Trent Reznor

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Trent Reznor (2008)

Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965 in Mercer, Pennsylvania ) is an American musician, composer, songwriter , singer, multi-instrumentalist , producer and Oscar winner. He publishes as part of his project Nine Inch Nails , in which he is supported by other musicians for recordings and live performances.

Biography and work

Reznor's parents divorced shortly after the birth of his sister Tera (* 1971). Trent Reznor spent much of his youth with his grandparents, who sent him, especially his grandmother, to piano lessons at the age of five. Until his late teens he seemed to be aiming for a career as a classical concert pianist . In high school he learned the saxophone and tuba and played in both a jazz and marching band . At the same time he came into contact with the theater and played in some school plays. When he discovered rock music, especially the glam rock music of the 1970s, it changed his ideas about music and he broke off piano lessons. 1983 Reznor began studying at Allegheny College with a focus on computer engineering , which he broke off later. This was followed by a time in Cleveland with temporary jobs in music studios and participating in some bands (e.g. Option 30 , Exotic Birds ).

In return for his work, he was able to spend a few hours in the recording studio working on his own material. He started writing songs and computerized sound editing for his first demo . Much like the musician Prince on his debut, Trent Reznor played all of the instruments for the demo recordings alone (this version was later released as a bootleg by Nine Inch Nails entitled Purest Feeling (1994)). Many of these first songs appear in a modified form on the Nine Inch Nails debut Pretty Hate Machine (1989). With the record deal with TVT Records , Trent Reznor began his career as a professional musician and the international success of Nine Inch Nails .

Reznor and his band first appeared in Germany in the early 1990s as support for Skid Row and Guns N 'Roses .

In 1992 Reznor founded the record label Nothing Records together with his former music manager John Malm, Jr. One reason for this step were negative experiences he had to make through his previous record labels. Marilyn Manson was the first artist to get a record deal with Nothing Records . Other bands such as Autechre , Pop Will Eat Itself , Squarepusher , Einstürzende Neubauten and The The published their music on this music label . In the fall of 2004, Trent Reznor announced the end of Nothing Records on the official Nine Inch Nails website.

During the five years between the nine-inch nails albums The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), Trent Reznor struggled with depression, social anxiety, and writer's block . In addition, he suffered from the death of his grandmother. In the Fragile Era (circa 1999–2002), Reznor's cocaine and alcohol addiction became known. After rehab he got clean.

In 2006, Reznor played his first solo show at the Neil Young annual benefit concert Bridge School Benefit for children with physical disabilities . He played shortened versions of Nine Inch Nails songs.

Also in 2006, he spoke out in a video for the animal rights organization PETA against the fur industry , which kills cats and dogs for the manufacture of clothing.

Trent Reznor produced the late 2007 released album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust by the American spoken word artist Saul Williams , which could be downloaded from the Internet for a voluntary payment . He said he was disappointed that only 18 percent of all downloaders would have paid.

In May 2009, Trent Reznor announced the engagement to his girlfriend Mariqueen Maandig. The couple married on October 17, 2009, and their son was born in mid-October 2010. In 2010 the two founded the band How to Destroy Angels together with Atticus Ross, who had already worked with Reznor on Nine Inch Nails . In May 2010, the first single A Drowning was released.

In 2010 Reznor composed the soundtrack for the film The Social Network by David Fincher with Atticus Ross . In 2011 he and Ross received the Oscar , the Golden Globe Award and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for the score . Reznor and Ross were also responsible for the soundtrack to Fincher's Delusion , for which they won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Composed Soundtrack for Visual Media . The score for Gone Girl (2014) is the duo's third collaboration with David Fincher.

In 2010 he worked with Daniel Knauf on a television series adaptation of the nine-inch nails album Year Zero for HBO .

On November 9, 2012, the An Omen EP was released by Columbia Records .

Regarding the use of electronic equipment for personal creativity and inspiration, Trent Reznor stated in drummer Dave Grohl's 2013 documentary Sonic City, “ I've never seen it as something to be used to cheat your way through. I never used a sampler to make it sound like a real instrument. You can record sound with it, like tape, but you can edit it endlessly. You just have endless possibilities. "

Reznor has been Apple Music's Chief Creative Officer since 2015 .

Instruments

Trent Reznor plays tuba , saxophone , guitar , bass and piano .

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Chart positions
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Albums
The Social Network (with Atticus Ross )
  US 20th 10/16/2010 (12 weeks)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (with Atticus Ross)
  DE 61 01/27/2012 (1 week)
  AT 71 01/27/2012 (1 week)
  US 44 01/14/2012 (4 weeks)
Gone Girl (with Atticus Ross)
  US 111 October 18, 2014 (1 week)

Nine inch nails

Produced albums

Produced songs

Soundtrack

Movie

Video games

Contributing to the soundtrack

Others

Reznor's song Hurt (1994) was covered by Johnny Cash for the album American IV: The Man Comes Around in 2002 . The cover version gained great popularity and the song has been reinterpreted more often since then.

Trent Reznor took on a role in the third season of David Lynch's Twin Peaks , which aired in 2017.

Web links

Commons : Trent Reznor  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sound City , documentary by Dave Grohl , producers: John Ramsay, James A. Rota and Dave Grohl, DVD, 108 minutes, 2013, Roswell Films + Therapy Content + Diamond Docs + RCA Records + distribution: Sony Music
  2. ↑ Simon & Schuster: Nine Inch Nails: biography. 2001, archived from the original on April 18, 2008 ; Retrieved on July 19, 2010 (English): "He dropped out of Pennsylvania's Meadville College, moved to Cleveland, and recorded a self-made demo."
  3. ^ Nothing Records. Discogs , accessed July 19, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Sascha Krüger: Visions: The Sound of Sehnsucht (retrospective). NIN Archives, May 2005, accessed July 19, 2010 .
  5. ^ Q&A: Trent Reznor. Rolling Stone on November 3, 2005, archived from the original on June 18, 2008 ; accessed on July 19, 2010 (English).
  6. ↑ mark americana : Neil Young Bridge School Benefit headlines. AmericanaUK, October 23, 2006, accessed July 19, 2010 .
  7. ^ PETA2 // Out There // Watch Trent Reznor's New Video. In: peta2. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , accessed July 19, 2010 .
  8. ^ Walter W. Wacht : Trent Reznor - hangover mood according to Saul Williams distribution. (No longer available online.) Spex January 4, 2008, archived from the original January 19, 2016 ; Retrieved on July 19, 2010 : "I'm not sure what I was expecting but that percentage - primarily from fans - seems disheartening." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spex.de
  9. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=153155521392976&id=114912338544627
  10. ^ Geoff Boucher: Trent Reznor and HBO moving forward with 'Year Zero' sci-fi series (updated). Los Angeles Times , September 28, 2010, accessed September 30, 2010 .
  11. ↑ BasicsNews - Trent Raznor in Sonic Seducer , November 2012 issue, p. 10
  12. ↑ Sound City , documentary by Dave Grohl , producers: John Ramsay, James A. Rota and Dave Grohl, DVD, 108 minutes, 2013, Roswell Films + Therapy Content + Diamond Docs + RCA Records + distribution: Sony Music
  13. ↑ Trent Reznor on Apple Music: Other Services 'Left Me Feeling Lacking' on Rollingstone.com (accessed January 17, 2017)
  14. ↑ Chart positions Germany
  15. ↑ Chart discography Austria
  16. ↑ Trent Reznor composes 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' music. USA Today , July 10, 2012, accessed July 11, 2012 .
  17. ↑ Eddie Vedder, Trent Reznor, Laura Dern Join 'Twin Peaks' Revival Cast on rollingstone.com (accessed January 17, 2017)
Nine inch nails
Alex Carapetis • Charlie Clouser • Alessandro Cortini • Jerome Dillon • Robin Finck • Josh Freese • Danny Lohner • Justin Meldal-Johnsen • Aaron North • Richard Patrick • Ilan Rubin • Chris Vrenna • Jeff Ward • Jeordie White • James Woolley
Studio albums

Pretty Hate Machine • The Downward Spiral • The Fragile • With Teeth • Year Zero • Ghosts I-IV • The Slip • Hesitation Marks • Bad Witch

Extended plays

Broken • Not the actual events • Add violence

Remix albums

Fixed • Further Down the Spiral • Things Falling Apart • Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D

Live albums

Closure • And All That Could Have Been • Beside You in Time

Singles

Down in It • Head Like a Hole • Sin • March of the Pigs • Closer • The Perfect Drug • The Day the World Went Away • We're in This Together • Into the Void • The Hand That Feeds • Only • Every Day Is Exactly the Same • Survivalism

personal data
SURNAME Reznor, Trent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reznor, Michael Trent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Mercer , Pennsylvania , USA