Trent Reznor

Interesting use of the word 'celebrated'.

Don't get me wrong; although I wouldn't describe myself as a fan of Nine Inch Nails, I do have a few (five, to be precise) of their tracks in my iTunes library. I just wondered why the question setter felt inclined to include the adjective 'celebrated' to describe what is surely a rather 'specialist' act. They've had just one Top Ten single in the UK (The Hand that Feeds, 2005) and a handful of Top Ten albums. They're described on Wikipedia as an 'industrial rock' band - not a genre that's going to inspire all that many people to rush out and buy an album, or even check them out on Spotify.

However ... six Top Ten albums is no mean achievement, and their first two have apparently sold three million copies each in the USA. So someone must be listening to them.

Trent Reznor, in effect, is Nine Inch Nails. It's one of those bands that consists of one person and whatever collaborators he happens (or chooses) to have around him at any one time. Wikipedia tells us that "Reznor appeared in Time's list of the year's most influential people, while Spin magazine has described him as "the most vital artist in music". He has co-written the scores to films such as The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; the first of those won an Oscar for Best Original Score, and the second won a Grammy.

In 2005, David Bowie compared Reznor's impact to that of the Velvet Underground.

So maybe 'celebrated' isn't that far wide of the mark after all. I certainly don't have an issue with the question being asked.