Trent Reznor Accused Of Song Theft

And if it isn't Oasis' label, Creation Records, stopping fans from creating websites, it's other online users who are accusing musicians of stealing songs. Trent Reznor, the lead singer of Nine Inch Nails and founder of Nothing Records, was slapped with a federal complaint by Mark Nicholas Onofrio, a musician who said he met Reznor online and introduced him to six of his songs.

The relationship began in an online chat room where Onofrio claims he asked Reznor to listen to his songs. Reznor reportedly agreed and Onofrio supposedly sent the tapes to Reznor's Los Angeles home.

Now Onofrio claims five of the songs appeared on Nine Inch Nails' album Downward Spiral, and the other, titled "Burn," ended up on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.

However, Sioux Z., Reznor's publicist at Formula PR, said that while she is aware of the accusation, they haven't been served any papers on the matter. She said, "I have no comment at this time since we really don't know what's going on with it."

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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