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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Finck has been married to [[acrobat]] Bianca Sapetto since 2001. They met while working in Cirque du Soleil and currently have no children. {{Fact|date=August 2007}}
Finck has been married to [[acrobat]] Bianca Sapetto since 2001. They met while working in [[Cirque du Soleil]] and currently have no children. {{Fact|date=August 2007}}


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 06:45, 26 August 2008

Robin Finck

Robin Finck (born November 7, 1971) is an American guitarist, currently the lead guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and since 1998, Guns N' Roses, replacing Slash as lead guitarist. In April of 2008, it was announced via nin.com that Finck would be rejoining Nine Inch Nails.[1] Finck is one of only a few artists who has played in two different bands listed on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock", Nine Inch Nails (ranked #43)[2] and Guns N' Roses (ranked #9).[2]

Career

Finck grew up in Marietta, Georgia and like some young teenagers played with several unsigned bands; in his case, primarily in the Atlanta area.[3]

He joined Nine Inch Nails as part of their touring band in 1994-95 for their Self-Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours. Finck appeared with Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock '94,[3] and saw his first official release with them, the Closure video, come out in 1997.[4] Once the tour was completed, he took a job playing for the circus troupe Cirque du Soleil in the original tour of Quidam.[3] In 1996, he was recruited by Guns N' Roses to replace Slash, who had just quit the band that year, and worked on their still-yet-to-be-released new album, signing a two-year contract. When the two years were up, the album had not been completed, however, one single was released; Oh My God, featured on the End of Days Soundtrack.

Finck rejoined Nine Inch Nails as the band embarked on their Fragility v1.0 and Fragility v2.0 tours.[3] These tours saw the release of another live album/DVD, And All That Could Have Been, Finck's second release with them.[4]

Shortly after the tour ended in late 2000, he returned to Guns N' Roses and toured with them in Brazil, Asia, Europe and North America during 2001-2002.[3]

In the summer of 2006, Guns N' Roses toured Europe playing in front of over 700,000 people.[5] They finished up by touring North America for the remainder of the year. The following year, Guns N' Roses toured in Mexico, Australia and Japan.

As of April 4th 2008, it has been announced at nin.com that Finck will be rejoining Nine Inch Nails, most likely for touring purposes, and possibly for future records.

Personal life

Finck has been married to acrobat Bianca Sapetto since 2001. They met while working in Cirque du Soleil and currently have no children. [citation needed]

Discography

With Nine Inch Nails

Title Release Date Label
Closer to God[4] 1994 Nothing Records
Further Down the Spiral[4] 1995 Nothing Records
And All That Could Have Been[4] 2002 Nothing Records
The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)[4] 2004 Nothing Records
The Slip [4] 2008 The Null Corporation

Contributions:

Closer To God - "Memorabilia" Remix

Further Down the Spiral - Remixes

And All That Could Have Been - Live Performances

The Downward Spiral - "Hurt" Live

With Guns N' Roses

Title Release Date Label
Oh My God (single) 1999 Geffen Records
Chinese Democracy TBA Geffen Records

Miscellaneous

Title Release Date Label
Ghosts of Mars soundtrack [6] 2001

Contributions:

"Love Siege", "Fight Train", "Power Station", "Ghost Poppin'"[7]

References

  1. ^ (accessed 5 April, 2008) [http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/membre_groupe/photo/Robin_Finck-1799.jpg
  2. ^ a b (accessed 10 March, 2008) [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62186/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/shows/dynamic/includes/wildcards/the_greatest/hardrock_list_full.jhtml&event_id=862767&start=41 List of Vh1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock Cite error: The named reference "Vh1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e Harper, Jim. "Robin Finck > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Robin Finck > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  5. ^ Guns N' Roses: News
  6. ^ John Carpenter: Ghosts of Mars
  7. ^ John Carpenter: Ghosts of Mars
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