For a long time, Nine Inch Nails was officially a one-man operation. Since 2016, it has been a two-man job, with founder and chief ringleader Trent Reznor joined on his industrial-rock odyssey by British musician and producer Atticus Ross. In a nod to the sway he holds over all things Nine Inch Nails, Reznor once said: “This is not a band, and it’s not a democracy.”
But that doesn’t mean the Cleveland native has not stopped to give his collaborators and bandmates their due now and again. When Nine Inch Nails were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame during Covid and therefore denied the opportunity of a ceremony, Reznor lamented that he was missing out on catching up with some of those hardy souls who’d done a Tour Of Duty in NiN in the flesh.
