"Reznor doesn’t have a particularly grim backstory—he grew up with his grandparents, liked to pole fish with his grandfather, took piano lessons, and played Judas Iscariot in his high school’s production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”—but he has written some very durable “Fuck you, Man!” songs."

Indeed he has. I seem to have retained enough teen angst to listen to The Downward Spiral about once a year, and it rarely disappoints.

Sasha Frere-Jones reviews Nine Inch Nails