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Brooks had previously collaborated with musical giants like Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop
The King Crimson legend worked on The Downward Spiral with Reznor, but a planned tour never took place
Brooks just played his first show with Trent Reznor and co. at the Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
The former Poison guitarist aced his surprise audition but never got a call back
It was the tour that made Nine Inch Nails – and destroyed countless guitars. In an exclusive extract from Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival, Trent Reznor, Richard Patrick and Dave Navarro look back at their all-star guitar-smashing rituals
Back in 2008, Justin Meldal-Johnsen was launched from his role as Beck’s musical director onto a Nine Inch Nails world tour
One of '90s alt-rock's biggest names reveals the challenges of going from $1,000,000 recording budgets to $20,000 – and why he called in another guitarist to re-record all his parts on the new Filter record
Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner and Charlie Clouser also joined the industrial juggernaut to perform a selection of Pretty Hate Machine and Downward Spiral tracks, and a cover of Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter, the band Patrick formed after leaving NIN
