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| Trent Reznor. Name: Michael Trent Reznor. Birthdate: May 17, 1965 at 7:30 AM ET. Address: New Orleans, Louisiana. Height: About 5'6 or 5'7. Nickname: Stimpy. Eye Color: Hazel. Hair Color: Dark brown, dyed jet black every 6 weeks. Nationality: White, mixed. Instruments: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, etc. Pets: Female Golden Retriever "Maise"; and a cat called "Fuckhop". Hometown: Mercer, Pennsylvania, US. Religion: Brought up Protestant. Present Car: $100,000 Silver Porshe. Favorite Color: Green. Best Kiss: "From My Dog". Favorite Candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Tattoos: None. Education: One year at Alleghany College. Majors: Computer Engineering and music. Piercing: Ears and for one year, his septum. Parents: Nancy Clark, a homemaker and Mike Reznor, a Graphic Designer/Amateur Folk Musician) Sister: Tera, who was born in 1970 and is now a mother of two. Grandfather: Bill Clark, a semi-retired furniture salesman. Musical Influences: Pink Floyd's The Wall, Kiss, David Bowie and Brian Eno. First Song He Wrote: Down In It. Here�s a small description of Trent�s childhood: He wasn�t abused as a child. He actually led a pretty normal early life. His parent�s were divorced in 1970. Trent was raised by his maternal Grandparents and his sister Tera stayed with her mother. Young Trent was just like most boys, building model planes, skateboarding, and attending Boyscouts. He was a talented piano player, and was instructed by Rita Beglin. In high school he was popular, and involved in school. He played tenor saxophone and keyboard in high school jazz and marching bands, and was voted best in drama by classmates. He also performed in local rock bands.As a child, Trent hated it there and eagerly awaited the chance to leave. He felt isolated from the outside world which he longed to see. As a child, he did manage to do something he liked. He took up the piano. After leaving Mercer, Trent joined a few college bands, until he went to Cleveland to form a serious band. Finding inspiration while working in a recording studio and listening to industrial bands like Skinny Puppy, he began to write songs. A description of Nine Inch Nails in the early years: By 1989 he had released his first album, Pretty Hate Machine. It was an insight into his most intimate and personal feelings. Trent got the recognition he deserved when MTV began to play Head Like A Hole, one of the singles from the album. It was one of the most requested songs at the time and made Trent a star. In 1992, he made a Grammy-winning EP, Broken, which was inspired by NIN's live performances of songs from Pretty Hate Machine. Broken was much more raw and angry sounding, featuring more loud guitars and less synths than Pretty Hate Machine. After that, Trent released Fixed, a remix EP of Broken. By now Nothing Records, Trent's own record company, was prospering. He signed Marilyn Manson to Nothing, his first big signing. 1994 was a very busy and excessive year. He released The Downward Spiral. An angry, hate-filled album which made industrial rock mainstream, and Nine Inch Nails superstars. It featured one of the most famous NIN songs to date, Hurt, a revealing song which showed Trent's true feelings of despair and self-loathing. It also featured Closer, which is probably the best known NIN song. The music video for Closer was a masterpiece, but was heavily censored for television play. The band embarked on what would be a lengthily and destructive tour, aptly named The Self Destruct Tour. This saw them team up with Marilyn Manson and the Jim Rose Circus, a particularly sick freak-show. NIN managed to play one of the best sets at Woodstock 94, showing their energy and intensity playing live. During 1994, Trent was given the task, by Oliver Stone, of putting together the soundtrack to the motion picture Natural Born Killers. That soundtrack is now recognised as one of the greatest of all time. As well as containing excellent music, it enhanced the movie by setting the moods and creating the right atmosphere. It featured a new song by Trent, Burn; and two NIN songs, A Warm Place and a remix of Something I Can Never Have. When The Self Destruct Tour was finally over, Trent got to work on Further Down The Spiral. It was an remix EP of The Downward Spiral. There were two versions, one UK and one US. The US-only tracks are: Self Destruction, Part Two, Hurt (Quiet), Eraser (Polite), The Beauty of Being Numb; and Erased, Over, Out. The UK-only tracks are: Self Destruction Part Three, Heresy (Version), Hurt (Live); and Ruiner (Version). Though featuring fewer tracks, the UK version is the definitive one. |
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