A brief history first.
Nine Inch Nails is considered by many fans to be one of the most influential industrial rock music groups. Trent Reznnor is the founder and the singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is actually the only official member of Nine Inch Nails. He is responsible alone for taking the band in its direction from 1989 to present day. It's hard to believe that its been twenty years now. NIN's music covers a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing. Some might say that its heavily computer generated progressive rock. Typically after recording any new album, Reznor tends to assemble a live band to perform with him. It has constantly been a revolving lineup and they often have to rearrange songs to fit a live setting. On stage, NIN often use spectacular visual elements to accompany the performances, which frequently concluded with the band destroying their instruments. I have witnessed such an event. Particularly at a show at the UIC Pavillion in 1999, where Trent was repeatedly kicking the drumset, knocking over the microphones, and throwing his keyboard to the ground.
Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts I - IV, a 36 track instrumental collection in the spring of 2008. It is almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over a ten week period during the Fall of 2007, Ghosts I - IV is a little different and even more mellow for Nine Inch Nails. However it does explore a plethora of new terrain.
Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts."
Go here to get the music in the format you wish: http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options
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