Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965), known professionally as
Trent Reznor, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and film score composer. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he has led the
industrial rock project
Nine Inch Nails since 1988. His first release as Nine Inch Nails, the 1989 album
Pretty Hate Machine, was a commercial and critical success. He has since released eight studio albums. He left
Interscope Records in 2007 and was an independent recording artist until signing with
Columbia Records in 2012.