Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor
Reznor performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Michael Trent Reznor
Born	(1965-05-17) May 17, 1965 (age 51) New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
Origin	Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres	Industrial rock industrial metal alternative rock post-industrial synthpop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter musician record producer film score composer
Instruments	Vocals guitar bass keyboards piano percussion drum machine saxophone
Years active	1982–present
Labels	The Null Corporation Columbia Nothing Interscope Universal TVT
Associated acts	Nine Inch Nails How to Destroy Angels David Bowie Pigface Option 30 The Innocent Exotic Birds The Urge Tapeworm Atticus Ross Gary Numan Marilyn Manson Revolting Cocks 1000 Homo DJs Ministry David Fincher Slam Bamboo Lucky Pierre Queens of the Stone Age Saul Williams Death Grips Soundgarden Peter Murphy Martin Atkins El-P
Website	nin.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Custom

Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965), known professionally as Trent Reznor, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and film score composer. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the founder and principal songwriter of industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. His first release under this pseudonym, the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine, was a commercial and critical success. He has since released eight studio albums. He left Interscope Records in 2007 and was an independent recording artist until signing with Columbia Records in 2012.

Reznor was associated with the bands Option 30, The Urge, The Innocent, and Exotic Birds in the mid-1980s. Outside of Nine Inch Nails, he has contributed to the albums of artists such as Marilyn Manson and Saul Williams. He and his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, are members of the post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels, alongside Reznor's fellow composer Atticus Ross and long-time Nine Inch Nails graphic designer Rob Sheridan.

Reznor and Ross scored the David Fincher films The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Gone Girl (2014), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time's list of the year's most influential people, while Spin magazine has described him as "the most vital artist in music".