Early bird gets the...

Ah... well... if I were to name them all we'd be here for at least a couple of weeks. Besides... I try not to get too attached to them or they'd be harder for me to sell.

First you're going to need a handful of truffula tuffs. Then you take...

ah-ah, you almost had me. I see what you're doing. I wouldn't reveal my secrets to just anyone unless I wanted to get run out of business.

....I'm a Once-ler...?

Oh, he's still around, I just gave him a promotion.

Following a hiatus, Nine Inch Nails resumed touring in 2005 and released its fourth album With Teeth (2005). Following the release of the next album Year Zero (2007), the band left Interscope after a feud. Nine Inch Nails continued touring and independently released Ghosts I–IV (2008) and The Slip (2008) before a second hiatus. Their eighth album, Hesitation Marks (2013), was followed by a trilogy which consisted of the EPs Not the Actual Events (2016) and Add Violence (2017) and their ninth album Bad Witch (2018). In 2020, Nine Inch Nails simultaneously released two further installments in the Ghosts series: Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. The band announced a number of new projects in 2024 through their multimedia company With Teeth, and plan to embark on the Peel It Back Tour in 2025.

When touring, Reznor typically assembles a live band to perform with him under the Nine Inch Nails name. This live band has varied over the decades, with various members leaving and returning; the most recent lineup consists of Robin Finck (who initially joined in 1994), Alessandro Cortini (who initially joined in 2005), and Ilan Rubin (who initially joined in 2008) alongside Reznor and Ross. The band's concerts are noted for their extensive use of thematic visual elements, complex special effects, and elaborate lighting. Songs are often rearranged to fit any given performance, and melodies or lyrics of songs that are not scheduled to be performed are sometimes assimilated into other songs.

Nine Inch Nails has sold over 20 million records worldwide and been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning for the songs "Wish" in 1992 and "Happiness in Slavery" in 1996. Time magazine named Reznor one of its most influential people in 1997, while Spin magazine has described him as "the most vital artist in music". In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Nine Inch Nails No. 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Nine Inch Nails was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, after being nominated in 2014 (the band's first year of eligibility) and again in 2015.

Nine Inch Nails huh? You got a pretty interesting taste. Say what, I'll take all your CDs in exchange for a bundle of custom-made worms. Howzat sound? Deal or deal?

Thank you for the worm welcome! ahem-

I felt it was time to change into something more formal. Something that screams both "worms!" and "business!" And well, when you think of worms, you might just have a shade of pink in mind. (Might I add, pink was historically considered a very masculine color.)

zzz- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!

I just had a nightmare where I was back on tumblr...

You really think so?

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