Editing Nothing Records (section)

=== Nine Inch Nails (The Fragile era) ===
Five years after the highly successful release of ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'', Nine Inch Nails delivered their third album, ''[[The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails album)|The Fragile]]'', in 1999.  In the time between albums, Reznor had busied himself with numerous other projects for Nothing, such as [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' album, the ''[[Lost Highway (film)|Lost Highway]]'' [[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] and [[Rob Halford]]'s [[2wo]] project.  Prior to recording the album, longtime drummer [[Chris Vrenna]] would part ways from the band, going on to launch his own project, [[Tweaker (band)|Tweaker]]. [[Bill Rieflin]] and [[Jerome Dillon]] would take over drumming duties for the album, with the latter becoming the full-time, replacement drummer for the band, until 2005.  ''The Fragile'' was produced by [[Trent Reznor]] and [[Alan Moulder]] at Nothing Studios in New Orleans.

The project developed into a major undertaking, becoming a double album.  Canadian rock producer [[Bob Ezrin]] was consulted on the album's final track listing, in an effort to assemble the songs into a cohesive presentation.  Unlike the gritty angst of ''The Downward Spiral'', ''The Fragile'' relied more of melody, ambient noise and atmospheric soundscapes.  Thematically, it is a concept album dealing with Reznor's personal issues at that time, which included depression, anger and drug abuse.

This first single from the album, "[[The Day the World Went Away]]", was released in North America on July 20, 1999.  A music video was shot for the song, but went unreleased at the time (although parts eventually surfaced on 2002's ''[[And All That Could Have Been]]'' DVD).  A television commercial for the album then aired on the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards]], with Nine Inch Nails also performing the album's title song, "The Fragile," live on the show.  ''The Fragile'' was released on CD, vinyl and cassette on September 21, 1999 and debuted at number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 228,000 units, making it the first Nine Inch Nails album to top the charts.<ref name="Sparkle">{{cite magazine |last=Whitmire |first=Margo |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/62958/nins-teeth-sparkle-at-no-1 |title=NIN's 'Teeth' Sparkle At No. 1 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=May 11, 2005 |access-date=January 2, 2017}}</ref>  Each edition of the album featured minor variations in the track listing.  The vinyl edition, pressed on 3 LPs, featured two tracks not available on the CD version; "10 Miles High" and "The New Flesh."  The intros and outros of each sides are also different from the CD, particularly the song "Ripe," which does not have the "(with Decay)" section.  The cassette edition features an extended version of the song "Please," entitled "Please (+ Appendage)."

"[[We're in This Together (Nine Inch Nails song)|We're in This Together]]" was released as a three part CD single in Europe on December 14, 1999.  The discs featured the bonus tracks from the vinyl, a [[Porter Ricks]] remix and an extended mix of "The Perfect Drug."  A music video was also shot and released for the song.  The third single from the album, "[[Into the Void (Nine Inch Nails song)|Into the Void]]," was released on CD in Australia on May 9, 2000, featuring no exclusive content.  Another music video was shot and released for the song.

The band embarked on a worldwide [[Fragility Tour|tour]] in support of the album, with the first leg, entitled "Fragility 1.0," taking place in Europe, with [[Atari Teenage Riot]] performing as openers. [[Interscope Records]] reportedly refused to fund the promotional tour, following ''The Fragile's'' lukewarm sales, which had dropped sharply after its first week of release.  Reznor instead committed to fund the entire tour himself, which quickly sold out.  He concluded that "the reality is, I'm broke at the end of the tour", but also added, "I will never present a show that isn't fantastic."<ref>{{cite news | title = Rock's outlook bleak, but this Nail won't bend | last = Soeder | first = John | newspaper = [[Cleveland.com]] | date = April 9, 2000}}</ref>  A television special, entitled "Fragility 1.0," aired as a 30-minute special on [[MTV]] on December 21, 1999, showcasing the first leg of the tour.

The North American leg of the tour, entitled "Fragility 2.0" followed, with [[A Perfect Circle]] serving as guest openers. [[Rolling Stone]] magazine named Fragility the best tour of 2000.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2002/02/01/TheEdge/Nin-It.Wasnt.All.It.Could.Have.Been-443708.shtml | archive-url = https://archive.today/20110718032029/http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2002/02/01/TheEdge/Nin-It.Wasnt.All.It.Could.Have.Been-443708.shtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 18, 2011 | title = NIN: It wasn't all it could have been | first = Ryan | last = Heinz | work = [[The Western Courier]] | date = 2002-02-01 | access-date = 2008-02-19 }}</ref>  A music video was shot for "[[Starfuckers, Inc.]]," with the song renamed "Starsuckers, Inc." to accommodate mainstream airplay.  The music video features Reznor mocking rock stars such as [[Courtney Love]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Marilyn Manson]] and even Reznor himself.  Reznor and Manson had been exchanging verbal barbs in the press during this time, so the video marked a brief reconciliation with the pair, with Manson appearing in and co-directing the video.  Manson also made a surprise appearance at Nine Inch Nails' concert on May 9, 2000 at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City, performing with the band during "Starfuckers, Inc.," followed by a performance of Manson's "The Beautiful People."

A remix album for ''The Fragile'', entitled ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'', was released on November 21, 2000.  The album featured remixes from members of the band, as well as [[Adrian Sherwood]], [[Dave Ogilvie]] and [[Telefon Tel Aviv]].  The release also includes a cover of the [[Gary Numan]] song "Metal."  Nine Inch Nails also released a new song, entitled "Deep," on the soundtrack to the film [[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]] in 2001.  The band shot a music video to accompany the song, which did not feature any footage from the film.

Nine Inch Nails released their first live album, ''[[And All That Could Have Been]]'', on CD, DVD and VHS on January 22, 2002.  The CD included a bonus disc of softer renditions of older songs, as well as new material, entitled ''[[And All That Could Have Been#Still|Still]]''.  Some tracks from ''Still'' evolved from rejected themes originally written for [[Mark Romanek]]'s 2002 film ''[[One Hour Photo]]''.<ref>{{cite web | archive-date = 2006-01-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060106205140/http://www.nin.com/access/5_07_04/index.php | url = http://www.nin.com/access/5_07_04/index.php | title = Access | author = [[Trent Reznor]] | publisher = nin.com | date = 2004-05-07 | access-date = 2008-02-19}}</ref>  The DVD featured live footage shot on the "Fragility 2.0" leg of the tour.  The DVD also featured a performance of "The Day The World Went Away" as a hidden, bonus feature, which was intercut with clips of the song's unreleased music video.  Marilyn Manson's guest performance with Nine Inch Nails at Madison Square Garden was also included as a hidden feature.

''The Fragile'' was certified double platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on January 4, 2000, denoting shipments of two million copies in the United States.<ref name="Sparkle"/>  The album received a mostly favorable critical reception and has gone on to be considered a favorite amongst fans of the band.  In 2017, Nine Inch Nails released a vinyl reissue of the album, as well as ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''; a 4-LP set assembled by Reznor and [[Atticus Ross]], featuring instrumentals and alternate takes, alongside numerous rare and unreleased tracks from the era.

At the conclusion of ''The Fragile'' era, Trent admitted himself into rehab and began to sober up, putting Nine Inch Nails on hiatus.<ref name="The nine lives of Trent Reznor">{{cite news|last1=Beaumont|first1=Mark|title=The nine lives of Trent Reznor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/08/the-nine-lives-of-trent-reznor|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>  It was during this time of recovery that Reznor would begin looking into the finances of Nine Inch Nails, which would lead to a lawsuit against his then-manager and Nothing Records president, [[John Malm, Jr.]]  Their falling out would become one of the major catalysts in the eventual demise of the label.