Fitter, sober and happier - Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor is no longer a tortured soul Source: Supplied
TWENTY years ago, Trent Reznor wrote a song called Mr Self Destruct. For those who hoped it might turn out to be prophetic, in the way of so many tragic rock stars, the Nine Inch Nails frontman is a living, breathing disappointment.
Reznor is sober. Fit. Married. Has two children. An Oscar. And on his new album Hesitation Marks, he sings of the "best days I've ever known".
"I'm certain I disappointed some fans that I didn't make Downward Spiral Part Seven, and that I'm not still actively in addiction and I'm not ready to kill myself. I can understand that," says Reznor, 48.
"But at the same time I'm not regretting who I am now. If I were to try to make (music) like that it would be immediately debunked as being false, insincere, pointless."
The musician won an Oscar for his score for The Social Network. Source: Supplied
That he did, trying things like writing scores for David Fincher movies (The Social Network nabbed him the Oscar) and forming a band, How to Destroy Angels, with his wife Mariqueen. But it all led back to the start: Nine Inch Nails.
"Essentially, a few things fell into place that I hadn't planned on - between starting a family, scoring some films, working with different bands ... it started to feel interesting to me, I felt inspired and I wanted to try writing again as Nine Inch Nails and see what could happen.
"I surprised myself with how fresh it felt. And I've tried to build a band now that reflects that same inspiration."
When Hit catches up with Reznor, he's busy with the "nightmarish" task of building NIN's new stage show ... again. He built an epic visual show to accompany their comeback festival dates in July. Then he built another - "including different band members" - for the US arena tour he's now on. It sounds as though Reznor just likes giving himself work to do.
"It does sound that way, doesn't it?" he admits. "I'm in a state of exhaustion thinking, 'Why did I break all this off for myself?' But it's worth the effort to consider how to present the band right live. If it means I lose a few hours of sleep, then that's what it means."
That thoughtfulness extends to NIN's Aussie tour in March. The band will co-headline arenas with Queens of the Stone Age. But for a while there, the hype was that NIN would be announced as headliners for the 2014 Soundwave festival, alongside the likes of Green Day and Stone Temple Pilots.
Trent Reznor jumped at the chance to tour with Queens of the Stone Age. Source: News Limited
"Yeah, I caught some wind of that," says Reznor. "He seems like a pretty cool guy."
Does Reznor want to be "mainstream" now?
"I'm trying to make the best music I can, hoping that it is expansive and challenging. How that got misconstrued into I'm trying to be - what was it, Justin Timberlake?
"OK ... A better way of saying it is, 'I think your bill sucked and I'd rather not be on that bill'.
"That's a much more truthful way of saying it."
On the other hand, when the prospect of touring with good mate Josh Homme's Queens of the Stone Age was raised, "I didn't even have to think about it," says Reznor.
"And, just to address the Soundwave thing ... what I think about is, as a fan, would I want to go see Nine Inch Nails on that bill? I wouldn't go see Nine Inch Nails on that bill. But I'd be excited to see 'em with Queens."
Nine Inch Nails & Queens of the Stone Age, Rod Laver Arena, March 14; presale at frontier touring.com; general on sale October 24, Ticketek
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