List of Nine Inch Nails live-band members

Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails performing at the Staples Center in November 2013; from left to right: Pino Palladino, Ilan Rubin, Trent Reznor, and Alessandro Cortini
Background information
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres	Industrial rock alternative rock industrial metal dark ambient synthpop
Years active	1988–present
Labels	The Null Corporation, Columbia, Interscope, Nothing, TVT
Associated acts	How to Destroy Angels, Tapeworm, Marilyn Manson, Exotic Birds, Guns N' Roses, A Perfect Circle
Website	nin.com
Members	Trent Reznor Atticus Ross
Past members	See below

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. Nine Inch Nails live performances contrast with its in-studio counterpart: although Reznor is in complete creative control of Nine Inch Nails in-studio, he typically assembles groups of backing musicians to interpret songs for tours and other live performances. In 2009 Reznor announced that Nine Inch Nails was done touring, but that he would continue to create music under the name. In 2013 Reznor announced that Nine Inch Nails would return to the stage and revealed tour dates for the Twenty Thirteen Tour.

The band's lineup changed consistently throughout the band's history, with Reznor remaining the only constant on vocals, guitar, and synthesizers. Notable musicians who have contributed to live performances include Richard Patrick, Chris Vrenna, Jeordie White, Robin Finck, Josh Freese, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Charlie Clouser, Danny Lohner, and the late Jeff Ward.

The configuration of Nine Inch Nails as a live band evolved consistently from the first tours in 1988 until the final tour in 2009. Early incarnations of the band featured three people playing guitar, drums, keyboards, and samplers. Later incarnations replaced the keyboards and samplers with an additional guitarist, and further incarnations added a bass guitarist. The live component of Nine Inch Nails later settled on a five-piece band between the Self Destruct Tour in 1994 and Lights in the Sky tour in 2008. In September 2007, Reznor expressed his interest in moving away from the "rock band configuration" to explore "other ways [to] present the material in concert", and by 2009, the live band was once again pared down to four positions.