Knowledge Drop: Trent Reznor Made ‘The Downward Spiral’ At The Same House Sharon Tate Was Murdered
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genius.comOn March 8, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral celebrated its 26th anniversary. A massive commercial success, the extremely dark concept album dealt with ideas of death and morality.
According to a 1997 interview with Rolling Stone, NIN’s Trent Reznor said that part of what inspired him was the unique location he was living while writing it: the home where star Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson acolytes in 1969.
Reznor said that at the time, he was thinking about the appeals of “a lawless, moral-less society,” and why people are attracted to characters like Hannibal Lecter.
Ultimately, it was an encounter with Tate’s sister that helped him see why this idea was so fraught. “While I was working on Downward Spiral, I was living in
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