Nine Inch Nails, fronted by Trent Reznor, transformed 1990s rock with intense emotion and cutting-edge production. Their seminal album The Downward Spiral and acclaimed live performances cemented Nine Inch Nails as pioneers of industrial and alternative music.
Nine Inch Nails was founded in 1988 in Cleveland by Trent Reznor as essentially a one-person project with Reznor performing most studio instruments and production himself.