A cikin 1993, ƙungiyar ta jawo hankalin Trent Reznor. Reznor ya samar da kundin farko na 1994, Portrait of an American Family kuma ya sake shi a kan lakabinsa na Nothing Records. Kungiyar ta fara haɓaka bin bin bin bin, wanda ya girma a kan Downward Spiral Tour wanda ya nuna Nine Inch Nails da Jim Rose Circus tare da sakin Smells Like Children a 1995. Wannan EP ya ba da babbar babbar babbar MTV ta farko tare da "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", wani murfin Eurythmics na 1983.
Trent Reznor (Mai Rubuce-rubuce)