In this age of constant social media updating, few celebrities manage to retain an air of impenetrability. This makes Trent Reznor an anomaly. His recently resurrected band Nine Inch Nails, who will embark on a world tour this summer with new material, brought industrial music to the masses two decades ago. A leather-clad recluse, Reznor takes years painstakingly bringing life to his trademark nihilistic universe. He spent 18 months holed up in the house where Sharon Tate had been murdered 23 years earlier to compose his concept album The Downward Spiral; with his opus Year Zero, he imagined a dystopia, eviscerating US capitalism and the west's gradual erosion of civil liberties. In 2007, he took the music industry by the horns and incited fans to steal his "absurdly" high-priced album, which didn't stop him snatching an Oscar in 2011 for his work. Here's to one of the few rock stars who don't compromise.

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