Jerome Dillon is a professional musician, best known for his tenure as drummer with industrial rock group
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
from 1999–2005. After his departure, his own project, Nearly, released its debut album ''reminder'' in December 2005, along with a cd maxi-single for the song "Straight to Nowhere". "All is Lost", a song from ''reminder'' that Dillon co-wrote with 12 Rounds singer, Claudia Sarne, was featured in the 2008 film,
Diary of a Nymphomaniac. In addition, an authorized limited release live bootleg EP/DVD entitled ''reminder Live 2006'', was released in August 2006. Dillon has worked as a composer for feature films since 2001.
He was born July 16, 1969, in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
and attended St. Francis DeSales and
Northland High School
Northland High School (NHS) is a public high school in Columbus, Ohio, United States, NHS is a part of the Columbus City Schools system and opened in 1965. The current principal is Jason Johnson and athletic teams are known as the Vikings with sch ...
until 1987.
In 1994, Dillon joined pop-rock band
Howlin' Maggie. In July 1998, Dillon parted ways with the band and moved to Los Angeles. Later that year, while visiting family in Columbus, Dillon was advised by Howlin' Maggie's then manager, Sheila Scott, to audition for
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, whi ...
's
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
. Reznor had since parted ways with long-time drummer and collaborator
Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, songwriter, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails ...
. Dillon submitted a sample of his work, and was contacted shortly after with the opportunity to audition for Reznor. Dillon was subsequently asked to return to New Orleans two weeks later. "I thought it was going to be the same thing all over again. Instead, I walked in and it was more of just a conversation with me and the band. Trent liked where I was coming from musically, and thought it was conducive to the direction of the new record". He was featured as the band's live drummer on tours in support of ''
The Fragile
''The Fragile'' is the third studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released as a double album by Nothing Records and Interscope Records on September 21, 1999. It was produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor ...
'' and ''
With Teeth''. In addition, Dillon worked with Reznor in the studio as a multi-instrumentalist on subsequent releases: ''
Things Falling Apart
''Things Falling Apart'' is the second remix album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Nothing Records and Interscope Records on November 21, 2000. It is the companion remix disc to the band's third studio album, ''Th ...
,
And All That Could Have Been,
Still
A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been u ...
'', and ''
With Teeth''. His last appearance with the band was at the
Hollywood Bowl
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The Hollywood Bowl is known for its disti ...
, California, on October 1, 2005.
Discography
Nearly
* reminder (2005)
* Straight to Nowhere, CD maxi-single (2005)
* reminder Live, 8 Track live CD/DVD, no longer available (2006)
Records featuring Jerome Dillon
* Honeysuckle Strange (
Howlin' Maggie, 1996)
* EdgeFest 96 Live (Various Artists, 1996)
*
''The Fragile'' (Nine Inch Nails album), 1999)
* ''
Things Falling Apart
''Things Falling Apart'' is the second remix album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Nothing Records and Interscope Records on November 21, 2000. It is the companion remix disc to the band's third studio album, ''Th ...
'' (
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
, 2000)
* ''
Cecil B. Demented'' OST (2000)
* ''
And All That Could Have Been'' DVD, cd (
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
, 2002)
* ''
Still
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'' (
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
, 2002)
* ''
With Teeth'' (
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
, 2005)
*
Amber Headlights
''Amber Headlights'' is an album by Greg Dulli, released in 2005.
Production
In 2001, Dulli started to work on the follow-up to The Twilight Singers' debut album '' Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers''. However, the death of his close ...
(
Greg Dulli
Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio. Debuting as a member of the rock band the Afghan Whigs in 1986, Dulli has been a member of the Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, and in 2020 released his debut solo albu ...
, 2005)
* ''
Jagged
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'' (
Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his ...
, 2006)
* ''
Beside You in Time'' (
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the ban ...
, 2007)
Soundtrack
*
Cecil B. Demented, soundtrack (
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also ...
2000)
*
Bully, composer (Lions Gate Films 2001)
*
Vacancy 2: The First Cut, composer (Sony Pictures, Screen Gems 2008)
*
The Collector
''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...
, composer (Liddell Entertainment, Fortress Features 2009)
*
For The Love of Money
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, composer (All Cash Productions 2011)
*
No One Lives, composer (WWE, Pathe 2013)
*
Officer Down
''Officer Down'' is a 2013 American action film directed by Brian A. Miller. Stephen Dorff plays a corrupt cop who seeks redemption.
Plot
Police detective David 'Cal' Callahan (Stephen Dorff) takes down a rapist cop but his boss Captain Verona ...
, composer (Most Films 2013)
*
Bleed, composer (Spitfire Productions 2014)
*
The Green Fairy
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, composer (Upward Rising Development 2016)
Further appearances
* And All That Could Have Been DVD (Nine Inch Nails, 2002)
* arhythmiA: Drums & Drones (CD-ROM, Sony, 2004)
*
Android Lust – ''
The Human Animal'' ("God in the Hole" remix) (Synthellec Music 2010)
External links
And All That Could Have BeenNine Inch Nails
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1969 births
Living people
American industrial musicians
Nine Inch Nails members
Musicians from Columbus, Ohio
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers