n'afọ 1993, ìgwè ahụ dọtara uche nke Trent Reznor. Reznor mepụtara album mbụ ha na 1994, Portrait of an American Family ma wepụta ya na ya Nothing Records label. Ìgwè ahụ malitere ịzụlite ofufe na-eso, nke toro na Downward Spiral Tour nke gosipụtara Nine Inch Nails na Jim Rose Circus tinyere ntọhapụ nke Smells Like Children na 1995. EP ahụ nyere ìgwè mbụ nnukwu MTV kụrụ na "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", a cover nke 1983 Eurythmics kụrụ. Antichrist Superstar (nke Trent Reznor mepụtara) bụ ọbụna ihe ịga nke ọma karị. Na US naanị, atọ nke ìgwè ahụ albums e ọdịda abụọ platinum na atọ ọzọ, na ìgwè nwere asaa releases na n'elu iri, gụnyere abụọ mbụ ọnụ ọgụgụ albums.
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