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Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1988 until 1996, and was the keyboardist and drummer of the American rock band Marilyn Manson from 2004 until late 2011.
As a member of Nine Inch Nails, Vrenna was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
Vrenna was born on February 23, 1967, in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1985, he graduated from McDowell High School in Erie, where he was a member of the Erie Thunderbirds Drum and Bugle Corps.
Vrenna subsequently enrolled at Kent State University.
As a student at Kent State, Vrenna was recruited by Trent Reznor to join the Exotic Birds, a local Cleveland-based band, as its drummer. Vrenna initially met Reznor, who is from New Castle, Pennsylvania, during high school. In 1988, he joined Nine Inch Nails as its drummer.
After being let go from Nine Inch Nails in 1996, Vrenna moved to Chicago, where he became part of the Chicago industrial music scene and was briefly a member of Die Warzau and Stabbing Westward. In 1992, he toured as a live drummer for KMFDM during their Money era tours. He then rejoined Nine Inch Nails as the drummer from 1992 to 1996.
He records under the name Tweaker, and has released four albums under that name: The Attraction to All Things Uncertain (2001), 2 a.m. Wakeup Call (2004), Call The Time Eternity (2012), and And Then There's Nothing (2013). Tweaker toured select North American dates with Skinny Puppy in 2004.
As producer, remixer, or engineer Vrenna has worked with The Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, Humanzi, Gary Numan, Scar the Martyr, David Sylvian, Mudvayne, Lords of Acid, God Lives Underwater, Megadeth, Rammstein, Metallica, The Rasmus, Weezer, P.O.D., David Bowie, Slipknot, Cold, underwater, Scarling., Hole, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Green Day, Bush, Live, Adema, the Wallflowers, Dir En Grey, Psyclon Nine, and others. He has also worked with the industrial group Pigface and produced songs and albums for underground girl groups TCR, Jack Off Jill, and Rasputina.
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Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1988 until 1996, and was the keyboardist and drummer of the American rock band Marilyn Manson from 2004 until late 2011.
As a member of Nine Inch Nails, Vrenna was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
Vrenna was born on February 23, 1967, in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1985, he graduated from McDowell High School in Erie, where he was a member of the Erie Thunderbirds Drum and Bugle Corps.
Vrenna subsequently enrolled at Kent State University.
As a student at Kent State, Vrenna was recruited by Trent Reznor to join the Exotic Birds, a local Cleveland-based band, as its drummer. Vrenna initially met Reznor, who is from New Castle, Pennsylvania, during high school. In 1988, he joined Nine Inch Nails as its drummer.
After being let go from Nine Inch Nails in 1996, Vrenna moved to Chicago, where he became part of the Chicago industrial music scene and was briefly a member of Die Warzau and Stabbing Westward. In 1992, he toured as a live drummer for KMFDM during their Money era tours. He then rejoined Nine Inch Nails as the drummer from 1992 to 1996.
He records under the name Tweaker, and has released four albums under that name: The Attraction to All Things Uncertain (2001), 2 a.m. Wakeup Call (2004), Call The Time Eternity (2012), and And Then There's Nothing (2013). Tweaker toured select North American dates with Skinny Puppy in 2004.
As producer, remixer, or engineer Vrenna has worked with The Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, Humanzi, Gary Numan, Scar the Martyr, David Sylvian, Mudvayne, Lords of Acid, God Lives Underwater, Megadeth, Rammstein, Metallica, The Rasmus, Weezer, P.O.D., David Bowie, Slipknot, Cold, underwater, Scarling., Hole, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Green Day, Bush, Live, Adema, the Wallflowers, Dir En Grey, Psyclon Nine, and others. He has also worked with the industrial group Pigface and produced songs and albums for underground girl groups TCR, Jack Off Jill, and Rasputina.