Mariqueen Maandig Reznor (''née'' Maandig; born April 5, 1981) is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, and musician.
She is the vocalist for
How to Destroy Angels & the former vocalist of Los Angeles-based rock band
West Indian Girl
West Indian Girl is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band's name comes from a type of lysergic acid (LSD) that was popular in the early 1960s. The initials are also a reference to Robert James' and Francis T ...
.
Career
West Indian Girl (2004–2009)
Maandig was a vocalist for the band
West Indian Girl
West Indian Girl is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band's name comes from a type of lysergic acid (LSD) that was popular in the early 1960s. The initials are also a reference to Robert James' and Francis T ...
from 2004 to 2009, performing on the albums ''
West Indian Girl
West Indian Girl is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band's name comes from a type of lysergic acid (LSD) that was popular in the early 1960s. The initials are also a reference to Robert James' and Francis T ...
'' and ''
4th & Wall''.
She appeared in
''Playboy'' magazine as the "Becoming Attraction" for the January 2009 issue.
How to Destroy Angels (2010–present)
In 2010, Maandig and her husband
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, wh ...
formed the group
How to Destroy Angels, along with long-time Reznor collaborator
Atticus Ross
Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. Along with Trent Reznor, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for ''The Social Network'' in 2010. In 2013, th ...
.
They have released two EPs named ''
How to Destroy Angels'' and ''
An Omen'', and a studio album, ''
Welcome Oblivion
''Welcome Oblivion'' is the debut studio album by American post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels. It was released on March 5, 2013 on Columbia Records. It was described as "sensual electronic rock" by the ''Los Angeles Times''.
Promotio ...
''.
Guest appearances
Maandig has worked with LA-based songwriter
BAO and appeared as a guest vocalist on two of his band
Ming & Ping's songs, "Mixed Melodies" from their eponymous 2009 album and "Chinatown" from 2012's ''The Darkness of Night''.
She also provided backing vocals on the track "She's Gone Away" on
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 band ...
' 2016 EP ''
Not the Actual Events
''Not the Actual Events'' is the fifth extended play (EP) and tenth major release by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. It was released physically on December 23, 2016, under Trent Reznor's own label The Null Corporation, while those ...
'', as well as on "Shit Mirror" off the band's 2018 album ''
Bad Witch''.
Personal life
Maandig married
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, wh ...
in October 2009. They have four sons and a daughter together.
Discography
;With How to Destroy Angels
* ''
How to Destroy Angels'' (2010)
* ''
An Omen EP
''An Omen EP'' (stylized as ''An omen EP_'') was the second extended play release by American post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels, released November 13, 2012. Produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maand ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Welcome Oblivion
''Welcome Oblivion'' is the debut studio album by American post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels. It was released on March 5, 2013 on Columbia Records. It was described as "sensual electronic rock" by the ''Los Angeles Times''.
Promotio ...
'' (2013)
;With West Indian Girl
* ''
West Indian Girl
West Indian Girl is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band's name comes from a type of lysergic acid (LSD) that was popular in the early 1960s. The initials are also a reference to Robert James' and Francis T ...
'' (2004)
* ''
4th & Wall'' (2007)
References
External links
*
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1981 births
American women singer-songwriters
American singer-songwriters
Living people
American musicians of Filipino descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
American industrial musicians
How to Destroy Angels (band) members
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers