NINE INCH NAILS – “Not the Actual Events” – was released 8 years ago today. Do you know these 5 facts?

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Exactly 8 years ago to the day, the Nine Inch Nails EP “Not the Actual Events” was released on December 22, 2016. Well, at least for those who took advantage of the pre-sale, everyone else had to wait another day. Did you already know these 5 facts?

★ Nine Inch Nails’ third EP is called “Not the Actual Events” and is the first part of a trilogy that was completed with “Add Violence” (2017) and “Bad Witch” (2018).

★ The EP was released under Trent Reznor’s own label The Null Corporation.

★ “Not the Actual Events” is the first work in which Atticus Ross, who has been working for the band for a long time, takes part as an official band member.

★ Trent Reznor told Rolling Stone: “I wanted the music to sound kind of ugly and unfriendly and not enticing with a sexy hook.”

★ The EP reached number 2 in the Billboard charts in the USA.

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