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Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2020) • Grammy Award (1995) • Grammy Award (1992)
Notable Works “Broken” • “Ghosts I-IV” • “Pretty Hate Machine” • “The Downward Spiral” • “The Fragile” • “With Teeth” • “Year Zero”
Date 1988 - present

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