Musicians from Cleveland, Ohio: Henry Mancini, Frankie Yankovic, Trent Reznor, Utah Phillips, Tracy Chapman, Charles Hamilton, Michael Stanley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Henry Mancini, Frankie Yankovic, Trent Reznor, Utah Phillips, Tracy Chapman, Charles Hamilton, Michael Stanley, Shelly West, Alex Bevan, Avant, John Bassette, Chip tha Ripper, Killjoy, John Mack, Michael Farrell, John Bell, Marcellus Nealy, Cheetah Chrome, Wish Bone, Alice Chalifoux, Ernie Krivda, Mark Hunter, Patty Stair, Abdul Wadud, Frederic Chapin, Ryan Lambert, Alfred Pease, Goat, Tim Wright, Mitch Mitchell. Excerpt: Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30, Exotic Birds, and Tapeworm, among others. Reznor left Interscope Records in 2007, and is now an independent musician. Reznor began creating music early in his life, and cites his Western Pennsylvania childhood as an early influence. After being involved with a number of synthesizer-based bands in the mid-80s, Reznor gained employment at Right Track Studios and began creating his own music during the studio's closing hours under the moniker Nine Inch Nails. Reznor's first release as Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), was a commercial and critical success, and he has since released seven major studio releases. Outside of Reznor's chief project Nine Inch Nails, he has contributed to many other artists' albums, including Marilyn Manson and Saul Williams. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazine's list of the year's most influential people, and Spin magazine described him as the most vital artist in music. Reznor, in collaboration with Atticus Ross, composed the score for The Social Network, a 2010 theatrical film about the founding of Facebook. The duo won the 2...