When the entire band Nine Inch Nails — both current and former members — were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last month, it's because Trent Reznor insisted on it. Initially, he was to be the only member entering the Hall but that didn't sit well with Reznor.
He told Consequence of Sound, “From my perspective, I just felt it was the right thing to do. I think, kind of lazily, the approach was, ‘Okay, we’re just going to induct you.’ Then I thought I’d push back and say, ‘Well, you need to at the very least induct Atticus (Ross), and you should induct these guys.’ And that was pre-pandemic. And the endless kind of justification of that, which wasn’t necessarily fought by me, as much as me telling my manager: ‘Make this f**king happen … Enough.'”
In addition to Reznor, Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner, Ilan Rubin, and Alessandro Cortini were inducted into the Hall of Fame via a November television special on HBO due to the pandemic.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 also included Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, T. Rex, Notorious B.I.G., and the Doobie Brothers.
