Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

I just wanted to tell the story of a bunch of musicians who had never had their story told before. There's no preaching or theorizing.

I'm not sure I ever try to make a case for the music. I mean, sometimes the music isn't even that good. I just tell the band's stories; if I describe the music, it's to explain how it moved the overall story along.

People shared everything: information, equipment, their floors, whatever. There was strength in unity.

Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

You didn't have to be a huge rock star; you just had to do well enough to continue doing what you wanted to do. It wasn't about hitting the jackpot, it was about sustainability.

People didn't get to see how other towns interpreted the underground ethos, and so they developed their own unique versions of it.