Quote Originally Posted by botley View Post
And here we are!

I think it's self-evident, looking at promo shots from the Downward Spiral era, that NIN certainly had a fashion sense influenced by goth. Whether the music overlaps significantly with artists in that musical subgenre is another question entirely.
And the answer to that, for me anyway, has always been no. That's not to say whether or not Trent was listening to goth bands and was influenced by them, but if I had to put a label on the NIN catalog, "goth" definitely wouldn't be it.