Lady Gaga has long been known for pulling inspiration from an eclectic mix of artists, and with seventh studio album Mayhem, she's cited Nine Inch Nails as a major influence. During a new interview on The Howard Stern Show on March 12,

Lady Gaga has joked she "blacks out" whenever she is in the presence of Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, the popstar explained that she was inspired by the rock band's 1994 album The Downward Spiral and single Closer when recording the song Disease for her new record,

NIN isn't the only rock act that inspired the album. In an interview with Elle, Gaga went into more detail about her influences. “There was industrial inspiration with a lot of

Lady Gaga knew from the very beginning of her relationship with Michael Polansky that their romance was anything but shallow. In an interview with The New York Times published Saturday (March 8) - one day after the pop star's new album Mayhem arrived - Gaga recalled how she knew from the jump that her now-fiancé's feelings for her were "genuine,