Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails (colloquially known as NIN) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor.

Etymology

Axcess magazine interviewed Trent Reznor after the release of The Downward Spiral in 1994. They asked him how he came up with the name Nine Inch Nails and this was his reply:

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Trent Reznor - The Downward Spiral - 1994

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:"I don't know if you've ever tried to think of band names, but usually you think you have a great one and you look at it the next day and it's stupid. I had about 200 of those. Nine Inch Nails lasted the two week test, looked great in print, and could be abbreviated easily. It really doesn't have any literal meaning. It seemed kind of frightening. Tough and manly! It's a curse trying to come up with band names." http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml

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The Nine Inch Nails logo (which consists of the letters "NIN" with the second "N" reversed, which looks similar to "NIИ") was designed so that Trent Reznor could have a design that in his own words "looked cool on my leather jacket." According to Reznor, the logo was inspired by the typography of the album cover for Talking Heads' album Remain in Light ¹.

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Talking Heads - Remain in Light

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