Pretty Hate Machine

Been slacking this week with the updates, so here's the final two postings before we move forward.  First up is some industrial, if you wanna call it that. Nine Inch Nails have been around for near two decades now. Starting out as somewhat of an industrial metal act, along the lines of Ministry and KMFDM, they helped pioneer the industrial movement. The band has moved away from that sound almost developing a dark ambient sound of late. Fronted by Trent Reznor, who remains the only original member left and is basically the band, only recruited musicians for live shows. The obvious upload choice for most here would be 'The Downward Spiral', but while that's a solid record, I'm gonna go with the debut in 'Pretty Hate Machine'. For me this stands up a a stronger album that hasn't been overplayed into oblivion. The first three tracks set the tone for the album. 'Head Like A Hole' is still a classic song in my books. Yet somehow I feel this album doesn't get enough respect. So here it is, the NIN debut, time to dig out the goth clothes.

NIN were my intro to industrial. I later got into KMFDM and Ministry, but 'Pretty Hate Machine' was the starting point for me. I got into this album while I was still in middle school I think. I remember rocking a NIN shirt on my first day of High School. I'm sure there's an awkward pic of that somewhere, but I digress. I was starting to find the whole 90's music scene. Bands like Nirvana, STP, GnR, Alice In Chains, and many more began to creep into my ears. Whether you wanna admit it or not, that was the soundtrack for a lot of us there. For me though NIN was overexposed with 'The Downward Spiral'. The over saturation of 'Closer' to this day makes me ill. 'Hurt' only got the recognition after Johnny Cash covered it. Good album, just overplayed and perhaps that's where the change in the sound began. The newer stuff is great as background music when you're screwing around. Reznor has stated that NIN wouldn't be anymore, but has since changed his mind about that. I'm hoping for one more album with the old sound. Oh one can hope.

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