Nine Inch Nails + Johnny Cash: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 3 steps. Where would you dig next?
Cash’s 2002 rendition of Hurt leads back to Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral.
Follow the route
Nine Inch Nails → The Downward Spiral → Hurt → Johnny Cash
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Nine Inch Nails released The Downward Spiral. Source
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Hurt is part of The Downward Spiral. Source
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Johnny Cash performed Hurt. Source
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Take a side trail
- Nine Inch Nails performed Hurt. Source
Three more rabbit holes
Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash: the same producer, very different records.
Continue through Johnny Cash.
Rick Rubin produced Licensed to Ill and Johnny Cash’s American Recordings.
Beastie Boys → Licensed to Ill → Rick Rubin → American Recordings → Johnny Cash
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A country album sits behind Whitney Houston’s defining ballad.
An editorial recommendation in the same song travels theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Dolly Parton’s Jolene includes I Will Always Love You, later recorded by Whitney Houston.
Dolly Parton → Jolene → I Will Always Love You → Whitney Houston
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That Nirvana Unplugged song has a 1970 Bowie trail.
An editorial recommendation in the same song travels theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Nirvana performed the title song from David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.
David Bowie → The Man Who Sold the World → The Man Who Sold the World → Nirvana
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Nine Inch Nails and Johnny Cash and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.