The Exotic Birds

The Exotic Birds was a synth-pop band formed in 1982 by Andy Kubiszewski??along with fellow Cleveland Institute of Music students Tom Freer and Tim Adams. In 1985, Trent Reznor joined the band but left a few years later to concentrate on developing Nine Inch Nails. The band dissolved when Kubiszewski was hired to drum with The The. He later worked with Nine Inch Nails and Stabbing Westward, becoming the latter's chief songwriter.