Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nine Inch Nails' yechipiri yakazara-refu dambarefu, "The Downward Spiral", yakapinda mu "Billboard" 200 chati muna 1994 pachinzvimbo chechipiri, uye inoramba ichitengeswa zvakanyanya Nine Inch Nails kuburitswa muAmerica. Kurekodha dambarefu racho, Reznor akaroja ndokutamira mu10050 Cielo Drive mansion, uko
Kuuraya kwaTate-LaBianca kwakanga kwaitwa neManson Family muna 1969. Akavaka imba yokudzidzira paimba yacho, yaakatumidza kuti Le Pig, achitevedzera shoko rakanga rakanyorwa pamusuo wapamberi neropa raSharon Tate nemhondi dzake. Reznor akaudza "Entertainment Weekly" kuti, pasinei nokuzivikanwa kunobatanidzwa neimba, akasarudza kurekodha imomo nokuti "akatarisa nzvimbo dzakawanda, uye izvi zvakangoitika kuva izvo zvandaifarira zvikuru". Akatsanangurawo kuti akafadzwa neimba iyi nemhaka yokufarira kwake "nhoroondo yeAmerica", asi akataura kuti "haadi kutsigira unyanzvi hwokuuraya vanhu".