Steve Miller (musician)

This would be Miller's last great commercial success; a series of collections, live albums and attempts to find a new style would appear sporadically, but by the early 1990s Miller had given up on producing records altogether. The entire 2005 US Club tour sold out in under 10 minutes, with tickets selling on eBay and other sources for more than $200. Sales were disappointing, however, and in 1982 he returned to the pop formula with another hit album, Abracadabra. Surprisingly, this was done without seeking permission, though NIN is credited in the end credits for the song. On the heels of this massive success, Miller took a long hiatus from recording and touring, emerging in 1981 with Circle of Love, an ambitous album possibly intended to appease critics of his new style. The credit sequence for the David Fincher film Seven uses the NIN song "Closer (precursor)". This pair of albums represented the peak of Miller's commercial career, both reaching the top echelons of the album charts and spawning a seemingly-endless series of hit singles, including "Rock 'N' Me", "Take the Money and Run", "Jet Airliner", and "Jungle Love". While critics lambasted Miller for abandoning his more ambitious approach and socially-aware lyrics in favor of simple pop-rock and derivative blues tunes, fans gravitated towards the catchy, melodic songs in great numbers, and the Steve Miller Band co-headlined a major stadium tour with The Eagles in 1977. Reznor himself received a "Music Consultant" credit on the film.

Miller followed up The Joker with Fly Like an Eagle in 1976 and Book of Dreams in 1977. Man on Fire featured clips from six Nine Inch Nails songs: "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One", "Self Destruction, Part Two", and "The Downward Spiral (the bottom)" from Further Down the Spiral; "The Mark Has Been Made" and "The Great Below" from The Fragile; and "The Wretched" from Things Falling Apart. Miller was now handling all lead vocals; his limited vocal range actually made the songs more radio-friendly and accessible. The Fan featured a clip from "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" from Further Down the Spiral. 1973's The Joker marked the start of the second phase of Miller's career: more pop-oriented and simplistic, the album featured a number one hit in the title track as well as several other popular tunes. Director Tony Scott has used Nine Inch Nails music in two of his films to date. Scaggs would leave the band after a couple of albums with vocal chores taken over by drummer Tim Davis; Miller himself would begin singing occasional lead on 1969's Brave New World. These albums performed respectably on the album charts but failed to yield a hit. Trent Reznor is in possession of John Lennon's mellotron, which he has used on Broken, The Fragile, and Marilyn Manson's second album, Antichrist Superstar.

In 1968, Miller formed the Steve Miller Band, with Scaggs handling vocals, and released an album, Children of the Future, the first in a series of discs rooted solidly in the psychedelic blues style that dominated the San Francisco music scene at the time. In their early days, NIN used Phantasy as their practice space and it was home for many of their concerts. The next school year Ben Sidran was added to the Ardells as a keyboardist. He assembles different producers, engineers and musicians to assist him in creating new songs, though Reznor writes all of the lyrics himself and is in sole control of the direction of the band. Similarly, Reznor assembles a live backing band for each NIN tour. Miller taught Boz Scaggs some chords, and Scaggs joined the Ardells the next year. Trent Reznor is the only official member of the band. He formed a new band called The Ardells. More than likely, Reznor will need to finish the tour for With Teeth before he can find time to work on this project.

He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the 1960s. In a response to a question on the official NIN website (http://www.nin.com), Reznor indicated that he would like to release surround sound versions of Pretty Hate Machine and The Fragile, similar to what was done for the 10th anniversary editions of The Downward Spiral. Steve Miller (born October 5, 1943) is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. A DVD version of Closure is forthcoming, pending the resolution of some legal troubles. Hayley Hibarger's the best!!, 2003 compilation. This album will be preceded by the release of the single The Hand That Feeds. "Born 2B Blue", 1989 single. NIN's fifth major release, With Teeth, is due to be released on May 3, 2005.

"Willow Weep For Me", 1989 single. More information on Reznor's work outside of Nine Inch Nails can be found in the Trent Reznor entry. "Mary Ann", 1989 single. As a tribute to this, the programmers of the game included a nail gun as a weapon, whose ammo boxes bore the NIN logo. "God Bless The Child", 1988 single. NIN created the ambient music for id software's computer game Quake in 1996. "Ya Ya", 1988 single. The band earned a Grammy for "Best Metal Performance" for their live performance of "Happiness in Slavery" when it was included on the 1996 Woodstock '94 double CD set.

Born 2B Blue, 1988 album