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==Career==
Beavan began his career as a musician and engineer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, playing bass and singing in various local bands. While working as an engineer at The Right Track Studio in downtown Cleveland, Beavan met [[Trent Reznor]] who worked as house programmer. Reznor played keyboards in several local bands that Beavan mixed and the the two played together in the band [[Cool Down Daddy]], which Beavan sang in, and which also featured future NIN live member [[Nick Rushe]].[https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16014coll5/38961/default.jpg] Beavan was also asked to mix the demos of what was to become ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''.
After doing some studio work for Humble Pie, Beavan joined them as the bassist in summer 1989 and continued touring with them through 1990. During that period, Beavan also began mixing NIN's live sound during their concert tours, and became an unofficial member of the live band (even singing live backup vocals from the front of house mixing console).