who founded the band?
Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He is best known as the founder, lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which he founded in 1988 and of which he was the sole official member until 2016. 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.

where did the name nine inch nails come from Reznor chose the name "Nine Inch Nails" because it "abbreviated easily" rather than for "any literal meaning". The English letters NIN are also noted for their resemblance to the modern Hebrew characters of the Tetragrammaton. is nine inch nails a band? Yes - it is an American industrial rock band which was their debut album? Pretty Hate Machine can you name any of their singles? Head Like a Hole, Sin who are their band members? Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
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Trent Reznor [SEP] Introduction
He has contributed to the albums of artists such as Marilyn Manson, whom he mentored, and rapper Saul Williams. 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. Reznor and Ross scored the David Fincher films "The Social Network" (2010), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), and "Gone Girl" (2014). They won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Social Network" and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".