Trent Reznor started Nine Inch Nails.
Nine Inch Nails ( abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ ) is an American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland , Ohio . Trent Reznor . As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist , Reznor is best known as the founder and principal songwriter of industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails .