Pretty Hate Machine Painesville OH

Pretty Hate Machine

Nine Inch Nails

TVT Records, 1989

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 09/25/1997

In recent days, I've been chatting with "Eric E5S16" (sorry,Eric, but I don't know your last name) who runs a similar site toours. He and I share the same love of music, and we've been usingeach other as springboards for ideas and future featured albums. Afew days ago, Eric e-mailed me to ask my opinion of Nine InchNails.

It just so happened that I had my copy of the band's debutrelease Pretty Hate Machine in my car. So... road trip! .

For a first effort (especially one that redefined industrialmusic), Trent Reznor did quite well. However, there are times thatone wishes that the album was a little angrier than it is.

Part of the problem I'm having is that I continually weigh Pretty Hate Machine against other albums in Nine InchNails's catalog - and that really isn't fair of me. But when thefirst thing you hear from the band is their 1992 EP Broken, it's very hard not to make comparisons. So, let'stake this review with a grain of salt.