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Pretty Hate Machine (Album) by Nine Inch Nails

Artist Biography For Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails Commonly Abbreviated As NIN Stylized As NIИ Is An American Industrial Rock Band Formed In 1988 In Cleveland Ohio. Singer Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist And Producer Trent Reznor Was The Only Permanent Member Of The Band Until The Official Addition Of English Musician Atticus Ross In 2016. Reznor Chose The Name "Nine Inch Nails" Because It "abbreviated Easily" Rather Than For "any Literal Meaning". Other Rumored Explanations Have Circulated Alleging That Reznor Chose To Reference Jesus' Crucifixion With Nine-Inch Spikes   Or Freddy Krueger's Nine-Inch Fingernails. The Nine Inch Nails Logo First Appeared On The Music Video For Their Debut Single "Down In It". Reznor And Gary Talpas Designed The Logo Inspired By Tibor Kalman's Typography On The Talking Heads Album Remain In Light. The Logo Features The Band's Initials With The Second N Mirrored. Talpas A Native Of Cleveland Continued To Design Nine Inch Nails Packaging Until 1997. The Band's Debut Album Pretty Hate Machine 1989 Was Released Via TVT Records. After Disagreeing With TVT About How To Promote The Album The Band Signed With Interscope Records And Released The EP Broken 1992 . The Following Albums The Downward Spiral 1994 And The Fragile 1999 Were Released To Critical Acclaim And Commercial Success. Following A Hiatus Nine Inch Nails Resumed Touring In 2005 And Released The Album With Teeth 2005 . Following The Release Of The Album Year Zero 2007 The Band Left Interscope After A Feud. Nine Inch Nails Continued Touring And Independently Released Ghosts I–IV 2008 And The Slip 2008 Before A Second Hiatus. Their Eighth Album Hesitation Marks 2013 Was Followed By A Trilogy Which Consisted Of The EPs Not The Actual Events 2016 And Add Violence 2017 And Their Ninth Album Bad Witch 2018 . In 2020 Nine Inch Nails Simultaneously Released Two Further Installments In The Ghosts Series Ghosts V Together And Ghosts VI Locusts. When Touring Reznor Typically Assembles A Live Band To Perform With Him Under The Nine Inch Nails Name. This Live Band Has Varied Over The Decades With Various Members Leaving And Returning The Most Recent Lineup Consists Of Robin Finck Who Initially Joined In 1994 Alessandro Cortini Who Initially Joined In 2005 And Ilan Rubin Who Initially Joined In 2009 Alongside Reznor And Ross. The Band's Concerts Are Noted For Their Extensive Use Of Thematic Visual Elements Complex Special Effects And Elaborate Lighting. Songs Are Often Rearranged To Fit Any Given Performance And Melodies Or Lyrics Of Songs That Are Not Scheduled To Be Performed Are Sometimes Assimilated Into Other Songs.
Nine Inch Nails As A Live Band Is Generally Understood To Be A Separate Entity From Its Recording Studio-Based Component. Occasionally Past Band Members Are Invited To Participate In The Process When Not Directly Involved With Recording New Material Nine Inch Nails' Lineup Tends To Change Drastically Between Major Tours. Aside From Trent Reznor Remaining On Lead Vocals Nothing About The Live Band Has Remained Constant Since Its Inception. Reznor Cited The Long Gestation Period Between Studio Albums As Part Of The Reason For These Frequent Personnel Changes. Nine Inch Nails Have Sold Over 20 Million Records And Been Nominated For 13 Grammy Awards Winning For The Songs "Wish" In 1992 And "Happiness In Slavery" In 1996. Time Magazine Named Reznor One Of Its Most Influential People In 1997 While Spin Magazine Has Described Him As "the Most Vital Artist In Music". In 2004 Rolling Stone Placed Nine Inch Nails At No. 94 On Its List Of The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time. Nine Inch Nails Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2020 After Being Nominated In 2014 Their First Year Of Eligibility And Again In 2015.

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Pretty Hate Machine Also Known As Halo 2 Is The First Studio Album By Nine Inch Nails. It Was Released On October 20 1989 By TVT Records In The US And On October 12 1991 In The UK And Was A Huge Success. The First Single Off Of The Album Down In It Was Released On September 27 1989. It Received Radio Airplay For The Aforementioned Single As Well As Subsequent Singles Head Like A Hole And Sin. The Former Also Serves As A Companion Remix Album Of Sorts To Pretty Hate Machine. Working Nights At Right Track Studio As A Handyman And Janitor 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. 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.
After The Album Was Released The Aforementioned Demo Surfaced On A Bootleg Called Purest Feeling. It Contains The Original Demo Recordings Of Most Of The Tracks Found On The Album As Well As A Couple That Were Not Used "Purest Feeling" And "Maybe Just Once" . Pretty Hate Machine Was Recorded In Various Studios Around The World With Reznor Collaborating With Some Of His Most Idolized Producers - Flood At Syncro Sound In Boston Keith LeBlanc At Unique Recording Studios In New York Adrian Sherwood At Roundhouse Studios In London And John Fryer At Blackwing Studios In London. Flood Was Originally Supposed To Produce The Entire Album But Couldn't Because Of His Prior Commitment With Depeche Mode. After The Album Was Finished TVT Records Were Not Happy About The Direction The Album Had Taken From The Original Demos. This Would Lead To Friction Between Reznor And The Label. John Fryer Elaborated "We Were Trying To Make The Hardest Record We Could Make. It Was Very Strange Because We Made It We Thought It Sounded Brilliant We Had It On The Big Speakers Just Blowing Us Away. Then Someone From The Record Company Came In — And Because The Demos Were More Synthy And Not As Industrial As The Album He Listened To It And His Mouth Dropped Open And He Said "You've Ruined This Record." But Of Course It's Gone On To Be A Classic. It Was Done In 20 Days. I Think It Was A Good Thing That We Made Records So Quickly Back Then Because There's A Lot Of Energy In There And Mistakes Are Left In So It Sounds Human And It's Not Blanded Out Over Time." The Album Also Gained Popularity Through Word-Of-Mouth And Developed An Underground Following. Reznor Quickly Hired A Band For Touring With Skinny Puppy The Jesus And Mary Chain And Peter Murphy Including Guitarist And Future Filter/Army Of Anyone Frontman Richard Patrick. The Headlining Hate And Sin Tours Followed As Well As A Slot On The First Lollapalooza Tour. Nine Inch Nails' Live Set Was Notorious For Louder More Aggressive Versions Of The Studio Songs And Also For Destroying Their Instruments At The End Of Sets. Reznor Preferred Using The Heel Of His Boots To Strip The Keys From Keyboards. Taking Inspiration From The Photographer Who Did NIN's Early Press Shots The Band Would Douse Themselves In Cornstarch Before Taking The Stage. This Practice Would Continue Through The Fragility Tour. 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. Prudential Owned TVT's Nine Inch Nails Recordings But Rykodisc Leased The Rights. 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.
In April 2010 Bicycle Music Bought The Entirety Of TVT's Catalogue Including Pretty Hate Machine. They Confirmed That They Would Be Reissuing The Album Once More And There Was Speculation That They Would Be Willing To Release The Deluxe Edition Proposed By TVT In 2005.
"The Co-Publishing Rights To Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails Catalog Include The Songs From All Album Releases From Pretty Hate Machine Through Year Zero. As Well In Acquiring The Master Recording Rights To NIN’s Groundbreaking Debut Pretty Hate Machine Bicycle Will Be Responsible For Re-Releasing This Album Which Has Been Out Of Print And Unavailable Through Digital Distribution Outlets For Several Years. It Goes Without Saying How Important These Works Are To The Entire Landscape Of Alternative Rock. Our Team Sees Incredible Creative And Business Opportunities With This Catalog And We Look Forward To Working With Our New Partners And Artists " Said Steve Salm Partner At Bicycle. On October 22 Reznor Announced That The Reissue Was To Be A Remastered Edition Stating On Nin.Com "I'm Happy To Finally Announce The Re-Issue Of The First Nine Inch Nails Record "Pretty Hate Machine" Releasing Worldwide 11/22. UMe And Bicycle Music Group Managed To Locate The Original Mixes So I Went In The Studio With Tom Baker And Remastered It For A Greatly Improved Sonic Experience. In Addition Reinterpreted Gary Talpas' Original Cover To Make For A Fresh New Package.
It's Been An Interesting Trip Watching The Fate Of This Record Float From One Set Of Hands To Another A Long And Depressing Story But It's Finally Wound Up In Friendly Territory Allowing Us To Polish It Up A Bit And Present It To You Now. We Had Fun Revisiting This Old Friend Hope You Enjoy."
The Nin.Com Subsite Phm.Nin.Com Was Set Up To Promote The Re-Release.