Nothing Records
Parent company	Interscope Records
Founded	1992
Founder(s)	Trent Reznor John Malm, Jr.
Genre(s)	Industrial rock Electronic
Country of origin	USA
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Official Website	http://www.nothingrecords.com/ (defunct)

Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) and John Malm, Jr. in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to run a label, with some degree of independence, from within a larger parent company, Interscope in this case. Nothing Records is now defunct. Image File history File links Nothing. ... Interscope Records is an American record label owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... John Malm, Jr. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City  350. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... NIN redirects here. ... John Malm, Jr. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... A vanity label is a term given to a situation where a famous recording artist is allowed to run a label within a label and release music by other artists he or she admires. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ...

Background

The Nothing record label is most famous for its two original signings, Trent Reznor's own band Nine Inch Nails and then-obscure shock rocker Marilyn Manson. (Nothing released all of Marilyn Manson's records up to Best Of in 2004.) Other artists signed to the label rarely reached the height of support, marketing and name-recognition that both Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson had attained. NIN redirects here. ... Shock rock is an umbrella term for bands in many different music genres which combine rock music with elements of shock value in a stage performance involving acts of theatricality, sex and/or violence which are designed to push the limits of decency. ... Marilyn Manson is a band based in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. ...

Still, the label gained semi-iconic status within the industrial rock scene, and even acquired its own online-fanzine in Sick Among the Pure, although this later became a more general industrial fanzine, and ceased to exist at all in 2005. The Nothing label would often reward its fanbase over the Internet — one form of this outreach was Radio Nothing: an exclusive collection of free MP3 music streams, compiled by Nothing label artists, producers and fans. Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format and algorithm, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners. ...

In September 2004, coinciding with Trent Reznor leaving New Orleans for the west coast, the Nine Inch Nails website^[1] announced "nothing studios: 1994-2004", suggesting that Nothing Studios was no more. This later proved to be the end of the associated record label as well. Speculation among listeners that the label could continue ceased when Trent Reznor successfully sued co-founder John Malm, Jr. for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty (amongst others), ensuring that the Nothing era was over. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... John Malm, Jr. ... A fiduciary is a person who occupies a position of trust in relation to someone else such that he is required to act for the latters benefit within the scope of that relationship. ...

In a May 5, 2005 post to nin.com^[2], Trent wrote, "To be clear: my involvement with Nothing Records is over. Is Nothing Records alive or an entity? You'd have to ask John Malm (we're not really speaking that much these days)... Nothing studios is still in New Orleans and I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I'll figure that out when I finish touring." John Malm, Jr. ...

While With Teeth and its following singles carry the Nothing Records logo, Reznor has publicly stated that this was at the insistence of John Malm.^{[verification needed]} This article refers to the album by Nine Inch Nails. ... John Malm, Jr. ...

Artists

In addition to Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, the label hosted industrial rock luminaries Pig, Pop Will Eat Itself, Prick, Coil, 12 Rounds, Einstürzende Neubauten, The The, and Meat Beat Manifesto. NIN redirects here. ... Marilyn Manson is a band based in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... For other meanings of Pig, see Pig (disambiguation). ... Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or the Poppies) were an English band formed in Stourbridge, with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. ... Kevin Michael McMahon is a Cleveland-based musician, singer, and songwriter for the long-standing bands Lucky Pierre and Prick. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... 12 Rounds is a band featuring Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne. ... Einstürzende Neubauten is an ever-changing experimental music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. ... Matt Johnson The The is an English musical and multimedia group that has been around since 1979 in various forms, with Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. ... Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK. This was also the hometown of the band XTC, who helped Meat Beat get started. ...

Nothing also distributed music from Warp Records, Sheffield, England's venerable electronic music label, under an exclusive license in the U.S., with albums by Autechre, Plaid, and Squarepusher. (Although Warp's most illustrious artist Aphex Twin appeared on the Further Down the Spiral release, he was already under a contract with Sire Records in the U.S. at the time.) This distribution deal ended when Warp expanded operations into the U.S. market in 2001. Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown (born c. ... Plaid is a British electronic music duo featuring Andy Turner & Ed Handley, taking their name from the different interweaving threads of plaid cloth. ... Squarepusher, the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, is an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. ... Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, and drum and bass. ... Further Down the Spiral (US version also known as Halo 10 and UK version also known as Halo 10v2) is an EP by Nine Inch Nails released in 1995. ... Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. ...

Nothing Studios

The studios, located on Magazine St., were apparently not seriously damaged by Hurricane Katrina.^[3] On the Los Angeles radio station KROQ, Reznor stated during an interview (Breakfast with Kevin and Bean) that the studio in New Orleans was not a studio anymore. He later put a collection of his photos on nin.com, detailing the aftermath of the hurricane on his former studios and the surrounding area, before his band played a scheduled concert (which had become a benefit for the survivors). Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... KROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. ...

As of December 6, 2006, the former site of Nothing Studios in New Orleans is up for sale, for approximately $1.3 million.^[4] Since early 2004, the official website, NothingRecords.com, has closed down.^[5]

See also

• Nothing Records catalog
• List of record labels

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References