Bootlegs are unofficial recordings, often produced overseas to avoid legal issues. Most bootlegs are either live recordings or remix albums. A large number can also be found at Nintorrents.com.
Bootlegs
| Name | Release Year | Album Type | Description
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| 18 IRON Nails
| N/A
| Remixes
| Remixes from The Downward Spiral era
|
| A Mix Of All That Was
| 2002
| Live
| collected 'best of' with every live song ever played from 1988-2000
|
| A Thousand Pleasures
| N/A
| N/A
| (source unknown)
|
| Bootleg Is Resistance V1
| 2008
| Mash-ups
| Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume one of three.
|
| Bootleg Is Resistance V2
| 2008
| Mash-ups
| Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume two of three
|
| Bootleg Is Resistance V3
| 2008
| Mash-ups
| Year Zero songs, in album order, mashed up with various other songs in a funny way. Volume three of three.
|
| Broken Machine V1
| N/A
| Remixes
| "A collection of the best independent remixes"
|
| Broken Machine V2
| N/A
| Remixes
| "A collection of the best independent remixes"
|
| By Bizzare Hands
| 1992
| Live
| Recorded Live 3/10/1990; Boston, Massachusetts
|
| Bridge School Benefit
| 2006
| Orchestral
| A collection of songs performed by Trent Reznor and a string quartet.
|
| Cleveland 4-12-00
| 2000
| Live
| Recorded live 4/12/2000; Cleveland, Ohio
|
| After Everything I've Done
| N/A
| Remixes
| Songs from The Fragile era and before. Probably web-published
|
| Broken Movie
| 1993
| "Music Videos"
| "Full length" "music video" for "Pinion," "Wish," "Help Me I Am In Hell," "Happiness In Slavery," and "Gave Up," with segues between songs.
|
| Children of the Night
| 1995
| Live
| Live with David Bowie on the US tour
|
| Closure Two-Disc DVD set
| 2006
| Live/Music Videos
| Two-disc DVD set of Closure; leaked to the internet on 20/12/2006; rumored to be leaked by NIN
|
| Coming Down Fast
| 1994
| Live
| N/A
|
| The CRC Sessions
| 2000
| Other
| Recorded @ the Chicago Recording Company; source of "Still"
|
| Crossed Nails
| 1994
| Live
| Recorded live 04/21/94; Portland, Oregon
|
| Damaged Nails: Broken and Shattered Mixes
| N/A
| Remixes
| Rare Remixes
|
| Damaged Nails: Rust and Decay
| N/A
| Remixes
| Rare Remixes
|
| The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts
| 2006
| Other
| Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN
|
| The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks
| 2006
| Other
| Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN
|
| The Definitive NIN - The Singles
| 2006
| Other
| Web-published greatest hits album; no new songs; rumored to be released by NIN
|
| Demos and Remixes
| N/A
| Other
| live, remix, and demo tracks from the Broken era and before
|
| Disturbed
| 1994
| Other
| Interview
|
| The Fragile Remixes
| N/A
| Remixes
| 9 rare tracks
|
| Fragmentation Bomb
| 2000
| Live
| Recorded live on 1/15/2000; Osaka, Japan
|
| Frailer than Frail
| N/A
| Other
| live, remix, and rare tracks from The Fragile era and before
|
| Glamour Death
| 1995
| Live
| Recorded live on 9/16/1995; Mansfield, Massachusetts
|
| Halo 00
| 1992
| Live/Rare
| Suck live at Lollapalooza, Supernaut (Reznor vocal version)
|
| Hammar Hard
| 1990
| Live
| Recorded live on 6/26/1990; Dallas, Texas
|
| Hammering It Home
| 1994
| Live
| Recorded live in London, date unknown
|
| Holding On
| 2007
| Remixes
| web-published remix album
|
| In This Twilight (Live 2005-2007)
| 2007
| Live
| collected 'best of' with every live song played from 2005 to 2007
|
| Killer Instinct
| 1991
| Live
| Recorded live in various locations 1990-1991
|
| The Limitless Potential
| 2007
| Remixes
| Open source fan-made remix compilation of songs from Year Zero, hosted on Painful Convictions
|
| Live at rehearsals
| 2005-2008
| Live
| Audio from rehearsals for the With Teeth Tour and the Lights In The Sky Tour (multiple albums)
|
| Live at Woodstock '94
| 1994
| Live
| Recorded Live at Woodstock '94
|
| Live Hate
| 1995
| Live
| Recorded live 10/11/1995; St. Louis, Missouri
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| The Oddball Couple
| 1995
| Live
| Recorded live 10/21/1995; Mountain View, California
|
| Obscured by Fuckheads
| 1994
| Remixes, Other
| Contains remixes and a cover of Supernaut
|
| Painful Convictions (bootleg)
| 1995
| Demos and Live
| Contains demos, remixes, and Woodstock 94
|
| Purest Feeling
| 1988
| Demos
| Contains demos from Pretty Hate Machine
|
| Purest Feeling II
| 1989
| Demos and remixes
| Contains demos and remixes from Purest Feeling/Pretty Hate Machine
|
| Rare and Remixed
| N/A
| Remixes, Other
| Contains original songs NIN covered and several very rare remixes
|
| Rated 'R' - A Retrospective (1989-1997)
| 1998
| Live/Music Videos
| Fan-created DVD version of Closure VHS.
|
| Rusty Nails
| N/A
| Remixes
| "Non-stop mega-mixes". Basically a playlist of songs edited a bit.
|
| Rusty Nails II
| N/A
| Remixes
| More of the same
|
| Rusty Nails III
| N/A
| Remixes
| Even more of the same
|
| Rusty Nails IV
| N/A
| Remixes
| Even more
|
| Shallow Grave
| 1994
| Live
| Recorded live 5/26/1994; London, England
|
| Slaves
| 1993
| Live
| Recorded Live 7/12/1991; New Orleans, Las Angeles
|
| Solid Gold Hell
| 1991
| Live
| (source unknown)
|
| Terrible Live Lie
| 1994
| Live
| Recorded live 1994; US
|
| Time to Suck
| N/A
| Live
| Recorded Live in USA 90, 91
|
| They're Starting To Open Up The Sky
| 2008
| Rarities and live
| Features Year Zero-related soundbites and rare live tracks.
|
| This One Is On Us
| 2009-2010
| Live
| Bootleging group, created multiple rarities and live compilations
|
| Ultra Rare Tracks
| 1995
| Remixes
| Purest Feeling II with an alternate tracklist
|
| Various NIN Mixes
| N/A
| Remixes
| Several rare remixes, and "versioned" songs only available from nin.com during The Fragile Era.
|
| Where Darkness Doubles Light Pours In
| 2006
| Live
| Recordings from the With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration and The CRC Sessions
|
| With Boots
| 2005
| Mash-ups
| With Teeth songs mashed up with random other songs in funny ways
|
| You Can't Stop Us
| N/A
| Live
| Recorded live 10/09/1995; Atlanta, Georgia.
|
| Zero: Destroyer
| 2008
| Remix/Live
| Unofficial live remixes, mainly from Year Zero and The Slip.
|
| The Flip
| 2009
| Remix
| Unofficial fan made remix album, all of remixes of the slip.
|
| Year Zero Tribute
| 2011
| Remix
| Fan remix album by Garrett Ahlstrom
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