Talk:List of Nine Inch Nails band members

Why the dashes?
Why a dash is between the words "live" and "band" in every occurrence of the two words together? I don't think that's correct... Litis (talk) 19:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Timeline
I don't like the timelime here that lists all of the band members. It's too confusing an awkward. I was wondering if we could create a timeline that lists that band members is a fashion similar to Marilyn Manson band members or Evanescence band members. But would that make the article too long? If so, why can't we just create another aricle, like Timeline of Nine Inch Nails live-band members? I would be willing to create both the article or the timeline. I just don't like the current one... A Smashed Pumpkin (talk) 17:38, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * How mis it confusing? The code is pretty rough, but the result is pretty self explanatory.  And it has the added benefit of compressing a ton of information in a very small succinct package.  The MM an Evanescance lists are very redundant, as an entirely new entry is needed for even the smallest lineup change, resulting in a lot of unnecessary repetition.  For instance Amy Lee is mentioned 10 times.  I think the combination of graphical timeline and prose-based list works pretty well.  It gained FLC status, so the community at large seems to agree. Drewcifer (talk) 21:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Now that the band is done touring...
Now that the bad is done touring, this page needs to change a little bit. As most of you know I'm sure, NIN is essentially a one-man band, and this list is only meant to list members of the live incarnation of the band. So in other words, even though NIN still exists, the live-band does not, and since this article is about the live-band, it should reflect that. So in other words, there's no such thing as "current members" anymore. So the two options we have is to keep the "Current members" section and just rename it to "Final lineup". Or to disperse the final lineup members into the fold with the other former members (with Reznor himself presented probably first). I think the second option is more appropriate, however it might be a good idea to distinguish the final lineup members in the infobox. So if anyone else has any suggestions, I'll implement these changes as described above. Drewcifer (talk) 04:17, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Former live members
I'm curious about why all former members are listed as live. Chris Vrenna, for example, did plenty of studio work on the band's early releases. I think the section should be changed to simply "former members", since the current header seems inaccurate. —Tourchiest talkedits 05:04, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Technically since Trent is the only "official member" of Nine Inch Nails, everyone else has primarily served as a live member only which is why that header exists as the contributions of most of them have been minimal at most, save for a few like Vrenna and Robin Finck. However along the same lines, I don't understand why are Rich Fownes and Eric Avery are counted among the former members? Yes both were selected to join the live band, however both chose to leave before playing even a single live show or contributing to any studio material so they were not members of the band in any sense of the word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hackstar18 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * This section (and the infobox) seems to have now lost almost all indication that they were Touring Members and never official members of the band. 198.52.130.137 (talk) 01:57, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Featured list removal
So, this list was promoted to Featured in 2008 and has been pretty much battered unrecognizable by the never-ending stream of IP editors making little adjustments and changes, most of which I'm sure no one is checking. , the FL nominator, has been inactive for more than four years. Lots of content has been added since 2008, most of it unsourced, and a lot of once-correct content up to 2008 is now incorrect owing to the aforementioned meddling. I'm just writing this in hopes that someone is interested in fixing this up again. If not, I will be nominating it at Featured list removal candidates. At the very least:
 * Provided sources need to be spot-checked to see if they still support the statements they're attached to.
 * Reliable sources need to be added for post-2008 content.
 * The timeline needs checking and fixing. -- Laser brain  (talk)  17:59, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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remove infobox
remove infobox and add photos of different lineups of the life band like in pages for Whitesnake and Black Sabbath. I propose the following images. ,, , . 80s Sam (talk) 11:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm all for it, but only if (approximately) every major era is accounted for. The ones you've linked are all within the past 13 years, it should probably be spread out more. I also think it should be actual promo shots where the faces are easily shown, and not just distanced concert shots, although one or two of those would probably be fine.


 * If we went ahead with this, just my suggestion...I think there's a way to get all 16 key members in, and nobody is left out. Some will be in more than one picture, but this way, everyone is represented:


 * Reznor/Patrick/Ward/Woolley (1991, initial rise to the mainstream thru Lollapalooza)


 * Reznor/Vrenna/Finck/Lohner/Clouser (1995, continued touring of the breakout album The Downward Spiral)


 * Reznor/Dillon/Cortini/White/North (2005, revival of the band after a long hiatus during the With Teeth era)


 * Reznor/Finck/Cortini/Freese/Meldal-Johnsen (2008, just after The Slip's release but before the initial farewell tour)


 * Reznor/Finck/Cortini/Rubin/Ross (2022, the most recent lineup) Xanarki (talk) 22:22, 9 March 2023 (UTC)