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How new Nine Inch Nails bassist Stu Brooks went from pop royalty to one of rock’s most sonically adventurous gigs
By Nick Wells published
Brooks had previously collaborated with musical giants like Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop

How Adrian Belew ended up working with Nine Inch Nails – and why their plans for a tour never came to be
By Matt Owen published
The King Crimson legend worked on The Downward Spiral with Reznor, but a planned tour never took place

He’s played with Lady Gaga and played on SNL – now Stu “Bassie” Brooks has officially joined Nine Inch Nails on bass
By Jonathan Horsley published
Brooks just played his first show with Trent Reznor and co. at the Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

Richie Kotzen came close to joining Nine Inch Nails – but one detail stopped him getting the gig
By Phil Weller published
The former Poison guitarist aced his surprise audition but never got a call back

Nine Inch Nails made their name with infamously destructive live shows – this is the true story behind their epic guitar smash-a-thons
By Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour published
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

How Beck’s longtime bassist scored his spot in Nine Inch Nails
By Brian Fox published
Back in 2008, Justin Meldal-Johnsen was launched from his role as Beck’s musical director onto a Nine Inch Nails world tour

“Trent Reznor and I were very 'f*** you' about guitars – it was the complete antithesis of what was going on with the era”: Filter's Richard Patrick on developing his unorthodox approach to tone – and his reunion with Nine Inch Nails
By Andrew Daly published
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

Nine Inch Nails reunite with former members, including guitarist Richard Patrick, at Cleveland hometown show
By Sam Roche published
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
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