Nine Inch Nails: Stunning images from Trent Reznor's game-changing moment
-Photography: Joseph Cultice
In 1988, Trent Reznor emerged from Cleveland, Ohio, with a demo tape of dark industrial songs and a modest dream of releasing a 12-inch single. No one could have predicted that his uncompromising vision and iconoclastic spirit would lead Nine Inch Nails to become one of the most commercially successful and creatively influential bands of the Nineties. In particular, the period around 1992's Broken and 1994's The Downward Spiral saw Reznor testing the limits of art, propriety and his own damaged psyche in a frenzy of confrontational music, visuals and live performances that somehow resonated with the masses. Here, we look back at that game-changing moment.
