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tweaker
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Out of 17 votes - Similar Artists: Nine Inch Nails, Teargas & Plateglass, Skinny Puppy, Rasputina, Switchblade Symphony
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Out of 17 votes
- Location: California, United States
- Genre: Electronic & Dance » Industrial-Electronic
Editor's review
Though he's better known for his role in Nine Inch Nails, Chris Vrenna's solo work (recorded under the name tweaker) is equally captivating. Departing from the abrasive, droning hardcore industrial sound of NIN songs like "Downward Spiral," the former drummer moves closer to a dark, grandiose ambient structure while continuing to explore the nature and character of sound itself. Sparse and haunting, Vrenna's production style is a world unto its own.
Biography
CHRIS VRENNA / tweaker
A Grammy winning artist and founding member of Nine Inch Nails, Vrenna's distinctive styles are featured on CDs including Downward Spiral, Broken, Pretty Hate Machine and Fixed as well as his work as co-writer and artist on the Grammy nominated “Perfect Drug”.
Vrenna has released two critically acclaimed albums under his alter-ego band name Tweaker. The debut Tweaker CD The Attraction To All Things Uncertain includes guest appearances from David Sylvian and Will Oldham amongst others. The recently released 2 a.m. Wakeup Call CD features guests including Robert Smith (The Cure), Will Oldham, Johnny Marr (The Smiths), David Sylvian, Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen) and Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields).
Vrenna’s collaborative efforts are found on Smashing Pumpkins’Grammy winning “The End is the Beginning is the End”, Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar and Portrait of an American Family CDs, Hole’s Celebrity Skin CD and Green Day’s “Brain Stew” for the Godzilla soundtrack.
Vrenna has contributed additional production and remixed U2 ’s hugely successful “Elevation Remix” for the Tomb Raider soundtrack, Nelly Furtado ’s “Turn Off the Light”, Weezer ’s “Hash Pipe”, P.O.D. ’s “Set It Off” and “Will You”, COLD ’s “Stupid Girl”, Rob Zombie ’s “Return of the Phantom Stranger”, Xzibit ’s “X” featuring Snoop Dogg , Drowning Pool ’s “Bodies” and Gavin Rossdale ’s “Adrenalin”. Other artists he has remixed include David Bowie, Skinny Puppy, Live, VAST and PJ Olsson amongst many others.
He produced COLD ’s 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage CD including the singles “Just Got Wicked” and “No One”. Vrenna has produced CDs for other artists including Scarling , Mandy Kane, Scarling, Rasputina, Underwater and Jack Off Jill.
Vrenna has composed and remixed music for movies including The Scorpion King, xXx, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, She’s All That, Cradle 2 The Grave. He has produced and composed music for video games including Doom III, Enter The Matrix, The SIMS II, American McGee’s Alice, Quake (as a member of NIN), Area 51 and Tabula Rasa. His television credits include the theme to the new Warner Bros. Animation series Xiaolin Showdown .
