We here at Trve. Cvlt. Pop! present to you an exclusive piece of bonus content from our Trve. Clvssic. Pop! Patreon page. On this show we are looking at The Fragile, the third full length album from Trent Reznor's industrial legends Nine Inch Nails, released on the 21st of September 1999.

In the first of two parts we look at Reznor's descent in dealing with the aftermath of the success of 1994's The Downward Spiral album. Starting with the debauched and gruelling Self-Destruct tour, his collaboration with David Bowie on his Outside Tour, the stress of producing Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar album, the loss of his Grandmother Clara and how all of these events coalesced into giving Reznor serious writers block and nearly leading him to quitting music altogether. We then look at how he rebuilt his confidence and came up with the concept for The Fragile, before going track by track through the first disc of the album.

The second part is available when you sign up for the £5 a month Trve. Clvssic. Pop! tier at patreon.com/trvecvltpop.