Nothing Records Wikipedia. Nothing Records was an American record label specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. Trent Reznor in 1. Nothing Records was an American record label specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. Trent Reznor in 1992. It is considered. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to run a label with some degree of independence from within a larger parent companyin this case, Interscope Records was the parent company. Nothing Records became largely defunct in 2. Reznor against John Malm. The label became inactive as a whole following several further releasesthe Beside You in Time February 2. I/51%2B98CjWVCL.jpg' alt='Clint Mansell The Fountain Ost Download' title='Clint Mansell The Fountain Ost Download' />Pi 1998 is a film where Clint Mansell wasnt recognized for his brilliance, and yet it is his best work. His score fits perfectly in this chaotic point. BackgroundeditNothing Records is most famous for its two original signings, Trent Reznors own band Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Still, the label gained semi iconic status within the industrial rock scene, and even acquired its own online fanzine in Sick Among the Pure, although this later became a more general industrial fanzine, and ceased to exist at all in 2. The Nothing label would often reward its fanbase over the Internet one form of this outreach was Radio Nothing an exclusive collection of free MP3 music streams, compiled by Nothing label artists, producers and fans. In September 2. 00. Trent Reznor leaving New Orleans for the west coast, the Nine Inch Nails website announced nothing studios 1. Nothing Studios was closed. This later proved to be the end of the associated record label as well. Speculation among listeners that the label could continue ceased when Reznor successfully sued co founder John Malm for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty amongst others, ensuring that the Nothing era was over. In a May 5, 2. 00. Trent wrote, To be clear my involvement with Nothing Records is over. Is Nothing Records alive or an entity Youd have to ask John Malm were not really speaking that much these days. Nothing studios is still in New Orleans and Im not sure what Ill do with it. Year Title Album Label Notes 1996 TunerLower Release date 18 March 1996 Format 7 nonalbum singles Rock Action UK Double Aside, limited to 500 copies. Ill figure that out when I finish touring. While With Teeth and its following singles carry the Nothing Records logo, Reznor has publicly stated that this was at the insistence of John Malm. Beside You In Time February 2. Nothing Records logo on its packaging. The logo also appears in the end credits. Year Zero April 2. Survivalism do not carry the Nothing logo. Since early 2. 00. Nothing. Records. ArtistseditMarilyn Manson in 1. A Night of Nothing showcase of Nothing Records acts. In addition to Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, the label also signed and released albums from 2wo, Pig, Pop Will Eat Itself, Prick, 1. Rounds, Einstrzende Neubauten, The The, and Meat Beat Manifesto. Additionally, Coil was under contract for a record but it was never delivered though some of the songs from the slated Nothing album appeared in reworked form on The Ape of Naples and The New Backwards. John Bergin was also signed briefly under the name Trust Obey, but the album he recorded Hands of Ash was instead released in 1. Fifth Colvmn Records with a sticker that quoted Reznors reaction to the completed work Not a great commercial potential. Nothing also distributed music from Warp Records, Sheffield, Englands venerable electronic music label, under an exclusive license in the U. S., with albums by Autechre, Plaid, and Squarepusher although Warps Aphex Twin appeared on the Further Down the Spiral release, he was already under a contract with Sire Records in the U. S. at the time. This distribution deal ended when Warp expanded operations into the U. S. market in 2. 00. Nothing also managed to secure the U. S. release of two albums from Englands Blue Planet Recordings. The two albums were slightly different than the UK releases. Plugs Drum and Bass for Papa included an extra disc of tracks from earlier EPs, and The Bowling Greens One Pound Note omitted one track from the UK release due to problems with sample clearance. Colt Firearms Serial Numbers List here. Early yearseditNothing Records was founded by Trent Reznor and his former manager John Malm Jr. Amid pressure from Nine Inch Nails then label TVT to produce a follow up to Pretty Hate Machine,4 Reznor began to feel the label was hindering his control of the band and requested to terminate their contract, to which they ignored his plea. In response, Reznor secretly began recording under various pseudonyms to avoid record company interference. TVT ultimately put together a deal with Interscope Records then part of Atlantic Records, in which they would still retain some financial stake, while Reznor worked creatively under a new label. However, Interscope President Jimmy Iovine looked to allow him more creative freedom. Reznor stated We made it very clear we were not doing another record for TVT. But they made it pretty clear they werent ready to sell. So I felt like, well, Ive finally got this thing going but its dead. Flood and I had to record Broken under a different band name, because if TVT found out we were recording, they could confiscate all our shit and release it. Jimmy Iovine got involved with Interscope, and we kind of got slave traded. It wasnt my doing. I didnt know anything about Interscope. And I was real pissed off at him at first because it was going from one bad situation to potentially another one. But Interscope went into it like they really wanted to know what I wanted. It was good, after I put my raving lunatic act on. Part of the deal included allowing Reznor the run his own boutique label under the Interscope umbrella, which became Nothing Records. Reznor and Malm began a series of signings to the label, which included the likes of Marilyn Manson, Coil, Prick, Trust Obey, Pop Will Eat Itself and Mondo Vanilli. Reznor stated of the label, The whole thing I want to do right now is provide a shell to other bands where they can have the benefit of a major label without being fucked with creatively in any way. Let them do what they want to do, make them aware of the business side of things how the money is spent. The label would go on to set up offices in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City, New York, with a recording studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nine Inch Nails Broken eraeditThe first release bearing the labels name was Nine Inch Nails Broken EP. Released September 2. EP marked their major label debut and consisted entirely of new material, departing from the electronica and synthpop style of Pretty Hate Machine and instead presenting a considerably heavier sound, which would act as a precursor for Nine Inch Nails acclaimed second studio album, The Downward Spiral. The EP originally included a bonus 3 CD or 7 vinyl, depending which format was purchased, featuring two bonus songs Physical, a cover of an Adam and the Ants song and Suck, a reworked version of a song Trent originally recorded with Pigface. Later pressings of the release merged these tracks as a single release, although a 2. The Broken film accompanied the EP, directed by Coils Peter Christopherson. Five of the eight total tracks, edited down into music videos, were widely censored from television airplay, due to their disturbing content. The complete, uncensored film was never officially released, however it was leaked as a bootleg, which became heavily traded on VHS in the 1. Internet. Most of the films content was included on the release of the bands 1. VHS Closure. In 2. DVD disc image and distributed via Bit. Torrent at The Pirate Bay by an anonymous user called seed. DVD version of Closure.