Nine Inch Nails  is an American industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio.  As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of the group and remains solely responsible for its direction.  Nine Inch Nails’ music straddles a wide range of genres.  After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him.  Underground music audiences warmly received Nine Inch Nails in its early years.  Reznor produced several highly influential records in the 1990s that achieved widespread popularity.  Many Nine Inch Nails songs became radio hits; and their entire catalog has reached record sales exceeding over 20 million albums worldwide, with 10 million sales certified in the United States alone.  In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine’s list of the year’s most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as “the most vital artist in music”.  (More from Wikipedia)