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Nine Inch Nails live performances

Nine Inch Nails as a live band is generally understood to be a separate entity from its recording studio-based component.[1][2] Since its inception in 1988, Nine Inch Nails has toured throughout the world, including concerts in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and China. Nine Inch Nails live performances have typically been accompanied by visual elements such as stage lighting, projection, video displays, and specially designed lighting fixtures. These visual elements have been designed by Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan, among others.

The live band lineup has tended to change drastically between major tours and releases, though band members have occasionally participated in the process of recording new material. Aside from Reznor remaining the lead vocalist and occasional guitarist, no member of the live band has remained constant since its inception. Reznor cites the long gestation period between studio albums as part of the reason for these frequent personnel changes.[3] After the 2007 tour, Reznor reported that he would disband the "rock band configuration" of his touring lineup after their concert in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 18, 2007, and would explore alternative means to perform Nine Inch Nails material on subsequent tours.[4]

The Nine Inch Nails discography includes three live releases: Closure (1997), And All That Could Have Been (2002), and Beside You in Time (2007), all of which feature the live band in various incarnations and in the midst of various tours.

History

I could have just gone out with tape machines or 50 keyboards or whatever and recreated the sound of the record, but I'm much more interested in the challenge of having 4 musicians interpret what was initially composed by one person on a computer... The record and the shows are quite different.

—Reznor in a 1991 interview[1]

Nine Inch Nails live performances contrast with the recorded output of the Nine Inch Nails discography.[5][6] In the studio, most if not all of each Nine Inch Nails release is performed entirely by Trent Reznor. On stage and on tour, Reznor has typically assembled groups of backing musicians to interpret the songs in a live form. Keyboardist Alessandro Cortini said that "If you see the show and you're used to the CDs it's pretty clear that the studio entity is different from the live entity."[2]

Despite first touring in 1988, Nine Inch Nails has only embarked on five major tours, typically with a long hiatus in between. Though early tours were primarily played in North America, more recent tours, beginning with the final leg of the Pretty Hate Machine tour in 1991, have spanned the globe, including concerts in South America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and China.

During the band's earliest tours, Nine Inch Nails opened for bands such as Skinny Puppy, Jesus and Mary Chain, Peter Murphy, and Guns N' Roses. More recently, Nine Inch Nails has been supported by musical acts such as Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Atari Teenage Riot, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Dresden Dolls. Since those early tours, Nine Inch Nails has headlined the majority of their concerts, including performances at Lollapalooza, Woodstock '94, Alternative Nation Festival, and Big Day Out.

Early tours and Pretty Hate Machine tour (1988–1991)

Reznor during the Lollapalooza festival, 1991.

The first live band was assembled to support Skinny Puppy on several dates, and was composed of what a Goldmine article described as session musicians. The band was apparently poorly received, and they were asked to leave the tour after 10 dates.

In 1990, Nine Inch Nails toured North America as an opening act for alternative rock artists The Jesus and Mary Chain and later Peter Murphy.[7] During these early tours, Reznor began smashing his equipment while on stage; Rockbeat interviewer Mike Gitter attributed Nine Inch Nails' early success in front of rock-oriented audiences to this aggressive attitude.[8] Nine Inch Nails then embarked on a world tour that continued through the first Lollapalooza festival in 1991, where the band "stole the show" from headliners Jane's Addiction despite numerous equipment problems.[9] Nine Inch Nails was then invited to open for a Guns N' Roses European Tour, though they were poorly received yet again.[10] Chris Vrenna left the band temporarily to play in Stabbing Westward, and was replaced for the remainder of the tour by drummer Jeff Ward. In 1993 Ward committed suicide, and Vrenna returned to the band for the next Nine Inch Nails tour.[11] Richard Patrick left the band to form Filter.

Self-Destruct (1994–1995)

Reznor performing during the Self-Destruct tour, circa 1994-1995.

After the 1994 release of The Downward Spiral, the live band embarked on the Self-Destruct tour in support of the album. Vrenna and Woolley returned from the previous tour on drums and keyboards respectively, Robin Finck replaced Richard Patrick on guitar, and the band added bassist Danny Lohner. The tour included a mud-drenched performance at Woodstock '94, which was broadcast on Pay-per-view and seen in as many as 24 million homes.[15][16] Nine Inch Nails received considerable mainstream success thereafter, performing with significantly higher production values and adding theatrical visual elements to the live show.[17] The band's performance of "Happiness in Slavery" from the Woodstock concert earned the group a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1995.[18]

The main leg of the tour featured Marilyn Manson as the supporting act, who Reznor had signed to his Nothing Records label. At the time, Marilyn Manson featured guitarist Jeordie White (playing under the pseudonym "Twiggy Ramirez"), who would later play guitar with Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2007. After another tour leg supporting the remix album Further Down the Spiral, Nine Inch Nails contributed to the Alternative Nation Festival in Australia. Following the three-date alternative music festival, Nine Inch Nails embarked on a 26-date tour with co-headliner David Bowie. During the tour, Nine Inch Nails would perform first, and their set would segue seamlessly into Bowie's.[19][20]

The tour concluded with a three-night Nothing Records showcase, titled "Nights of Nothing."[21] The tour included performances from Nothing bands Marilyn Manson, Prick, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Pop Will Eat Itself, and concluded with an 80-minute set from Nine Inch Nails. On the second of the three nights, Richard Patrick was briefly reunited with the band, as he contributed guitar to a performance of "Head Like a Hole."

After the Self-Destruct tour, Chris Vrenna, member of the live band since 1988 and frequent contributor to Nine Inch Nails studio recordings, left the band permanently to pursue a career in producing and to form the band Tweaker.[22][23]

Fragility (1999–2000)

In support of Nine Inch Nails' third full-length studio album, The Fragile, the live band reformed for the Fragility tour. The tour began in late 1999 and lasted until mid 2000, spanning Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and North America.[25] The tour consisted of two major legs, labeled Fragility 1.0 and Fragility 2.0. Prior to their first tour date in Spain, Nine Inch Nails opened their final rehearsal in London to 100 fans.[26] The live band lineup remained largely the same from the Self-Destruct tour, featuring Robin Finck, Charlie Clouser, and Danny Lohner.[27][28] To replace long-time member Chris Vrenna, Reznor held open auditions to find a new drummer, eventually picking then-unknown, Jerome Dillon.[29] Dillon would remain a member of the live band until 2005.

The tour began with a performance of the title track from The Fragile at the MTV Video Music Awards.[29][30] Atari Teenage Riot opened for Nine Inch Nails during Fragility 1.0, and A Perfect Circle for Fragility 2.0. At the time, A Perfect Circle featured Josh Freese on drums, who would later replace Dillon and play drums for Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2007.[31][32][33] The tour featured a triptych video display created by contemporary video artist Bill Viola.[34][35] It was named the best tour of 2000 by Rolling Stone.[36] In 2002, And All That Could Have Been was released as a live CD and double DVD, documenting performances from the Fragility 2.0 tour. While making the DVD, Reznor commented on the tour in retrospect by saying "I thought the show was really, really good when we were doing it",[37] but later wrote that "I can't watch it at all. I was sick for most of that tour and I really don't think it was Nine Inch Nails at its best."[38]

Live: With Teeth (2005–2006)

Reznor during a concert in San Diego during the Live: With Teeth tour.

A five-year touring hiatus followed the Fragility tour, until 2005 when the band toured in support of Nine Inch Nails' newest album, With Teeth. The previous live band had almost completely dissolved: only Jerome Dillon remained. To find replacements, Reznor held open auditions in Los Angeles.[42] Reznor stated that Alessandro Cortini "fit in immediately," though he had trouble finding a guitarist to replace Robin Finck, until Aaron North was auditioned.[43]

The band began with a small club tour in early 2005 and were "pleasantly surprised by the interest" despite their lengthy hiatus.[44] This initial leg of the tour also included a headlining performance at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[45] They followed up with a North American arena tour in autumn 2005, supported by Queens of the Stone Age, Autolux, and hip-hop artist Saul Williams.[46] Williams performed on stage with Nine Inch Nails at the Voodoo Music Experience festival during a headlining appearance in hurricane-stricken New Orleans, Reznor's former home.[47] To conclude the With Teeth era of the band, Nine Inch Nails completed a tour of North American amphitheaters in the summer of 2006, joined by Bauhaus, TV on the Radio, and Peaches.[7] In 2007, a tour documentary entitled Beside You in Time was released in three formats: DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc.[48] The documentary featured performances from the North American amphitheater tour, as well as a few performances from the summer North American tour and footage of studio rehearsals.[49]

Midway through the band's first Live: With Teeth arena show in 2005, Jerome Dillon was forced to stop midway through the show and was subsequently hospitalized.[50] Dillon's condition was later diagnosed as a non-life threatening cardiac disorder, a consequence of his thyroid medication.[33] Dillon later remarked that when he was ready to return, he encountered "complete apathy and no sympathy" from Reznor and Nine Inch Nails management.[33] Reznor in turn wrote that Dillon's "recollection of the events leading to his departure from the band is once again inaccurate".[33] Josh Freese initially replaced Dillon for two shows before Alex Carapetis joined the band for remainder of the arena tour.[32] Carapetis' last show was in Argentina, and Freese joined on a more permanent basis.

Performance 2007 (2007)

Nine Inch Nails during the Performance 2007 tour. From left to right: (Front) Jeordie White, Trent Reznor, Aaron North, (Back) Alessandro Cortini, Josh Freese

After taking a break from touring to complete work on Year Zero, Nine Inch Nails embarked on a world tour in 2007, including the band's first ever performance in China.[55] Reznor continued to tour with the same band he concluded the Live: With Teeth tour with: North, White, Freese, and Cortini. Reznor personally invited Ladytron to open for the band in Europe.[56] Other supporting acts included Unkle, The Dandy Warhols, Alec Empire, and Serena Maneesh.

The Year Zero project also included an alternate reality game of the same name, with much of the game revolving around a number of live performances. During a Nine Inch Nails concert in Lisbon, Portugal, a USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall containing a high-quality MP3 of the track "My Violent Heart," a song from the then-unreleased album.[57] Another USB drive was found at a concert in Barcelona, Spain, containing the track "Me, I'm Not."[58]

In April, a "resistance meeting" was scheduled in Los Angeles, where participants were invited to attend a fictional Art is Resistance meeting, and were rewarded by an impromptu concert by Nine Inch Nails. The concert was cut short, however, as the meeting was raided by a fictional SWAT team and the audience was rushed out of the building.[59]

2008 and beyond

In September 2007 the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported that the September 18 show in Honolulu, Hawaii, would be the last performance of the current incarnation of the Nine Inch Nails live band. Reznor was quoted as stating, "at this point, I want to switch things around a bit. Nine Inch Nails as a rock band configuration, we've done it and we've done it again. I see other ways I can present the material in concert, more challenging, something new. I don't want it to go stale."[4] In the same article, Reznor also admitted that "The idea of five guys playing loud music two hours ... has got to change once finances come into play, especially performing in markets outside of the mainland U.S. I want to whittle things down."[4]

The seventh major Nine Inch Nails studio-release, Ghosts I-IV, was released on March 2, 2008, featuring contributions from Alessandro Cortini. Reznor stated via the official Ghosts website that "An exciting partnership and experience regarding this release will be announced soon."[62]

Live band members

Since first touring in 1988, no member of the Nine Inch Nails live band has remained consistent except for Reznor himself. The configuration of the band has also evolved greatly: early incarnations of the band were a three-piece band featuring guitars, drums, keyboards, and samplers. Later incarnations replaced the keyboards and samplers with an additional guitarist, and still later incarnations added a bass guitarist, until finally settling on a five-piece band during the Self Destruct tour. In September 2007, Reznor expressed his interest in moving away from the "rock band configuration" of previous Nine Inch Nails live performances, to explore "other ways [to] present the material in concert."[4]

Between major tours, live band members have on occasion contributed instrumental performances to official Nine Inch Nails releases, though creative control and direction has always been with Reznor. Live band members who have contributed to major Nine Inch Nails releases are presented in italics below.


Visual elements

A Nine Inch Nails performance during the Live: With Teeth tour featuring the "teeth" lighting fixtures.
Alessandro Cortini, during a performance in 2007.

Since 1999, the visual design of Nine Inch Nails live shows have been created by Rob Sheridan. Nine Inch Nails shows typically feature a large amount of strobe lights,[69] projected images, and other visual elements.

Bill Viola designed a large triptych display for the Fragility tour.[35] The images displayed on the triptych focused on storm and water imagery. The DVD release of And All That Could Have Been, a tour documentary of the Fragility tour, features an audio commentary track by Viola describing the display and his inspirations for it.[34]

Roy Bennett and Martin Phillips were responsible for the lighting design and stage design, respectively, of the Live: With Teeth tour.[70] Bennett explained in a 2005 interview that the much of the lighting was done using a series of LED lights arranged in "stalactites or stalagmites [formations] to tie in to the album artwork." Also used were DLP projectors displayed on a gauze screen in front of the stage. Using the gauze projection-screen, Phillip, Reznor, and Sheridan devised a "gag" where they projected "a sheet of glass shattering onto a downstage kabuki scrim that would drop as the glass shatters fell. ... We settled on Trent swinging his guitar at the gauze [and] shattering it, but with all the pieces falling up as the [screen] flew out."[70] This particular trick can be seen in the tour documentary Beside You in Time.

In contrast to the lighting of previous tours, Performance 2007 featured minimal lighting that was designed to shadow Reznor and the band.[71] While many of the band's songs often generate mosh pits,[72][73][74] slower songs such as "Hurt" have less lighting effects, while the crowd typically holds up lighters.[69]

Live releases

Nine Inch Nails has released one album and three videos featuring the live band: Closure in 1997 (double VHS), And All That Could Have Been in 2002 (CD, VHS, and double DVD), and Beside You in Time in 2007 (DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-Ray).

Closure, a double-VHS video, features live performances from the Self-Destruct Tour, including a performance of "Hurt" with David Bowie during the Dissonance Tour.[75] Since its initial release in 1997, the video has been out of print, and all attempts to re-release the video on DVD have failed. A deluxe two-disc DVD version of Closure was delivered to Interscope Records in 2004, but has been indefinitely delayed.[76] However, both discs appeared on BitTorrent networks in December 2006.[77] And All That Could Have Been was released in 2002, as a live CD and double DVD, featuring performances from the Fragility 2.0 tour. An easter egg in the DVD version features a performance with Marilyn Manson at Madison Square Garden of the songs "Starfuckers, Inc." and Manson's "The Beautiful People."[34] In 2007, Nine Inch Nails released Beside You in Time, featuring performances from the Live: With Teeth tour. The DVD also features rehearsal footage, music videos, and still photographs from the tour.

Guest artists and collaborations

Through the years, Reznor has invited many prominent musicians on stage with his band to perform material outside the usual range of Nine Inch Nails songs:

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