How many Nine Inch Nails members are there?

While there’s no Nine Inch Nails without founder and creative visionary Trent Reznor, he’s had a stellar, if revolving supporting cast, and six of those musicians — Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner, Ilan Rubin and Alessandro Cortini — will be honored at NIN’s 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame …

What were Nine Inch Nails used for?

The nails driven into Jesus Chirst’s wrists and feet during the crucifixion were Nine Inch Nails. The Statue of Liberty has Nine Inch Nails. Nine Inch Nails are the customary length for coffin nails.

Is Nine Inch Nails still a band?

Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio….

Nine Inch Nails
Genres	Industrial rock industrial alternative rock electronic rock industrial metal ambient
Years active	1988–present

When did Atticus Ross join Nine Inch Nails?

2016
Ross began working with Reznor on the latter’s side project Tapeworm in 2002. He later worked with Reznor’s band Nine Inch Nails, first as a programmer and producer in 2005, and became the only official member of the band outside of Reznor in 2016.

When did Nine Inch Nails get popular?

Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails became the face of industrial music in the ’90s with “Head Like a Hole,” “Closer,” and “Hurt” becoming hits and The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999) topping the charts.

Where does 9 inch nails come from?

Cleveland, OH
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How did the band Nine Inch Nails get their name?

Reznor chose the name “Nine Inch Nails” because it “abbreviated easily” rather than for “any literal meaning”. Other rumored explanations have circulated, alleging that Reznor chose to reference Jesus’ crucifixion with nine-inch spikes, or Freddy Krueger’s nine-inch fingernails.