Jerome Dillon is a professional musician, best known for his tenure as drummer with industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails from 19992005. After his departure, his own project, Nearly, released its debut album reminder in December 2005, along with a cd maxi-single for the song “Straight to Nowhere”.“All is Lost”, a song from reminder that Dillon co-wrote with 12 Rounds singer, Claudia Sarne, was featured in the 2008 film, Diary of a Nymphomaniac.
Later that year, while visiting family in Columbus, Dillon was advised by Howlin’ Maggie’s then manager, Sheila Scott, to audition for Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails. In addition, Dillon worked with Reznor in the studio as a multi-instrumentalist on subsequent releases: Things Falling Apart, And All That Could Have Been, Still, and With Teeth.
