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Pretty Hate Machine (also known as [[Halo]] 2) is an album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1989. Pretty Hate Machine is the second official Nine Inch Nails release and the band's first major release.
Working nights at [[Right Track]] Studio as a handyman and toilet cleaner[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.
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.
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]].
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.
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]]" and "[[Maybe Just Once]]").
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.
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
Working nights at [[Right Track]] Studio as a handyman and toilet cleaner[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.
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.
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]].
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.
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]]" and "[[Maybe Just Once]]").
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.
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