to fuck up. Also, many people have told

me very important stuff, and given me great quotes or interviews. I wish I

could have given them credit for their individual contibutions, but that

would take away from the format. I just want you to know, it is REALLY

appreciated!



                     I   N   C   O   M   P   L   E   T   E

                  C      R      E      D      I      T      S

                  The following list is in alphabetical order



 Lily Anderson........Hurt and piggy information, lots of other information

 Sean Beavan.........Lots and lots and lots and loads of help. great advice

 Melissa A Boysen.....................Tori info, keeper of the trent shrine

 Christine Bomke...............Lots of information and the A.M.N. necklaces

 Jeremy C. Bunag...................He didn't do shit, no support whatsoever

 Donna L. Cross.......Future Donna L. Stark, the *ONE* person behind NINCon

 Nathan Dewitt.........................................Adam ant information

 Andy Fitzgerald............Reminded me to change the n's in the title page

 Amy Hanauer..................................Support, info, and being cool

 Mike Katzberg.....................Ideas, transcribing interviews, research

 Keaven Keating...............Those great quotes about the broken movie/HiS

 Jeremy Kennedy............................Info on euro _motp_ and _closer_

 Scott Kenny..........................The FAQ FAQ, distribution information

 C-ko Linde.......................The use of her penis for the nincon video

 Kenneth Little..................Broken. lots and lots of cool ninformation

 Lisa Livingston...........................She gives us 'hope and vaseline'

 LOgre2'3............Looking up that david bowie stuff, and some other shit

 Madeleine.........................Robin information, other misc info, help

 Jody Match..........................................Loads of help, support

 Robin C. Moore..................Support, our resident reznor heater expert

 Steph Nahas..............Whole mic section, misc help, support, prick info

 David Parmenter.........Figured out that cool thing with FDTS. Info. Yawns

 Jason Patterson................'The unofficial nin homepage', big ass sigs

 Robert Peterson............................Did even less then jeremy bunag

 Alex Reed..............................Misc information, i dunno what else

 Trent Reznor................He did something i think, i forgot what though

 Buck Satan..................Did about as much as jeremy, and less then rob

 SiGHeR..........................Checking this in his classes, lots of help

 Jim Stark...........................Future mister Donna Cross. AMN FAQ guy

 Kathleen Tibbetts..... 'Hope and vaseline', show boat info, dance usa info

 Chris Wiberg...........Support, pages and pages of information, legal help

 Kristian Zoerhoff.........The halo list? He wrote the whole original thing





    EVERYONE ELSE ON ALT.MUSIC.NIN WHO HELPED! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!



H:4 Legal stuff



                   DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION: PLEASE READ

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Christopher Brian Sobczak, (C) 1995 Christopher Sobczak. This FAQ, or parts

thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.



It is very easy to get the author's permission to use this FAQ. All you

have to do is E-Mail, Write, or Call me at the above addresse or phone

number (section H:1). I have never turned anyone down. The only reason we

require that you get in contact with us is for our personal records as to

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Please pay attention to this rule. It doesn't require much effort, and it

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The FAQ loosely follows a standard FAQ format. Any similarities to any

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All bands listed in this FAQ are copyrighted/owned by their specific

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Extra Thanks goes out to Sean Beavan for all his help and putting up with

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