"The Fragile" is the sixth track—and the title track—on the Left disc of the 1999 double album The Fragile. Opening with a distant e-bow guitar drone from the end of "We're In This Together," the first verse soon enters, characterized by live drums incorporating the use of a floor tom with a tambourine on top, a simple bassline, and Trent Reznor's soft vocals. The first chorus features merely the new bass riff and drum rhythm accompanied by sequenced synthesizer layers below Reznor's repetitions of the phrase, "I won't let you fall apart.… read more
"The Fragile" is the sixth track—and the title track—on the Left disc of the 1999 double album The Fragile. Opening with a distant e-bow gu… read more
"The Fragile" is the sixth track—and the title track—on the Left disc of the 1999 double album The Fragile. Opening with a distant e-bow guitar drone from the end of "We…read more
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), are an American industrial band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band until the official addition of English musician Atticus Ross in 2016. Reznor chose the name "Nine Inch Nails" because it "abbreviated easily" rather than for "any literal meaning". Other rumored explanations have circulated, alleging that Reznor chose to reference Jesus' crucifixion with nine-inch spikes, or … read more
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), are an American industrial band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tr…read more
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), are an American industrial band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of th… read more