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| Born | Michael Trent Reznor May 17, 1965 New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
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| Children | 5 |
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| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails,[1][2][3] which he founded in 1988 and of which he was the sole official member until 2016.[a] The first Nine Inch Nails album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was a commercial and critical success. Reznor has since released 11 more Nine Inch Nails studio albums.
Reznor began his career in the mid-1980s as a member of synth-pop bands such as Option 30, The Innocent, and Exotic Birds.[4] He has contributed to the albums of artists such as Marilyn Manson, whom he mentored, rapper Saul Williams and Halsey. Alongside his wife Mariqueen Maandig and long-time Nine Inch Nails collaborators Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan, he formed the post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels in 2009.[5][6][7][8]
Beginning in 2010, Reznor, alongside Atticus Ross, began to work on film and television scores. The duo have scored many of David Fincher's films, including The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Mank (2020), and The Killer (2023). They won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for both The Social Network (2010) and Soul (2020). The duo has also scored the films Patriots Day (2016), Mid90s, Bird Box (both 2018), Waves (2019), Bones and All, Empire of Light (both 2022), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), and Challengers (2024). They have scored the documentaries Before the Flood (2016) and The Vietnam War (2017), and the TV series Watchmen (2019), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the lattermost.
In 1997, Reznor appeared on Time's list of the year's most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as "the most vital artist in music".[9]
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- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (May 3, 2005). "Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ "Trent Reznor Score Wins Golden Globe". The Quietus. January 17, 2011. Archived from the original on June 28, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ HitFix Staff (December 8, 2011). "Trent Reznor pegs early 2012 release date for How to Destroy Angels full-length". Archived October 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine HitFix. Archived November 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ Helbig R (June 3, 2010). "How to Destroy Angels". Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Nothing But Hope and Passion. Archived January 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ Martinelli M (June 8, 2010). "How to Destroy Angels". Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The New Montreal. Archived November 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "Time's 25 most influential Americans". Time. Vol. 149, no. 16. April 21, 1997. p. 66. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
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