Editing Trent Reznor (section)

==Early life==
Michael Trent Reznor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-05-17-19-things-you-might-not-know-about-birthday-boy-trent-reznor/ | title=19 Things You Might Not Know About Birthday Boy Trent Reznor }}</ref> was born in [[New Castle, Pennsylvania]],<ref name="wargsancestry">{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/other/reznor.html |title=Ancestry of Trent Reznor compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner |publisher=Wargs.com |access-date=2017-01-05 |archive-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820081455/http://www.wargs.com/other/reznor.html |url-status=live }}</ref> on May 17, 1965,<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 18, 2012|issue=1207|page=29}}</ref> the son of Nancy Lou (née Clark) and Michael Reznor.<ref name="George Reznor">{{cite news | title = George Watson Reznor | newspaper = [[The Herald (Sharon)|The Herald]] | date = April 1, 2007 | url = http://www.sharon-herald.com/fullobits/local_story_093100425.html?start:int=0 | access-date = 2007-11-06 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011161755/http://sharon-herald.com/fullobits/local_story_093100425.html?start:int=0 | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> He is of German and Irish descent, and grew up in [[Mercer, Pennsylvania|Mercer]].<ref name="wargsancestry" /> His great-grandfather, George Reznor, founded the heating and air conditioning manufacturer Reznor Company in 1884.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://reznor.eu/about-us/ |title=About Us |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227155027/https://reznor.eu/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCDW-V56/george-foster-reznor-1884-1956 |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130194755/https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCDW-V56/george-foster-reznor-1884-1956 |url-status=live }}</ref> After his parents divorced when he was six years old, Reznor's sister Tera lived with their mother while he went to live with his maternal grandparents.<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | title = The Shadow of Death | first = Marc | last = Spitz | date = June 1, 2005}}</ref> He began playing the piano at the age of 12 and showed an early aptitude for music.<ref name="int12">{{cite magazine | last = Dougherty | first = Steve | author2 = Bryan Alexander | author3 = Tom Nugent | author4 = John Hannah | title = The Music of Rage | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = February 6, 1995 | url = http://nothing.nin.net/int12.html | access-date = 2007-12-06 | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200711/http://nothing.nin.net/int12.html | url-status = live }}</ref> His grandfather told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' in February 1995, "He was a good kid [...] a [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scout]] who loved to skateboard, build model planes, and play the piano. Music was his life, from the time he was a wee boy. He was so gifted."<ref name="int12" />

Reznor has acknowledged that his sheltered life left him feeling isolated from the outside world. In a September 1994 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', he said of his career choices, "I don't know why I want to do these things, other than my desire to escape from Small Town, U.S.A., to dismiss the boundaries, to explore. It isn't a bad place where I grew up, but there was nothing going on but the cornfields. My life experience came from watching movies, watching TV and reading books and looking at magazines. And when your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities. None of that happened where I was. You're almost taught to realize it's not for you."<ref name="RS 1994">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-inch-nails-love-it-to-death-48072/ | last = Gold | first = Jonathan | title = Love it to Death |magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | issue = 690 | date=  September 9, 1994 }}</ref> However, in April 1995, he told ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' that he did not "want to give the impression it was a miserable childhood".<ref name="Details">{{cite magazine|last=Heath |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Heath |title=The Art of Darkness |magazine=[[Details (magazine)|Details]] |date=April 1995 |url=http://9inchnails.com/articles/the-art-of-darkness.php |access-date=2015-04-15 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301233126/http://9inchnails.com/articles/the-art-of-darkness.php |archive-date=March 1, 2009 }}</ref>

Reznor would later recall, "The first concert I ever saw was the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] in 1976. The excitement of the night struck a chord with me and I remember thinking, 'Someday I'd love to be up on that stage.'"<ref name="Trent Reznor Comes Clean">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|date=1 July 2000|url=https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/textarch/article/kerrang070100.html|title=Trent Reznor Comes Clean}}</ref> At [[Mercer Area Middle-High School|Mercer Area Junior/Senior High School]], he learned to play the tenor saxophone and tuba, and was a member of both the [[jazz band]] and [[marching band]]. The school's former band director remembered him as "very upbeat and friendly".<ref name="int12"/> He became involved in theater while in high school, being awarded the "Best in Drama" accolade by his classmates for his roles as [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] in ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' and Professor Harold Hill in ''[[The Music Man]]''. He graduated in 1983 and enrolled at [[Allegheny College]] in [[Meadville, Pennsylvania|Meadville]], where he studied [[computer engineering]].<ref name="Film Spot">{{cite web | title = Trent Reznor Bio | publisher = Film Spot | url = http://www.filmspot.com/people/441775/trent-reznor/bio.html | access-date = 2007-11-09 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>