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Richie Kotzen and Trent Reznor

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

Guitarists
Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza in Waterloo, New Jersey on August 14, 1991.

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

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs at the Beijing Pop Festival September 9, 2007. Justin Meldal-Johnsen performs with Beck at the Lands End Stage during day 1 of the 2012 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park

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

Bassists
Nine Inch Nails and Richard Patrick perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022

“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

Artists
Nine Inch Nails with former guitarist Richard Patrick

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

Guitarists
[L-R] Dave Grohl and John Petrucci

Foo Fighters sweep up three awards at the Grammys, Dream Theater scoop Best Metal Performance for The Alien

By Sam Roche published

The Recording Academy paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins in its In Memoriam segment, though notably excluded late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison

Events & Trade Shows
Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor

Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor reunite for a souped-up cinematic reworking of Native Intelligence

By Matt Owen published

It's the second time the iconic composer and Nine Inch Nails leader have linked up to reimagine a track from Elfman's most recent album, Big Mess

Artists
[L-R] Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor

Danny Elfman teams up with Trent Reznor for ultra-industrial reimagining of True

By Sam Roche published

The legendary composer and Nine Inch Nails leader join forces to reinvent the second track from Elfman's latest album, Big Mess

Artists
Singer Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs during Day 1 of Pemberton Music and Arts Festival on July 18, 2014 in Pemberton, Canada

Nine Inch Nails team up with Health on new industrial rocker Isn’t Everyone

By Richard Bienstock published

Trent Reznor returns to his dark, distorted roots on collab track

Bands
H.E.R. performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards "Let's Go Crazy" The GRAMMY Salute To Prince on January 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California

H.E.R.'s Fight For You nominated for Best Original Song at the 2021 Academy Awards

By Richard Bienstock published

Trent Reznor also receives two Oscar nods in the Best Original Score category

Events & Trade Shows
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