1. Chris Vrenna was born on February 23,1967 and is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker.
19 Facts About Chris Vrenna
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Chris Vrenna was born on February 23,1967, in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Chris Vrenna graduated from McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1985, having marched in the Erie Thunderbirds Drum and Bugle Corps.
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At age 19, while attending Kent State University, Chris Vrenna was recruited by acquaintance Trent Reznor, whom he had met during high school in Pennsylvania, to play drums for local Cleveland, Ohio, band the Exotic Birds.
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Chris Vrenna toured as a live drummer for KMFDM during the Money era tours, in 1992.
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Chris Vrenna then rejoined Nine Inch Nails as the drummer from 1992 to 1996.
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Chris Vrenna has worked with the industrial group Pigface and produced songs and albums for underground girl groups TCR, Jack Off Jill, and Rasputina.
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Chris Vrenna has worked on music for several video games, including Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Doom 3, Quake 4, American McGee's Alice, its sequel Alice: Madness Returns, Enter the Matrix, Sonic The Hedgehog, Area 51, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
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Chris Vrenna helped compose the theme song to the animated series Xiaolin Showdown.
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Chris Vrenna won a Grammy award as a member of Nine Inch Nails for "Best Metal Performance" for "Happiness in Slavery" in 1995 for the live performance of the song on Woodstock '94.
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Chris Vrenna was Billy Corgan's programmer for four months in 1997.
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Chris Vrenna stated in a later interview that he was in the band for several months before dropping out due to the required time commitment.
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Chris Vrenna was chosen to take over the drumming responsibilities for Marilyn Manson after Ginger Fish was injured in 2004 during the Lest We Forget tour.
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Chris Vrenna then replaced Madonna Wayne Gacy as the permanent keyboardist for Marilyn Manson.
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Chris Vrenna co-produced the albums The High End of Low and Born Villain.
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However, in November 2011, it was announced that Chris Vrenna had parted ways with the band in order to focus on scoring movies and video games.
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In 2015, Chris Vrenna composed the music on a series of downloadable content packs called Exo Zombies for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
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Chris Vrenna earned his master's degree in music technology in 2020.
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In May 2024 it was announced that Chris Vrenna would join the faculty of the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance as an assistant professor in the fall 2024 semester.