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Founder and frontman of rock project Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor has admitted that he asked icon David Bowie for help and advice while in the throes of his drug addiction.
After meeting and touring with Bowie in 1995, Reznor has said the legendary singer offered him words of advice that "haunted" him. In an interview with the Guardian, Reznor says, "I was nearing the peak of my addiction, and his role to me was kind of mentor, big brother, friend, and also he'd give me kind of shamanish advice."
The addiction dug its claws into Reznor following the success of his seminal 1994 album The Downward Spiral, a work so gruesome and morbid it had an everlasting effect on him.
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In a positive segue from his darker days, Reznor's upcoming LP Hesitation Marks tells the story of his journey to recovery, and his metamorphosis into the settled father of two he is today.
Hesitation Marks is due to be released in the UK on 3 September 2013.
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