After Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor abruptly deleted his Twitter account a few weeks back, there has been much speculation as to the reason. Reznor finally explained his decision on his NIN.com message boards yesterday. "Yes, I deleted my account and I'll explain why since somehow someone apparently thinks this is newsworthy," Reznor writes.  "Around the time news broke of my engagement, a faction of troublemakers showed up whose sole intent was to disrupt, harass, insult and incite." Reznor announced he plans to marry West Indian Girl singer Mariqueen Mandaag, and his twitter account was inundated with everything from racial slurs to wishes that he would overdose. "YES - I could (and did) block them," he notes, "but everyone else reading my replies sees ALL of that nonsense."

Reznor was further bothered by comments he received after the death of NIN fan Eric De La Cruz, for whom Reznor helped raise nearly a million dollars for a transplant. Reznor says he reveived the comment, "someone got balls at last! Hey, can I have some of that #Eric money? The dudes dead, he doesnt need it lol." Since all #Eric posts are also displayed on the WeLoveEric Website, Reznor had the unfortunate duty of explaining to De La Cruz's family.

"It depresses me to think my art and life's work can attract this kind of scum, and trying to explain to Veronica why someone would stoop to that level of ignorance for attention - and it's someone that because of me is in her world causing her pain... well, it sucks," Reznor writes. "If that was your intention you trolling, cowardly pigs - you've succeeded."

 

Meanwhile, Reznor reiterated that just because the band will not be touring anymore, it is not the end. "I am NOT stopping making music or working on things - NIN is just not touring anymore. NIN.com will remain active and alive with lots of updates planned," Reznor writes.