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Working nights at Right Track Studio as a handyman and janitor,^[1] Trent Reznor used studio "down time" to record and develop his own music. Playing most of the keyboards, drum machines, guitars, and samplers himself, he recorded a demo. Midtown Recording is a recording studio located in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965), is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler Playing a Yamaha SU10 Sampler A sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. ...

Teaming up with manager John A. Malm, Jr. they sent the demo to various record labels. Reznor received serious offers from many of them. He signed a deal with TVT Records who, until then, were known mainly for releasing novelty and television jingle records. Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) and John Malm, Jr. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ... Novelty records are whole albums or singles that capitalize on something interesting (novel) or a current fad. ... A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ...

Pretty Hate Machine was then recorded in various studios around the world with Reznor collaborating with some of his most idolized producers - Flood, Keith LeBlanc, Adrian Sherwood, and John Fryer. Mark Ellis a. ... Adrian Sherwood Adrian Sherwood (born 1958) is a British record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Sinéad OConnor. ... John Fryer is a renowned U.K. - based music producer who has worked with Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Cradle Of Filth, Paradise Lost, Sister Machine Gun, Fear Factory, This Mortal Coil, Depeche Mode and many other artists. ...

The album was released on October 20, 1989 and was a critical success. It received radio airplay for the singles "Down in It", "Head Like a Hole" and "Sin". The album also gained popularity through word-of-mouth and developed an underground following. Reznor quickly hired a band for touring with The Jesus and Mary Chain, including guitarist and future Filter frontman Richard Patrick. NIN's live set was notorious for louder, more aggressive versions of the studio songs, and also for destroying their instruments at the end. Reznor preferred using the heel of his boots to strip the keys from expensive keyboards. is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Down in It (also known as Halo 1) is a single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 1989. ... Alternate cover UK release This article is about the Nine Inch Nails single. ... Sin (also known as Halo 4) is a single by Nine Inch Nails for the song of the same name released in 1990. ... Underground music is music which has developed a cult following, independent of commercial success. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 by Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. ... Richard Patrick is an American rock musician, born May 10, 1968 in Bay Village, Ohio. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

Since the album was released, a recording known as Purest Feeling surfaced. This bootleg album contains the original demo recordings of most of the tracks found on PHM, as well as a couple that were not used ("Purest Feeling", "Maybe Just Once" and instrumental intro to "Sanctified" called "Slate"). Purest Feeling is a bootleg of the original demo version of Nine Inch Nails debut album, Pretty Hate Machine, that was recorded at the Right Track Studio in November 1988 by Trent Reznor, whilst he was still working as a cleaner there. ...

Pretty Hate Machine went out of print through TVT Records, but was reissued by Rykodisc Records on November 22, 2005 with slight changes in the packaging. Reznor had expressed an interest in creating a "deluxe edition" with surround sound remastering and new/rare remixes, similar to the re-release of The Downward Spiral. Rykodisc liked the idea, but not enough to pay Reznor to do so.^[2] Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Multichannel audio is the name for a variety of techniques for expanding and enriching the sound of audio playback by recording additional sound channels that can be reproduced on additional speakers. ... Alternate cover Deluxe Edition cover art Singles from The Downward Spiral Released: February 25, 1994 Released: May 30, 1994 The Downward Spiral (also known as Halo 8) is an LP by Nine Inch Nails (NIN), released in 1994. ...

Releases

• TVT Records TVT 2610-1 - 12" Vinyl
• TVT Records TVT 2610-2 - CD

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Track listing

1. "Head Like a Hole" – 4:59
2. "Terrible Lie" – 4:38
3. "Down in It" – 3:46
4. "Sanctified" – 5:48
5. "Something I Can Never Have" – 5:54
6. "Kinda I Want To" – 4:33
7. "Sin" – 4:06
8. "That's What I Get" – 4:30
9. "The Only Time" – 4:47
10. "Ringfinger" – 5:40

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Personnel

• Trent Reznor – Vocals, Arranger, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Digital Editing, Mixing
• Doug d'Angelis – Engineer
• Tony Dawsey – Mastering
• Flood – Programming, Producer, Engineer
• John Fryer – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Kennan Keating – Engineer
• Keith LeBlanc – Producer, Engineer, Remixing, Mixing
• Richard Patrick – Guitar (A droning guitar sound at the end of "Sanctified")
• Ken Quartarone – Engineer
• Adrian Sherwood – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Jeffrey Silverthorne – Photography
• Gary Talpas – Cover Design
• Chris Vrenna – Programming, Digital Editing

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Chart positions

Album

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Singles

Miscellanea

• Pretty Hate Machine was originally called The Industrial Nation but TVT didn't like the title.
• Some of the lyrics featured in the booklet are not found on the album. It is believed that Trent Reznor printed the full lyrics so that they would retain their meanings.
• The bands listed in the liner notes (Prince, Jane's Addiction and Public Enemy, amongst others) were all sampled on the album; parts of Prince's "Alphabet St." and Jane's Addiction's "Had a Dad" are prominently heard in "Ringfinger", while other samples were either edited or distorted to be unrecognizable (such as the intro to "Kinda I Want To").
• Musicologist Daphne Carr wrote a book on the album for Continuum's 33⅓ series, which will be available in Spring 2007 and has its own portal at MySpace
• Singer/songwriter Tori Amos, once a friend (and, it is speculated, lover) of Reznor, referenced Pretty Hate Machine on the song "Caught a Lite Sneeze" from her 1996 record Boys for Pele (the song itself is rumoured to be about Reznor) in the following lyric: "Caught a lite sneeze / Dreamed a little dream / Made my own pretty hate machine".
• The band Flyleaf covered "Something I Can Never Have" for the Underworld: Evolution score.
• AFI covered "Head Like a Hole" as a bonus track for their 2006 album, Decemberunderground.
• The entire album was covered by a string quartet in 2005 as The String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine, arranged by Eric Gorfain.
• To date, this is the only Nine Inch Nails major studio release to be packaged in a standard jewel case.

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References

1. ^ Huey, Steve. Nine Inch Nails. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
2. ^ Trent Reznor talks about PHM re-issue, touring-The NIN Hotline. Last accessed April 15, 2007.
3. ^ Billboard.com
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} Billboard.com "Artist History"

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External links

• Nine Inch Nails' official site
• Halo 2 at NINCollector.com
• discogs.com:
  • Pretty Hate Machine (US CD)
  • Pretty Hate Machine (US CD Re-release)
  • Pretty Hate Machine (US LP)
  • Pretty Hate Machine (AT CD)
  • Pretty Hate Machine (UK CD)
  • Pretty Hate Machine (DE LP)
• Pretty Hate Machine Fanlisting