Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is a critically and commercially successful band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor.
NIN's sound has variously been described as alternative, electronica, heavy metal, rock, synth pop, or, most commonly, industrial or industrial rock. Regarding his music being categorized as industrial, Reznor said in a 1994 Axcess magazine interview:
"What was originally called industrial music was about 20 years ago Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept. We have very little to do with it other than...
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