Tweaker
When Chris Vrenna left Trent Reznor's influential industrial/alternative ro… Read Full Bio ↴When Chris Vrenna left Trent Reznor's influential industrial/alternative rock powerhouse Nine Inch Nails in 1996, it certainly wasn't the end of the line for the drummer/producer/songwriter--far from it. Vrenna kept busy with a variety of musical activities. In addition to producing or co-producing various artists (including Marilyn Manson, Rasputina, Xzibit, Red Delicious, Lords of Acid and Cold) and providing remixes for U2, Nelly Furtado, Dir en grey and Weezer (among others), Vrenna got into soundtracks. In 2001, for example, Vrenna composed the dark, eerie instrumental soundtrack of American McGee's Alice, a video game that is based on Alice in Wonderland. And it was also in 2001 that Vrenna unveiled his Tweaker project. Best described as a blend of alternative pop-rock and electronica, Tweaker was inevitably compared to Vrenna's former band, Nine Inch Nails--as many years as Vrenna spent in Reznor's employ (eight, to be exact), people were bound to point out the similarities between Tweaker and Nine Inch Nails. And, to be sure, many of the adjectives that have been used to describe Reznor's band have also been used to describe Tweaker--adjectives like dark, moody, eerie and shadowy. Like Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker is aggressive yet melodic and very musical; Nine Inch Nails was never the sort of industrial band that lived on brute force alone. But Vrenna is his own man, and Tweaker is far from a carbon copy of Nine Inch Nails. While Reznor's outfit is industrial-oriented, Tweaker's alternative pop-rock/electronica blend isn't industrial per se (although Vrenna does incorporate elements of both industrial and goth-rock). If Nine Inch Nails has inevitably influenced Tweaker, so have a variety of other artists (who range from David Bowie and Roxy Music to Marilyn Manson, Stabbing Westward and Depeche Mode). Even some of U2's post-‘80s work has had a bit of an influence on Tweaker.

Vrenna wore many different hats when, in 2001, he recorded Tweaker's The Attraction to All Things Uncertain for the San Francisco-based Six Degrees label. In addition to producing most of the album, he was among the engineers and did most of the writing. It would almost be safe to describe Tweaker as a one-man band--Vrenna was certainly in the driver's seat on The Attraction to All Things Uncertain. However, he did enlist the help of a few others, including violinist Petra Haden, Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren, David Sylvian, Will Oldham and various guitarists. Reflecting Vrenna's interest in abstract art, the album's title was inspired by a Joe Sorren painting called Elliot's Attraction to All Things Uncertain. In fact, the conceptual material that Vrenna wrote or co-wrote for Tweaker's album was mindful of Elliot, the affably bookish character in Sorren's painting. Six Degrees released The Attraction to All Things Uncertain in September 2001.

2002 was mostly dedicated to other projects, but in January of 2003, Vrenna signed a deal with Waxploitation and iMUSIC to release the next Tweaker album. He stepped back into the studio around the same time to work on new material, and set up an in-progress page on his website to keep fans updated on the latest developments for Tweaker.

In 2004 the band recorded the theme song for the id Software game Doom 3.
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Tweaker Lyrics


"Truth Is" "Oh baby you're everything to me" she said "Oh baby you're…
10. Sleepwalking away Places where I like to hide Rooms that I built in…
12. Crude sunlight careful, they think i'm sleeping if i could just trick this…
After All Dark night is dawning after all Strength less but standing a…
Crude Sunlight careful, they think i'm sleeping if i could just trick this…
Happy Child Imagine my hands are clean I am revitalized by things unseen…
Happy Child Feat. Will Oldham Imagine my hands are clean I am revitalized by things unsee…
Happy Child (feat. Will Oldham) I imagine my hands are clean I am revitalized by things…
Happy Child (featuring Will .. Imagine my hands are clean I am revitalized by things unsee…
It's Still Happening “I was screaming in my head or mouthing help me…
Linoleum I hear them breathing They know what I have done, all…
Linoleum (featuring David Sy.. I hear them breathing They know what I have done, all…
Microsize Boy All I have to say My monitor displayed My circuits are away …



Movement of Fear your eyes flash bright but no longer have fire everywhere yo…
Nothing at All (Bleed and run its course) I drag my feet on the…
Pure Genius Oh, the lights are blinking Here's the great deceiver Blin…
Ruby "it isn't always i am well for sometimes i am ailing and…
Ruby (featuring Will Oldham) It isn't always I am well, sometimes I am ailing Yet…
Sleepwalking Away Places where I like to hide Rooms that I built in…
Sleepwalking Away Featuring Nick Young) places where i like to hide rooms that i built in…
Take Me Alive Return to life Feel what's happening The seasons Have made m…
Take Me Alive (featuring Cra.. Return to life Feel what's happening The seasons Have mad…
Truth Is "Oh baby you're everything to me" she said "Oh baby you're…
Truth Is (featuring Robert Smith) Oh, baby you're everyting to me, she said Oh, baby you're…
Truth Is Feat. Robert Smith Oh, baby you're everyting to me, she said Oh, baby you're…
Turned and immediately because of your conditioning, you will hea…
Worse Than Yesterday i'll see you later, i can't imagine why i'd start allergic…